Page 24 • 30 day press up challenge • Non-Gaming • General Non-gaming • Eurogamer.net

Lukus 9 Jul 2020 23:28:08 24,639 posts
Seen 2 days ago
Registered 17 years ago

Mine wants me to set the tone for my day ahead whilst threading my needle. She cares about me. Yours doesn't care about setting the tone for the day ahead. She's a phony!

Decks 10 Jul 2020 09:02:43 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

My girl has a dog that lies next to her sometimes and her buttocks look like two boiled eggs in a handkerchief.

Lukus 10 Jul 2020 10:24:54 24,639 posts
Seen 2 days ago
Registered 17 years ago

FINE YOU WIN

Decks 12 Jul 2020 16:02:03 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

@Rum_Monkey You still going? The sliding plank thing from yesterday were a pretty good exercise, hurt like fuck by the end.

Rum_Monkey 12 Jul 2020 18:18:30 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

Yeah still going strong. I've been doing them really late as I've been doing garden work all day. Doing it late at night isnt pleasant.

With all the extras added it's actually a well rounded routine each day. Not hurting half as much as the 1st challenge. Need to start thinking of the next one soon.

Decks 12 Jul 2020 18:52:40 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

Was thinking maybe a leg one but the thought of 30 leg days in a row is pretty grim. Was looking for a shoulder one but couldn't really find anything.

Rum_Monkey 12 Jul 2020 19:13:13 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

I'll happily skip leg day.

Shoulder one would be quite hard without equipment I imagine?

Decks 12 Jul 2020 19:15:15 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

Yeah pretty much. Handstand pushups the only body weight exercise I can really think of.

fontgeeksogood 12 Jul 2020 19:46:37 12,913 posts
Seen 5 months ago
Registered 3 years ago

Reverse burpees. I'll be back here in a few days to hear how much you hate them

Decks 13 Jul 2020 09:06:38 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

No thanks.

You got any dumbells Rum? Something like this would be good

https://imgur.com/a/qy4pB05

Rum_Monkey 13 Jul 2020 12:17:08 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

Yeah that looks good, looks quite tough actually.

Decks 13 Jul 2020 12:31:02 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

Cool do that next then.

Rum_Monkey 14 Jul 2020 19:34:25 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

Starting to feel everything a lot more now, I'm looking forward to a rest day.

Decks 14 Jul 2020 19:38:10 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

Yeah my stomach is pretty fucked. Definitely starting to show a difference now though.

Rum_Monkey 14 Jul 2020 21:08:10 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

I can see my six pack again so definitely working and I always fuck things like this off after a few weeks normally.

Decks 16 Jul 2020 21:54:52 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

Last couple have days have been a lot easier than the ones before it. Those last two side plank days were rough.

What size dumbells you going with for this next one? Going to have to be fairly light if they're going all the way to 135 reps.

Rum_Monkey 17 Jul 2020 10:24:37 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

I got my wife a set that goes down to 1.5kg gathering dust somewhere that I can use. Or have a heavier set to use as well.

Yeah, the side planks are the shit exercise of this challenge. Just no getting used to them. I wonder what the shit exercise will be for the next one?

Decks 17 Jul 2020 10:30:25 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

They're all pretty standard, it's just the sheer amount of them later on that will absolutely ruin your arms.

Rum_Monkey 17 Jul 2020 10:32:18 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

The punches are going to give the worst jelly arms ever.

Decks 17 Jul 2020 11:46:09 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

Think I might try to do this plank challenge again at the same time just to keep the core stuff going.

Rum_Monkey 17 Jul 2020 11:51:38 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

I'll do some of the plank stuff alongside it, a few of the exercises I liked and felt the burn.

Side planks can get fucked.

Decks 17 Jul 2020 11:56:41 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

They're awful but I can definitely feel the difference they make.

Fixxxer 17 Jul 2020 15:52:12 1,386 posts
Seen 31 minutes ago
Registered 20 years ago

I've fallen behind a bit and did the side plank with an elbow/knee touch. It was fucking shit but was really interesting as a plank exercise that had a rep element that by the end I was unable to continue. I'll be adding it into my future repetoire for whenever I truly hate myself.

Rum_Monkey 17 Jul 2020 16:11:24 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

Are you joining us for the horrible looking arm challenge next?

Decks 17 Jul 2020 22:15:31 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

Done. Kind of ended on a bit of a damp squib with the last few days not really ramping it up. Pretty good thing overall though.

We cracking straight on or having a couple of days off?

Rum_Monkey 18 Jul 2020 09:10:16 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

Well it does have rest days built in so get straight to it?

Rum_Monkey 18 Jul 2020 09:11:23 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

The plank challenge definitely needed all the added extras though. Would have been ridiculously easy bar the side plank days otherwise.

Decks 18 Jul 2020 10:35:52 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

Yeah may as well, it's fuck all today anyway.

So weights I've got are 2.5kg, 5.5kg and 8kg. I'm thinking 5.5 but doing 150 fucking reps with them is going to ruin me.

Rum_Monkey 18 Jul 2020 10:45:27 3,488 posts
Seen 9 minutes ago
Registered 2 years ago

Around that weight I've got 1.5kg, 3kg and 5kg.

I'm going to start with the 5 and then drop down when it starts getting to the ridiculous rep days.

Decks 18 Jul 2020 10:46:13 31,013 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years ago

Did it with the 5's for now, see how it goes. The dips hurt straight away off doing so many pushups recently which was worrying.

30 day press up challenge • Page 24