Pushup Challenge

[Upside Down Eagle]

Hey guys. And chicks :)

Have you heard of the pushup challenge for veterans?
People are doing 22 pushups everyday for 22 days to raise awareness to the fact that 22 veterans commit suicide in the US every day.

I think it´s a great initiative but there has been some debate about it, since 22 days refers specifically to veteran casualties of PTSD and not to civilian PTSD. I think I´m going to do the challenge anyway, since I want to raise awareness.

What do you think about it?

 

[rosey]

I am in middle of doing it along with my 2 young girls.has helped them learn about ptsd

 

[trying2movefwd]

R.I.P. Danny *salute* Thank You for serving our country. My cousin and best friend. "Go Rest High on The Mountain". You were loved.
YES! I WILL! Thanks for bringing this to my attention. *wipes tear from eye*

 

[Mafia_Science]

Yeah I just heard of it. Some website has a goal to get to 22 million pushups. You have to send a video in and pledge or something. I do pushups everyday anyway lol, but I guess this is a reason to do an extra 22!

The challenge is for veteran suicide awareness, not veteran PTSD awareness. You could say "oh not only veterans commit suicide," but that'd be like slamming a breast cancer awareness campaign because there are other types of cancer out there.

 

[Crow]

I'm in! Might be 1 or 2 push-ups every few hours but I'll get them in.

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

I can´t pledge anything since I´m scraping by, but I´ll be able to pledge stronger arms by the end of the 22 days xD

@Mafia_Science oh ok I wasn´t aware :) Most people who did the challenge posted it with PTSD in the title so I just assumed it was for suicide caused by PTSD.