In my prime, I was 120 and could bench 180. At 120, I could very easily do 25 pull ups. If I remember correctly, we did them with our legs locked together.

Right now, at 215, I will struggle to complete 1.

I'll focus on the pushups for now.

I can hang well

So as I work on my plank challenge idea, I came up with an option for the push up challenge.

If you are daunted by the thought of [censored] 366 pushups by EOY2012, what about doing it by week?

For example, newbies like me could do 10 a day for the first week, then add 5 each week. Old pros like Happy, who will likely do another 365 just while reading this post, could start with 365 a day for the first week, then add 20 each week.

I'll be keeping track of weeks for my plank challenge, so I can post that in here too.

I'm sure there are a million different ways to do a challenge. So if you have any other suggestions, that would be great too.

do you really want my suggestions?

For you, Squish, I thought you could eat 5 pushups a day for the first week, then add 5 every week after. Also, you could eat 5 bags of cheese curls - strengthen the abs, you know - each day the first week, and add 5 every week after.

For the biceps you need the 40oz beers. Do curls with those.

Sounds like a challenge I can get aboard on.

the cool down period could be a bag of pork rinds

I like it. I like it alot.

Time to hand out some BOL awards and I think poster of the year has to go to Peepers. This man has no fear.

Isnt there some reward for not responding to ^^^^that!

You want a reward for doing the right thing?

Bah humbug!

Shoo!

it was spelled with an 'a' not a 'u'

How are we supposed to know that you can spell!?!

Hey, if BHO can get a Nobel......?

hanging from a pullup bar would be challenging. I am not sure what would give out first, your grip or your shoulders, but I am going to guess the grip.

When I took rock climbing in school, we'd hang from the pull-up bar each day by our fingertips for as long as we could. It was supposed to help our grip when we climbed.

Freak, I am not sure there is anything different between a pullup and a chinup. Some people even call them the same thing. If you changed your grip, the fact that you only did 7 could have had more to do with you already doing a set before hand and not resting enough. If you change your grip, arm position and the way you pull yourself, it can change the intensity on different muscele groups, but is still essentially the same excercise. But I would say 7 is pretty good for a motion and or grip you had not doen before.

NO!

*throws the coach's challenge flag*

Get this #()$%&# out of this thread.

Pullups vs Chinups.....explain, please.

I have heard it explained that if your palms are facing you, it's a pull up, away from you and it's a chin-up. I have no clue if that's true.

is one overhand and the other underhand?

wow, it's like Matt and I are sharing a brain