7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups: Strengthen and Sculpt Your Arms, Abs, Chest, Back and Glutes by Training to do 100 Consecutive Push-Ups [Paperback]

Steve Speirs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2009

"As a symbol of health and wellness, nothing surpasses the simple push-up. It tests the whole body, engaging muscle groups in the arms, chest, abdomen, hips and legs." —The New York Times

If you're ready to massively increase your strength, follow the 7-week program in this book and you'll soon be able to complete 100 consecutive push-ups! You'll also transform your fitness, look great and feel even better as you sculpt every muscle from your neck down to your calves.

Offering several custom-designed, day-by-day plans, this book has something for everyone: from beginners embarking on a new workout regimen to athletes looking to enhance their strength training program.

Unleashing the power of the ultimate strength exercise 7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups includes:

•Instruction on how to do a perfect push-up
•Muscle-by-muscle breakdown of strength-building
•Challenging push-up variations

Editorial Reviews

Review

"As a symbol of health and wellness, nothing surpasses the simple push-up. The push-up is the ultimate barometer of fitness. It tests the whole body." — The New York Times

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

About the Author

Steve Speirs is an accomplished marathon runner and trainer and runs the popular website hundredpushups.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press; 1 Original edition (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569757070
• ISBN-13: 978-1569757079
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,809 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #5 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Exercise & Fitness > Ab Workouts
  • #8 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Exercise & Fitness > Quick Workouts

More About the Author

Born in Wales, but now living on the east coast of the U.S. STEVE SPEIRS is an avid runner, triathlete and fitness enthusiast. Since entering his first race in the early '80s, he has been hooked on an active lifestyle and is always seeking new challenges and the next level of fitness.

Competing in 30+ races a year, SPEIRS has completed 25 marathons with a personal
best time of 2 hours and 51 minutes. Perhaps his most notable achievement, however, was completing the 2004 Ironman Lake Placid Triathlon in a little over 12 hours.

SPEIRS is a proud son, husband, brother and father, and dedicates "7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups" to his ever-supportive family.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

107 of 122 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent workout programs for ALL levels!, August 4, 2009

By 

Brett E. Stewart "TRI PHX" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups: Strengthen and Sculpt Your Arms, Abs, Chest, Back and Glutes by Training to do 100 Consecutive Push-Ups (Paperback)

I recommend this book to ANYONE who wants to get in the best shape of their lives. The book is so fundamentally sound that it puts any other bodyweight workout book to shame. The plan is brilliant: Take a "test" to see how many pushups you can do with proper form and then use that number to find the PERFECT workout to get you to 100! The workouts are very well balanced and don't feel like a chore to do.
I read the book and took the challenge seriously and was able to crank out 100 consecutive pushups just when the book said I should! On my 48th day of the program I was able to do 101 pushups and was so pleased to nail my goal.
I still follow the program even AFTER completing the "magic number" because pushups are such a great exercise for your core, arms & chest! There are so many variations that you can learn to keep your workouts interesting & fun.
Challenge yourself & get this book!

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Kindle version almost immpossible to read..., May 30, 2011

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Gerard Moore (Elkridge, MD USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups: Strengthen and Sculpt Your Arms, Abs, Chest, Back and Glutes by Training to do 100 Consecutive Push- (Kindle Edition)

Well I hope I'm just mistaken somehow but I find the kindle version of this book essentially immpossible to read. The text is fine but the workouts in the book appear as tables and when trying to read them they are unbelievably small. I tried to increase the font size but that has no effect on the tables. So if I'm wrong I'll change my review, but if not I'm rethinking kindle for books with any form of tabular information.

63 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No more excuses, August 24, 2009

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Brandon Wood "One foot in front of the other" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups: Strengthen and Sculpt Your Arms, Abs, Chest, Back and Glutes by Training to do 100 Consecutive Push-Ups (Paperback)

I first came to know of the author, Steve Speirs, independent of his book, and the first thing that should be said above all else, is that Steve has dedicated his life to helping others enjoy the fitness and health that he himself enjoys.

I myself and a swimmer/cyclist/runner/triathlete/singer/website creator/podcast host, and in keeping up with these activities on top of living as normal a life as possible, I am quite often hard pressed for the time I need to do smaller, stabilizing workouts. I should also say that, having somewhat of a background in lifting, and thus having quite a bit of muscle mass, in order to make myself a better endurance athlete, I needed to abandon weight training and become more lean while still maintaining the strength necessary for the myriad event in which I participate.

When I first began using "7 Weeks.." I forgot for a while that I was supposed to put down the book and put into practice the techniques within. The book is such an easy and informative read, I felt like I was gleaning just as much knowledge simply from reading about the advantages and different methods of "push-up-ology" (my word, I don't want to put such language on the author!) that I was getting a workout sitting and reading! Of course, that not being the case, I had to try the program for myself.

I began in one of the "advanced" programs set forth by the book, which was based on how many push-ups I could do prior to beginning the program (I believe I did 50 before crapping out). Without going into the minutiae of my personal journey (after all you need to read the book to see for yourself), let me say that the hardest part of obtaining the goal of reaching 100 push-ups in 7 weeks was stopping at the numbers given by the book! It was so incredibly simple to understand and follow that I truly believe that even some who claims to have no upper body strength would be able to complete the programs (from beginner to advanced) with no problem at all.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of my favorite parts of the book; the little snippets of push-up trivia, scattered throughout the pages. They give you a sense of not only how long push-ups have been around, but how they have had a positive impact for so long.

I cannot recommend this book enough. I think that any person, young or old, male or female would have a great time reading and using the programs in "7 Weeks to 100 Push-ups" and would have a healthier, happier and better toned life for it.