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But I had to pop in here to report something funny. Last night I dreamed that I did 100 push-ups! Seriously. That was the whole dream, just me doing 100 push-ups, and it was vivid.

Hilarious!

That is, until I am finished with my sun salutations goal. From the way these are working my arms, I feel confident that I will be in a good place to start push-ups once this goal is complete.

Did day 1 AGAIN a day or 2 ago, and I’m sore! Not super-sore, though, so I’m doing day 2 tomorrow.

It’s funny – I know my muscles are not actually BIGGER after just one day of push-ups, but because they are sore and I’m more aware of them, they do feel bigger. I’m going to imagine for a bit that they are...just a bit bigger.

Well…skipped Day 3 due to soreness (dang spontaneous pull-ups), and struggled enough with Day 2 to think that maybe repeating the week would not be a bad thing.

Thus, I was back to Day 1 again, and lo, it continued to be challenging. Dang. I was hoping that it would be a breeze! I have to keep reminding myself that I am really starting from almost nothing, and that any improvement at all is worth celebrating. We shall see how the rest of the week goes. As long as I keep working, I will move forward eventually.

Mostly.

I did ok, but realized that I’m still not 100% perfect on form. Sometimes I cheat. Not intentionally, but because the motion is not second nature yet.

With that in mind, I may end up repeating Week 1 of this program just to ensure exercise integrity. I’m alright with that.

And I already feel like kind of a badass.

Well, that was kind of fun. I like the super-short sets prescribed by this program; they seem a lot more manageable than regular-sized sets, even though the cumulative # of push-ups is challenging.

I get one rest day, and then it’s on to Day 2 of Week 1.

...meaning a goal to do x number of ‘real’ (not ‘girl’ or knee push-ups).

Recently I realized, though, that unless I find a system for improving my performance on ‘girl’ push-ups (the only kind I can really do), I will NEVER learn to do ‘real’ push-ups!

The nice thing about this program is that it seems to be reasonable yet challenging. I can only do 5 knee push-ups at a time without losing proper form, but this program definitely gives me a guideline for how to improve on that. I plan to follow this program using knee push-ups until I can at least do 5-10 ‘real’ (off the toes) push-ups. At that point, if I like it enough, I may begin again using toes push-ups this time.

Push-ups are functional, and even better, don’t require any extra equipment of any kind. That’s good, because I’m no longer going to have access to my school gym, since I’m graduating!