I hate to be misinterpreted in regards to why I am currently focusing on slowing down my pushups which is resulting in fewer pushups, and that is not even because I believe that slower is better, yet it is more because I am trying to find another way to both push myself and to show progress in terms of my overall abilities to do pushups.  So in the beginning, for me, I thought that it was best to focus myself on doing as many pushups as I would be able to do within the bounds of the framework that I was creating, so my ability to increase my quantity of pushups was a way to measure a certain kind of progress - even when it can be quite ambiguous and unclear regarding if progress is actually being made.

So right now there will be some sets in which I might focus on doing a larger quantity in a set and there may be other times that I am shooting for a longer duration of how many seconds it takes me on average to do each of the pushups.

My current practice is also my focusing on a certain number of pushups that I want to do each set, and I am tending to preestablish my target within a range.  Contrast my current practice with previously when I was largely shooting to do as many pushups per set as I was able to do, and I don't even consider that a worse strategy, but I consider the strategies to be attempts to somewhat tailor my approach in regards to where I am at.. which seems to be a progression, but surely it is not always obvious since sometimes that sets don't really feel good.. and other times I look in the mirror and I wonder whether there is progress or not or maybe some other kind of exercise might be helpful. 

A similar thing is true with my inclusion of lunges from time to time, which is a way to supplement the pushups and to potentially gain more strength in other areas of my body.

What a statement caught my attention at first glance and has stuck to me ever since, I started this challenge but fell off due to illness getting stronger everyday started my push ups again and building my strength though I don’t think I’m ready to begin updating this group on my progress I will though but I’d love to build myself up and maintain a steady rhythm before I begin.
Thanks guys for this challenge it’s been life changing.
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Sure there sometimes might be some things in life that take us away from being able to do pushups, and sometimes you might not be able to be consistent, yet still it is up to you the extent to which you might want to report where you are at... or to report so that you can be included in the table.

I understand some guys might not want to be included in the table, and so there is nothing wrong with that - even though many of us likely have recognized that the development and expansion of the table has likely gotten several members to take their daily (or whatever) pushups way more seriously than they would have had otherwise, and maybe the health and well being of some guys have been improved by  how this thread has progressed.


That is a very good point.  If we concentrate on pushups , then we can do way more pushups as compared if we are doing a lot of other activities, or there might be some days that we might not sleep well or we might not eat very well, and these factors could affect our quantity and/or quality of pushups.

I have also found it easier to do my pushups when I am not having too many social activities, yet sometimes it might be better to have more social activities rather than pushups, so sometimes it might be better to stick to a number of pushups (purposefully doing fewer pushups and/or sets of pushups) that reasonably fits within your own schedule.


You make almost no sense.

Changing pushups into a 1 arm exercise would be nearly a whole totally new thing.  So to the extent that what you are saying is even true, it seems to not really be about pushups.