Test of Strength: 5 Sports Challenges for the Most Advanced

The challenge format is becoming more and more widespread on the web. Professional athletes and sports enthusiasts almost every day share videos in which they set themselves difficult goals and offer viewers to fulfill them together within a certain period of time. The tasks vary in orientation and severity: for endurance, for speed, for muscle strength… The only condition is not to give up halfway, it’s a challenge!

We have selected five different Challenges, which are not so easy to fulfill. Are you ready to test your strength together with the athletes from the Internet and hold out until the end?

Important: do not repeat the experience of athletes if you have medical contraindications.

30 days of hanging on the bar with increasing time

Pull-ups are one of the most popular basic exercises. To perform the maximum number of repetitions, you need to pay attention to hanging. It’s simple: the weaker the hang, the fewer pull-ups in a row you can perform.

In the summer of this year, bodybuilder Alexey Shredder launched his own challenge. The athlete decided to find out what will happen if you hang on the bar every day for a month. And to do it at the peak of capabilities once in 2-3 days, and the rest of the days to work at 70% of the maximum, so as not to overload the body in vain.

On the first day of the experiment Alexey hung on the bar for only 2 minutes and 17 seconds. The athlete admitted that this is a weak result for him, and set a goal: to withstand 5 minutes of hanging and achieve a natural ease of performance. Unfortunately, the result on the YouTube channel subscribers never waited for the result. But some of them took the challenge themselves and a month later shared their impressions: the hanging time was guaranteed to increase by 1 minute.

20 pull-ups in a row

A good measure of strength in pull-ups is 20 strict reps with full arm extension. Can’t boast of such a result yet? Then join the challenge and perform the exercise in full amplitude, without impulses and swaying. The body should stretch into a line, as demonstrated by fitness trainer Al Cavadlo.

Exercising twice a week, gradually increase the number of pull-ups. If now your maximum is three reps, try to do 10 in a few approaches during the entire workout, and on the next one, strive to surpass that number. Experiment indefinitely, the main thing is to achieve 20 pull-ups in a row and be ready to repeat them in 5 approaches.

30 days of exhausting abs exercises

Fitness blogger Igor Voytenko often organizes Challenges with exercises accessible to everyone. They do not require special equipment or special training. This time the athlete challenged himself in the form of a 30-day marathon to pump the abs.

Participants of the experiment have to perform 4 exercises in a row: hybrid twists, plank with knees pulling up, straight leg raises with lumbar pull up and bicycle. Each one should be done with maximum effort for 45 seconds in the first approach. After it – a short rest of 10 seconds and the second approach. If in this round you do not manage to sustain 45 seconds, stop, prepare for the next task and stick to the same scheme. Rest between different exercises – 30 seconds. After a month of training, you will definitely see progress.

15,650 push-ups in a month

YouTube-blogger Vladislav Petrenko is famous for his crazy challenges. For example, he posted videos on how a man can sit on the twine without pain or do 6500 pull-ups in 30 days. But Vlad’s most popular experiment is 15,650 push-ups in a month. You’ll agree, that sounds wild. But he did it! Even though he was energized only with the help of fruits and vegetables.

According to the rules of the Challenge must do an average of 500 push-ups every day. Of course, they should be performed in several approaches, and scattered throughout the day. Deviate from the daily plan is also allowed, but in the end “duty” will need to work off. The result of the experiment will not keep you waiting.

A year of daily jogging

Hella Sidibe, an athlete from New Jersey, loves running workouts. Yes, so much so that in May 2017, he came up with a challenge – to run every day for a year. You won’t believe it, but Hella surpassed his plan and continues his daily jogging to this day.

In this challenge, it doesn’t matter at all how much you run – push yourself based on your strength and well-being. The most important aspect here is to develop the habit of running daily. For example, Sidibe ran only 1 mile on the first day, which is just over 1.5 kilometers, and didn’t push himself. But as time went on, progress became tangible, and by the end of the year, the runner had totaled 2807 miles (about 4517 km).

Of course, all of the above-mentioned Challenges do not guarantee a permanent result. After all, in order to be in shape and show the maximum of your abilities, you need systematic training. It is only important to remember that even small work with daily effort grows into something bigger.