The Push-Up Challenge

For some unknown reason, an ad for The Push-Up Challenge popped up on my feed. Intrigued, I clicked on the link. Supposed to be Australia's largest mental health and fitness event. Participants complete 3,307 push-ups in 24 days, from 3-26 June. This number represents the number of lives lost to suicide in Australia in 2024. People get a bit of exercise and raise funds at the same time. Win-win.

I've been doing pushups for the past few years, and I'm currently at 50 per day. I reckon pushing myself to do 80 shouldn't be too hard. And if I do the pushups twice a day, I can hit 160 pushups per day and beat the 3307 target. So I signed up for an account and downloaded the app.

The app gives you daily push-up targets that relate to an important Mental Health Fact. End of the day, you log your pushups and track your progress. Because I do fixed 160 pushups every day, I didn't use the app much.

By 26th of June, I've done 3840 pushups in 24 days. Because I didn't advertise my donation page, I raised zero dollars, but I did improve my pushup game. After the challenge, I went back to 80 pushups per day. Let's see how much I can do next year.