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by **Samik** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:37 am UTC

Bumping rather than editing in the hopes that maybe someone or two will see it and feel motivated/guilty and join me here.

2503 + 160 = 2663

by **Sam Knight** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:50 am UTC

2663 + 85 = 2748
Decline pushups, but whatever!

by **Apparently Anonymous** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:40 pm UTC

2748 + 10 wide + 12 narrow = 2770

by **AngrySquirrel** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:52 pm UTC

2770 + 20 + 10 clappers = 2800

by **ElCarl** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:47 pm UTC

2800+350=3150

Thought I'd pop back for a moment

Done over 7 days.

by **AngrySquirrel** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:08 am UTC

3150 + 40 = 3190

by **Ryom** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:58 am UTC

Well let's see, I do 50 pushups per day, the thread was started on Dec 2, 2010 so we'll just call it 365 days of pushups x 50 = 18,250 pushups + 3190 = 21,440

WE MADE IT!

Otherwise just add 50 if you only want to count today. 3,240.

by **AngrySquirrel** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:52 am UTC

3240 + 20 = 3260

by **Sam Knight** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:53 am UTC

3260 + 90 + 90 = 3440!

EDIT: 3440 + 45 = 3485!

by **AngrySquirrel** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:27 am UTC

3485 + 100 = 3585

by **Samik** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:02 am UTC

3585 + 160 = 3745

14 days since I last posted in here??? No one to blame but myself. For shame, Samik.

Also:

ryom wrote:Well let's see, I do 50 pushups per day, the thread was started on Dec 2, 2010 so we'll just call it 365 days of pushups x 50 = 18,250 pushups + 3190 = 21,440

WE MADE IT!

Someone already tried this

Plus, we're already on the EDIT: third (three, sir!) pass through as it is (see here and here).

by **Webzter** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:46 pm UTC

3745 + 122 = 3867

(spread over a few days)

by **Ryom** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:52 pm UTC

3867 + 75 = 3942

So how many pushups can most of you do in one go? 20, 30, 50? More?

by **Webzter** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:41 am UTC

Ryom wrote:So how many pushups can most of you do in one go? 20, 30, 50? More?

Last week: 10. This week: 20. By extrapolation, I'm either going to be doing 30 or 40 next week. Of course, it's the weeks after where things get really interesting!

by **Samik** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:31 pm UTC

3942 + 240 = 4182

Webzter wrote:Last week: 10. This week: 20. By extrapolation, I'm either going to be doing 30 or 40 next week.

Not necessarily. Two data points can be made to satisfy quite a lot of functions.

Simple example:

y=10(x^5)+10, where x = #of weeks since beginning.

Week 0: 10
Week 1: 20
Week 2: 330

Also: Of course google would be able to do [url=http://www.google.com/search?q=y%3D10%28x^5%29%2B10]this[/url]. As soon as I thought to check, I already knew it would be able to.

Wow. Apparently having a caret in a url breaks it. Strange. This will work just as well, I suppose.

by **Webzter** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:32 pm UTC

Samik wrote:
Webzter wrote:Last week: 10. This week: 20. By extrapolation, I'm either going to be doing 30 or 40 next week.

Not necessarily. Two data points can be made to satisfy quite a lot of functions.

Sorry, I was thinking specifically of this comic when I wrote that.

edit: That's not to say I might not do some negative pushups given my state of fitness, mind you

by **AngrySquirrel** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:13 pm UTC

4182 + 60 = 4242 (now that is a nice number).

by **Samsoneffect** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:39 pm UTC

Pumped off 59 a couple days ago, so I'll contribute with that number.

4242 + 59 = 4301

by **lorb** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:54 pm UTC

4301 + 10 = 4311

by **folkhero** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:07 am UTC

4311+50=4361

by **lorb** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:06 pm UTC

4361+15 = 4376 (feb 24)
edit: 4376+18= 4394 (feb 25)

by **AngrySquirrel** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:20 pm UTC

4394 + 21 + 136 (protip: don't bet beer that I can't take as many pushups as you) = 4551

by **Samik** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:00 am UTC

4551 + 80 = 4631

I am utterly failing at being active. Must run tomorrow. Can't relapse entirely. Haven't lost everything yet - must salvage what I can so I don't have to start from scratch.

by **AngrySquirrel** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:25 pm UTC

4631 + 9 = 4640 (numbers ending with 1 really bugs me)

Edit: 4640 + 50 = 4690

by **lorb** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:20 pm UTC

4690 + 18 = 4708

by **AngrySquirrel** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:22 am UTC

4708 + 54 = 4762

by **folkhero** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:12 am UTC

4762+65=4827

by **lorb** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:22 pm UTC

4827 + 15 = 4842

by **Samik** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:17 am UTC

4842 + 100 = 4942

by **AngrySquirrel** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:48 pm UTC

4942 + 35 = 4977

Edit: 4977 + 30 = 5007

Halfway there!

by **Samik** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:02 am UTC

5007 + 100 = 5107

1 year 94 days to do 25,000.

At this rate, we'll get to 100,000 some time around the second week of December 2015.

Although I think the pace has slowed of late.

by **Evengeduld** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:31 am UTC

5107 + 10 = 5117...

Diamond push ups are harder then they look. But maybe the running had something to do with it

by **Samik** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:43 pm UTC

5117 + 80 = 5197

Joined a gym yesterday. Really a pretty pathetic one, but it was only $10 a month, and sometimes I just really want access to equipment I don't have*. (And it's about a three minute drive from my doorstep.)

Those 80 sort of came in short spurts towards/at the end of my workout (rotating between normal, diamond and pike every five or so, with pauses for a few gulps of air in between). I was focusing more on exercises that I've had to neglect without access to real equipment, and just used the pushups to really burn out my last bit of will, once I could no longer do pretty much anything else.

...Still counting them, though.

*"Weight stack labels indicate resistance for each hand" is a very, very important sentence in the English language.

by **AngrySquirrel** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:42 pm UTC

5197 + 40 = 5237

by **Samik** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:52 am UTC

5237 + 80 = 5317

Same MO as last time.

Ow.

We need a 10,000 pullups thread. It would take forever, though.

by **folkhero** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:38 am UTC

Samik wrote:We need a 10,000 pullups thread. It would take forever, though.

Done
5317+40=5357

by **Samik** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:07 am UTC

folkhero wrote:Done

Awesome. Now just don't leave me alone in there.

Meanwhile:

5357 + 140 = 5497

Again, interspersed throughout my circuit, mixed regular, diamond and pike.

by **AngrySquirrel** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:53 am UTC

5497 + 90 = 5587

(I'm going to be contributing less from now on, moved on to exclusively doing clappers, and they're a bit tougher than I'm used to, so can't do quite as many).

Now to find somewhere I can do pullups.

Edit:
5587 + 30 = 5617

by **folkhero** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:08 am UTC

AngrySquirrel wrote:Now to find somewhere I can do pullups.

A playground nearby with monkey bars?

5617+40=5657

by **Samik** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:29 pm UTC

5657 + 120 = 5777

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