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The 100 pushup torture, I mean challenge

Listening to the Gut Check Cast, I heard about the 100 push up challenge.

I have been walking when I can, and trying to change my eating habbits, which has helped some, but not enough.  I need to do something to increase my upper body strength.  What better way than use the 216 pounds I'm carrying around to good use.

The idea is in 6 weeks 100 push ups should be acheived.  Here is a portion of the pitch from the site:

No doubt some of you can already do 50 consecutive push ups, but let's face it, you're in a big minority. Most of you reading this won't even be able to manage 20 pushups. Actually, I'm sure many of you can't even do 10.

However, it really doesn't matter which group you fall into. If you follow the progressive push ups training program, I'm positive you'll soon be able to do 100 push ups!

My initial test resulted in 16 push ups.  That puts me in rank 3.  Starting next week, I'll start on week 1.  I'll post my results here.