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Ladies wanna get better at pushups?

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  • Antiopelle
    Antiopelle Posts: 1,184 Member
    edited August 2019
    Way to go jowo2000 !
  • jowo2000
    jowo2000 Posts: 129 Member
    Week 4 Day 1:

    18, 22, 16, 16, 25 from toes, 92 total, DONE!

    However, I took longer breaks than the 60 seconds that they suggest. I just couldn't. I tried between the first and second sets, but after that, I realized there was no way I'm going to be able to do all of these with such a short break. I think my breaks were closer to 2mins+. Plus, I just looked ahead to day 2, and realized it's going to be 100+, so I'm a bit intimidated. I might repeat this day until I'm comfortable with the short break, and then move on. We'll see...

  • jowo2000
    jowo2000 Posts: 129 Member
    100 Pushup Challenge Week 4 Day 1 (again):


    18, 22, 16, 16, 25 from toes, 92 total.

    I repeated day 1 with shorter breaks today, about 90 secs. It was still hard, but I managed to shorten the breaks from last time, so that was good. I think I'm going to try to do this day again on Friday with 60 second breaks, then move on to day 2 next week. Wish me luck!
  • jowo2000
    jowo2000 Posts: 129 Member
    100 Pushup Challenge Week 4 Day 1 (yet again):


    18, 22, 16, 16, 25 from toes, 92 total.

    Repeated day 1 again, but I managed to do it with the 60 second breaks this time! It was really hard at the end, but I squeezed them out! Attempting day 2 next week. It's over 100 pushups total. Wish me luck!
  • joanthemom8
    joanthemom8 Posts: 375 Member
    I've started this challenge several weeks ago. I'm on week 4 but I've had to repeat a couple of weeks before moving on to the next one, lol.
  • jowo2000
    jowo2000 Posts: 129 Member
    joanthemom8 wrote: »
    I've started this challenge several weeks ago. I'm on week 4 but I've had to repeat a couple of weeks before moving on to the next one, lol.

    Me too, week 4 is really tough. I've repeated day 1 a few times lol.
  • jowo2000
    jowo2000 Posts: 129 Member
    100 Pushup Challenge Week 4 Day 2:

    20, 25, 20, 20, 28 all from toes with 90 second breaks, DONE! Total of 113!

    That was crazy. The last set might be the hardest thing I've ever done. But I did it! I'm so proud of myself! The 90 second breaks help a lot, I think. I just looked at day 3, and I'm so scared lol...

    Oh and btw, my arms look amazing. Just sayin, if you haven't been keeping up, the rewards are real too. :)
  • jowo2000
    jowo2000 Posts: 129 Member
    100 Pushup Challenge Week 4 Day 3:

    23, 28, 23, 23, 33 all from toes with 120 second breaks, DONE! Total of 130!

    I can't believe I just did that. The longer breaks really do help. I was still a puddle by the end, and the last set was sheer willpower. But it happened! I'm have a test next, so I think I'll do that on Friday, and pick up next week. I think this is more than I could do the last time I did this challenge, so I'm excited and nervous at the same time lol!
  • jowo2000
    jowo2000 Posts: 129 Member
    Just did the exhaustion test, and I did 37 pushups in a row! I thought I could do more since I did so many on Wednesday, but still, that puts me in column 2 for week 5, and looking forward, boy am I scared of it lol.

    Ladies, it's never too late to join, and you'll feel so strong doing this challenge. Join in if you're reading this!
  • jowo2000
    jowo2000 Posts: 129 Member
    Hundred Pushup Challenge Week 5 Day 1 Column 2.

    28, 35, 25, 22, 35 total of 145 pushups. Done (kind of).

    I eventually did them all, but I took way longer breaks, and I broke the set of 35 into two mini sets. This is quite a leap from the previous week. I'm debating repeating this day a few times and trying to shorten the breaks. But, the structure changes from day 2, with more sets, less reps per set, and shorter breaks, so I might just skip ahead and see how that goes. We'll see...
  • jowo2000
    jowo2000 Posts: 129 Member
    Week 5 Day 2 Column 2.

    18, 18, 20, 20, 14, 14, 16, 40. with 45 second breaks. FAIL.

    I was doing okay until the last set. The breaks felt short, and it got harder and harder, but I was able to keep up. But the last set, there was no way. Just seeing the number 40 at that point defeated me mentally, I think. I did 20, then gave up. I did 20 more later, so I did do them all eventually, but not in the timeframe I wanted to.

    There's no way I'll be able to do day 3 in two days, so I'm going to go back to day 1 and go back and forth between day 1 and 2 for a while. Hoping that'll get me feeling ready for day 3 eventually.
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