Wasn’t feeling great going into this repeat of Week 5 Day 3, but ironically it turned out to be a real confidence booster of a workout!
Required: 18, 18, 16, 16, 14, 14, 12, at least 40
Last week I failed on the final 40 (after already struggling miserably on Day 1 and Day 2) and I had a feeling the same thing could happen tonight.
Here what happened….
Actual: 18, 18, 16, 16, 14, 14, 12, 45
With only 30 seconds rest between sets, it was once again quite an aerobic workout, but from a strength point of view, I did rather well. After the single set of 12 I moved into the room with the hard floor and “went for it”. My pace was faster than previous sets but I was determined to knock them out as quickly as possible. Maybe my form was a little suspect on a couple of the push ups, but I made it through to 40 and did 5 more just to make sure. Nice!
So, on to Week 6 I go. Some time tomorrow I’ll need to perform another exhaustion test and the results will determine which column I follow in the final week.
46 to 50 push ups will see me in column 1, 51 to 60 push ups column 2 and greater than 60 push ups, column 3. Naturally column 3 will prepare me the best for the hundred push ups attempt, but I guess it wouldn’t be the end of the world if I dropped back a column (or two)…
Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention by daily and weekly totals:
Sunday – 167, Tuesday – 174, Friday – 153.
Total for the week – 494!
Way to go!!
Very impressive, Steve! Although I have to admit I’m a bit disheartened to see that the later weeks in the program involve an increasing number of sets. ;0)
I’m going to be repeating week 3 next week – didn’t quite make it through this week.
Wow! That’s a tough workout!
My head’s spinning at the number of pushups done each day & over the span of the week:
Sunday – 167, Tuesday – 174, Friday – 153.
Total for the week – 494!
Yowsa! That’s certainly an impressive feat.