Category Archives: One Hundred Push Ups

Week 6 Day 1     2010-03-08 Max in last set: 30+15 Notes: 25-30-20-15-(30+15) I rolled out of bed today and almost immediately began doing pushups.  Week 6 is intimidating to look at.  I still have the mental conditioning that says … Continue reading →

Week 5(c) Day 2     2010-03-04 Max in last set: 35 Notes: 13-10-13-13-10-10-9-35 Despite past breaks and being a touch off schedule, I had a good night with the pushups tonight, ending with a good run of 35. I think … Continue reading →

Week 5(c) Day 1     2010-03-01 Max in last set: 26 Notes: 17-19-15-15-25-10 Ok, after my week off I’m going back for a three-peat of week 5.  Feeling better this week, but I’m in no big rush to move on … Continue reading →

A quick update on the pushups… This week is a little bit of an intermission by necessity.  Last week I mentioned that I was sick but muscled through my routine.  That was fine.  Saturday I managed 42 consecutive pushups, a … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Week 5(b) Day 2     2010-02-17 Max in last set: 20 Notes: 14-14-15-15-10-10-10-25 Well in line with my absent mindedness I completed half of day 2 of week six before remembering that I was re-doing week 5 113 pushups in … Continue reading →

Week 5(b) Day 1     2010-02-16 Max in last set: 20 Notes: 17-19-15-15-20 So this weekend I was supposed to do an exhaustion test and then move into week 6 Starting monday. I didn’t.  Over the weekend I was not … Continue reading →

Week 5 Day 2       2010-02-10 Max in last set: 25 Notes: 10-10-13-13-10-10-9-25 100 pushups in today’s routine.  8 sets with shorter 45 second breaks in between.  Looks like we are transitioning into an endurance building routine to prepare for … Continue reading →

Week 5 Day 1       2010-02-08 Max in last set: 20 Notes: 17-19-15-15-20 I think starting in the first column was a good choice.  I was becoming disheartened in weeks 3 & 4 because it was such a struggle every … Continue reading →

Week 4 Day 3 & 4      2010-02-06 & 07 Max in last set: 35 Notes: I can’t count. So…It’s the end of a long  and challenging week.  I did do my push ups yesterday despite my lack of writing … Continue reading →

Week 4 Day 2     2010-02-03 Max in last set: 25 Notes: 20-25-20-10-20 Another tough day of missing my targets. I could come up with excuses, but I’m not going to bother. I will push on and try again Friday, … Continue reading →

Week 4 Day 1      2010-02-01 Max in last set: 25 Notes: 18-22-14-14-25 Ugh. I almost forgot to post today.  Today was another off day.  Maybe because It’s a tough day, maybe because I was only working on 3 hours … Continue reading →

Week 3 Day 3      2010-01-29 Max in last set: 24 Notes: 16-21-15-15-24 A better day in what has been a difficult week. It wasn’t by any stretch easy, but I was able to do a couple of extra over … Continue reading →

Week 3 Day 2      2010-01-27 Max in last set: 21 Notes: 14-19-14-12-21 I ended my set with a cheer today…a hard earned cheer. This week continues to be a struggle.  14-19-14…those ones were okay.  I made it through with … Continue reading →

Week 3 Day 1      2010-01-25 Max in last set: 10 + 7 Notes: 12-17-13-13-17 Be it the number of pushups or my condition today, this was a very hard day. A total of 72 pushups today.  Sets 3 and … Continue reading →

Week 2 Day 4      2010-01-23 Max in last set: 25 Notes: As many as I could do in one set Today at the end of two weeks I had to do as many pushups in a row as possible.  … Continue reading →

Week 2 Day 3      2010-01-22 Max in last set: 16 Notes: 12-13-10-10-16 That was my reaction to this morning’s set list.  Perhaps it was the transition to all double digits in the sets.  A small difference in reality, but … Continue reading →

Week 2 Day 2      2010-01-20 Max in last set: 14 Notes: 10-12-9-9-14 54 pushups in total this morning.   That last set where you are supposed to do your maximum is a killer.  It looms in my mind during all … Continue reading →