Hundred Push-Ups Progress

Still making progress on the Hundred Push-Ups plan. I took a few weeks off after my last successful “hundred”, but am back following the program and hope to finish up with 125 or maybe 150 consecutive push-ups at the end of the month.

Last week I did the following:

W3D1: 14 18 14 14 and maxed out at 50 [total = 110] – first couple of sets were the toughest, but finished very strong!

W3D2: 20 25 15 15 finished with 50 [total = 125] – another excellent 50 to finish!

W3D3: 22 30 20 20 and 30 [total = 122] – only managed 30 at the end. Not sure if it was fatigue or laziness…

W4D1: 21 25 21 21 35 [123 total] – again, disappointing last set. Must try harder tomorrow.

Speaking of push-ups, sales of my 7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups book still appear to be going well although it’s a little frustrating that I’ll only receive accurate sales figures from the publisher, Ulysses Press, twice a year. Meanwhile, I’m left trawling the online book stores, looking at sales ranks and any other figures I can get my hands on.

One the most respected online statistics is the Amazon Sales Rank, and it’s reassuring to note that 7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups is consistently in the top 20,000 – not a best seller by any means, but not bad for a first time author with little to no experience in the publishing game. It’s also cool to see the sales rank dip into the lower numbers (the lower the number, the more book sales) – over the weekend for example, the Amazon Sales Rank was just over 6,000, which basically means at that particular moment in time, there were only just over 6,000 books which were more popular than mine.

Amazon.com is still selling the book at the discounted price of $10.17, so if you’ve been on the fence about making the purchase, now would be a good time to shell out the cash and take the plunge!

One other thing to note is a great review from a reader in Cape Town, South Africa:

Steve Speirs did an EXCELLENT job in compiling a systematic, progressive bodyweight training program. I decided to buy this book after browsing through his following 3 websites….

I’ve read the book through the very first evening after I’ve received it. I always wanted to do a hundred pushups, but I never knew HOW to reach that magical figure. In this book, Steve Speirs shows you exactly how. Step-by-step (or should I say push-up by push-up!). All I can say is: Check out his 3 websites and if you like what you see … buy this book!

I’m hoping that more people who purchased the book will take a few minutes to leave similar feedback on Amazon.com, which in turn should help increase sales. Just think, all I need is one great day where a couple of hundred people buy the book, the sales rank will rocket and I have a best seller on my hands. Keep dreaming eh?

Happy Push-Ups!