Don't feel bad Bec. My gf is a really athletic girl. In her 30s she can still do 6 minute miles. She was given a D-1 scholarship to play tennis and given the option to turn pro. She cannot do 1 pullup. Her pushups look pretty bad too.

YUP! But who says that they have to be a solo effort!

I would hope that most of us can do at least 50 without help.

I'm adding sit ups...I can't do a pull up to save my life.

What's all this picture nonsense? Are you thinking along the lines of before/after? Gentleman...no naked or pantless comments necessary. K? Thanks.

What Mod said! Just stick with it, you will get them down!
People used to do pullups because there weren't gyms and fancy equipment. In wrestling we had to do the (ugh) pegboard from Heck!
I guess since we (humans) came out the trees, there just hasnt been a lot of desire to go back up! I've just been doing them since I was a kid (Dad's fault), like a lot of other relics.

You are capable of pullups. Never saw you not accomplish what you set your mind to.
Use the machine at the gym or get someone to give mild assistance or find a bar that is only 3ft off the ground and do them with your feet out in front and your body straight. there is always a way.

I'm in for the push-ups. My shoulders are a mess so the pull-ups are out. Still thinking about the shirtless picture on facebook.

I don't have a pull-up bar (or a gym membership) so I'm limited to push-ups. I'd do a plank challenge though!

My PT would be more in favor of planks than sit ups.

Shut your dirty mouth!! No pullups for me. lol

That just brought back a flashback from elementary school and the pegboard. Tried the pull ups again at the gym yesterday...ow...still can't do more than seven without flailing like a dying fish. And for Jen no naked remarks...but that leaves topless before and after pictures wide open.....

For good reason!

Nobody says they have to be pretty to start with!

I am avoiding the other subject out of self preservation.

For those who care, those who successfully complete the pushup challenge will have completed 67,161 pushups next year.

That's a ton of pushups!


There is a peg board a the climbing gym. Blows my mind to see those guys use that thing!! Man I miss climbing.

If we go with the assumption that a pushup is 60% of body weight, for me it would be 8,462,246 lbs to be exact or 4,231 tons.

Ok Mod, you made me have to check it.....
8,865,252 ibs or 4,432.63 tons

Well...its a goal!

are these the same planks used to grill Salmon?

You are going to have to be wayyyyyyy stronger, to lift an extraw 20 tons.

I will eat my Wheaties! And take vitamins, and soy milk and minerals....

Ok, first of all, I could not find this amazing FB page everyone keeps talking about. I searched for it in every way I could think of! Someone help me?

Second, I say push-up and pull-up is great! 52 on the final week of the year...that sounds like a serious challenge! And wouldn't all compliance people be immensely more effective if we looked like we could tear people in half?? (maybe we should all try expensing a gym membership!)

Third, don't do sit-ups, they're a huge waste of time! All sorts of studies in the past few years have shown that they are about the worst "core" exercise you can do since they don't target enough of your abs. You'd be better off doing planks (the highest recommended core workout currently) or any number of other things.

I doubt any amount of intimidation would be sufficient to cut through the ego of some loan officers.

As a former loan officer I resemble that remark!! Actually, i'm so by the book compliance never had any reason to tear me in 1/2.

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