100 Push-ups Challenge from an Engineer’s Perpective

Back in February 2020, I did 100 push-ups every day for 30 days. Being a software engineer myself, I’d like to demonstrate this challenge as an experiment. I didn’t get to write about my experience until now. So here we are. I will present the data first, then interpret the results.

Prelude

After years of a sedentary lifestyle, I started exercising in May 2017. During the first few months I ran regularly, 3–4 times a week. Then in December 2017, I started working out as well. Therefore when conducting this…