do 100 push ups

My back has been very crunched up lately, to the point where I haven’t been sleeping well and I wasn’t sure if doing pushups would help or hurt me.

So to celebrate today’s massage AND incredibly helpful chiropractic visit, I did 2 sets of 10 (modified, of course :-) pushups.

I am definitely going to do a repeat.

The last set of today was supposed to be twelve, but I was struggling and could only squeeze out nine.

The next day for pushups, which is Friday, I am going to attempt the regular Week 3, Day 3… and then I am going to start back on Week 2, Day 1.

That was the most comfortable week for me and I read on the website and through other users that are also doing this that it is good to repeat.

Also, today I got really sick and tired for the stopwatch to ding in between sets, so I started stretching to get a leg-up on that “be able to touch my toes” goal, and “do a split” goal.

lol

I don’t want to add them to my list yet, so I am going to keep stretching in between sets.

I also did two yoga poses (I think one is called “downward dog”?) and my bones cracked!

I know that that is just the sound of fluid popping from in between your joints, but I liked the feeling afterward.

SO:

stretching in between sets
repeat Week 2 next week

: P

I’ve just started Week 3 and I think that I might have to repeat either this week or next week.

It’s one hundred percet okay, I’m fine with it, I just wasn’t expecting to have to repeat a week.

I read some other people’s entries in other goals that had to do with the 100 challenge and a lot of them had to repeat weeks also.

I also learned something today while I was doing the sets!

Sometimes, I struggle with the pushups because I am putting my arms in too close.
If I push them out a little farther, then I guess that gives more room for them to easily lift and lower my body, and I can do a little more.

If I complete this… I mean when I complete this… this will be the first program-type thing that I’ve ever stuck with until the end!

It is so easy and I can’t wait to see where I’ll be at in a few weeks when this is over!

Averaging in at about 50 a day – with breaks.

Strained my way to a pitiful 12.

I’ve been doing 4 sets of 7 daily. I’ll raise it to 8 in a couple days.

Just did week 3 day 1 and barely made it.

After the first day of Week One, I saw that I could do more than I thought, and that I should just move on to the second column.

Then I started doing them every day, instead of just three times a week (like how the plan is layed out).

The day before yesterday, I felt that maybe I’d been moving a little too fast, and that I need to give my bones a little rest!

And I got that today.
I moved back to the first column for the second week, and I’m going to continue with the first column.

I’m also thinking about using this same plan for sit-ups.

And anything else I can come up with, like lunges or something.

Anyway, I’m on the second week already, and who would’ve thought I’d be able to do sixteen of these things consecutively last week?!

No push-ups tomorrow!
Rest the bones!

IT: 3

(and those were modified lol)
You’d think all that running would’ve done something to my arms.
NOPE!

I think I’m going to use the reminders for this one.
I hate those stupid things (yeah that’s right, hate hate hate hate hate, I’ll say it a million times over and over, and I don’t hate anything!), but I think it’s the only way to really remember to do this.

: P

Week One
Oct 6: max – 3 / total – 12
Oct 7: max – 12
Oct 8: max – 8 / total – 33
Oct 9: max – 16
Oct 10: max – 10 / total – 42
Oct 11: max – 10 / total – 15
Oct 12: max – 10

Week Two
Oct 13: max – 9 / total – 30
Oct 15: max – 15/ total – 34
Oct 17: max – 13/ total – 35

Week Three
Oct 20: max – 12/ total – 45
Oct 22: max – 12/ total – 47 (only able to do nine on last set, supposed to be twelve)
Oct 24:

Week Four
OCt 27:
Oct 29:
Oct 31:

Week Five
Nov 3:
Nov 5:
Nov 7:

Week Six
Nov 10:
Nov 12:
Nov 14:

for the past week and a half. So this morning I decided to get back into it, and I made myself do 20 in a row – which, surprisingly, I managed, yay!

And now I feel all light-headed – wheeeeee!

Going pretty well with 10/day, I only missed one day this week.

Yesterday & today I did 15 in a row without too much difficulty. _{Well maybe a little difficulty with the last 2.}

My wrists don’t feel stressed as much now, so hopefully they are getting used to the activity.