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It’s day eleven of the Get Fit Slowly one hundred pushup challenge. After struggling with the end of Monday’s exercises, I’m curious to see how today will go. I find it likely that I’ll need to repeat this week, just as repeated week one. I don’t mind, though — it’s obvious that my upper body is getting stronger!
Here’s the schedule for those of you who are on week four:
If you’re on week three, as I am, then use this schedule:
Remember that you should rest ninety seconds between each set. (Anyone else notice that columns one and two are the same for both weeks three and four?)
Update: Yes, indeed, I’ll be repeating week three. My results: 16, 14, 11-1/2 (out of 14), 7 (out of 12), and 13 (out of 15). Yikes — I did one less pushup than I did on Monday! I’ve wondered before if rest and time of day have any affect on this, and I’m still curious. I didn’t get much sleep last night, and I’m doing these in the morning while still tired.
Now I’m off to bike, lift, and run!
Read about this project at One Hundred Pushups.
Mac
17 responses so far ↓
1 Juan Fernandes // Jul 9, 2008 at 1:47 am
Hey J.D.
Do you think it’s ok to repeat a week and forget about doing the challenge in 6 weeks?
Basically, I started the 100 pushups challenge and hopped to do it in the 6 weeks - but I have not been able to do my pushups because one of my arms was killing me.
Also, do you have a full time job? How can you afford a whole of exercise?
Juan
2 Steve // Jul 9, 2008 at 4:28 am
sounds like an action packed day - good luck!
3 Begaw // Jul 9, 2008 at 5:16 am
I’m still sore from Monday. This week’s #’s are a challenge, but I too can feel the difference in strength. I’m glad I’m doing it. Thanks for posting the information.
4 Gooniette // Jul 9, 2008 at 6:11 am
Um, J.D.
Those schedules are exactly the same.
No matter though, I’m repeating Week 2 for the second time.
Can’t do more than 15 pushups just yet. But it’s still a lot better than when I started and could barely do 2!
5 Gooniette // Jul 9, 2008 at 6:13 am
No wait. They aren’t. They just look almost exactly alike…
Sorry.
6 Mike // Jul 9, 2008 at 7:17 am
Good luck.
But yeah.. how do you fit all this excercise time into a day if you have a 9to5 job. Do you start REALLY REALLY early or do you have a more flexible schedule? Maybe you work from home?
7 J.D. // Jul 9, 2008 at 9:34 am
Absolutely, Juan, it’s okay to repeat a week (or more). I repeated the first week, and I’ll probably have to repeat this week, too. I think it’s *good* to repeat weeks. As many people have noted, 100 pushups is the goal, not six weeks.
Secondly:
As Greenman has pointed out, the number one thing I did to help my physical fitness was quit my day job. Because I work for myself from home, I’m able to exercise on my own schedule. I used to avoid exercise before because I felt like I didn’t have time for it. This is probably worth its own blog post…
8 drifting // Jul 9, 2008 at 10:28 am
W3D2C3: 27, 19, 15, 8, 8. Dang - 4, 7, 17 short on the last three sets. See you again next week, 3!
9 Andrew is getting fit // Jul 9, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I think there would be only a tiny proportion of people who could do this program without repeating a week. I’m like JD, happily repeating.
10 The Vegan // Jul 9, 2008 at 1:20 pm
W3D2C1: 16, 14, 14, 12, 15. Whew! The last couple on the final set killed me, but still, 71 friggin’ pushups. I’m happy with that. I’m also happy next week is so similar to this week… I could use a “break”.
“I’ve wondered before if rest and time of day have any affect on this [...] I’m doing these in the morning while still tired.”
From my experience with riding my bike to work off and on over the past few years (along with doing pushups these past few weeks), I can say for myself that it most certainly does. If I exercise in the morning, I’ll first grab a small bite to eat, stretch a little, and about an hour later exercise - if I don’t, I have half the stamina.
11 Katy // Jul 9, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Still keeping on — I am repeating weeks 1 & 2 at level 2 instead of level 1, in hopes that I’ll be able to do the week 3 regimen at level 1. (There seems to be a *big* jump in effort required to go from week 2 to week 3.)
12 Pete @ quicktofit // Jul 9, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Just did my 100 pushups challenge for the day 2 week 3. I did 16, 14, 14, 12, 16. That means I did a total of 72 pushups, and pass to move on to day three!
I will admit, that I barely made the minimum in the last set, and then decided to go one more which was a complete struggle. But I did it, and am proud of making it this far without having to repeat a week. (i know i’ll have to eventually.)
Also, i was surprisingly un-sore from monday’s pushups.. I wonder what that means?
13 Steve // Jul 9, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Pete: it means you’re getting stronger and fitter! Excellent progress….
–Steve
14 Steven Rigney // Jul 10, 2008 at 8:14 am
Not sure how I did it, but in column 3 of week 4 I did 27, 21, 21, 18, and 45 for my max set.
It doesn’t make sense to me that my max set was able to go up from Monday with my other sets also going up. I’m excited about the fact that I’m now doing over 100 pushups 3 times a week. Looking ahead I’ll be doing over 200 pushups before I do the 100 straight, but that’s not a bad thing.
15 Paul // Jul 10, 2008 at 1:44 pm
I’m noticing that my form makes a big difference. If I take it slow, I’m struggling to make my numbers in column 3. If I go faster, if I don’t expend as much energy easing myself down, I can hit my numbers with more ease (still a lot of effort). Even going faster, I think my form is basically good. It’s something I’m thinking about though, form and speed, and what a person should be aiming for.
16 Peter // Jul 11, 2008 at 10:41 am
W3D2C2: 22-17-17-15-23
Yes! Day 2 is no more! It was tough, not as tough as Day 1, but still. Add another 10 push ups to the grand total (now at 94!). If things go well on Day 3, I think I’ll just go ahead do Week 4 Column 2 and then repeat Week 4 on Column 3. I feel good about this
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