CyclePUPs Week 4

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OK, ladies, here we go: week 4! Several of us will be repeating week 3, some will be flip-flopping between the "old" and the "new" targets on the 100 pushups website, but we will all move forward. Here are the results from last week (week 3):



WOW! Over 1,000 pups total!!! (for some reason the total won't show...it's 1136)

A big HOORAH for group 3: everyone completed the week at the suggested level! That's some serious pups, ladies!

For week 4 into week 5, I will be cavorting with the PUS on the trails in central Oregon, but I'm sure we'll continue our routines. Unless she kills me.

[SadieKate]

Hey! I just ran off (contrary to what I said) and did Week 3/Day 3.

11-13-9-9-25 = 67

Because of my GD wrist I did plank position but from the edge of my bathroom counter. I can't take the more acute angle in my wrist if I do them lower.

Oh yeah. Hutch's West Side has 3 bikes that should be in your size range.

[OakLeaf]

Okay okay I know. I wanted to title this message "Giant FAIL" but I'm not gonna. Still feel that way...

I started the week with my shoulders still sore from Thursday's trail cleanup, Friday's pups and cardio/strength class, and Saturday's hilly 80 miles. Plus probably not enough protein over the weekend. Knew I was going to be in trouble when I did a short set in my cardio/strength class yesterday - half of them on my knees - and they weren't "nothing" as those short sets were for me last week.

Yesterday was supposed to be a consolidation day - many fewer pups than we'd done last week - instead I managed the fixed sets but only 18 on the max-out (instead of the 32 minimum in the plan)

Now I'm not sure of the best way to retrench. I'm inclined to step down to group 2 for the rest of the week, then do week 4 again in group 3 next week.

[Flybye]

Sorry for my delinquency on posting last week. I guess you can give me a demerit or something.
Here is Week 3
Day 1 =81
Day 2=91
Day 3=102 - yowza baby!!
Total for week 3 = 274

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With Flybye and SK's additions, we're up to 1,325 for last week. Just think of all the power we could generate with that many pushups!!!!

Oakleaf, I'd just do whatever feels good. I've decided that the sets are nice goals, but if I end up doing them in a different order or tacking 2 onto one and taking 2 off another but still reach the total, I'm doing OK. I did last week's day 3 pups on Sunday and then day 1 of this week 's the following day because I wanted to get back on schedule. It was tough, but not as tough as I thought it would be. I like doing the longest non-max set first, and will probably continue with that trend. But doing pups a day after a long, hard run was much harder that doing pups two days in a row. I think those other activities take a lot more out of the rest of you...

That said, tomorrow I have to go to a birthday party so I will try to do my pups in the morning. That will be a new one for me!

[Grog]

So I'm really back in the swing of things:

I did Week 3, Day 2, Column 1 today:

10 / 12 / 8 / 8 / 12 (which was the "minimum" max). So

50!!!!!

is my total.

I experimented on the breathing thing. I got it right on the second and third level, and then kept "experimenting" and that's how I almost failed the fifth level, as my breathing was totally out of whack. Anyway I've figured out what I have to do: I need to breathe out before I start, then I breathe in during the descend and the start of the push up, and exhale the rest of the way up. Start inhaling again before I start going down, and the beat seems about right. My heart rate shoots up, but that will improve in time.

I think Saturday will be a good day: 11 / 13 / 9 / 9 / 13+ is the plan, so total 55... am I getting this right?