PowerPups Week 2

[katluvr]

So why did they change it??? Hmmmmmmm
So are we moving forward w/ the new??? By my calculation it is significantly more.
I am set for Day 2 today--I'll attempt the "new" plan!

[OakLeaf]

So why did they change it??? Hmmmmmmm
So are we moving forward w/ the new???

My impressions comparing the two plans -

In the "old" plan, you started with a larger number of pups, then decreased the number each set until the final max-out. In the "new" one, the first set is essentially a warmup, the second set is the highest fixed number, then the third and fourth sets have a lower number (in weeks 5 and 6, the fourth set has more than the third, but still fewer than the second).

In the "old" plan, your minimum on the last set was generally slightly fewer than the first set. In the "new" one, your minimum on the last set is several more than the second set. As the plan goes on, the max-out becomes a greater and greater multiple of what you did in the fixed sets, whereas in the "old" plan, your minimum max-out is never greater than what you'd already done in a fixed set at least once that week.

Both plans seem to use the odd-numbered weeks to make big jumps, and the even-numbered ones to consolidate gains, but the increases are a bit more gradual in the "new" plan.

I'm far from an expert on this stuff, but it seems to me that under the old plan, there was a larger risk of "stalling out" in the later weeks, while the new one may force many (most?) people to repeat weeks earlier on, but continue to progress through the plan.

As I said in the other thread... repeating a week is NOT a failure! I really believe this plan should've been laid out for at least 10-12 weeks to begin with (rather than six weeks with most people needing to repeat several weeks), just to give people a better psychological sense of success and progress. If you're increasing the number of pups you can do, you ARE succeeding.

[IGGY]

I have never in my life managed to do "real" push ups. Ever. Even when I was TEACHING pilates classes, I still had to do knee push ups. So, I am giving this challenge a go. Even though, I'm starting with the knees. Maybe after I finish that, I"ll be able to do "real" push ups.
Yes, I am also the girl who in P.E. could never "hang" from the chin up bar, or even do one chin up. The rest of my body seems to be freakishly strong in comparison.
Hopefully, this will end the "i'm such a wuss" period of my life. Empowerment through push ups!
Peace-Nicole

[kjay]

Maybe we should have more columns: "Big-Girl Kind" and "Little-Girl Kind"
Velobambina made me say it. ;-)

[chicago]

week 2/day 2 = 5/6/4/4/8 = 27!! holy crap... most I've ever done

[katluvr]

Ok, I did week 2, day 2 "new" plan last night.
Holy cow...it was harder. And knowing the next "test" is soon...I am worried I will NOT be able to do enough to say in column 2 and have to move down a notch!

Then today my personal trainer had me doing all this upper body stuff....sure hope I can do pups tomorrow!!!

[suzieqtwa]

I completed week 2 ,and I really don't see how I'm ever going to be able to do 100 at one time when 7 is a struggle ,but I will continue to give it my best shot. This week I did 69. wooo whoo

[kjay]

This was a bad week for me and I did zilch. I'm still in, though, and will do my best this coming week.

[chicago]

I completed week 2 ,and I really don't see how I'm ever going to be able to do 100 at one time when 7 is a struggle ,but I will continue to give it my best shot. This week I did 69. wooo whoo

I'm with ya on that one... I finished week 2 (two days late), and I just can't see myself doing 12 next week in one set

soooooooooooooooo... I might just do week 2 over again, boo hoo.... but I have got a LOT stronger and for that I am grateful... so I'll keep going even if I have to do week two over again

oops... I was so caught up in what I think I can't do next week that I forgot to report what I DID do this week, argggggggggggh!!

Week 2/Day 3 = 30