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100 Squats a Day in August Challenge

Complete 100 squats a day in August to raise money and help fund our pioneering research.

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The challenge

Complete 100 squats each day throughout August.

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Date

Throughout the month of August.

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Location

In your house, your garden, your gym - wherever works for you!

Get fit, feel good, and raise money to help fund vital cancer research

This is your challenge. Whatever your ability, do it your way.

Whether you're a beginner or squat regularly, this is your chance to make every rep count. Go all in with 100 squats unbroken or build them up through the day at your own pace - the challenge is yours to own.

How to take part

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Sign up for your free t-shirt

Sign up for your free Cancer Research UK t-shirt and online Giving Page.

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Join the community

You're welcome to join the challenge Facebook group where you can meet fellow fundraisers. Here you can ask questions, share tips and keep your motivation high.

Join the 100 Squats a Day Challenge Facebook group

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Complete your squats

Complete 100 squats a day and help raise money for life-saving research.

Sign up to the challenge

Completing the challenge

Get training support

Download your top tips(PDF)

You don't need to provide evidence of your squats.

We trust you! If you'd like to, you can track your squats with apps like Strava.

Learn about tracking your activities with Strava

We recommend completing your challenge August, but you can start and finish at any time.

You can continue to collect donations on your Giving Page after the month ends.

Whether you finish the challenge or not, the money you raise allows us to continue funding world-class research.

How to fundraise

We'll create your online Giving Page when you sign up.

Share it with friends, family and colleagues and start getting sponsorship for your challenge.

There's no set fundraising target.

You set your own goals. But we do recommend setting yourself a target of £150.

Fundraisers who do set a target raise significantly more.

Get fundraising support, tips and inspiration

Grab your fundraising pack, challenge calendar, shareable social media badges and more to help you reach your fundraising goals.

What your fundraising can do

Whether you surpass your goals or don't quite reach them, the money you raise will help fund life-saving cancer research.

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£70

could fund a clinical research grant for one day, funding doctors and nurses to find new ways to beat cancer.

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£130

could fund a cancer nurse for one day, giving people confidential cancer support and guidance.

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£170

could fund a trial for one day to test new radiotherapy techniques for treating bile duct cancer.

Get answers to all your questions

Visit our FAQs page

Get answers to your most common questions.

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