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I am doing the 100 push up and 200 sit up programs but they are only 6 weeks long.
I worry that in ten weeks I will back how I am now as I am a bit of a lazy person.
I'm only interested in general fitness and gaining a bit of strength.
I thought I could just repeat the last week of the plan over and over but I feel the motivation will disappear as the reps get quite high.
how can I maintain the gains I make without having to train intensively?
The short answer? Keep doing it! The idea of these programs are to get you to a point where you can do all these push ups and sit ups. Same with the Couch-to-5k/10k programs. Building up your stamina and your strength sensibly is only part of the battle. The remainder is to keep it up.
Now, I don't know about you, but the idea of doing a bunch of push ups and sit ups doesn't sound like it will keep my interest for very long. So an alternative to keeping up with the existing program is to transition to another type of program that will challenge you further. If your goal is strength, you can only get so far with just your body weight. You might consider transitioning to weight training, or progressively adding weight to your body (such as the barbell plates on your back).
Alternatively, you can also pursue another area of fitness. If you ever fancied running, martial arts, biking, or swimming, those are all different challenges to keep you going.
Short term programs and diets often lead you back to where you were - or worse. I would recommend finding a sport/activity that you would be interested in long term and setting your goals to be good at that (golf, volleyball, swimming, hiking, etc.). You can alternatively focus on the results you're seeing/feeling now and imagine what it would be to keep/improve on those - I don't know if that would be enough to keep you going long term...but every person has different motivating points. I think the key to any successful, positive change is realizing that there will be a life style change (diet, time for exercising, etc.) - but it's a positive change.
