Here is a recap of week one of the Hundred Push up challenge (more info here):

Day 1 Was a little harder than I thought it was going to be. Looking at the training sheet, the number of reps (in sets) 10/10/8/6/*7 doesn’t look intimidating. But after the first two sets, I was pretty tired in the biceps mostly. But here was my final tally for day 1:

Set 1: 10
Set 2: 10
Set 3: 8
Set 4: 6
Set 5: 9 *

* The goal of set 5 is to due as many push ups as you can over a minimum amount (7 in this case).

Day 2 Wasn’t as hard as I had anticipated. I did a couple of push ups in the off day and thought I was in trouble for day 2. The number of reps (in sets) for day 2 was 12/12/10/10/*10. I thought I was in good shape heading into the “power set” (the * set) but I ran out of steam and could only clear 2 more than the minimum 10.

Here was my final tally for day 2:

Set 1: 12
Set 2: 12
Set 3: 10
Set 4: 10
Set 5: 12 *

Day 3 The number of reps (in sets) for day 3 was 15/13/10/10/*15. Again I ran into trouble in the “power set” (the * set) as I ran out of steam and fell one short of the minimum 15.

Here was my final tally for day 3:

Set 1: 15
Set 2: 13
Set 3: 10
Set 4: 10
Set 5: 14*

So I feel pretty good about reaching the goal of being able to do 100 consecutive push ups after 6 weeks. I don’t think I will have use of my arms for a few days after doing 100, but hey, you have to have goals!

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