154,018 Total Team Reps (+4,547) - The Steemit Daily 100+ Rep Fitness Challenge - Day # 76 - 2/20/18
15 Steemians (new max) for 4,547 reps today (new max) and 154,018 overall, done across 27 people from 8 countries in 75 days. @rmsbodybuilding thought of skipping his reps and made up for it with a whopping 1,050 reps. Amazing job all!
Calling whales, dolphins, and the fitness community to notice us busting our asses daily. Please join, help spread the word, or reward these dedicated Steemians for their daily workouts and blog posts. More people join because they've finally SEEN this series, and wish they did sooner. Many participants have shared how much this initiative has helped them get back on a healthy fitness regimen, so help us help others.
All counts are manually recorded and updated daily.
Cumulative Results: #'s vary with various start dates
@rmsbodybuilding: 35,577 reps (23.1%) 75/75 DAYS (UK)
@thevillan: 28,942 reps (18.8%) 51x (AUSTRALIA)
@myleskshupe: 13,619 reps (8.8%) 30x (OK, USA)
@steemmatt: 8,502 reps (5.5%) 75/75 (USA)
@povilas: 7,238 reps (4.7%) 33x (UK)
@mgood: 6,810 reps (4.4%) 26x (USA)
@lordcarlo297: 6,747 reps (4.4%) 37x (ARUBA)
@belemo: 6,274 reps (4.1%) 20x (NIGERIA)
@cygon: 4,806 reps (3.1%) 17x (NY, USA)
@khufu: 4,538 reps (2.9%) 29x (AUSTRALIA)
@mightpossibly: 4,480 reps (2.9%) 30x (NORWAY)
@gruber.muc: 3,962 reps (2.6%) 17x (GERMANY)
@xxlobo21xx: 3,857 reps (2.5%) 16x (AR, USA)
@ninjamike: 3,780 reps (2.5%) 17x (CA, USA)
@fitspace: 3,614 reps (2.3%) 13x (CA, USA)
@kellerkulturist: 3,064 reps (2.0%) 15x (GERMANY)
@kbarrett: 3,013 reps (2.0%) 13x (IN, USA)
@notorious562: 1,500 reps (1.0%) 3x (CA, USA)
@kristihh: 1,300 reps (0.8%) 6x (NORWAY)
@bentheredonethat: 870 reps (0.6%) 4x (FRANCE)
@eddy2cul: 500 reps (0.3%) 3x (NIGERIA)
@organicbody: 320 reps (0.2%) 2x (NV, USA)
@jasonshick: 206 reps (0.1%) 1x
@xced2806: 158 reps (0.1%) 1x
@foles09: 120 reps (0.1%) 1x (AUSTRALIA)
@doctorneo: 120 reps (0.1%) 1x (NORWAY)
@dj123: 101 reps (0.1%) 1x
The Challenge: At least 100 honest reps of exercise every day. No excuses. No bullsh*t. Just actions, positivity, and results. Only post AFTER your reps are done.
If you can't contribute yet, try to eat natural foods and stay well hydrated without the sugar for now.
It's ok to start with a number you're comfortable with if you can't reach 100. You choose what exercises to do.
30 minutes of dedicated brisk walking, running, or SPINNING (new) can count as 100 reps if you're unable to lift or need to rest.
I'll award 1 SBD to each person who reaches every 10,000 rep milestone. So far, 6 SBD have been paid out.
My Daily Challenge Completed - 105 reps:
-75 Calf Bar Raises (75 pounds)
-30 Bar Shrugs (75 pounds)
My Daily Assessment:
Finally back to my apartment and trusty 75 pound EZ curl bar for the foreseeable future. Baseball season is getting close, so I need to start looking at hip and core exercises. I need a few days to get back on my own schedule to have my energy levels back to what I'm used to. My body was very tired today.
Feedback from @mightpossibly (not a paid spokesperson):
"I find it deeply satisfying to do these reps, which is a big deal. I've always hated the gym and prefer to exercise at home. But I've lacked the discipline to do it. It sort of feels like I have gym buddies now, without the hassle of going to the gym."
Original Intro Post With My Motivation
32nd Day Update With My Progress Pic
58th Day Update With 100K Reps & My Progress Pic
-DAY 1: 370 total reps from 2 Steemians (both 75/75 since)
-DAY 2: 375 reps from 2 Steemians
-DAY 3: 1,368 reps from 3 Steemians
-DAY 4: 415 reps from 2 Steemians
-DAY 5: 1,900 reps from 3 Steemians
-DAY 6: 530 reps from 3 Steemians
-DAY 7: 300 reps from 2 Steemians
-DAY 8: 311 reps from 2 Steemians
-DAY 9: 550 reps from 2 Steemians
-DAY 10: 927 reps from 3 Steemians
-DAY 11: 1,273 reps from 3 Steemians
-DAY 12: 642 reps from 2 Steemians
-DAY 13: 514 reps from 2 Steemians
-DAY 14: 883 reps from 3 Steemians
-DAY 15: 474 reps from 4 Steemians
-DAY 16: 616 reps from 4 Steemians
-DAY 17: 697 reps from 4 Steemians
-DAY 18: 490 reps from 2 Steemians
-DAY 19: 769 reps from 3 Steemians
-DAY 20: 1,089 reps from 5 Steemians
-DAY 21: 1,594 reps from 5 Steemians
-DAY 22: 1,523 reps from 4 Steemians
-DAY 23: 1,619 reps from 5 Steemians
-DAY 24: 2,964 reps from 4 Steemians
-DAY 25: 1,849 reps from 5 Steemians
-DAY 26: 2,574 reps from 6 Steemians
-DAY 27: 2,295 reps from 6 Steemians
-DAY 28: 1,748 reps from 5 Steemians
-DAY 29: 2,001 reps from 6 Steemians
-DAY 30: 2,396 reps from 6 Steemians
-DAY 31: 2,064 reps from 8 Steemians
-DAY 32: 2,650 reps from 10 Steemians
-DAY 33: 2,315 reps from 8 Steemians
-DAY 34: 2,030 reps from 8 Steemians
-DAY 35: 2,382 reps from 9 Steemians
-DAY 36: 1,989 reps from 7 Steemians
-DAY 37: 2,403 reps from 9 Steemians
-DAY 38: 2,100 reps from 7 Steemians
-DAY 39: 2,714 reps from 10 Steemians
-DAY 40: 2,280 reps from 7 Steemians
-DAY 41: 2,432 reps from 7 Steemians
-DAY 42: 1,846 reps from 9 Steemians
-DAY 43: 1,835 reps from 10 Steemians
-DAY 44: 2,606 reps from 9 Steemians
-DAY 45: 2,632 reps from 11 Steemians
-DAY 46: 3,018 reps from 9 Steemians
-DAY 47: 2,820 reps from 13 Steemians
-DAY 48: 3,032 reps from 9 Steemians
-DAY 49: 1,875 reps from 10 Steemians
-DAY 50: 3,389 reps from 12 Steemians
-DAY 51: 2,936 reps from 11 Steemians
-DAY 52: 1,952 reps from 7 Steemians
-DAY 53: 3,327 reps by 12 Steemians
-DAY 54: 1,444 reps by 7 Steemians
-DAY 55: 2,051 reps by 9 Steemians
-DAY 56: 3,046 reps by 11 Steemians
-DAY 57: 2,717 reps by 10 Steemians
-DAY 58: 1,931 reps by 6 Steemians
-DAY 59: 2,022 reps by 11 Steemians
-DAY 60: 3,939 reps by 12 Steemians
-DAY 61: 2,975 reps by 12 Steemians
-DAY 62: 4,478 reps by 10 Steemians
-DAY 63: 2,620 reps by 9 Steemians
-DAY 64: 3,444 reps by 11 Steemians
-DAY 65: 2,151 reps by 8 Steemians
-DAY 66: 1,504 reps by 7 Steemians
-DAY 67: 3,405 reps by 11 Steemians
-DAY 68: 3,563 reps by 10 Steemians
-DAY 69: 2,598 reps by 10 Steemians
-DAY 70: 3,009 reps by 10 Steemians
-DAY 71: 2,932 reps by 9 Steemians
-DAY 72: 2,680 reps by 10 Steemians
-DAY 73: 1,954 reps by 9 Steemians
-DAY 74: 3,120 reps by 10 Steemians
-DAY 75: 4,547 reps by 15 Steemians (both new highs!)
Daily Rep Count:
1,050 - @rmsbodybuilding (what the what?)
590 - @notorious562 (thevillan's new rep volume twin?)
576 - @thevillan
356 - @kbarrett (big day AGAIN)
335 - @mgood
265 - @cygon
220 - @organicbody
203 - @ninjamike (back in business)
200 - @kristihh
151 - @khufu
145 - @gruber.muc (through sickness & in health)
146 - @belemo
110 - @steemmatt
100 - @lordcarlo297
100 - @mightpossibly
Total through 75 days = 154,018
Conditions:
- Weights not required.
- Do real reps with good form, aiming for 100+.
- Start your reply with "Challenge Completed".
- Reply with the type of exercises and # of reps for each in a list.
- Cumulative tallies appreciated as a separate line.
- Only submit reps you've done, not ones you're planning to do.
- Use the tag "fitnesschallenge".
- Upvoting or resteeming is appreciated to reach more people.
Advice:
- Stretch before and after your exercise.
- Breathe properly on each rep.
- Quality over quantity.
- Hydrate throughout and afterwards.
- Eat a healthy snack with protein after.
- Do exercises you enjoy at first to build momentum for harder ones.
- Take before pictures to appreciate your results over time.
- Feel good about your accomplishments.
-Please follow us daily and join when you're ready. Ask any questions in the comments below.
Note: Some people have asked me about Transcendental Meditation which I do every day. So I included it in my blog post from yesterday and below. Link to TM description
I find it most beneficial to keep both my mind and my body healthy and fit. For the mind, I have been practicing Transcendental Meditation and the advanced TM-Sidhis every day for the past 45 years. I find it helps keep my mind more alert and clear. It's also a technique for expanding consciousness and the mind will begin to naturally utilize more of its potential.
And while TM is just a simple mental technique, it has many profound benefits for the body. It clears out stress and tensions; improves mind-body coordination; can lower blood pressure; etc.
For best results one practices TM for 20 minutes twice a day - morning and evening sitting comfortably. No strain.
Transcendental Meditation is taught by qualified teachers in a course that takes about 1 to 1 1/2 hours a day for a week. If you are going to start you might as well make sure that you start correctly so a qualified teacher is a must. And yes I am a teacher of TM and I have taught a couple of thousand people....but I am mostly retired now. However, there are teachers of TM in every state of the US and in virtually every country around the world.
I'm putting a Link here to a recent 5 minute interview by Bob Roth, a Director of the TM organization. He gives a clear introduction to TM which I feel you will find to be helpful and enjoyable.
During TM the mind settles down effortlessly to a state of Pure Consciousness which is the source of thoughts.
I started doing TM around 1999 after I broke my back for the first time. The pain killers had stopped working and I was ready to roll over and die. During the TM sessions I would leave my body for up to 8 hours a day ( way too much according to the experts) but it was the only release I had from the intense pain.
TM literally saved my life. I don't have time to do it much any more but I still meditate every day and use a binaural beats generator to help me get to a deep level of meditation & get close to a TM level of meditation.
I'm sure I wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for Transcendental Meditation.
@khufu - wow! Your back must be OK now as you still are doing a lot of exercising and lifting.
Yeah, my back is fine up to a point @mgood. I know my limits, so if I stay within them I'm OK but if I make one wrong move I can put myself out of action for weeks. Any forward flexion with the slightest rotation even unloaded can be a real problem.
Whoa. Take care of yourself. It still sounds pretty serious.
Wow this is serious stuff. I really need to allocate some bandwidth to learning about this. Thanks for sharing and your kind gift.
This is great information and stopped me from thinking I could try to learn about it on YouTube. Looks like we're in the presence of a master here... Thanks for the info. I'd like to try learn these techniques properly when I know I'll have the time to dedicate to it.
Yes, do it when you can set aside the time....but....don't wait too long because then starting will be pushed to the back of your awareness as there are so many things to do that come up in life.
Where do you live? I'll guess the NY metro area.....probably NJ? I could tell you where you could learn TM. Actually you can attend a free introductory lecture without making the commitment to start.
Daily Challenge completed - 170 reps
I hope, this was my last day without weights.
30 min. walk - 100 reps
Pushups - 20 reps
Squats - 30 reps
Diver - 10 reps
Hang á 30 sec. - 5 reps
Plank á 30 sec. - 5 reps
Daily challenge completed 315 reps + 3hours walking+ 1hour walking in the evening. No home internet,I will make the post how to become a superman later.
Not like you have a shortage of reps, but dedicated walking counts. 4 hours x 200 an hour = 800 walking reps + 315 gym reps.
Daily Challenge Completed - 105 reps:
-75 Calf Bar Raises (75 pounds)
-30 Bar Shrugs (75 pounds)
Challenge completed - 116 reps
Leg day
Great job! Leg day=Hard day for me! LOL
Well done yo the dude who got 1050 reps done, motivating stuff from @rmsbodybuilding.
Wednesday Challenge complete: 143 reps done.
I'm in a meeting right now, I'll post the details soon
Thanks. It is my daily life,sometimes I enjoy it to much :)
Its an awesome way to live man. I'm going to push myself as well.
Challenge Completed - 420 reps
Can't remember how we were counting planks so I just counted as 40 reps :)
After @rmsbodybuilding killer day I knew I had to push myself harder today!
Daily Challenge Complete-Wednesday 2/21/18
Today's workout:
Push Ups-110
Calf Raises- 150
Shoulder Shrugs- 120
Tricep Extensions-200
Standing Ab Twist-300 (trying to get abs before the summer LOL)
Lunges-60
Tricep Kickbacks-80
Bicep Curls-70
Chest press w/resistance band-90
Total =1,180
I seriously cannot explain how much this group pushes and motivate me to keep working harder. I love this fitness community and the support and encouragement will help us achieve our goals.
Looks like we've created a monster @thevillan...
That's up there for roughly the top 5 days of anyone so far. Congrats.
Ha ha no you guys are motivating me to keep working hard!
Thanks! But I still have work to do.
Thanks for your support.
Daily Challenge Completed - 315 reps
Physical
200 reps - Walking 30 minutes X 2; includes down and up elevation of 300 ft
10 reps - yoga asanas - 10 min X 2
5 reps - pranayama (yogic breathing exercises) 5 min X 2
Mental
100 reps = 1+ hours X 2 Transcendental Meditation and advanced TM-Sidhi (morning and evening)
(All reps from yesterday and night)
142 minutes 25.39 miles fitness road cycling.
Welcome to the club. That seems intense! Feel free to provide any supporting posts, etc..
As for calculating this, we typically have done 30 full minutes of walking or running for 100 reps, mainly for those who can't lift weights or are taking a rest day. Could you please let me know how long this trip took in hours so I can see how we can approach this?
I assumed 30 minutes =100.
I have records of my rides dating back 2 years. Should I just start today or would you prefer I give records back to January 1
Great. I only count going forward since all prior stats have been locked up and I need to keep it consistent for everyone else. In general every 30 minute mark has to be crossed to get credit (so an arbitrary 25 mins doesn't qualify). In this case today, I'm going to count this as a solid 400 reps. I appreciate what you're bringing to the table as the first fitness cyclist of the group (and for a great charitable cause). Thank you.
I understand. Only a full 30 minutes counts. Most of my rides are closer to 1 hour, 15 minutes. I also use an elliptical a few times a month and lift weights a few times per month.