One hundred push ups--9.1.08 start group

[SadieKate]

Let's get this spreadsheet pulled together.

Just so the 100PUC’s instructions aren’t lost in the jumble and I can get the spreadsheet pulled together for this weekend:

• If you want to participate in this 6 week challenge starting this week, please post your intentions here.
  
• Example: my name is yellow, I am definitely in for starting week 1 on 9/1, and I am in column 3.

[Aggie_Ama]

Thanks Sadie! Mine looks right on the spreadsheet. Now I am accountable, sore chest/arms and all.

[Becky]

I am definitely in for starting week 1 on 9/1, and I am in column 1. The draft spreadsheet currently has me listed in both Groups 1 and 2, but I should be listed in Group 1. (This is mostly my fault- I made a confusing statement early on in the other thread.)

I am such a data weenie, so this spreadsheet is right up my alley!

[SadieKate]

Gotcha. I probably copied a row to keep the formatting and formulas and then forgot to change the name. That means someone is missing due to the PUS.

[jobob]

100PUS = SadieKate (100 Push Up Statistician)

Who occasionally morphs to Push Up Shrew.

OK, my name is jobob, I am definitely in for starting week 1 on 9/1, and I am in column 1.

Altho in my case it should be column 0.5

[bluebug32]

Sorry to be slow, but we should keep track of how many total we do a week?

Also, I forgot to mention in the previous thread that I'm in column 2. Thanks!

[SadieKate]

I edited the directions for posting each week. Is that clearer?

[bluebug32]

Thanks!! Much clearer.

[jobob]

I have to admit, it took me a little while to figure out that SK is tabulating the total number of pushups that we do on Day #3 (only) of each week.

So we can laze around on Days 1 and 2* and only be held accountable for Day 3. Excellent.

* oh I'm just kidding.

[SouthernBelle]

The PU O sounds like where you keep your Vicki's Secret bras!

Q: Am I correct in remembering that we re-test every 2 weeks? So mebbe on the 2nd week we still do D3 or our re-test??

[jesvetmed]

I'll do it! I somehow missed this entire conversation.
I'm 41 and can do 24 right now before total collapse. Not timed, right?

So where do I start on the spreadsheet....? 3?
THANKS! This is good for me -- we do some at Boot Camp, but I tend not to bother the rest of the week.

Jes

[ibcycling]

Boy, not sure I want to post numbers after you Jes! I'm starting at column 2 with 7 pushups done in the initial test. I must have been having a bad day though cause when I completed Day 1 I did the 7, 7, 5, 4, and managed 10. LOL! Ummm, I'm going to have to fudge and do 2 days in a row this week since I didn't get Day 1 in until today. I'll do Day 2 & 3 on Fri/Sat.

Thanks for all the work!

Lora

[OakLeaf]

I'll do Day 2 & 3 on Fri/Sat.

This is your coach speaking...

Rest days are important in an intensive program like this. The workout days are what stimulate muscle growth, but it's the rest days when you're actually getting stronger. The younger you are, the quicker you can recover, so if you're in your 20s it's less of an issue. One skipped rest day isn't going to kill you, and if you're younger, it shouldn't significantly set your progress back, but making a habit of skipping rest days is setting yourself up for frustration.

I totally get that doing this as part of a group is a huge motivation, but don't compromise YOUR workouts just so you can report stats on a particular day of the week. If you want to report with this group, why not report your day 2 stats each week instead of day 3? Or... SK asked us to report on Sunday morning - so you could do your pups Wednesday, Friday and early Sunday and still be on day 3. Then do Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday next week and you're all caught up.

[NoNo]

Did day three last night: 5-4-4-3-10=26. I'll see how much longer I can hang in, but I'm definitely feeling it in my wrist between the pushups and the increased riding.

[tulip]

No, I'm not volunteering to do it next week because I haven't figured out the system yet. Once I do, I'll be happy to help out. Thanks for all your work.