100 Pushups - Day 4 (beginning of week two)

I just completed the first day of week two. I was surprised by how much easier this first day was than the last day of the first week. And I really shocked myself when I did 18 pushups for my maximum set.

Here are the sets that I did:

9 Pushups
8 Pushups
6 Pushups
4 Pushups
18 Pushups (Maximum Set)

This is more than double the amount of pushups I could do just one week ago. So, I am glad to see progress!

100 Pushups - Day 3 (end of week 1)

I just completed day 3 of the hundredpushups.com program. I am drained but I accomplished making it through week one.

I performed the following sets today:

10 Pushups
8 Pushups
8 Pushups
5 Pushups
Then my Max, which today was 10 Pushups.

I was shooting for a higher max than this, but my arms were shaking so bad to just get number 10 up that I knew I would have to end there.

I am taking this weekend off for a couple days of rest and will begin week two on Monday.

100 Pushups - Day 2

Last Night I did day 2 of the 100 pushup program. I found that these sets were more challnenging than the first day, but I was able to complete them.

Here are the sets (with 60 second breaks between them):
9 pushups, 8 pushups, 6 pushups, 5 pushups, and then Max (as many pushups as you can do)

For my maximum I was only able to do seven pushups after the previous sets. I can also feel my chest and abdominal muscles are burning really good this morning.

100 Pushups - Day 1

Today I began the first day of the 100 pushups program. My initial test had me at a maximum of 7 pushups. This places me in the level 2 category of the program.

Today I did the following sets: 7,7,5,4, and then I was to do as many as I could for my final set. I expected to be worn out and need to stop at 5 or 6 but I was able to go to 11 pushups. I exceeded my previous maximum after doing all of these other sets. I was very surprised by this.

This has me at 34 pushups in less than a 10 minute period of time. Not all too impressive but it is the beginning and I already feel like progress is being made.

One Hundred Pushup Challenge

I found a program that is designed to take someone who can do very few push ups (someone like me) and take them to doing 100 push-ups in six weeks. (that seems rather impressive, if you ask me) This concept is similar to the Couch to 5K plan for running.

I am going to begin this program this evening along with returning to the Couch to 5K Program. This will give me a good balance of upper body and cardio, which is really all I am looking for in a workout routine.

I will keep everyone posted on my progress and hope to be able to show off a completion badge on the site in just six weeks!

http://hundredpushups.com/
Week 1