Tuesday, July 1st, 2008...9:38 pm
Trying for 100 Pushups
Like many of my fellow fatbloggers I’ve signed up for the One Hundred Pushups Challenge. The correspsonding program is a progressive training program designed to slowly, over a period of at least 6 weeks, get you from sloth to stud. At least that’s the idea.
Yesterday I did the initial test which simply calls for you to do as many well-formed pushups as you can. I managed 15 before I crumpled to the ground in a quivering mass. The program calls for a 5 level progression done 3 times per week. I will normally be doing it Monday, Wednesday and Friday but since I am anxious to start and I took the initial test on Monday, I started day One today.
Based on the results of my initial test for week one I need to do 10, 10, 8 and 6 pushups with a 60 second rest in between and then a final level of as many as you can do with a minimum of 7. I managed 11.
Seemed as though it started off pretty rough. Tomorrow I’m going to need to do 12,12,10,10 and at least 10.
I like the idea though, and I like how I could feel both my heart working and my abs, so this is more than just for my arms.
Given my weight, I can’t imagine being able to do 100 pushups in a row but I’m going to start the program and see how far I can get. Who knows?!
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6 Comments
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:05 am
Way to join in. It’s so freakin’ hard. My upper body strength is crap. I’ve stalled on this one a bit (though as long as I’m still running, I’m not as worried) but I’m going to try and resume it at the lower level.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:33 am
Yeah, it is damn hard John. I’ve repeated week 01 and am on week 02 but I suspect I’ll have many repetitions as the program goes on.
Never mind. I’ll keep doing it even if it takes 20 weeks!
That’s the spirit!
July 5th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I’m going for the “girlie” ones myself. I’ll admit it
Nothing wrong with that!
July 5th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
I also joined the challenge. Today, I did Week 3 Day 2 for a total of 81 push-ups. When I started my initial test number was 11.
It’s hard, but when you finish the day, you get a great sense of accomplishment……………..:)
I might have to repeat Week 3 (Week 4 looks more difficult), but then again, I’m surprised I’ve made this far.
If I can do it, so can you………………………….:P
Great job!
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