Does Ping Pong Count as Exercise?: Days 42-45 | 100 Days

[@NotJaredT]

"This and writing are the two things we're most equal in" -Amazing.

[@Jamie-bu9cq]

Chris might have the edge on writing jokes...

[@pseudogenesis]

You forgot the "8-3" shortly thereafter haha

[@isabelleisabelle.]

I think it would be entertaining to see John and Chris go golfing together. Plus we'd then have more than one clip of Chris hitting the ball.

[@the-shork]

IsabelleFandoms I'm getting really sick of that clip, lol

[@zacharywhitney6957]

after this 100 days end you should do a season 2! days 100-200 where you continue to build up your health. Or you could get new people to do it. I really don't want to see this series end so quickly!

[@sheltiegirl423]

Zachary Whitney I like this idea! I love this series and I don't want it to end either. I would be happy to see you two continue or different people make this journey.

[@ivydeliz]

Wall sits have to count for Chris's meditation!

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

You guys should keep it up all year. Not only is this video series entertaining but you're exposing lots of us to things we had never heard about... plus the benefits to you guys health of course.

[@sawsan6982]

Looking majestic with that yellow headband, John.

[@katiewalsh9589]

I love the not photographing your food punishment. Hilarious :D

[@FromAnonymouse]

I was smiling the entire time and then at the end the portraits came and had me burst out laughing really loudly on the train.

[@lafayettethebaguette1418]

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[@ethan-loves]

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[@abbiehoffer5715]

Jumping onto risers looks terrifying

[@Rej800]

Nightcrawler Jones It definitely is. My gym has some solid foam pads that velcro together for box jumps. You feel much better jumping onto those!

[@sezzac155]

Nightcrawler Jones it does. And yet I would be happy watching John and Chris do it until the rises fall over. It's not that I wish to see them get injured it's more to do with I would find it interesting how far they can go. This probably makes me a bad person because i would be lucky to make it to 3 or 4.

[@OliviaLazaridou]

I love working out, eating healthy and tracking my progress with you guys as my motivation. Started when John announced it around October and I managed to drop 13 kilos and most importantly, feel healthy again. I look forward to the end of the 100 days program and what will follow. Keep it up everyone, we can do it!

[@sheltiegirl423]

Olivia Lazaridou congrats, that's great! Keep up the healthy lifestyle :)

[@TheMidnightlove]

the way Chris said Harry Potter ! Dying! lol

[@ItsShahrzadG]

I know, that killed me!

[@amandagarcia222]

This show is great. I really am inspired by it, and I even went to an aerial silks class on Sunday. Thanks for the hard work and encouragement!

[@carlybutler5177]

That whole knowing eating healthily improves your energy/stamina but not being able to make good choices thing is SO real. When I eat well I'm an unstoppable machine but I'm baffled by the fact that I can't force myself to do that 24/7. I feel you, John

[@nerinelunacyran5009]

John, I swear whenever you wear a USQ headband every quidditch player watching both smiles in joy and has their heart broken a little. When will we see you and Chris play some *actual* quidditch? The suspense is killing us, John! You can't keep teasing us with the headbands and not have a single quidditch-related video these 100 days ;)

[@Kamomillia]

Love this series for its inspirational, light and still serious tone. Well done!

[@anarkyah4440]

the idea of the horrible pictures everytime you skip the picture meals is great!!

[@MD30474]

This series is so good, so pure

[@stephenwood1187]

Thank ya for sharing this experience with the interwebs! Keep on rockin!

[@mirnder]

I was lying on the floor while watching this and I realized I could do some crunches while I watched. So that's what I did XD Great work, guys!

[@4mpersan]

Excellent motivation, and it gives the audience a chuckle (with you - not at you) too. :)

[@cupcakewithouttheicing]

Very impressed by your ping pong skills. I tried it during gym class for a week and couldn't get the hang of it. It was so hard and I was so bad. I was more tired from picking up ping pong balls every 30 seconds than I was during any other sport we did it in that class

[@DjRuccy]

It's Table Tennis not ping pong.

[@markjmarkjack]

I lost 40lbs in college primarily playing table tennis. I played several hour multiple days weekly, it also caused me to eat less and healthier to not feel sluggish. If you play it with somewhat proper stance, footwork and stroke mechanic it's a good cardio exercise.

[@StephenTack]

Ping Pong is a workout if you do it right! Room too small. Net too low. Poor stance. Non-optimal grip. Negligible footwork. Inconsistent/non-existent use of spin. You should do a serious Ping Pong crash course episode!

[@ethan-loves]

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[@arrang_f3413]

I wouldn't ever count ping pong as exercise but table tennis is always a high intensity work out

[@StephenTack]

Original Arran I used to make this argument, until I found out that in China the term they use most is Ping Pong. They pretty much dominate the game, and I've heard a world champion call it Ping Pong, so I think Ping Pong is fine!

[@4evergraciek920]

as someone who took 3 years in Chinese, Ping Pong (que [which they add to all sports]) is how they say table tennis :)

[@DjRuccy]

4everGracieK Ping Pong is not chinese ping pong is a BRAND NAME.

[@toswingonastar]

John, I noticed that while you were running on the treadmill you seemed to cross your arms over your chest a lot- this might be something to work on, as excess arm movement across the chest wastes energy and doesn't help drive you forward.

[@maryalysse6764]

I greatly appreciated the A Few Good Men reference, which I will now remember when I do wall sits.

[@ilaurenbunny1576]

Hello! Love this series!

[@Cassayowary]

I would love to see Hank do a similar thing. I have UC and it has created a super complicated relationship with my body and mind and it would be great to see someone with the same illness negotiate this stuff. Even as it is though II find this series 1000000 times more inspirational than watching people who are already super fit and healthy. Thank you :)

[@suspendedsky]

willy! i hope he's doing better. you mentioned he was sick during p4a.

[@nogawalder9917]

I love the picture idea!

[@mimi_wandering]

yay motivation for the day :) another great episode!

[@Laura-qp9iw]

Ping pong is definitely exercise if you give it 100%. I use it as my exercise a lot but I definitely get my heart rate up higher by moving my body more.

[@velvetsrose]

Laura laughing at them is my favorite part of this series.

[@alishadurbrow9254]

Great job on your run pace!

[@RayenTrail]

The lady in the corner when they were playing ping pong was so excited... (and yes I am re-watching all of 100Days 2 years after the fact. and yes I have watched all of the playlist in one sitting...

[@Ms.Bee3]

I held a plank for the last minute of the vid. I understand your pain John

[@guineaping235]

I think it's cool that you guys are trying out so many different kinds of exercise and sports. I think it would be cool if you guys could do ballet or cheer, or something else that most people don't view as difficult.

[@nimothee7]

I freaking love this series

[@computersguy13]

For the metrics, it would be nice to see a graph of how things are changing for both of you.

[@sheltiegirl423]

Computer Guy I agree, or at the very least the old and new number on the screen at the same time. The numbers flash by so fast I can never seem to see the first one properly.

[@sheltiegirl423]

This episode made me laugh a lot! I love the idea of posting ridiculous pictures of you guys when you forget to photograph your food. Now when you guys forget at least the rest of us get to be entertained 😜

[@theodoro4152]

Hi! Loving the series!

[@suzyc4112]

Make habits not choices if you want them to stick! Always found that to be great advice :)

[@WisemanxSmash]

Let me answer your question with another question. Is mayonnaise an instrument?

[@TorquemadaTwist]

Kohl Methven All sandwich spreads are instruments. Mayonnaise is for easy listening but to accompany peanut butter you gotta jam.

[@daysleeper999]

No Kohl, mayonnaise is not an instrument. Horseradish isn't an instrument either.

[@kierstinthorn]

FloraLuna That's horseradish! +Bruce Dunn knows what's up.

[@d6d6d6d61]

I was like... they're gonna post today, they're gonna post today!!

[@worldweirdo]

I think it does count as exercise! You're standing, you're moving around, it's mentally stimulating, you played like 30 rounds. I would count it.

[@ellieflynn8549]

watching them play ping pong is so calming

[@lionskull1]

question: does your feeling of having less energy possible a placebo affect? I don't know how you would test that though.

[@culwin]

I would like to see the two of you compete at Nerd Fighters (Aero Fighters).

[@sn0250]

5:42 - [həˈɻiː pʰɑˈtʰɛɻ]

[@Niklback1]

John gets fit. John Slays

[@peytonratliff3632]

Have you ever played ping pong? That shit is really tiring especially if you are playing back to back for an hour or two. Maybe not to the level of running, but an hour or two of playing ping pong with friends is probably the same as running for 30 mins. Ping pong will have you over heated real quick in a serious game its non stop reacting to movements and stuff.

[@tweetspie06]

Wall sits are Chris's meditation

[@vitchmob]

First i was pretty offended by the question if ping ping counts as exercise, but i am glad you clarified that in the video :D

[@mrdimmu]

same as few other people, is definitely a excersise Try finding a local club and go play with them, i done it and after each session sweat was pouring and was definitely a work out

[@CopyOfMe]

Look at all the Nerdfighter game consoles behind the ping pong table!

[@rwgamer]

3:31 If you're just here for the breathtaking ping pong action.

[@kashandblue]

Could you make some kind of tumblr with the workouts? So it's easier to find the PDF sheets? I'm headed to the gym in a few hours and I want to try one of the moves you guys did in a previous workout... but I am going back and can't find it!

[@Bea_Esser]

kashandblue They have a 100 Day Tumblr at 100daysshow but I don't think it has the workouts sorry. If you go to the community tab & click on the link in the most recent post you'll get the PDF of the workout. That seems to be the best way to find the workout PDFs.

[@lafayettethebaguette1418]

You guys ever gonna do yoga? Does it count as exercise? I enjoy it anyways

[@mimi_wandering]

lafayette the baguette please! I want to see this! (also I love your screen name!)

[@NikBY]

Yoga definitely counts as exercise! I know that after an hour of yoga, I'm sweaty and can feel the muscles that have been worked. If you do 10 minutes of yoga, that's called stretching. After 30 minutes, I bet you could feel the burn.

[@PresidentNexus]

I think it would be entertaining watching them do couples yoga....

[@lolpauve]

In terms of cardio? I wouldn't say unless it's extremely fast paced. I would say yoga is akin to strength training in that sense that yes, it is exercise, but no it doesn't raise your heart rate that much so I wouldn't count it as cardio. It's good to do but if you are looking to "burn calories" I would say no.

[@ahkeelyu]

No, yoga doesn't count as exercise in the sense Dr. Carroll was talking about because it doesn't have a cardio component. Consider the examples he used: power-walking/light jogging and doubles tennis. It's a good idea to stretch regularly alongside exercise but stretching doesn't convey the benefits of exercise nor vice versa

[@briemoore3457]

Loving the Hannah Hart shirt :D

[@thewinterizzy]

Oh gosh, those sliders. My trainer makes me use those too and I absolutely hate it. 😂 I can tell I'm getting stronger and can do more with them but oh man does it suck haha.

[@RamenNoodle1985]

Ok, those high jumps look scary af. No thanks. What metric do they measure?

[@amberr.9066]

Courage

[@BasementRuthie]

Joanne Hunter the oomph of your boing muscles. (Aka thighs, probably. Calves too.)

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

They would kill my back, knees, and hips. Though I'm just guessing here since whenever a trainer has suggested this I've said, "Nope!"

[@sandradevries3907]

STILL NO QUIDDITCH? JOHN THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

[@WazapianArmy]

Sandra de Vries

[@AlexanderChen25]

As someone who plays table tennis, going to a coach to get training and doing multi-ball training or various drills can truly push your limits. I'm disappointed that "ping pong" wasn't considered exercise.

[@kadeecramer]

I'm going to be so sad when this series is over.

[@MeisterHaar]

so in school we played something we called "ping pong round" were you play with more then two players and you have to run arround to the other side of the table after every shot... that makes for some goo exercise if done right. i am from germany but i bet there are variations of this everywere. maybe thats n idea for next time.

[@tinkerspell4850]

haven't seen (your dog) Willie in so long! :)

[@almostlaurel]

Harí Pottér

[@MargaretHutz]

It may not have been very physically exerting but it looked great for mental health.

[@joygilman1110]

I don't know anything about knowing what the right decision is and making the opposite decision in that moment. No, that wasn't me still binge watching Arrow at 1am with the jar of peanuts in my lap early this morning. Must have been my identical twin. I've lost 30lbs and gotten myself into a much better physical and mental space with lots of yoga, etc, since I started in November. But it's really easy to make those bad decisions. I figure they are going to happen. My goal is that the good decisions should just happen more often than the bad, hopefully significantly more often.

[@TallTeenTurtle]

john you look like you are getting a decent ammount of exercise from ping pong because even if you don't move a ton you are making many small movements with your legs and torso when you adjust to meet the ball. not cardio, but still decent. kinda like a balancing exercise.

[@jasonports8517]

Heyy John and Chris and the other people who make 10 days possible, I'm hoping you'll read this comment. A friend of mine does poledancing, which a lot of people assume means stripping, when in reality it is a challenging type of dancing which requires endurance and strength and should be considered a normal sport. I was hoping you two could try it in 100days and maybe to the same to poledancing as you did with rollerblading.

[@jasonports8517]

to be clear: no stripping, I dont think we want to see chris and john's body atm

[@MaayanRofe]

pingpong is a very good work out, if you play it outside and are terrible at it. my friend and I used to play in the park and we spent most of our time chasing after the balls we missed. Got pretty winded by the end of it.

[@TwinkTwinkle]

Day 46? How did so many days pass so quickly?!

[@nechma13]

hes wearing a hannah hart shirt gah love him

[@galprimak3481]

As a crossfitter, I would have to point out that crossfit is a scaleable sport and could be scaled down to fit any level of ability. While some, more experienced atheletes, would find 5 min fairly easy, I also workout with people 30 and 40 years older than me, who can't. They are still crossfitters and we do the same workouts, only in a scaled manner. Oh, and we don't have any 5 min plank benchmarks as far as I know.

[@LindaK14]

the nerfighters arcade game, throwback to OG vlogbrothers

[@jessika_robin]

I've been doing great with eating well but it is extremely hard to motivate myself to move around more than is absolutely necessary. I WILL EXERCISE AFTER I POST THIS COMMENT! I mean, maybe after another video or two...It'll be fine.

[@nannyoggsally]

John, you can't hold the racket like that! D:

[@KatieGreentree]

I have a bone to pick with this "moderate exercise" metric, like have you ever played a competitive game of doubles tennis? A 3 hour doubles game gets exhausting REAL quick if you're playing right!

[@peregrination3643]

Indeed, fitness is all about preparing yourself to be able to do stunts like leaping between roof tops while running away from a bad guy. I actually tell myself such half-jokes all the time.

[@Nimaway12]

Chris is soo fricken funny X,D

[@katiebrobst6901]

Oh my god this video is trending! In the 40s, but still!

[@mskelseypeters]

to make ping pong exercise, the looser of the volley? should do jumping Jacks that match the number of times the ping pong was returned

[@debbieh7063]

2nd fight of 100 days? over A Few Good Men quotes.

[@avigyabhattarai8158]

I love the mongol tshirts

[@joheyjonsson2825]

Is that a The Mongols shirt?

[@1737-k4q]

I really want them to do a shuttle run fitness test

[@KellyHauenstein]

Wait... John, are you wearing the same shirt that Chris was wearing? Did he wash it before you put it on?

[@EefjuH8448]

I'm having the same problem where i know that healthy eating is better, but I still end up finishing an entire m&ms bag in one sitting

[@sheltiegirl423]

EefjuH8448 my solution to that is to just not have things like M&Ms in the house at all. It takes some willpower when you go shopping, but it's worth it. If it's not on hand you won't be able to eat it, so don't buy it in the first place.

[@carolineguidry1822]

Willie!!!

[@MaureenRojas25]

yeap, action movies is what this project is all about :)

[@radagastwiz]

Has Meredith added Ping Pong Scorekeeper to her extensive list of job tiles?

[@wesleygardner126]

I know now that I can easily beat John green in ping pong. I feel oddly accomplished.

[@holypicklesmofo]

You should really try tennis! It's by far my favorite athletic activity. Your adrenaline and instinct kind of takes over and so it doesn't really feel like you're running when you actually are. Plus, it's a sport where (if you're smart) you can take down someone much more physically fit than you. Athletic chess!

[@abdullahmughal123]

that girl from when you were playing ping pong looks really upset and angry

[@culwin]

That's Assistant Coach Meredith, she's probably angry at Wimbledon for losing

[@slightlysoulfulspatula]

Ping Pong master! :-)

[@geophph4324]

Sitting in my chair eating cereal watching people exercise.

[@rchard2scout]

While 1-on-1 ping pong the way you did it might not be excercise, round-the-table ping pong with a few people definitely is, especially once you've got to start running!

[@TangerineAssassine]

HEREE POTÈRE!!!

[@clotildevivier8650]

THE NERDFIGHTER MACHINE

[@riotgirl514]

HARI POTAIR