Thought I’d combine all three workouts into one post tonight. Hope you don’t mind…
Let’s start with Day 3 of Week 4 of the Hundred Push Ups plan:
Required: 30, 22, 22, 20, at least 29
Actual: 30, 22, 22, 20, 30
No problems completing tonight’s workout, which means I’m safely through Week 4 and soon able to move on to Week 5. I just have the small matter of an exhaustion test to perform either tomorrow or Friday to determine which column I end up in for the fifth week. Actually, I just looked ahead and barring a disaster, I’ll be staying in column 3; the tough one!
Week 4 has been quite a success and I’m now feeling much stronger and more confident in the workouts. 356 individual push ups isn’t a bad total for the week is it?! Any guesses how many I’ll be able to do in the next exhaustion test?
So, with the push ups out of the way, it was time for an easy run of between 50 and 70 minutes.
Phase: Base
Workout: 50 to 70 Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
Finally after a quick drink of Heed it was time for Week 6 Day 1 of the Essential Abs program; 14 reps of each of the following exercises:
Corkscrew
Hip Up
Reverse Crunch
Crossover
Oblique Crunch
Catch
Toe Touch
Crunch: legs up
Crunch: frog legs
Isometric back extension
No real problems, although this week is always the toughest of the plan for me (only to be expected I suppose). I always feel like I’ve been beaten up with a baseball bat by the time I’m done, but no pain, no gain right?
Well after all the hard work, I think I’ll have a beer to celebrate….