- What's up Thenx athletes?
It's Chris Heria, welcome to another Thenx video.
Today, I'm excited to be giving you a pushup challenge
to build some strength and muscle.
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Now this challenge may be pretty difficult
for some of you out there,
but if you make it a goal,
you're definitely gonna be able to beat it.
And by the time you can complete it,
you would have developed some serious strength and muscle.
We're gonna be putting our pushups to the test
with today's challenge.
And if you've been practicing pushes for a awhile,
you're definitely gonna wanna give it a try.
This challenge is gonna have eight levels.
Each level, you're gonna have to do 25 pushups.
But after you beat each level,
the next level is gonna be a harder pushup variation.
Now I'm sure doing 25 reps
of any of these push-up variations alone
may not sound that difficult.
But what's gonna make it challenging
is compounding repetitions and each exercise,
going back to back with only 20 seconds of rest
if you're able to pass each level.
And in the end,
you'd have completed 200 pushup reps in just a few minutes.
This challenge is gonna have eight levels
that will get harder and harder.
And in order to pass every level,
every single rep has to be slow
and controlled with perfect form.
So if you rush them, it doesn't count.
And you're gonna find that doing them slow and controlled
is actually a lot more difficult
because you have a better quality contraction,
increasing the time under tension of your muscles,
which is going to tear more muscle fibers,
building way more strength and muscle,
than just doing repetitions fast,
and just going through the motion quickly
without a quality muscle contraction.
So if you're ready to get started,
absolutely anybody can jump in and start this challenge.
We're gonna start really, really easy,
and eventually get harder as you go up the levels.
So if you're ready to fall along,
all you're gonna need is just to download the Thenx App
in the App Store or Google Play Store.
Open up to the YouTube workout section.
You should find this routine.
Smash the like button on this YouTube video,
and then we're ready to go.
We're just gonna be using our own body weight
and different pushup variations.
So this is gonna take absolutely no equipment.
Level 1 of this challenge is gonna be incline push-ups.
Now, absolutely anybody can do this movement.
Let's see if we can do it for 25 repetitions
with perfect form.
So we're gonna get to an elevated surface.
You wanna be straight from the tip of your toes,
to your shoulders,
and you wanna come all the way up, all the way down.
The surface should reach your chest,
and you should give a full range of muscle.
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I'm going to to regulate your breathing.
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And between every exercise,
we only have 20 seconds of break.
That's if you pass each level, so pace yourself.
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We got five more, five, four, three, two, and one.
All right. We have 20 seconds on the clock.
The next exercise I'm gonna get into
is going to be normal pushups.
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Everyone hanging in there, congratulations.
We just made it to level 2.
Let's get down on the ground, get into push-up position,
all the way down, all the way up, perfect form.
And if you're doing this with me, slow and controlled,
you're gonna realize how much more difficult this is
than rushing through 25 pushups.
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Through the last five.
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All right. Give our arms a little shake.
We just beat level 2.
Congratulations for everybody else hanging in.
We're moving on to level 3.
That's going to be diamond pushups, 25 reps.
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Let's get back down on the ground,
make a diamond shape with our hands.
Let's go all the way down, all the way back up.
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All right, woof.
My arms are actually already fired up.
We just passed level 3.
Now most people get to this level right here and gas out.
If you're able to keep going, congratulations.
Level 4 is going to be elevated pushups.
I'm gonna hit my feet up on an elevated surface.
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Go all the way down, all the way back up.
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All right. There we have it.
If you made it this far, we just did 100 pushups.
Most people don't make it this far,
and we're only halfway there.
The next exercise coming up is gonna be clapping push ups.
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Let's get down on the ground, we're going to crush level 5.
Explode.
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Woof, there we have it, woof.
So if you notice, not only is it getting harder
to do 25 reps every single time,
but it's also getting harder with each progression.
So congratulations if you just beat level 5.
Now we're moving on to level 6, archer pushups.
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So let's take a wide push-up position.
We're going to alternate, both sides.
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Almost there.
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All right, here we have 25 archer pushups.
My arms are right about to fall off.
We just have two more levels to go.
If you've made it this far, you're a beast.
I'm pushing myself as well to keep on going.
For level 7, we're gonna be doing pseudo planche pushups,
25 reps.
Let's get back down on the ground.
And for pseudo planche pushups,
you wanna make sure that your hands are by your waistline.
So, lean forward before you go in.
Down, go for your reps then.
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Three more.
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All right. Man, my arms are on fire.
We just have one last level to go.
For level 8, the last challenge
is gonna be push up, plus 90 degrees.
It's like holding the bottom of pseudo planche pushup,
just lean forward and your feet will lift off the ground.
So, let's get back down onto the ground.
Give it everything you got for these last 25 reps.
You wanna go down to a pushup,
lean forward, get your feed off the ground.
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Woof, wow.
I was just a couple reps away from not even making it.
But if you made it this far, congratulations.
We just hit 200 repetitions,
and probably the hardest push up challenge on YouTube.
So if you're able to complete this, congratulations.
You are a beast.
Definitely share this challenge with your friends,
or maybe some other YouTubers
that think that they could beat this challenge.
If you weren't able to complete it,
start working towards every level.
It's definitely achievable.
You can try reducing the amount of reps
when you're going for the challenge.
Let's say starting off with just 10 reps, every level,
and eventually the better you get,
you can move it to 15, 20, and then 25.
You can also try increasing the rest time
to 30 seconds of break or even more, instead of 20 seconds.
And the better you get,
you slowly start decreasing that time to reach 20 seconds.
And once you're able to beat this challenge,
you definitely would have developed some significant power,
strength and muscle.
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