PUSH UP DAYS 1133-1161

1375 Push ups

• 2 days I did 200 push ups via sets of 25 reps
• 1 day I did 125 push ups via sets of 25 reps
• 1 day I did 275 push ups via sets of 25 reps
• All other days were streak extenders...well, except 2, I did an extra set of 25 reps each of those days.  

Cumulative total:   132,187

Overall a pretty weak April, no real excuse for it, just didn't feel up to doing normal volume -- mental fatigue I think.  I mentioned this to Becca who then recapped our lives from that month and, well, I guess it makes sense as we did do an absurd amount of stuff.   Moderation is definitely the best policy, but then, so is flossing -- I practice both very infrequently.   Anyway, we'll see where it goes from here, stats show I have lost almost 100% of my readership...full circle :).  

As for bench pressing....Last 4 weeks have gone as follows:
Weight          Reps in each set
165                10, 8, 7   (down from 10, 10, 8 as you'll recall)
165                10, 10, 8  (back up to previous)
165                10, 10, 11  (guess not doing hardly any push ups is a good taper)
170                8, 7, 5

PUSH UP DAYS 1125-1132

1030 Push ups

 

• Four days of streak extenders
• 400 via 16 sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender
• 450 via 15 sets of 30 reps
• Streak extender+30

 

Cumulative total:    130,812

 

 

Bench press effort was 160 lbs. 10 reps, 10 reps, 8 reps.

 

PUSH UP DAYS 1105-1124

2495 Push ups

• Six straight Streak Extender Days
• 420 push ups via 12 sets of 35 reps each (tough day as I also did legs hard all under 1 hour)
• Six straight Streak Extender Days (again)
• 1125 Push ups in sets of 25 reps (New single day record for me)
• Streak Extender
• 250 push ups:   50 in Mobile Airport, 100 in ATL Hartsfield and 100 in San Antonio Airport
• Streak Extender
• 300 push ups:   175 in San Antonio Airport, 100 in DFW and 25 in MOB.  [Note:  Unless otherwise specified sets completed in airports are 25 reps as that is generally the volume I can complete without sweating]
• Streak Extender
• Streak Extender

 

Cumulative total:   129,782

 

 

As for bench pressing, I went up to 160 and had a good first week completing sets of 10, 8 and 7 reps -- next week was a drop off to 9, 7, 6 and yesterday was 10, 8, 6 reps, which I was happy with considering previous days airport push up total.

 

 

PUSH UP DAY 1104

285 Push ups

• Following sets:  35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 35, 40

Cumulative total:    127,287

PUSH UP DAYS 1096-1103

1050 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender x 4
• Four straight streak extender days
• 800 via 20 sets of 30 reps and 8 sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender

 

Cumulative total:    127,002

 

 

Bench Press update:   3 sets of 10 reps with 155 lbs., moving up 5 lbs. next week.

PUSH UP DAYS 1091-1095

895 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• Streak extender
• 200 via 8 sets of 25 reps
• Streak extender x 2
• 570 via 19 sets of 30 reps

 

Cumulative total:    125,952

 

 

1095 days = 3 years since this push up streak started.   The Total # of push-ups averages to 115/day, which is perhaps a bit more than I originally expected.  That stated, I have done far fewer max effort days that I originally expected and probably as a result have not yet done 100 good push ups in a row...I should try that again soon though, I guess.   Oh, and max effort bench press on Monday resulted in sets of 10, 10 and 9 for same weight (155 lb.) as last week...so, one more rep in final set. 

 

PUSH UP DAYS 1089 & 1090

625 Push ups

 

• Streak extender
• 600 via sets of following reps: 
• 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25

 

Cumulative total:   125,057