The Push-Up Challenge
The Push-Up Challenge is a free mental health and fitness event focused on pushing for better mental health for all Canadians.
Each push-up represents a life lost to suicide
From February 11 to 28, 2025, participants will complete 2,000 push-ups which represents the 2,000 lives lost to suicde each day, worldwide. If pushups aren’t your thing, you can still participate. Substitute push-ups with alternative exercises like sit-ups, squats, jumping jacks — anything goes! You can also choose to aim for 50% of the push-up target andsmash out 1,000 push-ups instead of 2,000.
GET DAILY TARGETS AND FACTS: Each day of the Challenge, we’ll set a different daily push-up target that relates to an important Mental Health Fact. These daily targets add up to 2,000 push-ups overall. You can track your progress and see the facts on our free app.
EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE: You don’t have to be a push-up pro to participate. You can substitute push-ups with sit-ups, squats or other alternative exercises. You can also choose to aim for 50% of the push-up target and smash out 1,000 push-ups instead of 2,000.
GO SOLO OR JOIN A TEAM: You can participate solo, or set up a Team and invite your friends, work, school, gym or sports club to join you.
- Start by registering as an individual, a team or a community here: The Push-Up Challenge : Home
- Select CMHA Niagara from the list of all branches to support
- Once registered, share your page and begin recruiting team members and/or donations. For big groups, sign up as a Community to create a collection of Teams.
- Begin your countdown to February 11, 2025!! Download the free app to check your daily push-up targets, bank push-ups and read the daily Mental Health Facts throughout the challenge.
https://www.thepushupchallenge.ca/the-app
