How to Do 100 Pushups in a Row

A man who can do 100 straight pushups will almost always be in great overall shape. Push-ups work the chest, shoulders, triceps primarily, but since you have to hold your body straight and rigid, they involve almost every muscle in your body. Even the strongest beach presser in your gym probably can't do 100 push-ups in a row. Working up to this level will not only build up your chest, shoulders, and arms, but also give you awesome total body strength and endurance.

Here is a simple program to help you reach the goal of 100 push-ups in a row. Do your push-up workouts on three non-consecutive days a week such as Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You can continue to do other exercises while doing the 100 push-up program, but do your push-ups first and take several minutes recovery before going on to the rest of your workout.

The 100 Push-ups Program

Begin the workout by doing a set of as many push=up as you can..You can pause briefly and continue the set, but if you have come out of the plank position by sagging or sticking your butt in the air, the set is over. Rest one minute after finishing the set..

Next, do a second set of as many push-ups as you can. Remember that if you have to pause more than a couple of seconds or come out of the plank position, the set is over. Rest one minute.

Then, do another set as many push-ups as you can followed by one minute rest. Continue doing sets of as many push-ups as you can with one minute rests between until you have performed a total of 100 push-ups.

Over the next six weeks, you are going to decrease the rest time by 10 seconds every week while also trying to increase the number of push-ups you can do in each set. In other words, in the next two workouts of the first week, you will try to increase the number of push-ups that you do in your sets while keeping your rest between sets at one minute. In the following weeks, your rest between sets will go to 50 seconds, 40 seconds, 30 seconds, 20 seconds, and then in the sixth week, to 10 seconds. (Even though you try to increase the push-ups per set, you will still only do a total of 100 push-ups in the workout.)

In the seventh week, you should attempt to do 100 push-ups in a row. If you miss that goal, you still should be able to do many more pushups than you could to begin with. To reach the goal of 100 push-ups, just go back to week one and repeat the program.

You can use this program for any exercise and any number of goal repetitions. For example, if you wanted to do 20 pull-ups in a row, you would perform 20 pull-ups in as few sets as possible with one minute rest between sets. Then in the following weeks, reduce the rest periods ten seconds every week while also trying to increase the number of pull-ups per set.

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