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Bring on those heavy circles! Weightlifting isn’t just for super-serious athletes–it’s a great form of exercise for those looking to get healthier for multiple reasons: Let’s break those reasons down… Weightlifting isn’t as scary (or confusing) as you fear. Lifting weights is straightforward–you pick up objects and battle with them against Earth’s gravity. However, the … Read more
I’d fallen off the wagon a bit with my hundred pushups workout so I dropped back to Week 3 tonight. (We were without air conditioning for a week, and doing much of anything physical was a chore.) At the suggestion of Fit36 I tried tightening up the rest periods between the levels, and ended up … Read more
Two days’ worth of updates: Week 4, Day 1, Column 1: 16, 13, 13, 11, max = 21 (total 74) Week 4, Day 2, Column 1: 16, 14, 14, 12, max = 20 (total 76) I’m still being pretty generous with the breaks in between the different levels but I cut them down a little … Read more
Got through another week! I thought week 3 would get me but I squeaked by. Here’s my progress so far: Date Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Maximum Total 06/18/08 Initial test 8 06/21/08 7 7 5 4 12 35 06/23/08 9 8 6 5 10 38 06/25/08 10 8 8 5 11 … Read more
This one was tough, and I thought I may have pulled a muscle in my right arm doing it. Powering through sixty-four pushups isn’t a good thing to do if I injure myself in the process. Week 3, Day 1, Column 1 (based on my exhaustion test result of 19): 15, 12, 12, 10, max … Read more
Well I just managed 19 pushups for my post-week-two exhaustion test. Here’s the progress so far: Date Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Maximum Total 06/18/08 Initial test 8 06/21/08 7 7 5 4 12 35 06/23/08 9 8 6 5 10 38 06/25/08 10 8 8 5 11 42 06/28/08 9 8 … Read more
Still managed to get through my workout tonight. Week 2, Day 3, Column 2: 10, 10, 8, 8, max = 15, for a total of 51 pushups. On Friday I’ll do the exhaustion test to see which column I start in for Week 3.
I’m confident one of these workouts is going to get me, but I still managed to get through tonight. Column 2 of Week 2, Day 2: 11, 9, 7, 7, max=12 for a total of 46 pushups. Thanks Steve Speirs (creator of HundredPushups.com) and everyone else for stopping by the blog!
I rested for two days in between Week 1 and Week 2, and did 41 pushups for tonight’s workout. I’m in column 2 at the moment: 9, 8, 6, 4, max = 14. I’ve heard anecdotal evidence that even as early as the first day after starting a new exercise it’s possible to outperform the … Read more
Done with Week 1! I got through the first week’s workout on Column 2. Here it is: Date Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Maximum Total 06/21/08 7 7 5 4 12 35 06/23/08 9 8 6 5 10 38 06/25/08 10 8 8 5 11 42 Oh, I’ve created a worksheet so … Read more