How Do You Go From 1 to 100 Pushups in One Week? You Don’t!

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First Published: 20th of October, 2020 by Patrick Carpen.

Last updated: October 20, 2020 at 21:25 pm

Editor’s Note: Pushups, although practiced predominantly by men, is an exercise recommended for both male and female, and brings the same health benefits to both sexes.

Setting unrealistic goals is one of the greatest stumbling blocks on the quest for success. Setting realistic goals is the key to success.

There was a time when I had gotten so lazy in the upper body that I found it difficult to do 2 pushups! Yes! You read that right. Don’t get me wrong, I was very active in the lower body. I would ride and run for miles on miles. But each muscle of the body is separate, and needs separate attention to develop. Simply gaining stamina in one area or opening up the lung fields by deep breathing exercises is not a guarantee that you are “overall healthy.”

The year was 2019 and the month was August. I was in my mid-thirties at the time. At that time, I realized that if I didn’t exercise the upper muscle of the body, I would be in trouble. Did you know, for example, that doing pushups is the number one protection against heart attacks! Yes, pushups not only exercises the muscles of the arms and chests, it also exercises the internal muscles in addition to opening up the lung fields. People who doing daily pushups are far less likely to develop heart diseases than those who don’t.

I lived by the golden rule of success: I set realistic goal. For the first thirty days, I did just one pushup every day. Yes! Just one. And whenever I met someone and the topic came, I boasted that I did one pushup this morning. That was quite an accomplishment. By the way, I did the pushups just after waking up and before eating.

The next month, September, 2019, I did two pushups every morning for the next thirty days. And that was easy, wasn’t it. You bet! And so I continued. By the end of December, I was doing ten pushups every morning. I incrementally lifted the bar on my pushup routine and fast forward to October, 2020, I do an average of 135 pushups every day: 35, 50, 50.

I have come a far way. I no longer need coffee to give me that “push” in the morning. I feel a steady flow of energy during the day. My digestion has improved and I feel generally stronger.

Remember, exercise is something that only benefits you if it is done with “mathematical consistency.” Random exercises will not do much. You need to train your body to release “x” amount of energy each day and increase x gradually.

But remember, too much of anything is good for nothing. You can overdo exercising. You can burn more nutrients than you supply the body, and you can burn muscles faster than you build them. For this reason, I don’t think I’ll go past the average of 135 pushups per day. Instead, I’ll try to reduce the time it takes to do it. At the time of this article, it takes 15 to 30 minutes to do 135 pushups. I’m aiming for a five-minutes daily workout program. See you there!

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