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100 Push-Ups in 100 Seconds Challenge
Author: Tommy Leung | 09/05/2008 | ChallengeThis is a 100 in 100 Challenge. The idea is to capture yourself on video doing 100 push-ups within 100 seconds. There isn’t any real prize except the reward of knowing that you were able to accomplish a pretty difficult feat. I will gladly make a list of all the people who decided to accept this challenge, achieved it, and provided a link to a video on YouTube or some other Internet video service.
Here are the specifics:
Deadline: December 31st, 2008
Who Can Participate: Everyone. You can be from the United States or any other country on Earth or in space. You can be a man or a woman or an other. You can be any age, ethnic group, religious group, or political party. Who you are makes no difference. What matters is whether or not your are up to the challenge.
How to Participate: Accepting the challenge is an agreement you make with yourself. You just need to work towards being able to perform 100 push-ups in 100 seconds and post a comment or send an e-mail with your name and a link to a video proving it.
Prizes: All participants will be awarded an impressive story to tell! Those who provide a name and video by December 31st, 2008 will be honored in a special section on this blog so that the world will forever know of their triumphs. You will also likely get in better shape than you are now–score!
The Video Proof: The video doesn’t need to 100 secs in length. From the time you start your first push-up all the way up to your 100th will be 100 seconds. You can choose to put anything else you want in the beginning or end. The videos will be critiqued by the power of the Internet to determine if it was faked or if any other form of cheating occurred. You will want to film yourself from a side view showing your entire body. The Internet will be your judge and it is damn smart.
So what are you waiting for? Start making a plan of attack to kick this challenge in the ass. You have over 3 months to get from however many push-ups you can do now to doing 100 in 100 seconds.
Are you up to the challenge?
By Tommy Leung
3 Responses to “100 Push-Ups in 100 Seconds Challenge”
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December 2nd, 2008 at 4:19 pm
I’m not up to the challenge right now, but I am working on it. If you do this challenge again next year, I will be ready!
February 16th, 2009 at 8:45 am
What’s the point? Just by the nature of moving this fast, you would automatically generate significant momentum, which would be doing much of the “lifting” phase for you. Most people who attempt this will be doing 1/2 to 3/4 movement push-ups anyway. Why not just post a challenge of 100 consecutive “strict form” push-ups, performed slowly and using CORRECT form, without stopping? Much more difficult to accomplish…
January 4th, 2010 at 1:11 am
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