Hi all,
My computer ate my post from yesterday and I didn't have the energy to rewrite it. So here I am on try 3 of the 100 push up challenge; and I am back to knee push ups. My toe is going to take longer to heal than I had originally thought, sadly.
But I was back at it. On Sunday I redid the endurance test. 41 knee push ups right off the bat, so I am settling into week 4 column 3.
Which I started yesterday.
Push up challenge take 3. Knee push ups cause of the broken toe.
Hi knobhdy - i've only just joined this forum tonight, but coincidentally are at exactly the same place as you in this challenge - i.e. i'm on week 4 (session 2 is supposed to be tomorrow, but might have a go at it tonight seeing you've renewed my enthusiasm!).
I'm doing them all on toes because that's what i want to be able to do! and it's good back/core training at the same time. At the start i could do 14 so i've been doing the last column and have progressed through the program according to the official plan for the 3.5 weeks so far.
I found Week 4 session 1 really hard for no good reason and for the first time dropped to my knees for the second half of the last set!!! Not sure why it was so hard, as Week 3 session 3 had more reps (but a longer wait between them i suppose).
I did this before about a year ago and followed it for about 6 weeks but kept repeating weeks etc because i couldn't go as fast as the program. I ended up being able to do 50+ easily enough which was good enough for me and i think this time around i'm not ****-bent on getting to 100 either, but just want to keep doing it and see where i get to.
It certainly gets tough about now, so i expect to be dropping back to column 2 or repeating weeks from here.
Hi Ange. Yes the first time through (iin Feb) I got to week 5 and blew out my shoulder from going though the program too fast. That's why I went back to the beginning the first time.
In all honesty, I am just doing this for the challenge. I will get to 100 push ups eventually, but I will be happy even if it takes me a full year.
Sorry to hear about your shoulder Knobhdy, it's so frustrating being injured and so easily done (i broke my foot 4 weeks ago which is why i'm so keen on pushups - can't do anything else, and have to do them with my boot/brace thing on!!)
I dropped back to column two today. The third column of Week 4 is just too hard for me at the moment (i'd end up getting a shoulder injury if i stuck to that lol). So i'll do column 2 again on Friday then do the exhaustion test on sunday and see where i want to go next week from there.....
My shoulder is better now, thanks. I had jumped in to push ups and started a strength training class and started a weight baring martial arts all at the same time. It was to much for my poor under-worked muscles.
I am a day behind in my push ups for this week so I will be doing day 2 of week 4 column 3 tonight.
40 manly ones in the progress test - yeah!
I did drop back to column 1, week 4 for the rest of todays program though.
Not going to totally kill myself this coming week. I'll call it 'consolidation' and go for another week on Week 4, column 2 i think.
How's your toe knobhdy? And how long til you can get back to the manly ones?
The toe is getting better, but more slowly than I thought it would. I guess I was never exercising when I broke toes in the past. I think I will be doing knee push ups until June 1 at least, maybe longer.
Hopefully I will get to 100 knee push ups and then just go though the challenge again on my toes.
Good for you, to keep moving along, even if you have to move down a column. I recommend taking your time to get through this.
i've slacked off. Not really happy with myself. I've been at this overseas conference and meetings for 2 weeks now (canada, when home is australia) and i've not done my pushups today. I've been quite good on the eating for the whole trip, but really my exercise has been bad. On a plane for 24hrs tomorrow, so not much happening there. I need to self-motivate as soon as i get home........
Yup. I have tendinitis. In my left hand. I am not allowed to lift anything heavy for 2-3 weeks, and I am guessing that my body weight counts as "something heavy"
I will be back to push ups when I can, but I will not be rushing it. My doctor says that if I take care this time, I can lower my chances of it becoming chronic. I really do not want chronic tendinitis.
I hope everyone else is doing better than I. I will be back as soon as I can.
Welcome Chouchoubou!
Good luck with the push ups. I actually love doing them now, although I can't do them ATM. They make me feel really strong, plus I was just starting to get Michelle Obama arms.
sorry to hear about your tendinitis knobhdy. Being injured is so frustrating. Look after yourself (a bit better than you have been!!)
hi ccb - welcome, and have fun pushing up!
I've been slack this week and not done any, however my gym membership is re-activated as of today, so i'm going to get back into more regular activities there. Not too sure about my push-ups program though and whether i'm motivated enough to continue or not (it's not sounding like it, is it??!!!) But i'll definitely be back to Pump class 3x a week, and i'll do the manly ones then, which really should be enough pushups to put me where i want to be.
hello knob! & ange! I've even got my mom into the mix doing the wall-ups. I made her stop gardening to "keep her fitness promise" lol. She was surprised how quickly it was over. I'm really hoping we can both stick it through, no excuses!
I've never been good at push ups.
