I just finished week three of the 100 Push Ups Challenge. I will be repeating week three again next week because I struggled through this week and wasn't able to complete all of the sets. I found that around set three (you do five sets each session) I would start dropping 2 or 3 push ups because of muscle fatigue. I almost made the goals for this week, but I'm not quite there yet. Hence, I will repeat. If I'm still struggling with the week three goals after next week, I'll switch to the sets for level one. There are three levels and I'm currently working the numbers for level two.
I will carry on since I'm seeing and feeling results. Heck, I'm doing over 80 push ups each session ... just not consecutively. Not bad for someone who could only do 6 push ups three weeks ago!
Showing posts with label Fitness Challenges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fitness Challenges. Show all posts
Friday, September 26, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
A Different Kind of Challenge: One Hundred Push Ups
If you've been visiting Tip of the Iceberg for awhile, you know that I take on reading challenges. I'm currently participating in the TBR Book Challenge, the 1st in a Series Challenge, the Japanese Literature Challenge, the Book Awards Challenge, and the RIP Challenge. You can find links to these challenges, as well as my reading lists, in the sidebar. These challenges all have something in common ... they require a lot of sitting. I guess maybe my eyeballs get some exercise, but the rest of me is rather still when I read.
I get out for aerobic activity often enough, but I've noticed that my upper body strength has fallen into the "lame" category. I guess holding a book up in front of my face doesn't do enough for those upper body muscles. Darn.
Of course I couldn't just DO something about this state of upper body laxness, I had to go looking for a challenge. I found one! It's called the One Hundred Push Ups Challenge. Theoretically I will be able to do 100 consecutive push ups (man type push ups) after six weeks. The plan requires work on three days of each week. I've just begun my third week and I've gone from a lame-o six whole consecutive push ups to a set of twenty-one consecutive push ups in just 2 weeks (six sessions).
I think I can, I think I can ...
I get out for aerobic activity often enough, but I've noticed that my upper body strength has fallen into the "lame" category. I guess holding a book up in front of my face doesn't do enough for those upper body muscles. Darn.
Of course I couldn't just DO something about this state of upper body laxness, I had to go looking for a challenge. I found one! It's called the One Hundred Push Ups Challenge. Theoretically I will be able to do 100 consecutive push ups (man type push ups) after six weeks. The plan requires work on three days of each week. I've just begun my third week and I've gone from a lame-o six whole consecutive push ups to a set of twenty-one consecutive push ups in just 2 weeks (six sessions).
I think I can, I think I can ...
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