PowerPUPs Week 1

[OakLeaf]

I must be doing something wrong cuz they're too easy.

Did you really max out on your last set? Get down and can't push yourself back up?

[chicago]

Week 1, Day 3:

10/8/8/5/10 = 41

I must be doing something wrong cuz they're too easy.

Am on the T/Th/Sat schedule.

okay... THAT IS NUTS! how is 41 easy

<damn strong women>

[milkbone]

okay milkbone... I will be sure NOT to follow your post when reporting our stats...

how you can do 69 is crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy!! not really, it's quite awesome... good job

Chicago..thanks :-)

Everyone is doing a great job from everything I'm reading

I think my pushups come from muscle memory of the 9 years I spent in the USMC...so many years of doing soooooo many pushups...

I even told myself it's one of the things I'd never do again after I got out

Great job, everyone!!! It doesn't matter who can do more, its the fact that we are all doing our best - and getting better!!!

[milkbone]

Ok...week one..done!

day 1 - 10/10/8/6/20 = 54

day 2 - 12/12/10/10/25 = 69

day 3 - 15/13/10/10/34 = 82


Awesome first week girls! Keep it up!


Holy toledo..thats 205 for the week

[katluvr]

I admit, I dropped to column 2 after the 1st day.
It just seems more "do-able".

So day 3, column 2 total = 44.

One week down and 5 to go...can't believe I'll be doing over 100!!

[chicago]

I must report...this has now inspired me to do 20 crunches a day. I know I'm sick... but I did 20 yesterday and 20 today. I figure 20 a day is good until I can do them all in one sitting without pain... then I will move forward. Why kill myself... 140 now a week is better than 0.

So now I'm doing crunches too... oh boy

[kjay]

oakleaf and chicago: I'm doing knee pushups, so that's no doubt why the pushups are easy for me. I shall try the normal way and probably won't be able to do as many. I think we can do knee pushups, right? If not, I'll certainly switch.

[OakLeaf]

oakleaf and chicago: I'm doing knee pushups, so that's no doubt why the pushups are easy for me. I shall try the normal way and probably won't be able to do as many. I think we can do knee pushups, right? If not, I'll certainly switch.

Yes, you can definitely do knee pups! Just make sure you're maintaining good form - sometimes people have a harder time not bending at the hips when they're doing knee pups. And have a good padded surface for your knees so they can rock comfortably.

What some people in the other group are doing as a transition from knee pups to full-length ones is step-down sets. Start with full-length pups for the first two or three sets, and then do the rest on your knees.


Great job, everyone!

[GLC1968]

Hey Oakleaf - I'm going to have to drop out.

Sorry all! I just can't seem to commit to this. It ends up being last on my list of things to do and it keeps getting neglected. I still haven't done even workout #2 yet!

I'll keep my eye on you all though. Maybe once things settle down a bit (winter) - I'll start this up again. Or maybe I'll just take REALLY long to get through it all!

[OakLeaf]

No need to apologize! - this is supposed to be a fun challenge, if it's not what you're into right at the moment that's cool! Hope things settle down for you soon (if that's what you want).

[chicago]

okay I did tonight's workout... no problem... 5/4/3/3/max... and then I went ahead and looked at next week's schedule... say what?... on Monday they want me to do 16 for the first set for the first day of week 3!, I DON'T THINK SO!! 16 is a far cry from 6 or 7 or 5 or 4... uggh I will try... but I don't think I will be going from a max of 7 or 8... to a 16 in one week

I might just be making up my own week 3 when I get there...

as for now, still count me in during week 2... if next Monday I can do 16 in one sitting, I will buy everyone on this forum a beer

[OakLeaf]

If you're on week 2, please post in the week 2 thread! Thanks!

[suzieqtwa]

I did what was required of me ,and my form was much better, although I just do the min. at the end. I'm getting a tiny bit stronger. I'm taking it one day at a time. Monday................4-4-3-3-5

[kelownagirl]

Have you seen this? Steve has created an online "logger" now.

http://www.cymru66.com/fitness/hundred-push-ups-logger/