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If you have ever wondered what actually happens to your body if you complete 100 push ups a day then look no further.
The results of completing the exercise everyday for 30 days has been revealed by a YouTuber.
Jeremy Ethier has lifted the lid, explaining that push ups are ‘one of the most effective exercises to increase your strength and build up your upper body muscles like the chest, shoulders, and triceps’.
But what happens when you push this exercise to the extreme and complete 100 a day for a month?
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Ethier said: “The most noticeable effect you’ll experience in week one is what’s called DOMS, which stands for ‘delayed onset muscle soreness’. Since in this case your body isn’t used to doing 100 push-ups a day, week 1 is when you’ll experience the highest amount of soreness in your chest, shoulders, and arms.
“As for side effects you would experience in weeks 2 to 3 of your 30 day pushup challenge? Since it takes roughly 48 hours for a muscle to fully recover, in the case of doing 100 push-ups a day, since you’re training the same muscles every single workout, they aren’t getting a long enough break to fully recover. Because of this, you’ll likely start to experience quite a bit of fatigue in weeks 2 and 3.”
The YouTuber continued: “So by the time week 4 rolls around, your body will have taken a beating from the high frequency and high volume pushups. You may also start to notice two things. First, if you regularly train your front muscles without training your back muscles, then the stronger front muscles will overtime start to pull your body forward into a hunched over position with your shoulders rounded forward. Now the other thing you’ll notice has to do with your joints. Even with proper form, the repetitive motion of push-ups can create a lot of strain especially on your wrists and elbows.”
While this is likely to build up your muscles over the course of the 30 days, this method is one that Ethier does not recommend.
This is because it ‘causes too many recovery issues and lacks the progression you need to keep seeing results past 30 days’.
He went on to add: “Also, keep in mind that after these 30 days, if your body gets stronger then it’s going to need more of a challenge to continue growing.”
