Hundred Push Ups: Week 5 Day 3 (Repeat)

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Wasn’t feeling great going into this repeat of Week 5 Day 3, but ironically it turned out to be a real confidence booster of a workout!

Required: 18, 18, 16, 16, 14, 14, 12, at least 40

Last week I failed on the final 40 (after already struggling miserably on Day 1 and Day 2) and I had a feeling the same thing could happen tonight.

Here what happened….

Actual: 18, 18, 16, 16, 14, 14, 12, 45

With only 30 seconds rest between sets, it was once again quite an aerobic workout, but from a strength point of view, I did rather well. After the single set of 12 I moved into the room with the hard floor and “went for it”. My pace was faster than previous sets but I was determined to knock them out as quickly as possible. Maybe my form was a little suspect on a couple of the push ups, but I made it through to 40 and did 5 more just to make sure. Nice!

So, on to Week 6 I go. Some time tomorrow I’ll need to perform another exhaustion test and the results will determine which column I follow in the final week.

46 to 50 push ups will see me in column 1, 51 to 60 push ups column 2 and greater than 60 push ups, column 3. Naturally column 3 will prepare me the best for the hundred push ups attempt, but I guess it wouldn’t be the end of the world if I dropped back a column (or two)…

Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention by daily and weekly totals:

Sunday - 167, Tuesday - 174, Friday - 153.
Total for the week - 494!