As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I am taking up the One Hundred Pushup Challenge. And not only am I taking up the challenge, but I’ve also recruited Julie and 9 others, mostly coworkers to take up the challenge as well. So that each person only needs to focus on performing their exercises, rather than worry about how many sets and how many reps, I even put together a nice spreadsheet for each person to use in tracking their weekly progress.
Over the last week or so everyone performed their initial test, and on Monday of this week, most started the 6 week training program. It’s early, but the initial feedback is very positive. Most people are a little sore. Everyone has completed all of their scheduled sets and repetitions. A few have even exceeded their initial test result on their very first max set. It will be interesting to see how motivated everyone stays as the reps start ramping up.
As for me, you’ll recall that my initial test resulted in 50 pushups. This evening I completed Week 1, Day 2 of the workout, and here are the results from the first two days:
| Day 1 | Scheduled | Actual |
| Level 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Level 2 | 10 | 10 |
| Level 3 | 8 | 8 |
| Level 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Level 5 | max (at least 7) | 40 |
| Day 2 | Scheduled | Actual |
| Level 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Level 2 | 12 | 12 |
| Level 3 | 10 | 10 |
| Level 4 | 10 | 10 |
| Level 5 | max (at least 10) | 46 |
Not bad, especially considering that I did upper body strength training late last night (as in between 11 PM – 12 AM).
40 and 46? Dang. Stud. ;)
Posted by stacy on 7/12/2008 2:04:15 AM