One hundred pushup challenge!

[Truman181]

Week 4 - Day 2 (Repeat Week 1, Day 2)

Tuesday, July 15th

4
3
2
2
4 (min 4)

Again I was able to complete the exercises for the given day (week 1, day 2). The final set felt like death on the last push up but my muscles came through and pushed off the floor. I have definitely made progress but I will repeat week 1 again next week which should be the final time

 

[Truman181]

Week 4 - Day 3 (Repeat Week 1 workout day 3)

Thursday July 17th

5
4
4
3
4

This was the first time this week that I fell short of completing the full set. I could only reach 4 on the 5th and final set so I was one short today.

Nevertheless, I had a stellar week. I've seen real improvement. I feel I am finally in control of my workouts. I could force it and move on to the week 2 workout but I really want to get this handled before I move on so I will repeat week 1 one final time.

 

[Truman181]

Week 5 - Day 1 (Repeat Week 1 workout day 1)

Sunday July 20th

2
2
2
2
6

This was the first time I've exceded the minimum max on the final set. I did 3 extra for a total of 6. That's a good sign for this week...

 

[Truman181]

Final Update

As you can see I've made real progress. I work out today (Tuesday) and again on Thursday. I am almost 100 percent positive I will be able to move on to week 2 exercises next week based on my performance on Sunday's workout.

 

[Truman181]

Quoted from 6-21

Alright so I did the trial to find out my level. As expected I didn't make 5 push ups. I did 3. These were real push ups, not the girly knee push ups. As I said before I'm not in great shape. My arms are skinny and I'm over weight. However I'm committed to this push up challenge for the next 6 weeks as well as eating better and doing cardio such as walking and running.

Just thought I would point out the progress I've made. On 6-21 I could only do one set of 3 MAX push ups. During my work out on Sunday I did 4 sets of 2 push ups and finished with a final MAX set of 6. Not bad...

 

[redspicyflag]

Nice to see ya back Truman!

Keep it up man I'm rootin' for ya

 

[TheVirtualMind]

Week 3, Day 2, Level 3

27

19

19

15

30

Why did I sign up for this!? :crazy:

 

[Truman181]

Nice to see ya back Truman!

Keep it up man I'm rootin' for ya

Thanks for the encouragement man.

As you can see, I was never really gone. I've just been continuing the workout behind the scenes at my own pace.

 

[Truman181]

Week 5, Day 2 (Repeat Week 1 Workout Day 2)

Tuesday, July 22nd

4
3
2
2
5

I did one more on my final set that the minimum required max (4). It is definitely looking like this will be my final week at week 1. Sweet

 

[redspicyflag]

Wow jeez these don't get any easier

week 5 day 2 column 2

17
17
16
16
14
14
12
39

whew

 

[TheVirtualMind]

Week 3, Day 3, Level 3

30

22

22

20

35

For some scary reason, that wasn't that bad...:nervous:

 

[redspicyflag]

Week 5 day 3 column 2

Oh jeez

I did these with very short breaks, I seem to be stuck at 40

16
16
14
14
12
12
10
35

 

[Truman181]

Friday July 25th

Week 5, Day 3, (Repeat Week 1 Workout Day 3)

Success! I completed the full workout for week 1, column 1.

5
4
4
3
5

Then an hour later, just for fun I did a max exhaustion test and was able to do 8! Not bad considering that I wasn't rested and that my max when I started all this a month ago was ONLY 3.

So I'm definitely moving on to the week 2 workout (column 1) this coming week. My progress is slow but it's steady. It may take me 30 weeks to complete the 6 week program but I'll get there. Oh yeah, I'll be going incognito again so I don't feel pressure to keep up. I'll post more updates when I complete week 2 successfully (which could take awhile..)

 

[Huffman]

Wow, I actually was able to finish Week 3 on
30
22
22
20
27.
I'm astounded at my gains, since I pretty much struggled with Day 1.

However, the headaches are back and I'm gonna see a doctor.
Probably means I'll have to rest for another couple of weeks.

After that, I'll repeat Week 3 since I just barely made it anyway.

 

[TheVirtualMind]

Week 4, Day 1, Column 3

27

20

20

17

35

WHEW!

 

[redspicyflag]

Week 5 day 1 column 3

40
32
30
25
45

Whew that last one was hella hard

 

[TheVirtualMind]

Week 4, Day 2, Column 3

27

21

21

18

30

Holy crap my chest feels dead...

 

[i am me]

i dont mean to sound like an ass...but i can do alotta pushups already. does that mean i should start at a later week?

 

[TheVirtualMind]

i dont mean to sound like an ass...but i can do alotta pushups already. does that mean i should start at a later week?

Take the initial test and work from there.

It's a lot harder than it seems.

 

[redspicyflag]

Week 5(repeat) day 2 column 3

20
20
18
18
15
15
14
50

HELL YEAH!!!