The New 100 Burpee Challenge

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Sonny said:
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Sol good my friend we all have to start somewhere.
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I wish that were the case. I do Tabata burpees 3-5 times a week and play soccer twice a week, so I'm not in bad shape, but somehow, this was just way beyond what I expected. I encourage everyone to give it a go.

The mental portion of the challenge is gruelling all by itself. At 30, I literally thought I would have to quit after another 5. Tayon did quit at 50 for about a minute and a half, but finally, he couldn't take much more of my trash-talking and ridicule (I'm quite persuasive) and finished it.
 
Yeah you have to ignore those thoughts of "I'm going to die."
 
Sonny said:
Yeah you have to ignore those thoughts of "I'm going to die."
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No kidding. Mark me down. 7:49, under 200lbs. It was hell!!! After I was done, I recorded the time, passed out and woke up naked near a dead deer in the woods lol. I had done sets of 100 pushups and squat thrusts daily to prepare. It seemed to help out a bit.
 
I'm 168 right now and managed to do this in 7:12. I did feel very lightheaded for the last two minutes and dry heaved after finishing up though.
 
Superbeast said:
I'm 168 right now and managed to do this in 7:12. I did feel very lightheaded for the last two minutes and dry heaved after finishing up though.
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HAHA!! Bring the pain!

I did some more today in the front yard. I don't think I'm gonna break my PR any time soon.
 
HellaCopter said:
Will there be a SHW class for those over 265?
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Not at this point because I seriously doubt that we'll have that many people in that weightclass.

You're a SHW?
 
Damn this will be painfull and suck...

I just been informed that I will be dragged with to train with the swe-national kickboxing team in their 6 hour sparring camp that is nearby my town tomorow.... And I have been slacking with my standup for months to focus on my grappling....

If I survive that tomorow I will give this a go and see how bad I do...

....And for further humiliation I will film it...

Biggest worry is the pushups, I cant do 100 straiight pushups, but I guess I will have to be strategic about it and break it down in smaller portions from the start, will be interesting nevertheless.
 
Sonny said:
Not at this point because I seriously doubt that we'll have that many people in that weightclass.

You're a SHW?
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I can be, i'm not sure exactly how much I weigh at the moment.
 
krellik said:
Damn this will be painfull and suck...

I just been informed that I will be dragged with to train with the swe-national team in their 6 hour sparring camp that is nearby my town tomorow.... And I have been slacking with my standup for months to focus on my grappling....

If I survive that tomorow I will give this a go and see how bad I do...

....And for further humiliation I will film it...

Biggest worry is the pushups, I cant do 100 straiight pushups, but I guess I will have to be strategic about it and break it down in smaller portions from the start, will be interesting nevertheless.
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It's not really the same thing as doing 100 straight push-ups though.
 
Nah if it was I wouldnt be doing it...;):p
 
Tomorrow I'm going to try it pyramid style (start at just one, go up to ten, back down, that adds up to 100, right?), with brief 5-10 second breaks between 'steps'. I think it's a mistake to go balls out and try as many as possible all in one go. Apply running logic - the longer and harder you sprint, you will require exponentially more recovery time. Breaking it up into brief bursts might result in overall better performance.
 
I know I would suck at this, but I think the best way to do this is to figure out what time you want and figure out how many in a minute you would have to do to get that. Pace yourself. If you want 5:00 then you have to do 20 a minute.
 
Why am I not looking forward to this lol. My cardio is the best it's been for a while just now. I'll do them WED! and post up time.
 
Alright, fine, twist my arm:

8:06
 
185lbs
11:39
max HR = 178
avg HR = 156
done on tatami flooring

i want to say im dissapointed with my time, but at this point im impressed i finished. i thought i'd do it under 10 minutes easy. cudos to everyone who smashed my time.

im also surprised at my HR, it felt a lot worse than that during the 'event'. at that HR posted, i could jog for an hour no problem, so im surprised this was so hard. makes me wonder how much is conditioning and how much is strength related.
 
I weight 195 lbs and my current record is 7:46 (with tuck-jumps)
 
similar story to fat_wil...

dizzy, lightheaded, a bit nauseous at around the mid-50's mark / about 3:45 in. slowed waaay down to keep the nausea at bay - didn't work. puked at 87 / about 6:30 in.

will try again in a week. i definitely think a cooler environment & more controlled pace at the start will be key.
 
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