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.