PUSH UP DAYS 1021-1033

1275 push ups

 

• 300 in 10 sets of 30 reps
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 125 in 5 sets of 25
• 125 in 5 sets of 25
• 7 straight Streak Extender days
• 500 in following sets:  30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 20, 25, 20, 25, 20

 

Cumulative total:   116,077


Ran twice I think.

 

PUSH UP DAYS 1015-1020

725 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 300 via 10 sets of 30 reps
• First set at home, remainder in following airports
• MOB  30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 
• IAH    30, 30, 30, 30
• Streak extender
• 325 via 13 sets of 25 reps
• First 200 reps in hotel, remainder in following airports
• IAH 25, 25, 25, 25 (ill-timed conference call robbed me of perhaps 4 additional sets)
• MOB 25
• Streak extender

 

Cumulative total:     114,802

 

 

Ran 3 times

PUSH UP DAYS 1013 & 1014

325 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 300 via 10 sets of 30 reps

 

Cumulative total:    114,077

 

 

Ran once.

PUSH UP DAYS 1011 & 1012

400 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 375 via 15 sets of 25 reps

 

Cumulative total:  113,752

 

 

Ran once.

PUSH UP DAYS 999-1010

1305 Push ups

 

• Six straight Streak extender days
• 300 via 10 sets of 30 reps
• Another Streak extender
• 405 via sets of following reps:  30, 8 x 35, 40, 30, 25
• Two more Streak extender days
• 375 via 10 sets of 30 reps and 3 sets of 25 reps

 

Cumulative total:   113,352

 

 

Ran 4 times

 

PUSH UP DAYS 997 & 998

350 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 325 via 13 sets of 25 reps

 

Cumulative total:   112,047

 

 

Ran once

PUSH UP DAYS 994-996

440 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 390 via 13 x 30 reps

 

Cumulative total:   111,697

 

 

Ran twice

PUSH UP DAYS 992 & 993

350 Push ups

 

• Steak extender
• 325 via 13 sets of 25 reps

 

Cumulative total:    111,257

 

 

Ran once

PUSH UP DAYS 990 & 991

375 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 350 via following sets:  11 x 30 reps, 1 x 20 reps

 

Cumulative total:    110,907

 

Ran once

PUSH UP DAYS 987-989

465 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 415 via 13 x 30 reps + 1 x 25 reps

 

Cumulative total:    110,532

 

 

Ran twice

PUSH UP DAYS 985 & 986

350 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 325 via 13 sets of 25 reps

 

Cumulative total:   110,067

 

Ran once

PUSH UP DAYS 983 & 984

420 Push ups

 

• Streak extender +5
• 390 via 13 sets of 30 reps each

 

Cumulative total:   109,717

 

Ran once

PUSH UP DAYS 980-982

430 Push ups

 

• 75
• Streak extender
• 330:    11 sets of 30 reps

 

Cumulative total:  109,297

 

Ran twice

PUSH UP DAYS 978 & 979

466 Push ups

 

• 78
• 388 via following sets:   83, 30, 37, 55, 40, 41, 42, 35, 25

 

Cumulative total:   108,867

 

Ran once

 

PUSH UP DAY 977

77 Push Ups

• 1 set

Cumulative total:   108,401

PUSH UP DAYS 975 & 976

358 Push ups

• 72
• 286 via following sets:  81, 25, 25, 25, 25, 30, 25, 25, 25

 

Cumulative total:    108,324

 

PUSH UP DAYS 973 & 974

280 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 255 in sets of:   75, 40, 35, 50, 35, 20

 

Cumulative total:    107,966

 

Ran twice

PUSH UP DAYS 970-972

510 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 150 via 5 sets of 30 reps
• 335 via following sets:  25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 30, 30

 

Cumulative total:   107,711

 

Ran once

 

PUSH UP DAYS 966-969

570 Push ups

 

• 270:   9 x 30 reps
• Streak extender +5
• 120:   4 x 40 reps
• 150:   6 x 25 reps

 

Cumulative total:   107.201


Ran 3 times.

PUSH UP DAYS 963-965

425 Push ups

 

• 125 via 5 sets of 25 reps
• 275:  
• IAH:  25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25
• MOB:  25
• Streak extender

 

Cumulative total:    106,631

 

Did some exercising in Memorial Park while in Houston, thought of my favorite Houstonian Reader:  CMB.  

PUSH UP DAYS 955-962

1080 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 300 in sets of 25 reps
• 100:    75 @ MOB airport, 25 @ ATL airport
• Streak extender
• Streak extender + 5
• Streak extender
• 550 airport push ups as follows:
• BNA:   25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25
• DFW:   25, 25, 25, 25
• IAH:   25, 25
• Streak extender in IAH

 

Cumulative total:   106,206




Happy with the volume of airport push ups as I like to believe I do more push ups while traveling through airports and most.   I need to calculate total airport pushups soon so as not to make the task more difficult as the numbers increase.


Played 144 holes of golf on 8 different courses in Tennessee over the weekend, which was also exhausting, but it was intended to be as it is my once a year golf trip.  

PUSH UP DAYS 950-954

925 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 125 via 5 sets of 25 reps
• 400 via 16 sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender
• 350 via 14 sets of 25 reps

 

Cumulative total:   105,126




Ran once, played 36 holes one day (my birthday!) carrying my bag and can't think of anything else of note. 

PUSH UP DAYS 948 & 949

246 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 221 via sets of:   25, 61, 25, 25, 25, 30, 30

 

Cumulative total:   104,201

PUSH UP DAYS 946 & 947

670 Push ups

 

• 375 in sets of 25 reps (15 sets)
• Streak extender
• 270 in sets of 30 reps (9 sets)

 

Cumulative total:   103,955

 

Ran twice.

PUSH UP DAYS 942-945

600 Push ups

 

• 250 in ten sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender
• 300 in ten sets of 30 reps
• Streak extender

 

Cumulative total:    103,285


Ran twice.

PUSH UP DAYS 938-941

885 Push ups

  

• 400 airport pushups 
• SAV:   25, 25, 25, 25
• CLT:    25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25
• STL:   25
• Marion, IL (MWA) -- 25, 25, 25
• Streak extender + 10
• 425 airport push ups
• Cape Girardieau,  MO (CGI) --  25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25
• STL:   25, 25, 25, 25, 25
• CLT:  25, 25, 25, 25, 25
• MOB:  25, 25
• Streak extender

 

Cumulative total:      102,685  

PUSH UP DAYS 935-937

430 Push ups

 

• 250:   50 at home, 4 x 25 at MOB Regional Airport, 3 x 25 in SAV airport, 25 in Hotel room
• Streak extender x 2+5
• 125:   5  sets of 25 reps each

 

Cumulative total:    101,800

 

 

Ran once.

PUSH UP DAYS 932-934

375 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 300:   10 x 30 reps
• Streak extender x 2

 

Cumulative total:    101,370   


Ran twice over the weekend as well...nothing too inspiring, but better than nothing.  

PUSH UP DAYS 929-931

755 Push ups

 

• 300 via 10 sets of 30 reps
• Streak extender + 30
• 400 via 13 sets of 30 reps and 1 set of 40 reps

 

Cumulative total:   100,995

 

 

PUSH UP DAY 928

25 Push ups

• Streak extender

Cumulative total:    100,240




I interrupt this exciting post to remind all that today Finn turned 6 years old, which to me seems MUCH older than 5 years old.   Here are some pictures of him from when he was 5:

PUSH UP DAYS 925-927

365 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 315:   9 x sets of 35 reps

 

Cumulative total:     100,215

 

 

Comment:   Early summer I set a goal to reach 100k total push ups before my 45th birthday.  If memories serves I believe I needed to average 105 push ups per day to do so, which I have exceeded.  If it weren't for my 45 to 45 self challenge I would likely slow my pace a bit for a while.  [My 45 to 45 efforts have been disappointing thus far, by-the-way.   I think it has helped me choose what I 'should do' rather than what I 'want to do' a bit more, but my complete devotion to it and focus on it hasn't been as I originally intended...I think this confirms that a) I would have benefitted from a more detailed plan prior to starting, with tasks laid out for each day etc. b) I was probably too aggressive with my goals, as I often am.]

PUSH UP DAYS 918-924

865 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 60:   Two sets of 30
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• Streak extender + 5
• Streak extender
• 675:   In following sets:   35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 30, 30, 35, 35, 30, 25, 

 

Cumulative total:    99,850

 

PUSH UP DAYS 916 & 917

375 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 350 via 10 sets of 35 reps

 

Cumulative total:    98,985




I ran this morning and actually ran Wednesday evening as well, yeah for me...still behind on reading and skill amassing and many other things I set out to accomplish in the 45 days preceding my 45th birthday, but haven't lost hope yet, just need to buckle down!    Speaking of birthday's, it's this lady's birthday today, she's now 39 years old, for real:

PUSH UP DAYS 914 & 915

335 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 310 via 8 sets of 30 reps and 2 sets of 35 reps

 

Cumulative total:    98,610




Did not run this morning due to heavy rains...if I had 2 pair of shoes, I told myself, I would've have run, but since I left my second pair in Montana for easy of travel, and because they were soaking wet, I didn't...maybe I'll run this evening.

PUSH UP DAYS 911-913

475 Push ups

• Streak extender
• 125 via 5 sets of 25 reps
• 325 via following sets:  30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 35, 40, 40

 

Cumulative total:    98,275

 

 

Ran twice.   Falling behind on reading pace associated with my 45 day quest.

PUSH UP DAYS 909 and 910

275 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 250 via sets of 35, 35, 40, 40, 40, 35, 25  (completed within 30 mins, which is more strenuous than many of my efforts though not all out)

 

Cumulative total:   97,800

 

 

Ran a few miles this morning as well.

PUSH UP DAYS 907-908

325 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 300 via 10 sets of 30 reps

 

Cumulative total:   97,525

 

 

Today starts my 45 days of maximizing all minutes in each day until I turn 45, at which point I can just be slovenly for rest of my life.   Off to a good start...Short run, read 10% of an industry book, looked up how to do some of the other stuff I've settled on and since it just started I don't yet feel behind.   Best and funniest suggestion given to me (I only asked a few folks), was Case's suggestion:  "Don't yell at Mom for 45 days," followed sheepishly thereafter by "Don't yell at me and Finn for 45 days?"   Having committed to the first one I guess he was testing to see how far he could take it...I told him we'll see about the second one :), which I guess was a least better than yelling "GO TO YOUR ROOM!"  Full disclosure, we don't actually send out boys to their room, we send them to the guest room because it is both boring and otherwise completely unused. 

PUSH UP DAYS 902-906

725 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 225 via 9 sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender
• 125 via 5 sets of 25 reps
• 325 via 10 sets of 30 reps and 1 set of 25 reps

 

Cumulative total:    97,200

 

 

 

Also ran about 3 miles today, it has been a long time...

PUSH UP DAYS 899-901

505 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 455 via following sets:  30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 25, 30, 35, 40, 25, 40, 30, 30

 

Cumulative total:   96,475


I'm one week out from the start of my "45 to 45" program.   It's an in progress self created program I hope to follow leading up to my 45th birthday on Oct. 6.   Exercising, reading books, meeting neighbors, that kinda "be the best I can be" stuff.   I'm taking suggestions if you've got any great one's, but only sort of as I may have already bitten off more than I can chew, as is my nature I suppose.

Felt like my faithful blog checkers needed a random picture.

PUSH UP DAYS 896-898

365 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 305 via sets of 30, 35, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40,
• Streak extender + 10

 

Cumulative total:    95,970

PUSH UP DAYS 889-895

1095 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 500 via 20 sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender
• 270 via 9 sets of 30 reps
• Streak extender
• 225 via 9 sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender

 

Cumulative total:   95,605

PUSH UP DAYS 887-888

275 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 250:    8 sets of 30 reps plus 10 additional reps

 

Cumulative total:    94,510

PUSH UP DAYS 885-886

380 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 355 push ups via 13 sets of 25 reps and one set of 30 reps

 

Cumulative total:   94,235

PUSH UP DAYS 882-884

440 Push ups

 

• Streak extender x 2
• Streak extender + 10
• 355:   13 sets of 25 reps, 1 set of 30 reps

 

Cumulative total:    93,855

PUSH UP DAYS 880-881

340 Push ups

 

• Streak extender x 2
• 290 via sets of:   30, 30, 30, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 25 

 

Cumulative total:   93,415

 

PUSH UP DAYS 875-879

1040 Push ups

 

• 500:   20 sets of 25 reps -- 4 x 25 of which were in MOB airport
• 125:   5 sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender
• 120:   4 sets of 30 reps
• 270:   30, 30, 40, 30, 30, 40, 25, 30, 15

 

Cumulative total:    93,075

PUSH UP DAYS 858-874

1385 Push ups

• 200:   175 MOB, 25 SEA
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 300:   10 sets of 30 reps each
• 60:    2 sets of 30 reps each
• 5 Streak extender days in a row
• 225:   2 x 25 BZN, 6 x 25 in DFW, 1 x 25 MOB
• 3 Streak extender days in a row
• 300:   10 sets of 30 reps each
• Streak extender x 2

 Cumulative total:      92,035

PUSH UP DAYS 857 and 858

450 Push ups

 

• 425 via following sets:  25, 35, 40, 40, 35, 35, 40, 35, 40, 30, 30, 40
• Streak extender

 

Cumulative total:  90,650

PUSH UP DAYS 854-856

440 Push ups

 

• Streak extender x 2
• Sun.  30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 40
• Streak extender x 2

 

Cumulative total:    90,200

 

 

PUSH UP DAYS 846-853

1170  Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 310 via 9 x 30 reps + 1 set of 25 and 1 set of 15
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 710 via 23 sets of 30 reps and one set of 20 reps (punishment day for slacking previous 4)

 

Cumulative total:   89,760  

PUSH UP DAYS 842-845

475 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 125 via 5 sets of 25 reps
• 300 via 10 sets of 30 reps

 

Cumulative total:  88,590

PUSH UP DAYS 839-841

380 Push ups

 

• Streak extender + 5
• Streak extender
• 325 via 10 x 30 rep sets plus 1 x 25 rep set

 

Cumulative total:  88,115

 

Day 841 was a 1 hour effort including 104 pull ups, that remains a favorite benchmark work out for me as it is hard, but doable when in good endurance upper body shape.

PUSH UP DAY 838

320 Push ups

• 9 sets of 30 reps and 1 set of 50

Cumulative total:   87,735

PUSH UP DAY 837

25 Push ups

• Streak extender

Cumulative total:   87,415

PUSH UP DAYS 831-836

905 Push ups

 

• Streak extender + 5
• Streak extender
• 400 via 16 sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender x 2
• 125 via 5 sets of 25
• 275 via 11 sets of 25

 

Cumulative total:   87,390


Comment:   The 400 push up day was accompanied by 155 pull ups, the whole work out took almost 2 hours because I wasn't overly motivated to be in pain -- that stated, I was pretty shaky by the end of it. 

PUSH UP DAYS 828-830

394 Push ups

•  
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 344 via 10 sets of 30, 1 set of 25, 1 set of 19

 

Cumulative total:   86,485

PUSH UP DAYS 815-827

1410 Push ups

 

• Day 815:   Streak extender
• Day 816:   195 -- 50 in hotel room, 120 in Newark airport (EWR), 25 in ATL (moving airtram)
• Day 817:   Streak extender
• Day 818:   Streak extender
• Day 819:   115 -- 30, 30, 25, 30
• Day 820:   Streak extender
• Day 821:   Streak extender + 5
• Day 822:   Streak extender
• Day 823:   240 -- 8 sets of 30 reps
• Day 824:   100 -- 4 sets of 25 reps
• Day 825:   150 -- 6 sets of 25 reps
• Day 826:   350 -- 14 sets of 25 reps
• Day 827:   105 -- 25, 25, 25, 30

 

Cumulative total:   86,091

PUSH UP DAYS 811-814

550 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 450:  18 sets of 25 reps  50 in Mobile Regional Airport (MOB), 100 in Atlanta Hartsfield (ATL), 50 in Newark (EWR) 150 in hotel room.
• Streak extender x 2

 Cumulative total:   84,681  

PUSH UP DAYS 808-810

455 Push ups

• 120 in sets of 30 reps:   90 reps in IAH
• 285 via 1 set of 10 reps followed by 11 sets of 25 reps each
• Streak extender x 2

 Cumulative total:    84,131

 

PUSH UP DAYS 805-807

455 Push ups

• Streak extender
• 75:   1 set of 25 in Mobile Regional Airport, 2 sets of 25 reps in IAH
• 355 via 10 sets of 30 reps, 1 set of 35 reps and 1 set of 20 reps

 Cumulative total:   83,676

PUSH UP DAYS 803 & 804

546 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 521 via following sets:   25, 91, 40, 40, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 35, 30, 25, 30, 25, 30

 

Cumulative total:   83,221

 

 

Second set above was max set and it a new high, potentially with an asterisk...I stopped twice in up plank position to catch breath....not sure if that negates the single effort or not, looking for input from my faithful readers. 

PUSH UP DAYS 796-802

805 Push ups

 

• 210 via 7 sets of 30 reps
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 120 via 4 set of 30 reps
• 330 via 12 sets of 25 and 1 set of 30 reps
• 70 via 2 sets of 25 and 1 set of 20

 

Cumulative total:   82,675

PUSH UP DAY 795

50 Push ups

• Streak extender + 25

Cumulative total:   81,870

PUSH UP DAY 794

405 Push ups

• Following sets:   25, 75, 35, 35, 35, 30, 35, 30, 30, 35, 40

Cumulative total:   81,820


Note:    Set 2, as shown above, was a max set, first one in over half a year I believe.  Glad to be confident enough with right shoulder to feel fine trying a max set, now to see if I make a habit of doing the occasional max reps set to see if I can improve.  

PUSH UP DAY 793

85 Push ups

• 25, 25, 10, 25

Cumulative total:    81,415

PUSH UP DAY 790-792

700 push ups

• 335 via sets of  25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 35
• Streak extender +30
• 310 via sets of   10, 15, 10, 15, 50, 30, 35, 25, 25, 25, 10, 25, 25, 10

 Cumulative total:   81,330

PUSH UP DAY 789

55 Push ups

• Streak extender +30

Cumulative total:    80,630

PUSH UP DAYS 783-788

625 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender + 25
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 100 via 4 sets of 25
• 400 in following sets: 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 40, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30

 

Cumulative total:    80,575

 

PUSH UP DAY 782

250 Push ups

• 7 sets of 30 reps, 2 sets of 15 reps, 1 set of 10 reps

Cumulative total:   79,950     

PUSH UP DAYS 779-781

380 Push ups

• Streak extender
• 300 via 10 sets of 30 reps
• Streak extender + 30

Cumulative total:    79,700

PUSH UP DAYS 768-778

1320 Push ups

• Streak Extender
• 250 in ten sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender + 30
• Four streak extender days in a row
• 405 in following sets:  30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 25, 25, 25
• Streak extender + 10
• Streak extender
• 425 in 17 sets of 25 reps

Cumulative total:     79,320


Becca ran the Boston Marathon today.  I received the following text updates, which I am more impressed by than any of her PR efforts...machine-like:

PUSH UP DAY 767

223 Push ups

• 8 sets of 25 and 1 set of 23 reps

Cumulative total:    78,000

PUSH UP DAY 766

42 Push ups

• Streak extender + 17

Cumulative total:    77,777

PUSH UP DAY 765

310 Push ups

• 8 sets of 30 reps and 2 sets of 35

Cumulative total:   77,735

Any guesses how many push ups I might do tomorrow?

PUSH UP DAYS 762-764

425 Push ups

• Streak extender
• 350 in sets of 25
• 70 in random sets

Cumulative total:    77,425

PUSH UP DAYS 739-761

2714 Push ups

Highlights:
Day 744    350 push ups
Day 748    360 push ups
Day 751    385 push ups
Day 757    277 push ups
Day 760    315 push ups

Cumulative total:     77,000


Comment:    I guess it was an inevitable result of my pitiful efforts to keep this blog updated with regularity, but it finally happened...I lost track of at least a few days.  It seems only fair for me to count those days as streak extender only days as I know for certain I did at least the minimum each day, but it is disappointing as I'm certain I logged perhaps hundreds more ....oh well, means logging 100,000 may take a bit longer than otherwise, but that is many days away regardless.  On the positive side, my right shoulder issue seems to be slowly progressing and as a result I look forward to greater efforts, including a max single set effort that is long overdue.   Stay tuned.   UPDATE!   Well, as a result of being the luckiest person who has ever lived, I just found a temporary log I had missed accounting for days I was missing (March 9-15)...I have now updated the above to reflect accurately.  Yeah for me!  (Finding that note accounted for an additional 527 push ups, which is significant, if only to me, then seeing I was short of 77,000 total push ups by 14 push ups I did 14 push ups)

PUSH UP DAY 738

319 Push ups

• Following sets:     25, 25, 15, 15, 4, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 35
• I also did another set of 30 last night after posting, because sometimes I just do push ups, so while that figure is not included above, I am including in the running total below.

Cumulative total:    74,286

PUSH UP DAYS 714-737

1472 Push ups

• 17 streak extender days, with following mixed in
• Day 716:   72 Push ups
• Day 722:   72 Push ups
• Day 726:   87 Push ups
• Day 727:   100 Push ups
• Day 734:   340 Push ups
• Day 736:   225 Push ups
• Day 737:   150 Push ups
• NOTE:   Nothing especially noteworthy as far as sets go, most of them were 25-30 rep sets.  I did manage to endure Becca being out of town for 6 days during her mission trip to Honduras.  That's the longest period of time the boys and I have ever survived without her.  I  hope that record is never broken. 

Cumulative total:      73,937


Comment:   This streak has now eclipsed the 2 year mark, which means next goal is 1000 straight days?   Then 3 years?  Hmmm, we'll see.

PUSH UP DAYS 711-713

377 Push ups

• Streak extender x 2
• Streak extender
• 302 via sets of:  30, 35, 20, 25, 27, 30, 30, 25, 25, 35, 10, 15

Cumulative total:   72,475

Just a few random pictures of kid ship Captains:

PUSH UP DAY 710

270 Push ups

• Sets of following reps:   25, 35, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 15, 15

Cumulative total:   72,098

5000 tons of fertilizer.  Fun for boys 5-9 yrs old.

PUSH UP DAY 709

57 Push ups

• Streak extender x 2 + 7

Cumulative total:    71,828

"Always bet on black."

PUSH UP DAYS 704-708

507 Push ups

• Streak extender
• 200 via 8 sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender + 10
• Streak extender
• 222 via 5 sets of 30 reps followed by 7 sets of 10 reps during p90x3 dvd...and then 2 more

Cumulative total:    71,771


I honestly believed that my Atlanta Falcons could never hurt me like my Auburn Tigers often do.  I was prepared to enjoy the Super Bowl last night, I really wanted them to win, but I did not think for a second that I could possibly be devastated by them losing.   When I was a kid that was always possible, but once I latched on fully to the Auburn Tigers I had a solid 35 year run where they were the only football team that could gut me so completely that I'd wonder why I let myself get so crushed.  

I couldn't have been more wrong.   Feelings of anger, disbelief and embarrassment have been on rotation since the colossal collapse started mid-way through the 3rd quarter.  The choking was as thorough as any has ever been.  It was as if we tried to save ourselves from choking by swallowing wet couch cushions, then chasing them with balloons, new tennis balls directly out of the can and sandy soil. 

PUSH UP DAY 703

30 Push ups

• Streak extender + 5

Cumulative total:    71,264

GO FALCONS!

PUSH UP DAYS 701 & 702

355 Push ups

• Streak extender
• 330 via 10 sets of 30 and 2 sets of 15

Cumulative total:    71,234


Seven, 1,2,3,4 is kind of a cool number.  It's also cool, if only to me, that I ran again last night and was reminded that running at the end of the day results in averaging a much faster pace than the early morning efforts.

Speaking of running, take a moment to read this and marvel:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-38810882 

PUSH UP DAYS 699 and 700

300 Push ups

• 275 Push Ups via following sets:  25, 30, 15, 10, 25, 5, 35, 25, 50, 30, 25
• Streak extender

Cumulative total:    70,879


Next milestone...730 I guess.  2 years.  730 days sounds better. 

I ran today too, yeah for me.

PUSH UP DAY 698

25 Push ups

• Streak extender

Cumulative total:   70,579

PUSH UP DAYS 696 & 697

400 Push ups

• Streak extender + 10
• 370:   2, 1, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 35, 35, 25, 20, 25, 2

Cumulative total:   70,554


700 straight days seems significant to me, pretty sure I'll get there, but we shall soon see...

PUSH UP DAYS 693-695

390 Push ups

• Streak extender
• Streak extender + 25
• 345 in sets of 30 reps, with last 3 sets being 15 reps each

Cumulative total:   70,154


I heard this morning that Warren Buffet suggests reading 500 pages a day.  He says that's what he averages.  Yeah, 500.   This made me realize that I never commented on one of my favorite yearly blog posts -- the Craig Brandenburg books read list, revealed in January of every year (or thereabouts).   I plan to go do that now...and I plan to get back into reading, which I listed as a new years resolution anyway. 

PUSH UP DAY 692

315 Push ups

• 30, 10, 10, 10, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 35, 30

Cumulative total:   69,734

PUSH UP DAYS 689-691

508 Push ups

• 85 in following sets:   25, 30, 30
• 398 in following sets:   30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 15, 20, 2, 1, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 30, 10
• Streak extender

Cumulative total:    69,419

Random picture of the day:

The Wein's house = Class

PUSH UP DAYS 684-688

575 Push ups

• Streak extender
• 300 in following sets: 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25
• Streak extender
• 175 in following sets:  25, 25, 25, 15, 10, 10, 15, 25, 25
• Streak extender x 2 + 15, 25, 10

Cumulative total:   68,911

PUSH UP DAYS 682-683

373 Push ups

• 150 in sets of 10, 30, 30, 30, 15, 25, 10
• 223 in sets of 25, 3, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 10, 10, 5, 10

Cumulative total:    68,286

I started doing P90X again, technically P90X3, which is noteworthy to people who are into it as it means I'm doing the shorter version workouts.  As a result I'm back to doing pull ups...I did 3,538 pull ups in 2016, technically I did all of those prior to August when I started babying my shoulder, so we'll see if I manage more this year or not.   As for push ups, I did 43,351 in 2016.  There were some pretty high volume stretches mixed in throughout the year, so not sure I'll do that many again this year, but we'll see, if I don't have any more skin cancer spots on my arms it will help.

PUSH UP DAYS 678-681

390 Push ups

• Streak extender
• Streak extender +5
• 300 via 8 sets of 25, plus 2 sets of 10 and 1 set of 30
• Streak extender +10

Cumulative total:   67,913

PUSH UP DAYS 655-677

875 Push ups

• Streak extenders from day 655-676 and then 325 today.

Comment:   Stitches are out, one are push up days are over and I even got great news from a doctor friend who did some informal tests and gave his opinion that I have not torn anything in my right shoulder and can therefore resume any/all exercise I had been avoiding.   (He says I probably strained it and it may take as long as 9 months to fully recover, but I can't make it worse using it, so therefore I will.   As for how it happened, you're thinking too many push ups, but I truly believe it is a result of being ill-prepared to play disc golf as aggressively as I was about 3 months ago, anyway, back to pursuit of high volume push ups).

Cumulative total: 
67,523   (less than 100 per day, which I intend to remedy  -- truth be known, I'm certain I did a number of uncounted sets of 25 during my overlong streak extender streak, so I probably never dropped below 100 per day, but this motivates me so I won't go back and try to put together the notes from the past 3 weeks to prove anything to myself.)