PUSH UP DAY 335

40 Push ups

• 30 and then 10

I did more push ups than usual on a streak extender kind of day because I needed to warm up a little bit before showering...I haven't decided if that's cheating yet or not, but since my cold swimming event is more than a year and a half way I have decided not to worry about doing that occasionally.

Cumulative total:    27,640

PUSH UP DAY 334

377 Push ups

• Sets of:   27, 27, 35, 27, 31, 30, 31, 43, 31, 28, 27, 29, 11

Cumulative push up total:   27,610

PUSH UP DAYS 329-333

414 Push ups

• Day 329:  Streak extender
• Day 330:  Streak extender
• Day 331:  38
• Day 332:  275 in sets of 30x8 and then a set of 25
• Day 333:  51

I'm not sick, but I'm not well...have taken a few days off running, which makes it sounds like I was actually running a lot even though I wasn't.   Hopefully I'll be 100% soon and resume high-ish volume average through remainder of my first 365 days.   Happy to report that I haven't let cold symptoms impact my on-going cold showering experiment.  

Cumulative push up total:    27,233

PUSH UP DAY 327 and 328

300 Push ups

• Streak extender
• 274:    30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 34, 1

Also ran 5.3 miles, did lunges and pulls ups today, I am tired now.

Cumulative push up total:  26,819  

PUSH UP DAY 326

237 Push ups

• Sets of: 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 27, 1

Worked arms today, so most sets were done with narrow hands and elbows/arms against body during reps so as to focus on triceps exhaustion.   Alternated with curls and such.   Also ran 5 miles and did a few sets of lunges, but most proud of the fact that I started before 5am, which oddly I have had difficulty making myself do in recent months.

Cumulative total:   26,519

PUSH UP DAY 325

30 Push ups

• Streak extender +5

Also did some minor planking, some ab rollering plus some hand standing...not much suffering today, except the post exercise clean up routine, which if I really wanted to suffer would be done well after cooling down, but for now I haven't made a practice of waking up early enough to allow for that.

Cumulative total:    26,281

PUSH UP DAYS 322-324

295 Push ups

• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 245 in following sets:   25, 25, 25, 35, 30, 35, 35, 35

Also ran twice and did some lunges and pull ups...left shoulder is bothering me slightly, which I think may have to do with my dead hang pull ups.   Stopping short of a dead hang would be logical way to test to determine, but I like knowing that I have done them that way, so for now I'm hoping I'll just get used to it.   Oh, one other thing I realized....I was completely wrong about staying under the cold water throughout the shower being easier....well, it may be in some ways, but it results in a much longer time to warm up post shower, which while semi-miserable, is probably best if I truly intend to use it as training for the Rockman event recently touted on this blog. 

Cumulative push up total:   26,251

PUSH UP DAYS 320 and 321

375 Push ups

• Streak extender +10
• 340 push ups in set of following reps:   30, 50, 30, 40, 30, 35, 40, 30, 30, 25

Yesterday I made another attempt at the dolphin plank resulting in a 5 minute effort.  Shoulders were first to feel discomfort to the point of deciding to stop, I think that has to do with the previous days push ups, but no excuses just need to mentally decide to endure the discomfort for longer next time.   Ran yesterday too, on pretty consistent exercise block right now, which I need to continue if I intend to keep thinking about the Rockman event as much I have been.

Cumulative push up total:   25,956

PUSH UP DAY 319

324 Push ups

• Sets of:  31, 41, 41, 30, 45, 45, 35, 31, 40, 30

I did some lunges, pull ups, shoulder and arm exercising as well as the ab roller thing this morning as well, but failed to run as I had intended to....likelihood that I'll run after work is estimated to be 8% chance.

Cumulative push up total:   25,581

PUSH UP DAY 318

30 Push ups

• Streak extender +5

Cumulative total:   25,257

PUSH UP DAYS 314-317

595 Push ups

• Friday:      Streak Extender
• Saturday:  325 in 10 sets of 30 then one final set of 25
• Sunday:     Streak extender +10
• Monday:    210 in sets of 30

Also ran twice during the above listed days and did a bunch of lunges and some pull ups etc.   This motivated me...
http://www.rockmanswimrun.com/
Yes, I want to do it...and based on how much I have thought of it over the past few days I think I want to do it as a life priority!   Perhaps that has to do with the fact that a fantastic friend and insane (in a good way) endurance enthusiast sent me the link and I'd love to do it with him, but also because it seems to fit better than other semi-extreme events do....other than the thousands of miles away, high expense, how in the world would I train for it parts I guess.   Anyway, we'll see, I've had other ideas over the years as well and my percentage on following through is, well, weak would be an understatement.   Hope to ride the enthusiasm for a while regardless.  

Cumulative push up total:   25,227
To tell you the truth, when realizing I was putting in pretty high volume over the weekend I thought to myself:  "Yes, this should get me over 80/day average."   Siiiigh.

PUSH UP DAY 313

25 Push ups

• Streak extender

Also ran 4.5 miles today and used my cool ab roller thing.   Unsurprisingly I did not run or do any exercise at all, call me anti-social.

Cumulative push up total:   24,632

PUSH UP DAYS 311 and 312

325 Push ups

• Streak extender
• 300 in sets of 25

Failed to get out of bed in time to run this morning, intend to run after work, but I usually do not exercise after work no matter how great my intentions may be...not sure why I am not bouncing out of bed when my alarm goes off, but I'm not.   Might need to sign up for some event to get me motivated?  

Cumulative total:    24,607

PUSH UP DAYS 308-310

535 Push ups

• Saturday:    225 (30, 30, 30, 40, 30, 40, 25)
• Sunday:      Streak extender + 5
• Monday:    280 (30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 35, 40, 25)

Have restarted running I guess...I ran 1 mile Friday morning, 2 miles with Case on Saturday, .75 of a mile with him yesterday and this morning ran 3 miles on my own.   Gracious, that's a streak!  No, not starting a new one, though I have made quite a list of New Years Resolutions which include goals related to push ups, running, walking on hands etc.

Cumulative push up total:    24, 282

PUSH UP DAYS 306 and 307

405 Push ups

• New Year's Eve--    380 Push ups:  25, 35, 30, 40, 40, 20, 40, 60, 25, 25, 40
• New Yeas Day--    Streak extender

Today I will be listing my New Year's resolutions...I keep most of them to myself and like I guess most people do I fail to accomplish most of them, but Becca and I have enjoyed listing them each year for as long as we've been married (11 years and counting).  On this blog I will likely reference some of my goals related to exercising and so forth, but not things like "take a fiber gummy every day so that I don't have freakin hemorrhoid issues!"   To that end, check out this fantastic retro exercise device my sister gave me for Christmas because this is the kinda stuff we give to each other -- I am seriously pumped about it and intend to use it regularly to see what kind of affect it has on my core strength and or any other benefits I can derive from it:

http://www.sears.com/body-solid-bstab1-ab-wheel/p-00604327000P?sid=IDx01192011x000001&gclid=CjwKEAiA5Ji0BRC5huTCyOTR3wISJACH4Bx4aX-DK0tFoEORt70gjUsrGEGd2eEYmwyBXeE2CMUJIBoCF__w_wcB

Cumulative push up total:   23,747