Could I do this while working on /r/100pushups too?

So I'm going to start on Week 3, 2nd column - as I'm not sure on my form. I think I should be tighter.

Going to do the 100 pushups and 200 situps as well. This exercise I can get on board with - in the comfort of my own home! Ha.

Any advice?

Hello everyone!

I really want to train with this program, but when I do a squat I hear/feel a muscle in the left side of my hip moving over the hip or something. I can't quite describe it. Has anybody else had the same problem? And what should I do about it? I really want to do this next to doing 100 pushups, but I don't think getting injured is worth it.

Thanks in advance.

I'm currently on week 6 of C25K and just did day 1 of this program. Now my quads feel like jelly. I'm not sure how this will affect tomorrow's run. Anyone have experience with doing the two programs concurrently?

Finished the initial test with 45 squats so i'll be starting on week 3. Looking forward to updating you guys real soon.

I swear, I'm really not here to brag. I could have done more, I'm estimating 120 would've been my max. But I stopped because, um...what the hell?

So I'm not in bad shape by any means - I'm doing this along with 100pushups to both simplify my workout and focus on more specific skills. It's been about 2 years since I went from couch potato to active dude, so I thought, why the hell can't I do 100 pushups? This just seemed like a good thing to do on the other day.

So my normal routine for most of the past years includes 2 sets of 20 reps squats, and 2 sets of 20 reps per leg lunges. So I think this may help explain somewhat why I was able to do so many squats. But what worries me is that I actually have been doing this with bad form; I don't curl my back in, but it definitely is not perpendicular to the floor when I'm at the bottom of the squat. Should it be?

I plan to film myself or get someone else film me doing what I have considered good form. Any recommendations?

After an extremely dissapointing initial test, I began W1D1 with trepidation. Little did I expect my performance to be completely at odds with my former attempt. I kicked its ass, completely. I must have done a solid 30 squats in the final session. It really was quite extraordinary.

I'm going to stick with the program as it is, rather than push though. The inconsistency of the two days makes me reluctant to bite off more than I need to, and I'm certainly buggered after what I just did.

Still, I'm very happy with myself, considering my performance with other exercises such as sit-ups and push-ups.

Hi all! I'm really eager to work on my strength after losing weight through diet and nutrition. I started working out at home of my own free will, which is something I never would have expected to do six months ago!

Anyway, push-ups, crunches, lift-downs all went well, even my pull-up attempts went well, but when I did the crunches, on about the 4^th or 5^th I felt and heard a slight "crick" in my left knee, at which point I stopped. The next day I was walking with a slight limp in my left leg, though by that evening it had passed.

Since then I have been trying to do just one squat a day, and have felt no pain at all. I also am now doing them with my feet parallel to each other, whereas before they were in a kind of V-shape. Could this be what made my knee hurt?

(I know, I should go to a doctor. And I will. But I really don't have the money to pay for an appointment right now.)

32 years old and got 45 done before my legs went out. Ready to do this!

Alright here I am. Redoing Week 3 Day 1 again for good measure. Last time we tried this, I was having an off day and it showed - I wasn't into it and I feel that my form and drive suffered. I am back in my room, late night and ready to get to work. This is tough day I can tell. We have:

30/38/27/27/burnout at 40 min.

Yep. First set was a doozy but I made it through. I think I just need to warm up a bit. I am focusing on my glutes - I want some titanium plated ass cheeks! Good goal, no?

Set two was rough and I was starting to get discouraged. Started browing reddit for a minute.

The last three sets (27/27/40) all went better. I had to change my attitude and disposition and just focus on doing the exercise. I want to keep this attitude because I am finding that I hate doing squats. I don't really hate them but I am not as excited about them as I am situps and pushups. I need to focus on finding something fun or at least doable with squats or else I will be self defeating.

Overall, I really did better. I took more time inbetween sets (like 3 minutes - damn you reddit!) but I did complete them smoothly and with pizzaz.

I look forward to tackling my squat motivation issue.

Actually, I technically started on Week 3 due to my initial test so I guess it would be more appropriate to specify that this is the end of Week 3 Day 3. Small picking I guess....

Boy this was a rough workout for me and for better or worse, I will be repeating it tomorrow. First, I was dehydrated and halfway through my set I felt as if I was going to pass out so I stopped. I did finish the cycle after a night of drinking (ill be damned if I am not determined!) but I can only imagine that my form was off. Plus, as a hilarious side note, any girl that brings you home and will suffer through you needing to complete your exercise cycle is a surefire winner. Or just gracious of your commitment. Ha!

Anyway, the squats overall felt good before I felt woozy. My routine for that day was 30/38/27/27/burnout min 40. I worked through until the first set of 27 and then had to stop. 12 hours later I finished the second set of 27 and the burnout set of 40. Albeit a little drunk ;)

Now one thing I had this lady do when I was finishing up my sets was check my form. I do lean forward a little and don't necessarily go straight down. How detrimental is this to my routine? Should I really just plunge straight down or does a little forward lean not matter?

For the sake of doing things right, Ill be repeating W3D3 tomorrow so that I can, at least for myself, feel satisfied with the workout.

And so it continues...to be honest, squats are one of my favorite things to do. It isn't as easy as situps nor as hard as pushups but it feels GOOD! So feeling stoked to get my squat on, I put in Wovenhand's driving, dusty and prophetic album "Mosaic" to accompany my squatting (and hopefully later "thrusting!" HI OH!!!!)

For this day's cycle we are looking at a formidable 27/34/21/21/min34. Yowzers. Unlike my pushups and situps, I don't feel nervous or too confident - I feel just right to approach this routine. However, I am starting to think that I should move my workout time to the morning because I am now wide awake when I should ostensibly be getting some sleep. Oh well....part of the program of tracking, adjusting and reveling in the stats that map onto my results. Here is how I did...

Set one: Oh holy! Yep. Out of all the soreness I was feeling, my legs were definitely the sorest and I could tell as I pumped through 27 squats. This may be the only exercise where I may be REALLY effected by the previous workout's soreness. However, again, I focused on marrying form and breathing so it wasn't THAT bad but the soreness was definitely noticable. I am starting to worry about my second set...

Set two: Yep. When they talk about feeling the burn, I definitely FELT THE BURN. I eeked out 34 with a bit of strain towards the last seven. I feel my technique helps with maintaing focus and breathing - I look straight ahead, arms out, and I think about my back being still, dropping my ass down and the various parts that I need to feel: the quads, the glutes and the calfs. All the while maintaining a breathing regimen that corresponds to my going down into the squat and coming back up. I do wonder about how to better improve form because I feel as if I shoot back up to fast and that I am using too much momentum "spring" or "pop" up. I do wonder if that is actually part of the squat or if it needs to be more controlled.

Set three: Thanks God this set drops down to 21 squats! However much this was a "reprieve" from the second set, I don't know. I am feeling really worn out and sore. My form took two squats to get into place and I was feeling pretty weak by the end. For whatever reason, I enjoy the tiredness of squats - a perfect ending exercise to be sure.

Set four: I tried a little wider stance. Definitely feeling like I can't do many more. My legs are showing a minor mutiny. But my legs fail to realize that I AM CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP and that morale may be low but the rewards are soon at hand! This set of 21, if you can't tell, was definitely worn down and scraped by. My burnout says a min of 34...yeah...about that...

Exhaustion set: I did it! I did 34. Now, to be sure, for most of these sets I took a bit of extra time to rest. Not much but maybe up to another minute. This last set was definitely slops by the time I hit 18 left to go. However, I did focus on form and even though my legs felt as if they were going to give up, we pulled through. I wasn't completely lopsided in form but it was getting super tough near the end. Feels good man.

Overall, I felt good about this cycle. I felt for the most part that the majority of my squats were in good form and felt AWESOME to execute. As you can tell too, by the end I was literally exhausted with nothing left to give. I think this routine is a good match for me.

Like most of you here, if you are trying to exercise during the holidays it is proving to be difficult to be consistent in sleep, food and minimal alcohol intake. Do what you can and keep trucking!

Holy I am tired. I just got done with day one of pushups and situps and now this is my last exercise!

My initial test was 38 squats so I started this program on Week 3 Day 1 under the second column which consists of one set each of 16/22/17/17/burnout.

This is my favorite exercise to do but it definitely is not the easiest. I felt pretty confident coming into my squat cycle because I a) bike a lot (and use weak adverbs) and b) walk everywhere around time. I think my legs get a fair amount of use.

My first set felt tough but it went well. I feel as if it is a warm up set for the 22 I did. The 22 set went smooth after I got my breathing and counting in tune with each other. I feel more tired after these exercises than with pushups or situps. I noticed after my second set that I squinch my shoulders and pinch my neck. How do I not do that when squatting SO HARDCORE?? Also, my left knee popped occasionally. Ill have to keep an eye on it because I don't think that popping knees are part of the squatting equation. Yikes!

The last two sets of 17 were right up my alley! Not too easy and not too tough. On burnout I went for the whole kit and kaboodle: 30. Did I get 30? You betcha!

Yowzers!

I have posted in the other 100/200 exercising subreddits but I thought it would be good, since I am trying for two hundred squats to post my initial test results here: 38 squats. I am feeling really good about starting to get into better shape, one squat, situp and pushup at a time.

The start of week one begins Thurs 12/27.

I know it says if you do more than 30 to go to week 3 but week 6 has the range of 91-110 squats that I would fall into. I will eventually restart the program with weights but I'd like to hit that 200 first.

Caught this subreddit from /GetMotivated and thought I'd give the initial test a go.

I'm 33 and I use my fold up scooter and mountain bike a lot to get around.

Managed 50 squats, I'm starting to sweat and my legs are nice and warm. =)

What now?

Managed to do 100 squats in the initial test. Can definitely feel it now though. Jelly legs! I've been doing squats as part of my kickboxing once a week so I'm not completely unaccustomed to them but I didn't think I would manage that many. Usually I do 50 over the period of the kickboxing class, never consecutively so I definitely surprised myself! Started c25k earlier today as well... not sure if I'm going to be able to walk tomorrow!

I'm not sure if I did the initial test wrong or what, but I just did every day of the first 2 weeks and day 1 of week 3 on consecutive days.

Today is the first day that my legs actually seem to feel it.

So I'm thinking I will do the squats on the same day I do C25K so my legs can have a rest day. Or do they work different muscle sets? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I know next to nothing about things like this.

Just started the 100 push-up and 200 squat programs today. And after finishing, I just hope I can walk tomorrow morning!

To my surprise I was able to skip past the first two weeks of each program due to my initial test numbers... 50 for squats and 25 for the push-ups. Not too bad for someone who hasn't done strength training in a while.

The last round really got me, but I was able to finish it out with the required reps plus 3 extra! Squats used to be my exercise back in high school, so I was glad for those extra 3.

Now pardon me while I drag myself to the shower.

..Now my thighs are in a good deal of pain (DOMS). I'm dreading doing day two tomorrow. Any tips on how to ease the pain for my workout?

The initial test states that 26-35 squats for someone under 30 years old is average yet the week 1 program states that between 21-30 squats is impressive and that I should be doing column three.

My initial test yesterday I did 100 squats and felt like I could have probably pushed out 110-120. I took this summer off of lifting and swimming to concentrate on weight loss with juice fasting. I'm down from 200 to 175, and I'm trying to explore body weight exercises. Eventually I'm going to do one armed chins and levers!

Today I completed my dailydrill (http://getdailydrill.com) for 30, 38, 28, 25 and W3D1 for 19, 24, 19, 19, 51. Totally pumped! Tomorrow is dailydrill and 150 dips!