Nerd Pushups: The Good the Bad and the Icky

Week 5(b) Day 3     2010-02-19
Max in last set: 26
Notes: 13-13-15-15-12-12-10-26

I’m sick.  Nauseated, headache, sneezing…You name it.  So why I ask myself did I insist on doing my pushups today?

The answer: I don’t know.  I do however have a theory.

Finishing things has always been a tough thing for me.  Seeing things through to the end is a personal struggle that I have been trying to tackle in earnest lately.

Maybe it’s because I’m turning 35 this year and I think if I’m going to improve myself I’d best start now.  Or maybe it’s because I am a full time role model to my daughter and I want to make sure I am setting a great example for her.

It’s a combination of the two for sure.

So afraid of losing momentum today I decided to muscle through it.

On my first pushup I thought I would never do two.  On my 5th, 13 seemed far.  But as I kept going, set after set, it almost got easier.

The pounding of my head from the exertion was getting worse, but I was surprised that I managed to keep it up.  By the last set as I was shooting for 30 my stomach started to churn but my arms kept moving.  15…20…25….26…..

That’s all I could manage.  My stomach is still churning.  But I followed through.  I’m going to finish this thing.  I’m going to do 100 pushups dammit.  If I can do this, who knows what’s next.  A few weeks a go 100 pushups was an urban legend, now it’s in reach.

But for now, so is the couch and a bad movie. I earned it. 116 pushups today.

Take care.  Push yourself.