Ok faithful readers: Show of hands – How many of you can do 100 consecutive push ups? Anyone? Ok… How many of you think it would be super awesome to be able to do 100 consecutive push ups? Wow, that many, huh?

That’s excellent news. You see, there’s a training program that supposedly gets you from whatever level you’re at now – whether you can currently do 50, 20 or not even 10 consecutive push ups – to 100 consecutive push ups in just 6 weeks. According to the program, “all you need is a good plan, plenty of discipline and about 30 minutes a week to achieve this goal!”

Why push ups? “Push ups are one of the basic and most common exercises for the human body. Push ups are not only great for your chest, but do a tremendous job of defining your abs, triceps, shoulders and torso.”

Sound good to you? It sounds good to me! I’m doing it. And if you raised your hand indicating that you think it would be super awesome to be able to do 100 consecutive push ups, I want you to do it with me.

The program can be found on this website: www.hundredpushups.com. You have to do an initial test (how many good push ups can you do in a row now?) to “highlight your current fitness level and determine where to start and how to plan your push ups training program.” I was able to do only 8 (eek!), which puts me in Rank 2. They recommend doing the initial test a few days before starting the program, and then you need to commit three days a week, with a day to rest in between. I’m planning on doing Monday, Wednesday and Friday, then I’ll have the weekend to rest. You can even log your workouts at the sister site www.pushupslogger.com.

If you’re going to do this program with me, let me know in the comments! Then, visit the site and do the initial test over the next few days, and start the program with me next week. If this program works like it says it does, we’ll all meet back here in 6 weeks and do 100 consecutive push ups!

And that will be super awesome.

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