Push Ups, Abs, McMillan

Thought I’d continue the trend of combining all three workouts into one post. Hope you don’t mind…

I’ll start with the end of Week 4 Hundred Push Upsexhaustion test. Basically I just needed to perform as many push ups in one go as possible which would determine the column I’ll be following in Week 5 of the plan due to start on the weekend.

A couple of weeks ago I managed 48 in the exhaustion test which actually surprised me quite a lot to be honest. This afternoon I expected at least 60, which would comfortably put me in Week 5’s third column.

Somewhat disappointingly I could only manage 50. I felt fine up until 40 but it all went downhill from there. Maybe I wasn’t quite up for it? Maybe the 356 push ups I’ve already done this week is a factor? Anyway, all is not lost and I’ll begin Week 5 on the weekend in good spirits. I’ll need to be as it’s a very tough week!

So, with the push ups out of the way, I decided to do Week 6 Day 2 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 today. The “catch” and the “toe touch” were easier than last time so I must be making progress, and with only two days left on the plan I need to work out some sort of maintenance plan to keep the abs work going.

Finally it was time to head outside and go for my easy run of between 30 and 40 minutes. Ah, how nice….

Here’s to a great weekend! Have fun and be safe…