Thread by @nolworld

50,000 push-ups in 50 days complete✅

Here is what I learned and the results I got:

WHAT I LEARNED
1. Time/schedule management
2. Consistency
3. Recovery
4. Body weight exercise > weight lifting

RESULTS
5. Vascularity
6. Density
7. Diet

WHAT I LEARNED

1. Time Management

The most crucial part to completing the push-ups was allocating enough time.

The total amount of time 1000 push-ups took me each day was around 90-120 minutes.

Now, busting out 1000 in a row would’ve been ideal but it’s also unrealistic..

..This meant I had to wake up earlier, go to bed later, hit push-ups during lunch etc
to make sure I had endurance throughout the day to get them done.

One method I followed was setting reminders in my phone at 5am, 12pm and 4pm to hit push-ups.

I would start my morning with

Sets of 50 until I got to about 300..Do some throughout the morning..Hit a few sets in a row at noon..And aim to have 750 done by the time my 4pm reminder came around.

Obviously there were other obligations in my schedule so that method didn’t always work out perfectly..

..but was efficient.

Busting out push-ups at work conferences in my collared shirt wasn’t the most ideal setting but hey we got it done💪 and I gotta say it impressed some clients.

Next time you’re trying to close a client, get on the floor, give them 50 & watch you close

All in all, I can’t stress enough how crucial time management was during this process and it taught me an important lesson about having a schedule with all things in life.

It’s a major key to getting shit done and being a G.

Next..

2. Consistency

Just like anything else, there’s gonna be those days where those little bitch ass demon voices try to fuck up your consistency.

In order to combat this, the easiest way is to stay consistent by doing 1,000 a day.
Obviously things come up - i.e. meeting a

far right Latina thiccy in the meat section while you’re shoppin for the gain train and your only chance to get laid is Wednesday at 1:35pm.

If you know you have
to grind out some game on Wednesday, or get plastered with the gents on Saturday - plan for that shit…

Set weekly goals for the amount that you want to accomplish i.e. 7,000 in a week and play catch up for the days you didn’t fit 1k in.

**warning** making up progress was brutal. 1600 push-ups in one day isn’t fun that’s why I urge you people to stay consistent

Next.

3. Recovery. You’re gonna be sore no matter what.

The first half of the 50 days seemed fairly easy on the body.

I really started to notice the increase in soreness between days 25-30 and it ended up never going away.

Now sure it’s easy to assume one would be sore from this type of consistent strain on one general area of muscle, but…

…it would also be easy to assume that the soreness would eventually lessen or stop as the body becomes used to the movement.

Let’s use running as an example:
If you decide you’re going to run 1 mile every day for

the next month, that first run is usually going to cause heavy legs and lower body tightness.

But by day 10, your body is much more likely to adapt and recover much faster, making that 1 mile feel like it ain’t shit.

Which brings me to my theory on the soreness:…

…because the push-ups took up a significant part of time, I wasn’t able to go to the gym consistently like I was prior to starting the challenge.
My theory is my absence from the gym had a major impact on my fatigue and my body’s ability to recover resulting in extreme

soreness in the anterior delt and upper chest.

I truly don’t think this would’ve happened if I stayed consistent in the gym and kept my body moving.

At the end of the day you straight up need to choose to not be a pussy and get over it.

Onward..

4. Body weight > Strength training with weights

Don’t get me wrong, Ive been well known to fancy a solid iron pump…

but throughout the past 50 days I learned that if I want to hit my goals of becoming Shreddy Krueger, body weight exercises will likely produce better results than the plates.

That doesn’t mean it’s the same for everyone.

But in general, the typical gym bro is likely to have a more bulky physique than
the gymnast at the beach hitting the body weight pull ups/dips/push-ups/handstands/triple front 3000 backflip with a curtsy at the end.

Next..

#RESULTS

5. Vascularity

-Forearms
Although I had veiny f-arms prior to starting, they were perma poppin once I got into the routine

&
-Biceps

B veins started to permanently reveal themselves around day 10. Felt guud but sucked losing size. Hit arms like 3 times in 50 days🙃

The good thing about it was the constant pump feeling.

It was like walking around post-pump all day every day.

Blood rushing throughout the upper body like salmon of Capistrano.
(Yes dumb and dumber is goated)

Onward

6. Density

The biggest gains, physique wise, were in the front delt
Mfrs went from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains.
Muscle density can vary depending form and type of push-up…

…i.e. obviously if you’re widening your arms out like Kim K’s legs, the chest is going to get a lot more action and will likely #result in something that replicates Kim K boobies.

Side note - y’all think she hits those wide grip push-ups?

7. #Diet

You can do all this excessive exercising,
You can try to “trick your mind”,
You can try to new training methods,

But at the end of the day, you CANT out-train a bad #diet.

I expected better physique results by the end of the 50 days due to the

excessive body weight exercising.

Yes I sculpted my chest and shoulder areas but I didn’t get my movie star lean core that I was hoping I would gain from it.

Part of this is because I wasn’t consistent in the gym.

But I learned that’s a small fraction compared to #diet.

And we always hear that #diet is the key to becoming shreddy mercury. But how many of us take it seriously?

Well I can testify that it’s completely true and that abs are truly made in the kitchen.

So what do you do?…

You get yourself a little right wing Latina from the meat market that chefs up a mean steak and you get your meals on point soldier.

Anyone who completes this challenge with proof, @ me and let’s brew up some game plans and collaborate.

Stay goated with the sauce fellas🤝