PUSH UP DAY 61

157 Push ups

• 5 Sets all standard, supposed to be 60 seconds between them, but I didn't manage that very well at all.
• 28, then 1 min
• 35, then 1:10
• 25, then 1:30
• 22, then 5 minutes
• 47

I have a college buddy also trying to follow this program and I consider him on the physically gifted side.  He too is having difficulty following the program perfectly, which makes me feel somewhat better, but not necessarily good. 

Cumulative total:   4652

PUSH UP DAY 60

25 Push ups

• 4 sets
• 5 military, pre-shoes
• 5 standard, pre-run
• 10 standard, mid-run
• 5 standard, post run

Cumulative total:    4495

PUSH UP DAY 59

203 Push ups

• 9 Sets all standard
• 29, 33, 29, 29, 45 (2 min rest, then 4:30 before final max set)
• 15
• 8
• 10
• 5

Cumulative total:   4470

PUSH UP DAY 58

25 Push ups

• 1 set

I also ran today and roughly halfway through I found a new reason not to be enthused about running...a bird got me with a direct hit to my forehead just over my right eye.  Big splash covering from my eyebrow up close to my greatly receding hairline.   Nice.   It was white, not the bird.   I only add this last little fact as for some reason that was one of Becca's first thoughts when I told her because that was her first question.   I do not expect it will actually prevent me from running, but who knows, it might...seems like a better reason than many others I have used.  

Cumulative total:   4267

PUSH UP DAY 57

287 Push ups

• 18 sets
• 25, 29, 25, 25, 45 standard, with 90 seconds rest between...actually did it as prescribed today
• 12 standard
• 12 standard
• 12 military
• 12 military
• 12 wide 
• 12 wide
• 12 staggered
• 12 staggered
• 10 standard
• 10 fists
• 7 military
• 13 standard
• 2 diamond

Doing "The Challenge" p90x DVD is...a challenge.   I feel I am cheating the pull up aspect of it by doing the hundredpushups routine before it, but life is filled with choices and I concentrated on pull ups for 3 or 4 months a number of years ago, so...

Cumulative total:    4242 (my age, written twice)

PUSH UP DAY 56

Saturday April 25, 2015

25 Push ups

• 1 set, standard

Cumulative total:    3955

PUSH UP DAY 55

25 Push ups

• 1 set, standard, at turn around point within run.

3 runs in one week...that hasn't happened since the original "streak" ended years ago.  

Cumulative total:    3930

PUSH UP DAY 54

165 Push Ups

• 7 Sets
• 21 standard
• 25 standard, last 5 with Case laying on my back = max set
• 21 standard, last 10 with Finn laying on my back
• 21 standard, last 5 with Finn sitting on my back
• 50 standard, last 1 with Finn on my back causing collapse
• 10 "jump gap" within P90x
• 17 jump push ups...hands leave ground a few inches (also within p90x)

I also ran today, I'm not very good at running these days, but that's twice this week so hopefully on track to improving...or at least being able to easily button my suit pants, which is most important.

Cumulative total:    3905

PUSH UP DAY 53

33 Push ups

• 2 sets
• 25 on fists
• 8 one arm raised after each rep

Tired muscles this morning, wondering if it was the push ups or the running...I did not run this morning, I just wore bigger pants.

Cumulative total:   3740

PUSH UP DAY 52

190 Push Ups

• 9 Sets all standard
• 25 in hotel room before short run
• 25 outside hotel before short run
• 25 at turn around point of run
• 25 upon return from run
• 25 in hotel room
• 25 in hotel room
• 15 in Omaha Airport
• 15 in Houston Hobby
• 10 in Mobile Regional Airport

Seriously struggled to button my suit pants yesterday and today, thus the running.  It is my skinniest suit, which I'm not sure ever really fit, but the button concern was severe and since buying a new suit is more horrific than starting to run with regularity again I ran today for the first time in forever. 

Cumulative total:   3707

PUSH UP DAY 51

25 Push ups

• 3 sets all standard
• 10 done one bathroom floor at home
• 10 done in Houston Hobby Airport
• 5 done in parking lot of Hector's Mexican Food Cuisine in Omaha, NE

Push ups in 3 states is a fete for me...I enjoyed it and wondered while doing them with what I hoped to be perfect form and cadence, because people were watching, that maybe someone will mention me to a friend along the lines of "I saw some strange guy doing push ups in the airport this morning...no, like right in middle of the walk way, very weird."   I think I may try to do push ups in every airport I go though forevermore, sounds like something I'd say huh?   Doubtful I'll make good on this either, but oh well, it won't haunt me like the time I had to back out on a commitment to go to Havasupai Falls with great friends because I was a slave to my old job.

Cumulative total:    3517

PUSH UP DAY 50

25 Push ups

• 1 set, standard

Cumulative total:   3492 -- averaging just under 70 per day seems a shockingly high number to me.

PUSH UP DAY 49

278 Push ups

• 18 sets
• 3 standard, warm up
• 23, 28, 23, 23, 45 (2 mins between each set)
• 12 standard
• 12 standard
• 12 military
• 12 military
• 12 wide
• 12 wide
• 20 staggered
• 20 staggered
• 5 fists
• 5 diamond
• 5 fingers
• 5 standard
• 1 standard

New daily volume high.

Cumulative total:   3467

PUSH UP DAY 48

25 Push ups

• 1 set:   15 standard, 10 diamond

Cumulative total:   3189

PUSH UP DAY 47

175 Push ups

• 8 Sets all standard, with 45 seconds rest between 18, 18, 20, 20, 14, 14, 16 and then 7 minutes rest before max set of 55

Decided I'd do one more day my way...following some random day on hundredpushups.com plan and then taking long rest before final-max set.

Cumulative total:   3164

PUSH UP DAY 46

34 Push Ups

• 25 single set on fists
• 9 within p90x Yoga video, which I hate

Cumulative total:   2989

PUSH UP DAY 45

177 Push ups

• 7 Sets
• 28, 35, 25, 22 one minute between each set, then five mins before last set, 47
• 10 within p90x dvd
• 10 jump style within p90x dvd (think hope half an inch off the ground at top)

 

SOOOoooo, I've proven to myself once again that I am an idiot.  Somehow I have managed to incorrectly follow the hundredpushup.com instructions.  Yeah, they're simple and yes they're all right there on the website in plain text...I just didn't read it.   I looked only at the columns and assumed that since the initial instruction, which I did read, said to use column 3 on week three as a starting point that whenever I moved to the next week I should continue use the 3rd column for that new week as well.  That is not correct.  There seems to actually be design within the program than I gave it credit for.  

 

As it turns out, each week is used as a measuring point that guides where (which column) you start the next week on...this makes sense, but of course I made it 45 sporadic days before realizing that's what the text states to do.   So, I think/hope that my jacked up version explains why I couldn't come close to following the program without inserting considerably more time before the final-max set for each day.   I like to think that anyway.

 

Now I need to figure out where I think I should start over...today I just dropped back a column because it looked potentially do-able, but then I still needed more time, so considering dropping back 2 weeks and doing it as close to exactly like the program outlines as possible.   The good news is that a) I'm fairly used to realizing that I'm an idiot b) the push ups done to date, while not properly on the program, are unlikely to have set me back and most probably helped and c) I never set a completion date goal for myself so I can just continue on.   Anyway, all this is long winded and can be summarized by saying, I'm a moron so I'm starting the program over again either Thursday or next Monday...until then I'll endeavor to continue the streak of 25 per day minimum.

 

Cumulative total:    2955

 

PUSH UP DAY 44

49 Push ups

• 3 sets
• 25 standard
• 14 side
• 10 plyo jumpy things

Decided to get back on the Tony Horton train starting this week, we'll see how long it lasts...sets 2 and 3 were within that workout routine.   See:  PUSH UP DAY 2 for explanation of form used for sets two and three.

Cumulative total:   2778

PUSH UP DAY 43

Sunday, April 12, 2015

165 Push ups

• 5 Sets all standard:    29 with 2 min rest, 33 with 1:30 rest, 29 with 2:15 rest, 29 with 5 minute rest, 45

Cumulative total:     2729

PUSH UP DAY 42

25 Push ups

• 1 set on fists

Cumulative total:   2564

PUSH UP DAY 41

154 Push ups

• 5 sets
• 25 standard, 1 min rest
• 29 standard, 1 min rest
• 25 standard, 1 min rest
• 25 slightly narrowed hands, 4:30 rest
• 50 slightly widened hands

New high, though the last 2 reps were a bit sketchy.   I should have done this routine yesterday, but I just wimped out.

Cumulative total:   2539

PUSH UP DAY 40

25 Push ups

• 1 set, standard

Cumulative total:   2385

PUSH UP DAY 39

32 Push ups

• 3 sets
• 15 standard (13 with Finn on my back)
• 15 standard (all with Finn on my back, but thankfully he was on my lower back, which is much easier)
• 2 standard with Case on my upper back, brutal

Of note, these were completed on a hotel floor in New Orleans, LA.   This is the first time either of our children have been to Louisiana, which seems odd to me, but it's true.

Cumulative total:    2360

PUSH UP DAY 38

225 Push ups

• 10 sets
• 25, 29, 25, 25 standard with 1 min rest between
• 47 standard after 5 min rest
• 10 on fists after 2 min rest
• 10 diamond after 1 min rest
• 15 wide after 1 min rest
• 14 feet up on couch after 1 min rest
• 25 standard after 5 min rest

Interesting to me that after 5 minutes rest, still feeling some fatigue, that I could match my "initial" test reps.   I like to think this means I am getting better at them, but I guess it could mean that 47 remains my max, I can just duplicate it using various warm up routines.

Cumulative total:   2328

PUSH UP DAY 37

25 Push ups

• 1 set, standard

Cumulative total:   2103

PUSH UP DAY 36

Sunday April 5, 2015

25 Push ups

• 2 sets
• 20 standard, 5 diamond in immediate succession

Cumulative total:   2078

PUSH UP DAY 35

Saturday April 4, 2015

25 Push ups

• 1 set on fists

Cumulative total:    2053

PUSH UP DAY 34

Friday April 3, 2015

149 Push ups

• 5 Sets, all standard.   25, 29, 25, 25, 45 -- 1 min rest, except last one I had 4 mins rest prior to

Hiked up Stone Mountain prior to this effort, I should've done these at the top of the mountain, but didn't.  I really enjoy hiking Stone Mountain and wonder why the only time I think I've ever done it is on Good Friday...of course we did it that day perhaps 20 years in a row, so I've done it many times, just not often.

Cumulative total:    2028

PUSH UP DAY 33

25 Push ups

• 1 set (5 x standard, 5 x fists, 5 x diamond, 5 x military, 5 x wide)

Cumulative total:    1879

PUSH UP DAY 32

133 Push ups

• 5 sets
• 21
• 25
• 21
• 21
• 45

Really exhausted me.   1 min between first four sets and then I took about 3 minutes before last set.   Max sets are truly a difference maker.   This was my restart of week 4 of the infamous program I have concerns I may never complete.   What kind of person can follow the program perfectly the first time?   One stronger than me, that's for sure.  

Cumulative total:   1854