CyclePups: 6 weeks completed, on to the extended play version

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I dont' even know what week I am on....of program or even doing program.
I messed up last week and only did one day.
I have done 2 days of this weeks....final day this weekend.
I have managed so far but barely...so I MAY repeat this week YET AGAIN!
So I understand. Yes, I am stronger...but 100 seems impossible.
To complete this week I have to eek out 35 in my last set. I do great set 1 and 2, weeken in the 3 & 4 set and then last one I am rubber arms. I could probably do a max in the 2nd set, but not after 3& 4.
But I plan to keep doing my pups!

kat, I really believe now after going through the entire program that doing the pups 3x a week as close to the schedule as you can is key. You won't hit the max some days, or be able to finish a set, or whatever. That's ok...just try to do pups 3 days/week and repeat weeks as needed.

I didn't get to the "ho** sh**, I can't believe I just did that many pushups" until after doing pups for 6+ weeks, and I was pretty AR about keeping on schedule. But I am now truly astounded at how many I can do. More than I've ever done in my life, for sure.

[emily_in_nc]

Thanks for all the support!

I finally got around to starting my repeat of week 2 today -- did Pilates class with some pups on Thursday, then helped DH pick up lots of wood yesterday so didn't need any more upper body work -- so today was finally the day.

I felt much stronger! I had my highest max ever on the fifth set -- still only 12, but each set felt much more solid, my form felt better, more in control, getting very low to the ground, etc. than last week.

So....perhaps when I finish this repeat week I'll actually "pass" the exhaustion test and make it to week 3! I'm definitely sticking with it!

[aka_kim]

I have to confess that, for the first time since beginning the program, I did not do all three days last week. My shoulders were really sore from the 160 pups called for on Day3 of the prior week, and bothered me all week. I did days 1&2 of Week 5 Column 1, but found I couldn't even use a floor pump to top off my tires without pain, so decided to take a few days off. I'll repeat Week 5 Column 1 this week.

[Grog]

Yesterday I felt too lazy after my 15 km run so I ended up doing my "day 3" (of the first week of my new, self-authored program) this Monday morning.

I did 11, 13, 9, 9, and 16, for a total of 58.

The plan for this week is to do:
10 - 12 - 9 - 9 - 15
11 - 13 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 15
and
12 - 14 - 11 - 11 - 16 (total 64).

Next week is a "rest week" where I will do two smaller push up workouts and, at the end of the week, aim to do 30 consecutive push ups.

(How organized can you get?)

[OakLeaf]

I'm just having a hard time facing the prospect of doing Week 5, Column 2 for yet a third time - even though I'm pretty sure if I do it that way, I'll finally be able to hit the minimums in the last sets.

It just doesn't feel like progress, even though I did more last week than I had the week before.

I'm about half inclined to go on to Week 6, Column 1 and call it a "rest week," since it's significantly less than Week 5, Column 2 with the exception of the last sets. I'm afraid to try Week 5, Column 3. Maybe Week 6, Column 1 this week, and Week 5, Column 3 next week.

I'll see how I feel later today.

[jesvetmed]

Well, you all are doing great. I have been VERY lazy the last couple of weeks, and managed 3 or 4 days in 2 weeks. So -- congrats to ANYONE who got in close to 3 days last week!

After 4 days off, I dropped this am to WEEK 4, COLUMN 2, DAY 1.
Because My arms just didn't want to do any more! My brain didn't jump into the fight at all, either.

So I'll work back up this week and see where I am. I'm ok taking several more weeks to do this. I think that WEEK 5 is QUITE a JUMP, and may just have to be repeated several times by most people. I would not be discouraged to do it multiple times. You are doing 150 to 180 pups each day with that plan! Show me others who can do that?! It's very impressive if you think about it that way!

My day today -- the "end" of my "week":
18, 18, 16, 16, 25 = 93 for me today! What a drop! Hopefully the rest of the week will be more energetic for me!
Jes

[jesvetmed]

Yike! Went to boot camp last night, and they had stations set up.
We did 3 sets, of two minutes each time through. One of them pushups.

So 6 minutes total of push-ups , distributed among other upper body workout stations. Wow -- I felt like I didn't do very well. Ended up on my knees a lot, but then when I looked around, even the guys were all on their knees. Maybe I did ok. But I was sure glad that I didn't do my regular sets earlier in the day!