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You are here: Home / Thrive / Fitness / Have you got what it takes? Exercise challenge!

Have you got what it takes? Exercise challenge!

September 18, 2012 by Kim 101 Comments

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I recently came across an exercise workout on Pinterest called “The Ninety-Nine”. It is said to have originated from this blog: Beautiful Day 4 Running but I can’t find an actual place on the blog where it was posted.

Anyhow, I tried the workout.

And it rocks.

It worked muscles I didn’t know I had, and for someone like me in good shape already, that is a very important feature in a workout. I did have an issue with one aspect of the exercises and that was the leg raises so I changed it up a bit and made a sheet that you can print out and hang on the wall if you want to give it a try. It’s not for the faint of heart but will give you a great workout. The initial exercises took me 55 minutes, then 11 minutes for the run.

The workout consists of 8 set of 5 exercises. The first set starts with 99 reps of each except the push-ups you do 9 reps. Each subsequent set is 11 reps less than the previous set. The 9th set is just an 11 minute run, jog, walk…whatever you can do after almost an hour of calisthenics.

The exercises are fairly explanatory. Jumping jacks and crunches are what they usually are. The wall sit is a squat with your back against the wall. You go down as low as you can and hold the position. Knee lifts you do while standing just alternating raising each knee as high as you can. Push-ups are fairly standard too, though you can always do them on your knees if you need to.

So….do you dare?

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  1. Kat @ iHeart7.com says

    September 19, 2012 at 7:43 am

    That’s pretty much the same level of activity in a typical day of our boot camp which I do 4 times per week. I’m going to start replacing one of my daily workouts with this one and see how I like it. I’m going to start the pushups at 40 and go down in increments of 5 though… 9 pushups is nothing for me lol I’ve gotten really “used to” the Fat Blaster workout that I started doing several weeks ago so this will give my body a little bit of a much-needed shift during the three off-days from boot camp each week ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for posting!! I love that it ends with a run… I can get just over a mile in with that 11 minutes! Fitnessssss for the win!

    Reply
  2. Lynsey @MoscatoMom says

    September 19, 2012 at 7:50 am

    So should I practice this so we can do it each morning in Pigeon Forge? LOL Looks awesome.

    Reply
  3. Nichol says

    September 19, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Um nope I don’t dare. Maybe I’ll start once I’ve kicked brochitis in the butt. Looks great though!

    Reply
  4. Wendy T says

    September 20, 2012 at 7:49 am

    I’ve fallen off the exercise wagon since going back to work. This looks simple enough…once I find my motivation and energy.

    Reply
  5. Alison says

    September 20, 2012 at 7:53 am

    I don’t dare. I will leave that up to you. ๐Ÿ˜›

    Reply
  6. Maryann says

    September 20, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    maybe! I was doing ripped in 30 wHich i LOVE but i hurt my back and now I can’t do it. This might be perfect until I can get back to it.

    Reply
  7. SCM (SocialCafe Magazine) says

    September 20, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Oh my! I’ll have to try this ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Reply
  8. Thomas Murphy says

    September 22, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    This looks pretty hard, I think i’ll give it a try.

    Reply
  9. Tiff @ Babes and Kids says

    September 23, 2012 at 8:22 pm

    This looks like a great workout. When my marathon soreness is gone I am going to try this!

    Reply
  10. Cat Davis - Food Family Finds says

    September 23, 2012 at 8:30 pm

    You have fun with that. I got tired thinking about doing 9 jumping jacks letting alone 99 of them.

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  11. Toni says

    September 24, 2012 at 3:10 am

    Here’s an idea if this is too scary to try: Start out with the jumping jacks and go for as long as you can then what ever number you fall short on (unless you can get to 99 easily) just start from there, for instance if you could only do 25 jumping jacks, then just do 25 crunches and so on, ending at a 15 minute walk, run or bike/stationary bike ride. And then the next day try to achieve a higher number, higher each day, hey maybe you’ll exceed the 99. Just exercise, that’s the main goal not how many of something you can do

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    • jen says

      September 26, 2012 at 6:25 pm

      ..what tori said. just get movin’. this chart is a little ridiculous for the average person. and i dont think an above average person could do this either wihtout being completely drained before it finishes. just move!

      Reply
    • Dana says

      September 26, 2012 at 6:51 pm

      I completely agree with you Toni!! I have nothing else to say since you said it all haha.

      Reply
  12. Dave says

    September 25, 2012 at 1:38 am

    I did this. It’s cake if you’re in any kind of decent shape at all. On the other hand if you’re in the shape of a cake you’re going to have trouble you big hippo fat whale gut lard.

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  13. Billie says

    September 25, 2012 at 11:05 am

    According to Dave, I’m a big hippo fat whale gut lard in the shape of cake so there’s no way I could do this. I would need to modify it and work up. I’ll get there someday, not because I want to, but just to say that I can.

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  14. Ellen B says

    September 25, 2012 at 2:03 pm

    no I don’t think I can do that – lol – I really don’t exercise

    Reply
  15. allison says

    September 26, 2012 at 8:17 am

    saved the picture on my wall! hope to try it since I’m always looking to keep my body active when I’m home working!

    – Allison

    Reply
  16. Elisha says

    September 27, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    I found where it was on the blog!

    http://beautifulday4running.tumblr.com/post/2835984024/when-doing-the-100-workout-for-the-first-time-i

    Reply
  17. elliot says

    September 27, 2012 at 9:20 pm

    This is just like my morning workout, except I start at 999.

    Reply
    • *Emilia says

      September 30, 2012 at 8:56 am

      Cool story , bro.

      Reply
  18. Vegeta says

    September 29, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    I do this excercise too, except i start at OVER 9000!

    Reply
  19. *Emilia says

    September 30, 2012 at 9:26 am

    And each set is 11 less reps each time not 10…in case you wanna edit that.

    Reply
  20. Jason says

    October 1, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    Reminds me of a workout me and a mate tried, it was a crossfit challenge.
    2500 reps in total
    500 reps each of
    pullups
    squats
    pushups
    flutter kick
    situps
    Complete any way you can.

    Reply
  21. Rachel says

    October 3, 2012 at 6:51 pm

    I love this. definitely going to have to try it!!

    Reply
    • vinodh says

      October 9, 2012 at 4:54 am

      Rachel, you just love this. I’m pretty sure you’re not gonna do this. ๐Ÿ˜€ lol

      Reply
  22. Johnathan says

    October 7, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    that sounds brutal it seems to be even hard for someone in good shape like you what are the chances for the rest of us who workout rarely. This workout should not be attempted by anyone ot in good shape.

    Reply
  23. Laurie says

    October 8, 2012 at 2:03 am

    This is too much of a workout … are we humans or machines ??

    Reply
  24. gerri says

    October 9, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    Are you freaking KIDDING me!?!?
    Congratulations, but – ahem – you’re right, I must be VERY faint at heart. As in, ready to have a heart attack just reading this…seems a bit over the top, but who the heck am I to say?

    Reply
  25. Rose says

    October 10, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    Mission Completed! Awesome workout, it was a good challenge. (:

    Reply
  26. sani says

    October 11, 2012 at 10:45 am

    Awesome

    Reply
  27. CoreySmith says

    October 12, 2012 at 9:55 am

    For everyone saying this is unachievable: You can do anything you set your mind to. Get out of your computer chair, turn the TV off, go outside and play. Sprint, climb, play basketball, roll around in the yard. SOMETHING! And when you’re done, eat a plateful of like 100 eggs, and big “dose” of bacon. Also drink a lot of water. Also, stop eating fast food.

    Reply
  28. gaurav kumar says

    October 12, 2012 at 10:36 pm

    awesome workout..

    Reply
  29. Amanda says

    October 13, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    Thi really wasnt that hard I completed this work out in 35 minutes.

    Reply
  30. Ellie says

    October 14, 2012 at 12:31 am

    I think this would be a good challenge. I’m in pretty good shape… I think I can do it ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  31. Rich says

    October 14, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    I’m going to go for it !!!

    Reply
  32. Rich says

    October 15, 2012 at 9:20 pm

    Whats the rest time in between? Varies with fitness level?

    Reply
    • Kim says

      October 16, 2012 at 10:21 am

      Yes, definitely. I take about 30 seconds in between sets, maybe 10 seconds between each exercise.

      Reply
  33. Bigstep says

    October 26, 2012 at 1:10 am

    Cool workout! I can’t wait to get home from work and try it!

    Reply
  34. Jaswinder Singh says

    October 27, 2012 at 10:18 am

    The 99 workout I’ve got to try this out. I find doing jumping jacks hard to do but its worth the effort. Great set of workouts.

    Reply
  35. Dallas says

    October 30, 2012 at 10:08 am

    I can’t wait to get off work and try it out eitherrr! I am so proud of myself for sticking to working out these last several months, and I have DEFINITELY seen the results I wanted! And all at home! I don’t have a gym membership, but I LOOK like I do haha. And most importanly FEEL like I do. Anyways, cheers to all you guys sticking with it even when it’s hard and you’re sore, it’s so worth it in the end! And I have found that if I eat generally healthy, and just make sure that I get enough vitamins and minerals and protein, I can eat as much as I want! Hell, yes ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  36. Madhuri says

    October 31, 2012 at 7:28 am

    I was just about to jump on the elliptical for some cardio this morning and stumbled upon this. Seriously, I am going to replace my morning workout with this and see how it goes. Maybe it’ll become a part of my routine! Thanks for posting this!

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  37. Chris says

    October 31, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    Sweet! I’m going to try this myself and pass it on to my Sensei. Looks like a great warmup for martial arts.

    Reply
  38. Brian L. says

    November 5, 2012 at 6:43 pm

    What is the rest between sets? Or is there a rest?

    Reply
  39. Alfian Effendy says

    November 22, 2012 at 8:18 am

    Yeah, I’m ready for this. I’ll do it ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  40. Online Gym says

    November 24, 2012 at 5:24 pm

    Yeah this is a extreme workout for the average person. I only know this because i just did it. Most would not finish this. It remains me of my online gym workouts. Way To Go TheySmell.com! Yeah baby!

    Reply
  41. Keith says

    November 25, 2012 at 8:30 pm

    why just 9 push ups? I mean everything else is hardcore and long drawn out reps.

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    • sarah says

      November 28, 2012 at 6:05 am

      because most people, esp the average person who will try this, their upper body/ arm strength is only strong enough for that many at a time.

      Reply
      • Franky says

        December 11, 2012 at 1:44 pm

        Essh really? That’s what you think would be hard for an average person? Not the 450 sit-ups? Or the 8 minutes of wall-sit? Make them burpies instead of push-ups at least, I suggest…

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  42. Amanda says

    November 28, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    Do you do the entire thing in one shot? Or is this day by day?

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  43. Greg says

    November 28, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    484 Crunches in one workout? Maybe not as fit as I thought, but that sounds a little out of my league…

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    • Maureen says

      December 19, 2012 at 11:17 pm

      Greg,
      A suggestion I tell my clients, break up the crunches into different sets that work different sections of the abs. For example, 400 crunches: do 100 regular, do 100 each side, and do 100 flutter kicks. This works all of your abdominals and is a little easier to get through than running all 400 on one ab section ๐Ÿ™‚

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  44. sarah says

    December 13, 2012 at 9:38 am

    lol @ Franke, if you need to do more than the amount of push ups per set go ahead, don’t criticize her work out…
    btw this is GREAT workout.

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  45. Alyssa says

    December 18, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    Cool! Thank you! I think I’ll take this one or two reps a day and slowly build up to all 9. Because as of right now, I think I’m a little too soft to take on such a hardcore workout like this one.

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  46. Xenon_1978 says

    December 21, 2012 at 7:25 am

    a lot tips for work out. keeping this +99 tips in my mind & will start to workout. great tips to follow.
    thanks

    Reply
  47. Ethel says

    January 1, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    This is neat! I want to try this myself soon!
    I apologize, but what is a sec. wall sit?

    Reply
    • Kim says

      January 1, 2013 at 3:23 pm

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-wV4Venusw

      Reply
    • derv says

      January 9, 2013 at 3:58 pm

      99 SECOND wall sit

      Reply
  48. fawas says

    January 8, 2013 at 11:52 am

    I have to do al the 9 sets on one day ???

    Reply
    • fawas says

      January 8, 2013 at 11:52 am

      all** sorry about that

      Reply
  49. ManuMalca says

    January 14, 2013 at 9:47 pm

    The point here is to start them, everything can be achieved with courage

    Reply
  50. Corey says

    January 18, 2013 at 8:45 am

    First time doing this, completed it. Great challenge

    Reply
  51. Jenn @comebackmomma says

    January 18, 2013 at 11:30 am

    Wow! This looks like one heck of a workout. I pinned it and will have to give it a try soon.

    Reply
  52. Harry says

    January 22, 2013 at 9:41 am

    Got to give it a try! This looks fun and exhausting ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  53. Felisha says

    January 26, 2013 at 9:26 am

    This might possibly be everything I need to tone up. I’ll print this one out and give to my friends.

    Reply
  54. Jennifer says

    January 29, 2013 at 5:57 pm

    I just may have to try this!

    Reply
  55. GoalSugar says

    January 30, 2013 at 1:34 am

    Now that is a Workout. Those Jumping jacks are no Joke, hard but they really burn fat

    Reply
  56. Jae Mac says

    January 30, 2013 at 7:12 pm

    I don’t know if I can hang with this. That’s a whole hell of a lot, but I’ll try it!
    Jae Mac, I’m Just Sayin’…(Damn!)

    Reply
  57. kevin says

    February 5, 2013 at 12:19 pm

    read Stuart McGill
    No more crunchies

    Reply
  58. bee says

    February 6, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    Pleasevwhat’s jumping jack?

    Reply
  59. Tom says

    February 10, 2013 at 5:15 pm

    Hey I love this workout its a complete body burner and its simple! I promote NO NONSENSE exercises on my blog. Check it out and tell me what you think:

    http://www.muscleandfood.wordpress.com

    Follow me by email, I will be introducing some killer workouts just like this!

    Reply
  60. Ross says

    February 12, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    While I agree that this is a great workout, I would never recommend it to just anyone. This workout is based on many restrictions of ROM and ability and is not suitable for just anyone. Also, no resistance training is involved and, although killer, is completely worthless for anyone starting a new workout regimen with the intent of getting in shape/

    Reply
  61. VALife Sciences says

    February 13, 2013 at 12:18 am

    I am starting to do this to lose my fat, thanks

    Reply
    • sam says

      March 12, 2013 at 10:19 am

      me 2 ๐Ÿ˜€

      Reply
  62. brandi says

    February 18, 2013 at 9:11 pm

    I dont think I could do 99 sit ups all at once lol. Do we start at the bottom and work my way up everyday doing more?

    Reply
  63. Jen @TheFitHousewife says

    February 22, 2013 at 11:40 am

    Hi! I came across your blog today and love it. I love all the healthy recipes and fitness tips. Thanks so much for sharing ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  64. The Frugal Exerciser says

    February 26, 2013 at 10:58 am

    I would change some exercises around but this is torture. LOL.

    Reply
  65. Kimberly says

    February 27, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    Oh, no! Not gonna try that workout!!!!

    Reply
  66. Michele says

    March 2, 2013 at 8:42 pm

    I think I’m going to try this out. It looks like an interesting workout. Kind of like a countdown.

    Reply
  67. Shekar says

    March 9, 2013 at 10:46 am

    we used to start with
    1)Thirty knuckle pushups reducing to 20 (that is 10 circuits)
    2)fifty situps
    3)100 steps duck walk
    4) and 40 different kicks on each circuit

    that was my from Tae-Kwondo class and used to do only on sunday mornings.

    Reply
  68. devim says

    March 12, 2013 at 10:25 am

    Almost 500 crunches in perfect or good form is crazy

    Reply
  69. Jake says

    March 27, 2013 at 3:22 pm

    This has been the background on my comp for weeks now, though a diff image. I use it on my active recovery days, works like HIIT Training, love it.

    Reply
  70. kjoel007 says

    April 2, 2013 at 5:18 am

    Hahaha, I dare! so i am going to try this out ๐Ÿ˜€

    Reply
  71. Harisankar P S says

    April 7, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    I took want to build a bit, not sure for how long I will be doing this. But challenge accepted.. ๐Ÿ˜€

    Reply
  72. Jack Kastor says

    April 10, 2013 at 8:05 am

    That’s just brutal. I’m currently doing the 200 squats/200 situps/100 pushups programmes, and the’yre painful, but this – this is what Sauron forces on the Fighting Uruk Hai, it’s what they suffer in Guantanamo, it’s how Chuck Norris takes some r’n’r.

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    • Norma says

      April 11, 2013 at 11:51 am

      I think it’s so much better to leave a little bit for the next day and not do too much. I don’t think the body can deal with that much strain in one day. You got to have some kind of strength for daily living. You can exercise every day instead if you’re feeling like you want to get in shape fast. But to do all of this workout in one day is too much. Eventually you are going to be very tired. You may even lose motivation to keep working out, because it’s so hard. This is exactly what I write about in my books. You can’t build a body in one day. It’s gradual exercise every day. The body will react and shape up eventually.

      Reply
  73. Ryan Bruno says

    April 17, 2013 at 10:25 am

    Interesting workout, I’ll test it out.

    Reply
  74. Rob says

    June 5, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    Just stumbledupon your post! Always great to find new creative ways to work out to prevent boredom. Thanks for sharing, will give it a try next time!

    Reply
  75. Dheeraj More says

    September 1, 2013 at 5:18 am

    Post a video of you doing these 9 sets, i bet you will pass out before set 5.

    Reply
    • Kimberly Grabinski says

      September 2, 2013 at 11:18 am

      I’ve done this workout start to finish, more than once. Thanks for being a troll, it makes things interesting.

      Reply
  76. Joy Williams says

    September 1, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    Totally pinning this for future reference!

    Reply
  77. nicole says

    February 23, 2014 at 8:19 pm

    this is really easy if you put your mind to it i just finished it in about 2 hours it takes a while to finish but you feel like the hulk when you are done lol!

    Reply
    • Prat says

      April 29, 2014 at 6:08 pm

      Yeah, actually working out for that long isn’t really good for you.

      Reply
  78. Realadvice says

    April 14, 2014 at 7:44 am

    Just lowering the variety and adding lots of reps doesn’t make a good workout!

    Reply
  79. Aaron says

    April 20, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    Just finished this up after stumbling upon it….Crunches were absolutely brutal! Pretty much had to break it down into 20s to begin with then struggling through 10-15 at a time…..That might sound sad….but….I’m 350 pounds!

    Reply
    • Kimberly Grabinski says

      April 21, 2014 at 8:37 am

      Not sad at all Aaron. Most people don’t even try. You got up and got moving! Keep up the great work and just work your way up. This is an extreme workout and again, you have my respect for even giving it a shot!!

      Reply
  80. Swole says

    June 11, 2015 at 3:26 am

    Great way to get cardio in while changing it up

    Reply
  81. DeVaughn Burke says

    August 1, 2015 at 10:50 pm

    This is a great change up to the regular workouts that you usually do. I’m going to try this

    Reply
  82. PG says

    October 20, 2015 at 11:41 pm

    Crunches are worthless.

    Reply
  83. Charlize says

    November 9, 2015 at 4:52 am

    Thanks for the post.

    You helped me a lot with it. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  84. Matthew says

    September 1, 2017 at 2:05 am

    great challenge! if i do around 100 jumping jacks, and 100 crunches, each day.. will that be enough to keep my weight from going up?

    Reply
    • Kim says

      September 2, 2017 at 12:50 pm

      That’s not something I can answer, you’d have to see for yourself how much exercise you need vs your food intake. Good luck!

      Reply

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