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23 Things I Learned From Doing 100 Pushups a Day at 61 Years Old

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23 Things I Learned From Doing 100 Pushups a Day for 60 Days

100 Pushups a Day Introduction

Why even consider doing 100 pushups a day ?

I am sure you would agree that as you get older, it gets harder to get/stay in shape, right?

Forget about getting fit, how about just losing weight, like your pot belly or man boobs.

It gets harder and harder to look and feel athletic, especially when you are over 40, 50 and 60+.

But this problem of an aging body gets worse.

You lose muscle mass every year.

According to the NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine), loss of muscle mass, also known as Sarcopenia occurs as a result of aging.

After age 35 you will lose between .5-1. Percent of your muscle mass annually unless you engage in regular physical activity to prevent it.

By engaging in regular resistance training and following a sound diet that includes adequate amounts of protein, you can prevent most of the muscle loss associated with age.

Health experts recommend that you engage in some of the resistance training that focuses on all major muscle groups a minimum of 2 times per week and up to 5 times per week depending upon your goals.1)https://www.sharecare.com/health/types-of-exercise-programs/muscle-mass-after-35

If you do not make a concerted effort to maintain and build your muscle, you are facing trouble.

With less muscle mass, you will be fatter.

More fat, and less fit, which means less functional and attractive.

Your metabolism will slow down and you will gain weight.

You have a 3 out of 4 chance of being overweight or obese after the age of 20.

Obesity drives many chronic illnesses like type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

So What Can You Do About It?

Two months ago I had this crazy idea to do 100 pushups a day.

I have trouble putting on muscle and wanted something simple to do with a minimum amount of time investment.

What is simpler than the pushup?

And what is easier to do anywhere than push ups?

All you need is a floor and off you go.

Even if you become a walker (which is great) and make sure to take a 30 minute walk every day, that is not enough.

You need more resistance training, especially for your upper body.

The pushup is the perfect solution to build muscle, with minimum investment, time and money required.

I wrote an article about doing a 100 pushups a day challenge.

  • And I started doing 100 pushups a day on February 16th, 2018.

Even though I train fairly often, the first day was not so easy.

It took me close to 14 minutes to get through 100 pushups.

But, with only 14 minutes necessary, I thought it was certainly worth the time.

Because by the time I finished my 6 or 7 sets of pushups, I felt that I could potentially get stronger.

What I Learned Doing 100 Pushups a Day for the Last 60 days

  • Your muscles will grow stronger even if you are over 60
  • You need to challenge your body in order to build muscle
  • Increasing the intensity of your training will build your strength
  • If you can only do 20 pushups straight today, you will be able to do more 2 months from now
  • You might even be able to do 50 pushups in a row after 2 months.

The last 5 or 10 might not be too pretty, but you will get to 50.  I know this is true because I have increased my initial set of pushups from 20 to 50 in 2 months.  If my body responds to daily pushups at the age of 61, your body will certainly respond as well.

  • Doing pushups every day helps you get better at doing push ups
  • All you need is ten minutes a day to get in a good upper body workout
  • After two months of doing 100 pushups a day, you will see a difference in your physique

(assuming you eat real food daily – remember, you can never out train a bad diet, a processed food diet!)

  • You will not only get stronger, but your muscles will get bigger.
  • You could increase your arm measurement by up to 1 inch.
  • Use a hardwood floor if you have one available. They seem to be least vulnerable to your hands getting sweaty and slipping.
  • Keep your room cool.
  • Keep your feet together.
  • Practice perfect pushup form, body straight from head to toe.
  • Do your 100 pushups a day first thing in the morning before you have breakfast for best results.

This way you make sure to get in your 100 pushups a day training before you get busy commuting and working. Invest in your health and fitness before anything else. There is nothing more important than maintaining and improving your health, is there? When you do not have energy, when you are not feeling or looking good, you will not be living your optimal life.

Once you spend 10 to 20 minutes of your day doing 100 pushups, do you think you want to ruin that effort by downing a blueberry muffin and soda? I don’t think so. After your 100 pushups, you are going to be more motivated to eat real food, drink water, get to sleep on time, and do additional training like squats, deadlifts, jump rope, swimming or walking to complement your 100 pushups a day.

  • Think progressive training with records and stop thinking about working out with no measurements
  • Use a 100 pushups a day training log to record how many pushups you did, the number of sets and the total time used.
  • You can use a standard stopwatch, a stopwatch on your smartphone or a fitbit. I prefer the fitbit because of its other features of tracking heart rate for cardio training and steps walked each day.
  • You must use a training log if you want to improve your pushups and get fitter and stronger.

Training is superior to working out. Why? Because by definition, training is measured and workouts is more of a general activity. How many people have you seen at the gym ‘working out’ with not much to show for it? Even after years of working out?  But, if you train with a log, if you record every training session, you will know the time or number of pushups you are trying to beat.

  • You do not need to compete against anyone to become an athlete.

Start by competing against yourself. Beat yesterday’s time taken to do 100 pushups. Do more pushups on each set today than yesterday, even if it is only one more pushup.

How To Increase the Intensity Of Your 100 Push Ups a Day Training

Increase your push up training intensity to increase your strength.

Shorten your rest period between sets.

For example, let’s say you need 10 sets of 10 pushups over 30 minutes to do your first 100 pushups.

And you rested for 3 minutes in between each set.

Every day try to decrease your rest time gradually.

You will find that as you decrease your rest time, your muscles will get stronger.

And before you know it, you will be able to do 12 or 15 pushups, and then 20 pushups.

As you can see on my own push up log, my initial max pushups was 20 on Feb 16th, 2018.

DateInitial Set
RPE 7		Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4 Set 5Total Time for 100
min:sec
08/05/18402020201009:52
08/05/1840202010101009:11
07/27/18452515151008:41
07/26/18402520151009:52
07/25/1840201515101009:54
05/09/185025

1510--10007:16
05/08/185025

1510--10007:08
05/07/184020

151510-10008:00
05/03/184530

1510--10007:36.6
05/02/184010251510-10008:33.6
04/26/185125

1510--10106:33.6
04/25/185125

1510--10106:45.8
04/24/185125

1510--10106:48
04/23/185025

1510--10006:46
04/22/185025

1510--10008:25
04/21/185025

1510--10007:25
04/20/185025

1510--10006:27
04/19/185025

1510--10006:23.1
04/18/185020

51510-10006:25
04/17/185020

51510-10006:28
04/16/184510

201510-10006:37
04/15/184510

201510-10006:47
04/13/184520

20510-10007:12
04/12/184520

20510-10006:58
04/11/18455

1510151010007:02
04/10/184010

1510151010006:54
04/09/184015

1010151010010:58
04/08/184010

251510-10011:30
04/07/184010

251510-10007:58
04/06/185025

1510--10007:08
04/05/185025

1510--10006:58
04/04/185025

1510--10006:56
04/03/185025

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03/31/184822

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03/28/184822

1515--10007:45
03/27/185020

1515--10008:30
03/26/184520

151010-10007:44
03/25/184520

151010-10007:47
03/24/184520

151010-10007:45
03/23/184520

151010-10007:54
03/22/184020

151510-10008:11
03/21/184020

151510-10008:33
03/20/184020

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03/19/184020

151510-10008:20
03/18/184020

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03/17/184020

151510-10008:26
03/16/184520

151010-10008:32
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03/14/184315

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03/13/184520

151010-10008:27
03/12/184020

151510-10009:08
03/11/184520

151010-10009:26
03/10/184520

151010-10009:32
03/09/184520

151010-10008:56
03/08/184520

151010-10009:12
03/07/184020

201010-10009:26
03/06/184025

151010-10009:32
03/05/184020

101020-10009:27
03/04/184020

151015-10010:08
03/03/183025

201510-10010:30
03/02/183025

201510-10010:35
03/01/183025

20151025 extra12510:06
2/28/183025

201510-10010:05
2/27/183025

201510-10009:53
2/26/182020

2020101010010:45
2/25/182520

2015201011022:35
2/24/182020

2020101010011:00
2/23/182020

2020101010010:24
2/22/182520

1515151010011:05
2/21/182519161515 1010012:15
2/20/1820191817131310011:30
2/19/1820191817131310011:45
2/18/1820191815151310012:30
2/17/1820181616151510012:45
2/16/1820181616151510013:45

And it took me nearly 15 minutes to do 100 pushups over 7 sets.

But today, April 19, 2018, I did 50 pushups straight for my initial set.

Then 20, then 5, then 15 and 10 for the last set.

My best time for 100 pushups is down to 6 minutes and 23 seconds.

You will accomplish the same.

Be consistent and before you know it, your time to do 100 pushups a day will decrease as well.

And you will be able to do more pushups on your initial set.

Conclusion

If you a 50+ year old man or woman, you can absolutely get fitter and stronger than you are today.

And if you are younger, what are you waiting for?

By doing 100 pushups a day, you can inspire and motivate yourself to keep training for better health and strength.

What do you want more of in your life?

More oreo cookies or more fitness and strength?

I shouldn’t have asked that, right?

Because you would rather have the Oreos?

Me too, true, but the taste of the Oreos only lasts for a few minutes, and the Oreo high only lasts an hour.

And you are only satisfying your tongue at the expense of the rest of your magnificent body.

Is that fair?

And after a lifetime of Oreos, Snickers, Doritos, etc, you only have a lifetime of obesity and other chronic illnesses to look forward to.

If you invest 10 to 20 minutes of your time to do 100 pushups a day, you are building a foundation for a fitter, stronger and better life.

When you think long term, you are going to want to look and feel great.

A lot more than you want those Oreos.

Stop investing in Nabisco stock and start investing in your health and fitness.

Feeling good and fit tastes much better than tired, out of shape, groggy, diabetic, high blood pressure and fat.

This is how you build better habits, by starting off with one.

And what is more practical than push ups?

You just need a floor, a little space, yourself, a stopwatch or fitbit, a 100 pushups a day training log and a pencil or pen.

That’s it.

 

References   [ + ]

1. ↑ https://www.sharecare.com/health/types-of-exercise-programs/muscle-mass-after-35

100 Pushups Challenge: How to Easily Do 36,500 Push Ups This Year

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100 pushups a day challenge
100 Pushups a Day Challenge

100 Pushups a Day Challenge

Why record your 100 pushups a day in a Journal?

Peter Drucker famously said “What gets measured, gets managed.”

If you want to make progress, you must keep a journal of your pushup workouts.

Here is my updated 100 pushups a day challenge table as of today:

DateInitial Set
RPE 7		Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4 Set 5Total Time for 100
min:sec
08/05/18402020201009:52
08/05/1840202010101009:11
07/27/18452515151008:41
07/26/18402520151009:52
07/25/1840201515101009:54
05/09/185025

1510--10007:16
05/08/185025

1510--10007:08
05/07/184020

151510-10008:00
05/03/184530

1510--10007:36.6
05/02/184010251510-10008:33.6
04/26/185125

1510--10106:33.6
04/25/185125

1510--10106:45.8
04/24/185125

1510--10106:48
04/23/185025

1510--10006:46
04/22/185025

1510--10008:25
04/21/185025

1510--10007:25
04/20/185025

1510--10006:27
04/19/185025

1510--10006:23.1
04/18/185020

51510-10006:25
04/17/185020

51510-10006:28
04/16/184510

201510-10006:37
04/15/184510

201510-10006:47
04/13/184520

20510-10007:12
04/12/184520

20510-10006:58
04/11/18455

1510151010007:02
04/10/184010

1510151010006:54
04/09/184015

1010151010010:58
04/08/184010

251510-10011:30
04/07/184010

251510-10007:58
04/06/185025

1510--10007:08
04/05/185025

1510--10006:58
04/04/185025

1510--10006:56
04/03/185025

1510--10007:00
04/02/185025

1510--10007:40
04/01/185025

1510--10008:00
03/31/184822

1515--10008:05
03/30/184525

1515--10008:15
03/29/184822

1515--10008:45
03/28/184822

1515--10007:45
03/27/185020

1515--10008:30
03/26/184520

151010-10007:44
03/25/184520

151010-10007:47
03/24/184520

151010-10007:45
03/23/184520

151010-10007:54
03/22/184020

151510-10008:11
03/21/184020

151510-10008:33
03/20/184020

151510-10008:21
03/19/184020

151510-10008:20
03/18/184020

151510-10009:00
03/17/184020

151510-10008:26
03/16/184520

151010-10008:32
03/15/184020

1515101010009:32
03/14/184315

151251010008:32
03/13/184520

151010-10008:27
03/12/184020

151510-10009:08
03/11/184520

151010-10009:26
03/10/184520

151010-10009:32
03/09/184520

151010-10008:56
03/08/184520

151010-10009:12
03/07/184020

201010-10009:26
03/06/184025

151010-10009:32
03/05/184020

101020-10009:27
03/04/184020

151015-10010:08
03/03/183025

201510-10010:30
03/02/183025

201510-10010:35
03/01/183025

20151025 extra12510:06
2/28/183025

201510-10010:05
2/27/183025

201510-10009:53
2/26/182020

2020101010010:45
2/25/182520

2015201011022:35
2/24/182020

2020101010011:00
2/23/182020

2020101010010:24
2/22/182520

1515151010011:05
2/21/182519161515 1010012:15
2/20/1820191817131310011:30
2/19/1820191817131310011:45
2/18/1820191815151310012:30
2/17/1820181616151510012:45
2/16/1820181616151510013:45

After 21 days on this 100 pushups a day challenge, I hit 45 pushups straight in the initial set.

And today did a total of 100 pushups today in 8 minutes and 27 seconds.

This is the first time that I broke the 9 minute barrier.

But, this challenge is about you.

Have you started doing 100 pushups a day?

The idea is that as you reduce your time, you will get stronger.

Even without going to the gym to lift weights.

To help you record your workouts, here is a Pushups Journal for you to print out and use for yourself.

I have found keeping records the old school way is more satisfying and motivating than doing so online.

Introduction to 100 Pushups a Day

Why do 100 pushups a day?

Between 2,800 and 3,100 pushups a month, which can add up to 36,500 pushups a year?

Because you know you want to get fit.

What new habit can you start that will take you less than 15 minutes a day and put you on the path to fitness?

Is there one exercise you can do which will not require a lot of time and special equipment?

The answer is yes, the ‘simple’ pushup.

Pushups are your most basic resistance exercise, and all you need is yourself, and a floor.

This is why we are all familiar with pushups, from school gym class, military training or even punishment!

Push Ups will build your chest, arms, shoulders, core and your confidence.

No wonder even the Navy Seals incorporate pushups into their training and strength testing.

If pushups are good enough for the Navy Seals, they are good enough for us.

100 pushups a day challenge - U.S. Air Force Airmen participate in memorial pushups during the Tim Davis Memorial March ceremony held at the Special Tactics Training Squadron pavilion on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 26, 2011. Memorial push-ups are performed to commemorate those who have fallen in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christopher Williams)(Released)
U.S. Air Force Airmen participate in memorial pushups to commemorate those who have fallen in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christopher Williams)(Released)

Did You Know That Pushups Alone Can Build an Impressive Physique?

As pushups did for Herschel Walker, the former football player turned MMA fighter:

100 pushups a day because herschel walker did mostly pushups to build his powerful physique

Image Credit: https://sealgrinderpt.com/navy-seal-workout/herschel-walker-pushup-workout.html/

Herschel did not lift barbells or dumbbells.

Every day Herschel did thousands of pushups and sit ups and built one of the most powerful physiques you will ever see.

Success leaves clues.

You do not have to lift weights to get a chiseled physique.

Herschel Walker is the proof.

100 pushups a day herschel walker one arm pushup image credit SI Vault on Twitter @si_vault
100 pushups a day challenge – Georgia RB Herschel Walker does one-handed pushups (Aug. 1982) Image Credit SI Vault on Twitter @si_vault

Get Yourself a Stop Watch for 100 Pushups a Day

Or use your phone, or a clock in your home.

Pick a time of the day when you have ten to fifteen minutes available.

For a beginner start with 5 pushups.

If you can only do one pushup, then do one.

Now wait a minute or two minutes.

Do another five pushups or just one more pushup.

Rest two minutes and do one more pushup or 3 pushups.

If you do these drop sets starting with 5 pushups, over 10 minutes, you will do 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 pushups, which equals 15 pushups.

Do as many pushups as you can within your 5, 10 or 15 minute slot that you have allocated.

If you are a beginner, it might take you a little time to work up to 100 pushups a day.

But, it will happen.

I could not do one pushup five years ago, but now I am doing 100 pushups a day in under 12 minutes a day.

Believe me, I am grateful I can even do one push up at the age of 61.

Remember, your body will respond.

If You Can Do Ten or More Pushups

Start with ten pushups and then five drop sets, which will look like

  • 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 pushups, which is 47 pushups.

If you start with 15 pushups as your initial set and do 5 drop sets, you can do 75 total pushups.

  • 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10 = 75 pushups

Or if you start with 20 pushups, you can do 105 pushups using these sets:

  • 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15 = 105 pushups

If you keep your rest period between pushups to a minute or two, you will get an intense workout.

You can build up to 100 pushups a day in 15 minutes or less.

As you get stronger, you will be able to do 100 pushups a day in less than 12 minutes.

Once you can do 20 pushups every 2 minutes, keep reducing the rest time in between sets.

“As a chubby adolescent, Herschel Walker couldn’t do any push-ups at all. He worked his way up to 25 by doing as many as he could in a stretch, taking a 10–15 second break, and then doing some more until he hit that number. Using the same approach, he worked up to doing 50 push-ups a night, then 100. Slowly he increased his reps until he was doing 2,000 a day as a young man.” ¹

Before you know it, you will do 100 pushups a day in 10 minutes or less.

What are the Benefits of Pushups?

Pushups are a full body exercise.

As a result, pushups can add muscle all over your body.

Daily pushups will help you improve your posture.

Starting your day with pushups will motivate you to stick to healthy eating and exercise habits.

There are many excellent benefits of pushups which you can read about here.

If Push Ups Are So Great, Why Don’t We Do Them?

That is an easy question to answer, because pushups are hard!

Especially if you want to do 100 pushups a day.

Be honest with yourself, which is easier, a bench press, or pushups?

Or better yet, how about a seated chest press or pushups?

Of course, pushups are much harder than either of those two.

True, you cannot easily increase the weight of body weight pushups like you can with the bench press or machine press.

But for pure exercise intensity, you cannot beat pushups.

Lack of Time

You are tired.

You commute forty minutes to an hour a day to your job.

And then you sit most of the time at your desk or in your car.

It is not so simple to push yourself to do pushups.

You feel that you do not have time to exercise or go to the gym.

Perfect, because that is the best reason to start doing pushups at home.

Going to the gym takes time, to drive there, get changed, wait for equipment.

On the other hand, you can start a pushup program in your home or apartment.

As long as you have a floor, you are good to go.

You Feel Like You Have No Motivation?

Then challenge yourself.

Do it.

Just like you get up every morning and brush your teeth, challenge yourself to get into the habit of pushing your body a bit more every day, for your own good.

Invest in yourself, you are worth it.

Too Many Distractions?

We all understand the environment we live in is full of endless distractions.

This is why you have to carve out some sacred space for yourself.

Invest 10 to 15 minutes a day in building your body, mind and life.

100 pushups a day is a great investment in strengthening your physique.

And not just your physical fitness, but mental fitness as well.

Shut off the tv, get off the internet, access the Pushups Journal and start doing 100 pushups a day!

Difficult to Build Good Habits?

Of course.

Bad habits are easy to come by and good habits are not.

That is why you want to stack them up one at a time.

Build one good habit at a time.

100 Pushups a Day Experience Update

On day 12, I was able to start out with 30 pushups, instead of 20.

And I did 100 pushups within 11 minutes.

Now today on March 5, 2018, I did 40 pushups straight.

100 Pushups Update on 3/8/18:

45 pushups straight for the initial set and the total of 100 pushups in 9 minutes and 12 seconds.

I am as shocked as anyone else.

And I did my 100 pushups in 9 minutes and 27 seconds.

I am 61 years old, imagine what you can do, I am sure you are younger.

This tells me that the overload principle and s.a.i.d. (specific adaptation to imposed demands) principles are working.

The more pushups you do, with good form, the better you will get.

As well as stronger.

I am also enjoying the 100 pushups challenge more than going to the gym.

Why?

Because when I go to the gym, I have to wait for equipment or space to train.

Especially if you want to use the squat rack to do squats.

Or you want some space or weights to do deadlifts.

One of the best benefits of push ups is that you do not need anything.

Only the floor of your home, carpet, wood, linoleum, your driveway.

This is inspiring me to look for more body weight exercises which we can do at home with minimum equipment.

I already see improvement from twelve days of this 100 pushups a day challenge.

How about you?

Conclusion

You don’t need to have a very complicated program to get stronger.

But you do need to have a plan.

Start laying the foundation with basic strength training exercises, like pushups.

Start with 100 pushups a day and then you can add squats or burpees or jumping jacks.

This is how you get to doing 36,000 pushups a year.

Remember, to continue to get stronger, you must record your training.

Without a journal, you have no record and no training, just another workout which you will soon forget.

This is the reason that most people never make progress in transforming their bodies from fat to fit.

Without a record, you do not have the basic requirement of resistance training, which is a path to progression.

Access the Daily Pushups Journal, print copies and get started today on doing 100 pushups a day, 3,000 pushups a month, 36,500 pushups a year.

Yes, the best time that you should have started doing 100 pushups a day and a fitness program was 25 years ago.

But, if you did not do that, the best time to start is today!

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¹ https://www.artofmanliness.com/2016/07/19/the-herschel-walker-workout/

How to Get Better at Pushups

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How to get better at pushups so you can increase your mental and physical strength.

This is just a post to motivate you to start doing pushups, gradually.

Why?

Because pushups are a full body exercise that you can do anywhere and they will start to change your physique, little by little until you cannot even recognize the body that you started with.

It will be gone.

The jello will have turned into actual muscle.

Just be patient and do not try to do too much at one time.

If you are obese, of course you have to start to slim down. You know the best way to do that is not necessarily with exercise, but rather by starting to be aware of what you are eating. Here is the secret: EAT REAL FOOD. That is it. Once you get down to a comfortable weight, you can begin to do pushups and add that to your regular walking. I have been taking it slow myself, starting with one pushup max and now up to 40, it has taken awhile but the journey has been worth it and that is why I am sharing it with you today.

 

Try out this model of doing pushups for yourself. Three times a week, do your maximum number of pushups in one shot. Best form that you can do. Go for quality pushups over quantity. If one is your max, great, you still rock! Every other day, for example on Monday, Wed and Fridays, do your maximum number of pushups first thing in the morning, before or after your walk and preferably before eating. If you feel strong enough, add one pushup to your previous day max. So, for example, on Monday, you did one pushup, if you feel strong enough on Wednesday, do two pushups.

Doesnt sound like alot eh? Well, just keep doing that for six months and no one will be laughing at you any more, they will be wondering how you got into such great shape. Just from pushups? You bet. How do you think Herschel Walker built his body? Pushups, Situps, Running, Pushups, Situps, Running, pretty basic. I am not suggesting you can duplicate his daily workout of 35oo situps and 1500 pushups, but why not start with at least one? Gradually you will be adding on to your pushups, from one, you will get to ten, then twenty, then thirty and who knows, maybe even up to 50 or the magic 100. Even Herschel does not do sets of 100, according to the last interview I saw with him, he does sets of 50 to 75 pushups. Oh, and I forgot to mention that Herschel over there in the picture is only 53 years old. Yeah, thats right, you have no excuse! Neither do I!

 

Do your maximum pushups three days a week and on your pushup days, see how many additional pushups you can do in comfortable sets, so if for example your max number of pushups is now 40 and a more comfortable set number is 20, then crank out another five sets of 20, if not more. Just pushups can build your body in a very natural strong way because you are really lifting weights, your own! You do not have to go to a gym to lift weights, you can do that for free using your own body and your own floor.

 

In between your pushup days, take a rest, so Tuesday, thursday and weekends, take a long walk, go out and keep moving, but limit the strength training to a few days a week, that is enough.

 

The real secret to looking ripped, to losing fat and building muscle is going to be in your fridge. If you are sloshing down beer and chips every day, forget it, you will never get there if you are over 30. Sure, when you were a teen, you could eat anything, we know that, everybody knows that, just like the Geico commercial, but once  your amazing metabolism during your growth phase slows down, you better be aware of the fuel that you are consuming. Make it count. Eat real food, vegetables, fruit, seeds, nuts, protein. The less processed, the better.

Can you imagine yourself starting a pushup program? Are you doing one right now? What is your max? Please share your pushup story on how you transformed your body from Jello to Hello with Pushups and Real Food!

 

Hashi Mashi™ Day 15 – 11 Pounds Down – Work Out Harder!

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15 Days on Hashi Mashi™ and 11 Pounds Down

Integrated a Cleanse as Well

4 pounds down in 4 days

So far, the cleanse has gone great.

Fifth Day of an 11 Day Cleanse

Last thursday I started an 11 day Cleanse.

My goal is to reach 11 % Body Fat.

Even at my best weight over the last year and a half, I have never been under 19%.

Fifteen days ago, I had gone back to my Hashi Mashi™ roots. No, I was not born in a town called Hashi Mashi! I just started to refer to the idea of eating real food, avoiding processed food and grains and focusing on compound strength training as Hashi Mashi

Over the last 4 days, I have been doing the Cleanse for Life® and have been very impressed with the results.

My understanding of the cleanse is to detoxify your liver as well as replenish your cells. Sounds good to me, time for a tune up.

DateWeight in PoundsBody Fat PercentageBody Mass Index (BMI)Water PercentageChest in InchesBelly in Inches
March 17, 201420023.526564544
March 22, 2014195.222.625.756.344.543
March 27, 2014192.322.325.156.74442
March 31, 2014188.921.524.557.34340

General Menu

I had a shake for breakfast with Natural Accelerator

A few brazil nuts for snack

Hashi Mashi™ Vegetable Omelette for Lunch

A couple of Chocolate Snacks from Isagenix and another natural accelerator caplet

Another shake for dinner

And last, 3 more brazil nuts and 2 chocolate snacks cause I was really hungry!

That plus alot of water seems to have helped.

You do not have to have shakes, but I have found them helpful at this point.

Push Up Workout at Home – 180 Push Ups a Day!

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Push Up Workout at Home – Introduction

Push Ups have to be one of the world’s greatest exercises.

Simple to do yet powerful in their results.

No equipment required other than a floor.

So simple that you can even do a push up workout at home.

You can build up gradually from even one push up to so many that your entire body will start to feel and display the results.

I remember when I was a kid, watching a commercial back in the late sixties or early seventies that was from the American Council on Fitness and Exercise.

The commercial showed a middle aged man, I think fifty plus, but could have been forty struggling to do even one push up.

Of course, at that time, I could never imagine being forty or above.

I could not even imagine being above thirty as many of my musical icons passed away before they were thirty, Mama Cass, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors frontman to name just a few.

But I remember watching that forty plus man with his huge pot belly getting down on the floor and trying to do one push up and he could not!

He heaved and hoed and struggled terribly.

At that time I was on the swim team of Francis Lewis High School and could not imagine being in such gruesome shape.

 

Push Up Workout at Home – Reality

The reality is that all of us teenagers of the fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties have grown up.

We are now in our thirties, forties, fifties and sixties or more.

Time marches on and too many of us have become the man in that commercial.

I certainly did.

And without exercising the body, I became that guy who could not do even one push up, almost two years ago.

But, I am excited to tell you that you can change it up.

You can go from being that fat jelly belly guy to a fit guy.

 

Push Up Workout at Home – 180 Push Ups a Day!

Push Up Workout Routine to Transform Your Body from Fat to Fit or Fit to Fitter!

 

Doing the PushUp Workout at Home – How to Build up your Push Ups

It is very easy.

Start with one.

One push up.

Get to where you can do at least one push up with good form and I promise you that you can go further.

On June 21, 2012, I started with one push up.

When I was a teenager, I was on my high school swimming team and college gymnastic team.

I was fit.

I had a six pack and never really thought much about it.

Fast forward forty years and I could not do one push up and had a 48 – 50 inch waist which I have shown you on the site here.

My apologies, to me and to you!

One Push Up.

Start today.

Use good form.

If you do not know what good push up form looks like, it is easy to do.

Get on the floor, that is all you need, a floor, I like hardwood floor the best, but any floor will do, put your hands shoulder width, put your body back straight, from your head to your toes, your elbows close to your body but they do not have to be touching your waist, and lower yourself keeping your body straight until your nose touches the ground and then push up.

That is how to do a push up workout at home.

 

Push Up Workout at Home – Results

Do you want to see results like I have experienced, 75 pound weight loss and 18 inches off the waist?

They are pretty good results.

All you have to do is to start.

Start eating according to the Hashi Mashi Plan, and start doing push ups.

The only exercises that I did over a 9 month period were push ups, squats and deadlifts at a much less frequent rate.

 

Push Up Workout at Home – Action Plan

Start with 1 Push Up.

Build on one push up every day or every other day.

Even if you add only one push up a week. Keep adding.

Keep eating the Hashi Mashi way, real food.

As your body gets lighter, push ups will be easier to do. Just eating the Hashi Mashi Way and push ups can bring your body down a pound a day!

I told you that I started with 1 push up back in 2012.

Yesterday I did 180 push ups for the day.

First thing in the morning I did 40 push ups, then 35, then 30 and hour later, then 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5.

Today as I conclude this post, I am going to shoot for forty push ups again.

This is not the only way how to do a push up workout at home, but it is certainly one way and if you stick to it, an effective way.

Hashi Mashi!

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