How to do 25000 situps and pushups in 2008
How I did it: I had to stop doing sit-ups and squats, because they took up entirely too much time (as I was already busy enough with moving, having a 2nd kid, and playing baseball).
I started on Jan 9, so I was immediately behind pace. I still ended up finishing 2 days early. Knowing that I needed to do at least 69 pushups each day, and keeping track in Excel, helped out a lot. I was able to have it show me what my to-date total was supposed to be for each day, so I knew if I could take a day off or if I had to play catch-up. I ended up doing pushups on 303 of the 356 days, which averages out to 82.5/day. That comes out to doing pushups 6 days out of 7, which isn't really recommended (that's why I had some light days and some heavy days). The most I did on any given day was 391, and obviously, I did no pushups on 53 days). My highest count in a given set was 40. I am going to rest tomorrow and then see if I can set a new personal best on the last day of the year.
Lessons & tips: Don't shoot for just the bare minimum each day. Do as many as you can when you have the time, because you don't know when you'll be sick, busy, etc.
Resources: MS Excel or any other spreadsheet app that will help auto-calculate totals and targets
