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Hundred Push Ups Challenge: Week 4 Recap

Geoff — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:09:42 +0000

Here is a recap of week four of the Hundred Push up challenge (more info here):

Day 1: 22/16/16/14/37
Day 2: 22/17/17/15/34
Day 3: 25/19/19/17/33

I took my advice from week 3 and stretched out/warmed up prior to the push up sessions. Here is a chart of my progress through week 4.

The blue line indicates the total push ups for the day and the red line is the goal or minimum amount for the day. I am starting to create a little separation between the lines. Hopefully week 5 will be as big of an improvement as week 4 was.

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Hundred Push Ups Challenge: Week 3 Recap

Geoff — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:59:06 +0000

Week 3 took a detour and ultimately proved to be rather challenging. Here is a recap of week three of the Hundred Push up challenge (more info here):

Day 1: 20/15/15/13/20
Day 2: 22/17/17/15/29
Day 3: 25/19/19/17/22

The challenging part is that I am not stretching/warming properly before hand and I get tired and tight around the 3rd set. Mental note, stretch out and warm up.

Here is a chart of my progress through week 3. The blue line indicates the total pushups for the day and the red line is the goal or minimum amount for the day. If I am going to be able to do 100 pushups consecutively, I will need to create a consistently bigger gap between TOTAL and GOAL!

The "Total" is the amount of all sets combined for the day.

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Hundred Push Ups Challenge: Week 3 Update

Geoff — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:30:36 +0000

Week 3 of the Hundred Push up challenge (more info here) took a minor detour! Day 1 went swimmingly but I attempted Day 2 during the morning and my body didn’t quite cooperate. From there the week just got away from me so needless to say I will be repeating week 3 this week!

Stay tuned for the results!

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Hundred Push Ups Challenge: Week 2 Recap

Geoff — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:45:28 +0000

Here is a recap of week two of the Hundred Push up challenge (more info here):

Day 1 Was pretty easy considering Day 3 of Week 1, the number of reps (in sets) was 12/12/9/7/*10. I was pretty confident I was going to crush the powerset (set 5) but only did 6 over the minimum 10. I was not as sore the day after so it seems like progress is being made!

Here was my final tally for day 1:

Set 1: 12
Set 2: 12
Set 3: 9
Set 4: 7
Set 5: 16 *

* The goal of set 5 is to due as many push ups as you can over a minimum amount (10 in this case).

Day 2 I felt really good today. It’s the first time I really excelled in the power set. The number of reps (in sets) was 16/13/11/11/*15. I did 7 over the minimum and the total push up combined was 73 which was more than any day so far.

Here was my final tally for day 2:

Set 1: 16
Set 2: 13
Set 3: 11
Set 4: 11
Set 5: 22 *

Day 3 I was lazy this week and pushed of day 3 until Sunday and it showed. I was a little tired in all of the sets and could only get 3 over the minimum in the power set. The number of reps (in sets) was 15/15/12/12/*15. So day 2 to day 3 didn’t seem like much progress as I actually did 1 less total today.

Here was my final tally for day 3:

Set 1: 15
Set 2: 15
Set 3: 12
Set 4: 12
Set 5: 18 *

So, it is on to week 3 where it seems to really pick up. The reps (in sets) for Week 3 Day 1 is: 25/17/17/15/*25 (Total is 99 push ups minimum)!! Wish me luck!

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Hundred Push Ups Challenge: Week 1 Recap

Geoff — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:35:26 +0000

Here is a recap of week one of the Hundred Push up challenge (more info here):

Day 1 Was a little harder than I thought it was going to be. Looking at the training sheet, the number of reps (in sets) 10/10/8/6/*7 doesn’t look intimidating. But after the first two sets, I was pretty tired in the biceps mostly. But here was my final tally for day 1:

Set 1: 10
Set 2: 10
Set 3: 8
Set 4: 6
Set 5: 9 *

* The goal of set 5 is to due as many push ups as you can over a minimum amount (7 in this case).

Day 2 Wasn’t as hard as I had anticipated. I did a couple of push ups in the off day and thought I was in trouble for day 2. The number of reps (in sets) for day 2 was 12/12/10/10/*10. I thought I was in good shape heading into the “power set” (the * set) but I ran out of steam and could only clear 2 more than the minimum 10.

Here was my final tally for day 2:

Set 1: 12
Set 2: 12
Set 3: 10
Set 4: 10
Set 5: 12 *

Day 3 The number of reps (in sets) for day 3 was 15/13/10/10/*15. Again I ran into trouble in the “power set” (the * set) as I ran out of steam and fell one short of the minimum 15.

Here was my final tally for day 3:

Set 1: 15
Set 2: 13
Set 3: 10
Set 4: 10
Set 5: 14*

So I feel pretty good about reaching the goal of being able to do 100 consecutive push ups after 6 weeks. I don’t think I will have use of my arms for a few days after doing 100, but hey, you have to have goals!

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One Hundred Pushups Challenge

Geoff — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:32:33 +0000

I am starting the Hundred Pushup Challenge on Monday July 21st in a weak attempt to get back into shape! Atleast it’s a start right! The reason why this challenge is appealing to me is that I was always able to do tons of pushups in high school. But when I did the initial test I was only able to do 20, well below “tons”.

So I will post here with my weekly (or possibly weakly) results as a way to keep myself motivated to finish the six week challenge.

Find out more here: One Hundred Pushups

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