I completed Week 2 of the hundred push ups plan a couple of days ago, so today was the day to perform an exhaustion test to determine which column of Week 3 I need to follow starting tomorrow.
I was quietly confident of making the required 25 push ups or more to get into column 3, but was curious to see how much I’d improved since the initial test a couple of weeks ago.
After a brief warm up to stretch the muscles, I got down in the prone position and off I went. 10 turned into 20, 20 to 30 and then I started to struggle a little. I made it to 40 with a little wobbling but gutted out another 8 to finish off with a surprising 48 push ups – 30 more than the same time two weeks ago!
As you can imagine, I’m very happy and am heading outside for a run to celebrate…
Before I sign off, just wanted to mention a few additions I’ve made to the hundred push ups web site. I’ve received tons of email about the plan and wanted to address a few of the suggestions while they were fresh in my mind:
- Introduction page – added some random quotes from the hundreds of emails I’ve received about the push ups plan and web site. I plan on adding more when I have a few minutes free time!
- What is a push up? page – added instructions for “good-form” push ups and some alternatives for anyone struggling with the traditional style push up.
- The Challenge page – added a nifty little “I did the hundred” badge that can be downloaded and proudly displayed on your blog/web site.
Let me know what you think and if you have any other bright ideas, feel free to leave a comment below.
What do you do to warm up/stretch before the push ups?
Very Cool badge, I can’t wait to display it on my site! Congrats on your accomplishment, you will be there in NO time! Keep up the great work.
Just a small selection of stretches from a great little book; A Morning Cup of Stretching:
http://tinyurl.com/5ah5my
side stretch, wrist flexors, wrist extensors, standing doorway stretch to name a few….
Glad you like the badge. I’m looking forward to seeing them all over the internet in a few weeks time!
Exhaustion Test Done: 26. Got to 25 with a weird look on my face then went for 1 more. Might have done more with a small pause at the top but thought I might get accused of not doing to technically right. 26 is good. Especially after a 10km run and 550m swim today.
Day 1, Week 3 starts Tuesday!
And I LOVE that badge, I WANT that badge … mwahahahaha!
Im almost embarrassed that Im really loving doing all these pushups~
MizFit
I must have that badge!
MizFit: I’m hearing the same thing from many people! What have I started eh?
🙂
Bill: Nice work on the exhaustion test!
Bill & Andrew: it’s yours if you want it! Maybe I should charge a dollar a download? Just kidding…
🙂
did my exhaustion test this morning after week two, and made it to my new high – 20! that may not sound like much, but i struggled to get to 10 in my initial test. Week three looks like a killer though!
Yeah, week 3 is a toughie. i started the repeat of week 3 today actually. the good news is i am much, much stronger than i was just 21 days ago!