I did Week 5, Day 2, Col 3 today. I decided to try doing it after my weight session. Still not really sure where to put these pushups with all the lifting I'm doing now! I'll figure it out eventually I got through my sets:

19/19/22/22/18/18/22/45 ... the last set was a struggle and I had to take little breaks after about a third of them, but overall not too bad Hoping for a stronger performance on Day 3!

cmeirun, I'm with you and not knowing when to do them (though I've about given up on my resistance bands and need to pick them up again). Why not substitute them for your 'arm/chest' sessions for a couple of weeks?

The routine I'm following is a full-body workout 3x/week, so there's no real getting around working my arms/chest on weight days. I'm going to keep at it like this for a bit, but I'm thinking I might leave the heavy pushup day (3) for the day AFTER my last weights day, which is the lightest day (80% load). So, workouts would be:

Monday: Weights (100% load), Pushups
Tues: HIIT cardio, Core
Wednesday: Weights (90% load), Pushups
Thursday: rest day
Friday: Weights (80% load)
Saturday: HIIT cardio, Core, Pushups
Sunday: Jog

This might work? It'll give me at least 3 days of no resistance/upper body work/week (required for recovery, I'm told)

If I remember correctly, according to the website, you "should" be able to do 100 pushups in a single set after you've completed the training ... you're supposed to take a few days off and then try. If not, then you're supposed to go back and repeat week 6...I'd probably slightly increase the number performed in each set, maybe by 5-10%, at least on the final sets, during the repeat week (s) and try again after a couple of weeks

Also, WAY TO GO, MIKEY!!!

Ok, I think I've managed to get past the week 5 hurdle, after 3 rounds of it!

Today: 20/20/24/24/20/20/22/52 :drinker:

I will do my max rep test tomorrow, but I was able to get through all my sets today with little trouble I think I've found a way to fit these pushups in with my other workouts so that everything gets done effectively :bigsmile:

Week 6, here I come!!! :glasses:

I completed week 6 and on my final test I was able to complete 60 without stopping. so from my initial test way back when I am up 400% I think lol

You're doing awesome, Ron!!! Way to go!

Me...I think I'm going to skip my mid-week sets this week and just do Day 3 this weekend...I'm feeling a bit fatigued and think I need to take a wee breather (Feelin' a little guilty about it, but I also need to listen to my bod!)

My first 5k race is this Saturday! I'll finally get myself back to a regular strength training routine after this week. I'm feeling "lazy" for not getting it done. At least the running is going smoothly.

First 5k, how exciting!!! I'm sure it'll be a blast!!! :bigsmile: Enjoy it!

Ok guys.

I have a dilemma. :grumble:

I am really, really struggling to do justice to both my pushups AND my weight lifting. I simply haven't been able to find a schedule that lets me do both without compromising strength/endurance for one or the other. Something's gotta give. :grumble:

I'm seeing too many great gains from the lifting to give that up, so I think what I'm going to do is dial back my pushups to Week 5 Col 1, and continue trying to get them in after my lifting (same day) so I have a one-day rest between resistance training day. Hopefully that will allow me to retrain my body to get used to the extra work without getting into the "OMG SO MUCH FATIGUE AND CRAPPY FORM" zone that I seem to have slipped into.

I don't want to abandon this (and you awesome peeps! :flowerforyou: ) so this compromise will have to do for now!