I'm sorta throwing this out here to be accountable to myself. I'm stealing this idea from the Red 'Just Beachy' "Push"ing it challenge. I'm a blue team member so I don't want to invade their challenge but I wanna see how much I can improve between Mother's Day and Father's Day.

As of 05/11/08
Knee push ups - 15
Incline on my foot board push ups - 10
Plank on elbows - 21.23 seconds
Plank on hands - 15.32 seconds
Crunches - 30
Chair sits against wall - 29.31 seconds*
Left foot balance - 40.62 seconds*
Right foot balance - 10.82 seconds*
Bridges - 2:00 minutes
*interrupted by talking child so I couldn't focus. I might try these again later tonight

I'll be updating every time I try them. Feel free to join me if you like.

Very cool, I'll jump on your challenge with you and later when I do those exercises I'll record my times (I'm too pooped right at the moment). What are bridges? And when you do the left/right foot balances, do you just raise one foot or are you doing something special?

Bridges according to Spark are laying on your back with your knees bent and raising your butt up. I'll go find a link since I know I'm not explaining them well.

Balancing is opposite foot in front of you and arms either straight ahead or to the side. I know I can do much better than my times but one of my three year olds had to come show something. I didn't want to stop where I was because I knew I would get distracted and not finish at all. It'll just make my next times look really, really good.

Now I feel stupid because I thought I was supposed to be holding the position like the planks. You aren't. Opps. Here is Sparks version.

I found a video that does them differently.

Start day/current day
5-11/5-12
Knee push ups - 15/10
Incline on my foot board push ups - 10/12
Plank on elbows - 21.23/29.41 seconds
Plank on hands - 15.32/35.71 seconds
Crunches - 30/35
Chair sits against wall - 29.31/1:21.86 minutes
Left foot balance - 40.62/1:14.79 minutes
Right foot balance - 10.82/22.65 seconds
Bridges - 2:00.0/1:38.98 minutes

What I have learned today. I am extremely out of shape. I woke up with a extremely sore belly this morning. I was very gassy at first (stupid late night Fiber One bar) but then realized that the pain was actually my abs protesting. I didn't feel the pain in my arms until I went to go do the push ups and about died. I think I'm gonna go torture myself with some squats.

Here are the ones I'm going to do. I tried not to absolutely kill myself since I don't usually do these exercises and I don't want to be screaming sore for all my runs this week, but this is a good baseline for me to track. I can't believe the chair sit was as hard as it was, I think maybe I went too far down!

May 12
Plank - 35.74 secs
Side plank left (on elbows) - 23.10 secs
Side plank right (on elbows) - 25.83 secs
Chair sit - 17.55 secs
Right foot balance - 54.61 secs
Left foot balance - 45.82 secs

Crunches - 35
Bridges - 30
Push ups (against wall) - 20

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaay, yeah, so I'm sore this morning. Mostly my lats and high oblqiues.

I've discovered I have no core.

I love a good challenge! I'll check-in later with my stats!

Starting stats as of 5/13:

Pushups (real ones): 5
Plank position (toes, elbows): 1:05 mins
(toes, hands): 1:18 mins
Crunches: 51 in 2 mins
Chair position: 3:01 mins
Balance on left foot: 5:02 mins (Was bored. Can go longer)
Balance on right foot: 4:05 mins (Leg was shaking. )
Bridges: 40

Father's Day Goals: 20 pushups, 2 mins plank, 70 crunches in 2 mins, 5 mins chair position, 5 mins w/ higher leg for balance, 70 bridges.

dangerous - you are making us look bad, lol.

Not related to this but since it is my thread I am changing the rules. Went out for another c25k today, W3D3. My first half was faster than last time but overall I was about 2 minutes slower. I started listening to w4 just for kicks on the way home. 5 minutes is an extremely long time. I tried to run it but didn't quite make it. I think I'll do w3 another time or two. I also need to try these challenge exercises again tonight.

I haven't done the exercises again yet because I tweaked my left knee and I don't want to irritate it. I'm terrified it will take longer than I'm willing to gi ve it (1 day) to heal!

I haven't gotten these done again but I did have an important milestone this morning. I got back on a bike today. It's been about 5 years since I was on one. OUCH! It needs some minor adjustments I think. Seat needs to be raised a bit I think. We put new hand grips on but I think I am going to buy some gloves. Maybe a little handlebar adjustment. I'll think about that one.

Yay! You got back on the bike, I got back in the pool, we're making such progress in general!

Amazingly enough my butt isn't even really screaming at me either. I would love to go back out but I don't feel like battling the 35mph winds. I'm to lazy. I should go get on the treadmill but I have a feeling that probably won't happen either since I don't feel like cleaning up the floor and the kids are still playing in the way. Maybe I'll go do my challenge stuff.

5-11/5-12/5-18
Knee push ups - 15/10/0
Incline on my foot board push ups - 10/12/0
Plank on elbows - 21.23/29.41/0 seconds
Plank on hands - 15.32/35.71/36.6 seconds
Crunches - 30/35/40
Chair sits against wall - 29.31/1:21.86/52:39 minutes - need to wear sneakers. my slippers slide on the carpet
Left foot balance - 40.62/1:14.79/1:29.9 minutes
Right foot balance - 10.82/22.65/1:24.66 seconds
Bridges - 2:00.0/1:38.98/1:54.45 minutes

5/18
db squats 3x10 5# weights
db deadlifts 3x10 5# weights

I need some heavier weights. Gotta go hit the garage sales.

OK..tomorrow morning I'm going re-test myself. Might as well get everything set up here.

Stats as of 5/19!

Pushups (real ones):
Plank position (toes, elbows):
(toes, hands):
Crunches: in 2 mins
Chair position:
Balance on left foot:
Balance on right foot:
Bridges:

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

I'm doing terrible on this challenge, I need to AT LEAST do the push ups, crunches, bridges, and planks. Since I tweaked my knee I may pass on the chair sits for a while.

I WILL do these today, after I let my breakfast settle.