Hundred Push Ups April

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life's kicking me in the *kitten*-- not sure how I'll be able to keep up with these-- but we'll see--

Hey everyone! Welcome newbies! Glad to have you here!
Keiko, thanks. Yeah, I'm still sick, but I am getting a little better each day. I will be resting this week and I hope to be back at it on Monday! I was stuck on weeks 4,5, and 6 for a long time. You will move on. Don't get discouraged!
CP, you are doing great. Just because maybe you didn't do as well on the last set as you did last time, doesn't mean you won't make it to 100 this weekend! Maybe you need someone to make you mad before you test. That's what worked for me!:laugh:
Kathy, welcome! Congrats on getting to 20 consecutive already! That's great!
Alright, hopefully I will see you all on Monday! Have a good weekend!
MM

A question about how this works...

Today I started at week 1, day 1, level 3

I was able to do:

set 1: 10
set 2: 12
set 3: 7
set 4: 5 (supposed to do 7)
set 5: Didn't even try

Should I just keep trying to complete day 1 at level 3 or should I do level 2 next time?

I would like to join in now if it's not too late. I'm looking on the website and will start week 1 day 1 today!

Week 4, Day 2
*girly style*
+25
+29
+29 (oops did 4 extra)
+25
+50 (woot!! minimum was 36)
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158

I don't know what's up but I am feeling so much stronger the past two days, I am not complaining though! After a couple weeks of having a hard time, it's nice to see my body adapt. :happy:

Ok, I did week one, column one... It was hard. I am guessing when I am done with this week I will have to do it again.

I just started today!

So, Week 1, Day 1:
Plank Style
6
6
4
4
Max: 7

I was saying to my sister earlier, I was really surprised by how sore my abs were! They were sore before I started, I think from my modern dance class, and as soon as I got in plank position it was like: "Whoa! There they are!"

I guess that I logically knew the push-ups work your abs, too, but I had evidence of it today that reallymade it sink in!

Wow, welcome to all the new faces! :flowerforyou:

I can't believe it - I ALMOST finished today. I didn't get around to doing day 3 of week 6 yesterday, but I decided to go ahead and test this morning. I managed - you won't believe it - 99 pushups. I was really mad for a little while - I had to pause three times during that last ten, and then for some reason I DIDN'T pause after 99... then I went down and simply could not push myself back up, and fell down. Man! :explode:

But, then I realized, given that the last set was so rough, it's probably a good idea to go ahead and repeat for another week. Sigh! So I just finished up week 6, day 3, level 3 tonight:

26
26
33
33
26
26
22
22
78 (min 60)

After 6 months, what's another week, right? This just gives me time to order my t-shirt. Besides, I am planning on going back to week 3 to work on slowing down and going down closer to the floor after I finish anyway.

Keep it up, everyone. You CAN do it! :happy: :drinker:

I tested myself today. I did 52, woot. Half way there.

Are we supposed to rest one day between Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3???

I, personally, just go at my own pace. I take the rest day when I feel like I need a rest day.

Welcome new people! I'm glad to see the thread staying fresh and new!
Cp, hang in there girl! You're almost there!
Everyone's doing great!
I am finally starting to feel a bit like myself again after having the flu. I did week 3 day 1 level one again, plank all the way to the floor.
10
12
7
7
13 (min 9)
It felt good to be back at it again after missing a week!
MM

Hmm, so I was going to try to do a day of rest between each, and so I was supposed to do Week 1, Day 2 today.

Well, yesterday I did some core training and played a really intense game of racquetball with a friend. I went to do my push-up sets today, lowered myself for one and I swear I pulled something in my stomach! I was so sore I couldn't even get one push-up out. Which, obviously, means my body didn't need my doing push-ups today.

So today I gave myself a real day of rest. It was time for a day off from the gym anyway. NOTE TO SELF- Do NOT strength train on push-up off days! :laugh:

I was feeling pretty tired yesterday, so I just did 3 sets of 20 push-ups. I didn't want to miss a day, but knew I couldn't do them all.

Today
Week 4, Day 3
*Girly Style*
+29
+33
+33 (4 extra)
+29
+50
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174

Yesterday I did week 1, day 2, level 2

6
8
6
6
12 (at least 7)

Is it bad to do more days than just 3 days each week? I was going to do M-W-F, but then I ended up doing pushups yesterday because I find them addicting. (Ok, I am sick!) I feel like doing day three day, but I don't want to do damage, either!