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• Sincere October 9th, 2008
  2:16 pm

  Hey brotha:

  In terms of the pull ups and push ups, I highly believe your goals are attainable. You know I am currently doing a 100 day push challenge of my own. However, my biggest thing to ask you is, how are you performing your push ups?

  Believe me, the way you perform your push ups will make a big difference in how quickly and successfully you reach your 100 push ups goal. In fact, I feel there is a certain way you perform them , that will actually assist you with you 20 pull ups goal.

  Hit me up, and we can talk about it more. BTW, those two exercises help transfer the power and strength needed to attack that 100 yard Bear Crawl as well. You know this is the kind of stuff I love, Scott. I’m excited for ya, and cheering you on my man.

  Sincere~

  Twitter: @joshonefitness
  http://newwarriortraining.com

• Troy M Anderson October 9th, 2008
  2:24 pm

  Dude you’ll be fine, just in there an kick butt. I watched your video push-up will be trouble should come fast and furious. Pull-ups will be tough.

  I would say multiple pull-ups training sessions per week. not to failure.

  I maybe a some ligth, heavy, medium, or some timed work intervals always focused on the 20.

  I might switch grip a bit so as not run into any issues with tendons at the elbow.

  just my 2 cents, maybe stuff you already had in mind or not.

  Troy

• Sallie October 9th, 2008
  2:41 pm

  Hi Scott,

  I too believe your goals are attainable..I am in the process of making my upper body stronger so that I can do at least one pull up. I know I will accomplish it..as will you!

  Sallie

• michael english October 9th, 2008
  3:08 pm

  Hi Scott,

  What a mission you are on! And its not mission impossible. But what a challenge. Heres my take on each exercise. The focus is to work the antagonistic muscles of the major muslces involved in each exercise. Hence you have no fear of overtraining the major muscles before you do the challenge.

  bear crawl muscles = hip flexers(lower body) and traps and lats(upper body). So train the opposing muscles ie Glutes/quads/hip extensors)

  Push ups. = upper pec major, so train theposterior delts and rotator cuffs.

  Pull Ups = major muscles involved=lats and teres major, so train the antogonistic muscle which is Anterior delts.

  What do you think scott?

  Regards
  Michael

• Gerald S. October 9th, 2008
  3:27 pm

  Hey Scott, it takes a wise man to re-evaluate and prioritize his goals. Only you can make the final determination as to your ability to reach your goals. But sometimes, it is best to backoff a little and fight the battle another day when you are stronger and a little wiser.

  Either way, I’m rooting for ya’. Keep us posted on the progress.
  Gerald

• jewlz October 9th, 2008
  4:03 pm

  I gotta say I’m a big believer in focusing on one goal at a time – however, yours in this dilemma seem to be related in that they all use your arms (different muscles but still the arms are involved) so the training should build on itself and have a synergistic effect to accomplishing what you have tasked yourself with! Make sure you keep your attitude positive and stop second guessing yourself – visualize yourself achieving the goals easily and you will!!

• Rick Rakauskas October 9th, 2008
  4:06 pm

  Thanks for requesting feedback Scott …

  Learn how to kip and your pullups will be a breeze. Checkout Crossfit.com for an instructional video.

  Live long. Live well.
  Rick

• Kevin E. Waters October 9th, 2008
  4:20 pm

  Ed Bass, a renowned fitness expert (now in his 70s), made reference to a system he learned about on how to improve the number of pull-ups by using a system using called Constant Repetition, which uses reasonably intense stimulation that strengthens the nerve impulse to the muscles involved, making them stronger and more enduring (the technical term is synaptic facilitation). The premise is to do several repetitions throughout the day, several times a week, which in the long run will allow for an increase in the number of pull-ups you can do. It would probably work as well with push-ups. You can read about Ed’s results at http://www.cbass.com/Synaptic.htm which were quite remarkable. Good luck with your quest, and I hope you are able to achieve your goals.

• Beng Hwee Ong October 9th, 2008
  6:09 pm

  I do think that it is not a crazy stunt but it is possible for you to achieve the objectives. I will surfing the website and came across this link, http://pull-ups-training.com. Not sure how effective it is but it may be good to give it a shot. The other thing that can be done is to adopt Charles Staley’s EDT as I have received a few mailers on it. His workout focuses on building strength and I personally think that this should be the way. Short and intense. I hope you all the best and thanked you for the wonderful audio clips that you have provided. In fact, I was just listening your audio on “How to Build a Six-Figure Bootcamp Business”.

• Luka Hocevar October 9th, 2008
  6:12 pm

  Scott,
  definitely doable, even though it makes a difference where you are right now regarding pull up/push up numbers.
  There are many ways to build for numbers in push ups and pull ups. I am a fan of the greasing the groove method and ladders as it makes it easier to get a lot of volume in without as much fatigue. The NASA 100 push up method is a great way to get there!!
  If you need any other methods or tips, please let me know. Choose a tactic and put it to work and you will get the numbers!!!

  Luka Hocevar
  http://www.hocevarperformance.com/blog

• Azlina Abu Hassan October 9th, 2008
  7:59 pm

  Each of us has an incredible hulk within.
  You’ll find yours!

• Lauren Miller October 9th, 2008
  8:06 pm

  Hey Scott,

  Just a little coaching, coach to coach. I hear a lot of negative self talk: “potential disaster looming”… “I’m a little worried…” “Am I crazy?” So, I want to ask you, where do you think all that negative self talk is coming from? What belief, opinion, or judgement of yourself could you be reinforcing? How do you think you can reframe your thoughts to think “AMAZING GOAL WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED”… “I AM ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED I CAN…” “I AM KNOWINGLY SURE OF MY ABILITY TO DO THIS!” Having a mindset that is committed to failure, will unfortunately lead to failure. Change the way you look at this goal, Scott. All things are possible if you believe. I will be rooting in your corner. Check out my website… I would love to give you a free coaching session… you really helped me on the boot camp call the other day. Thanks.

• helen October 9th, 2008
  10:27 pm

  Hey, Scott;
  Remember you are doing awesome and you will accomplish your goals!. It is not in how strong you are in your body that will get you through but how strong you are in your mind!!Also, certain foods can weaken you as well in your physical strength!! I am chee ring you on!!I have accomplished all the goals I set out to do! The hardest for me was the push-ups and I set my goal to be for 25 as when I started I could only do 5 and now I can do 25 no problem!!Helen

• Joe C October 10th, 2008
  12:50 am

  Scott,

  The numbers are achievable, the time frame may be s little short. But there is nothing to lose by going for it! It will _not_ be “disaster” if you fall short, just human.

  Keep up the good work,

  Joe

• Rossome October 10th, 2008
  3:47 am

  Hey Scott, You are one crazy dude. But it takes a crazy man to even think about the goals you have set for yourself. So far you are on the right track, you have the right mindset. Thats basically where it all begins, So as long as you get in there and train everyday you will be fine. When I was in 8th grade we had physical fitness testing. These tests were spaced about 6 weeks apart. One of the hings you had to do for the testing was push ups. In the first go around I only was able to bust out about forty. Which was like top five in the class. But I strived for more. Everyday for there on out I did merely three sets of push ups till failure. By the time the next one rolled around I did 101. So go get it done

• Melinda Ward October 10th, 2008
  9:07 am

  Hello Scott. As Lauren said, and you no doubt realise, this is as much of a mental exercise as a physical one. I did a push-up challenge a (long) while ago with a few guys from my company gym. We started about 15 feet from a wall. Did one push-up, stood up and walked over to touch the wall, returned to start point, did two push-ups, touch the wall, return, three push-ups, etc… counting through to a final set of 15. This is a total of 120 push-ups. (Note: I was the only girl, but did “real” push ups on my toes.) The first time we tried the challenge, none of us finished (not even the PT who ran the gym, was a triathlete, and came up with the challenge). Once we realised it was a mental block around the 11 or 12 rep set, we were able to push through and finish on the next try a week later. Maybe try this method to break up the monotony and give your arms a (TINY) break to avoid cramping? Funny thing after that trial – it was my abs that hurt moreso than my arms. Good luck.