Man did 100 push ups a day for 30 days and showed off his 'surprising results'

A man who challenged himself to complete 100 push ups a day for 30 days showed off the difference it had made to him.

People are taking up all sorts of fitness challenges at the moment with some demanding near-total control over your free time and diet, while others just need you to do one thing each day every day to see the results.

Personal trainer and electrician Carl Pointer shared the results he experienced to YouTube when he decided he would take on 100 push ups each and every day for 30 days, including the impact it had on his mind.

It's a popular challenge and Carl said he picked it as he reckoned 100 was 'a manageable number' that he could do every day and fit around his work, with him splitting it into four daily sets of 25 push ups.

He said: "Consistency was key. Some days were easy and I could blast out the 100 push-ups no problem. I'm not going to lie, some days were tough.

Carl shared what he looked like before the 30 day challenge (YouTube/@carlpointer)

"It's winter now so it's getting dark and you do a 13-hour shift and you get home, put your daughter to bed and then got to blast out the remainder of the press ups."

As for the results, Carl showed that it had a mental impact as well as a physical one as he revealed he could have done more to his body if he'd done other forms of exercise, but was proud of what he'd accomplished and learned along with way.

He said: "These 30 days and 3,000 push-ups were more than just a little fitness challenge.

"Did my chest grow by 10 inches? No. Did I beat my Max rep of 50 push-ups in a row? No. Could I have got better results doing something like bench press? Probably yeah.

"Then what did I learn? Accountability, discipline, consistency, resilience and strength."

Carl explained that he knew he wasn't going to make major improvements by doing 100 push ups a day but he 'wanted to be super accountable for you guys' and had been inspired by others doing similar challenges.

Ultimately, he was 'happy with the results' and 'did get a little bit of a pump' from doing it as he discussed his surprising results which gave him 'unexpected lessons'.

He said he could have got better results doing other kinds of exercise, but wanted something he could keep consistent with (YouTube/@carlpointer)

It's worth pointing out that Carl had also challenged himself to complete 250 push ups a day for 30 days, so doing 100 was well within his ability.

Others who've done similar challenges have discussed how it's less about doing a set number of exercises for a set amount of time and more about developing the habits and mindset for a 'perpetually healthy' lifestyle.

One man who did 100 push ups a day for a year shared the impact it had on his body and explained that while the change in his appearance was 'not massive', the challenge did show that 'someone can see results where they didn't before by changing their approach'.