Miles was having a bowel movement.

M:  Some pee came out too.

A:  Yeah, usually some squeezes out, doesn’t it?

M:  Yeah.  It wants to be free.

I think perhaps it is boring for me to update 3 days a week on the topic of pushups.

I’ll stop.  But I won’t stop doing pushups.  I did 50 today (in 5 sets).

Miles was playing with two action figures, and they were having a conversation.  Both voices came from Miles.

Action Figure 1:  I saw a big monster.

Action Figure 2:  But it was just in your imagination, right?

Action Figure 1:  Right.

I completed the first week.  For day 3, I did a total of 45 pushups (over 5 sets).  I don’t know that it’s necessarily getting easier, but I seem to be able to do more, so that’s tangible progress.

Completed.  I did a set of 6, a set of 8, two more sets of 6, and then 11.  That’s a total of 37 pushups.  I am the champions.  It was a little hard doing the “SOOOOOO BIG” game with Tobin afterwards, but overall it wasn’t too bad.

Complete.  I did 2 sets of 6, 2 sets of 4, and then 8 more.  It’s weird how I was able to do 8 on that last set (which wasn’t a specific number, just my max) when I could only manage 6 on the pretest.  I felt like it got easier as I got warmed up.  That’s 28 pushups.

Onward!

The 100 Pushup Challenge was popular among some friends of mine a while back, but I didn’t do it then because I was pregnant at the time.  If I tried to do a pushup, I wouldn’t have been able to bend my arms at all before I squashed the baby.  But now that the little dude is safely on the outside, I’m going to give it a try.

Today I did the Initial Test, which is pretty much just doing pushups until you can’t do any more with good form.  I used to be able to do a lot of pushups, back when I was a 30-Day Shred devotee, but I’ve fallen off the wagon pretty seriously.  This morning I did 10 pushups with good form (I think).  I probably could have squeezed out another one, but I figured starting small will help me achieve great gains.

That put me into training level 2.  If I were over 55, I bet I could have made it to level 3, but that’s the way it goes.

It’s a six week program.  Do you think I’ll actually be able to increase my pushup performance tenfold by Christmas?  Hm.

Miles was doing something mildly naughty.

D:  Why are you doing that?  Are you thinking and using your brain or acting impulsively?

M:  Um…the first one?

A:  It was supposed to be sunny today, but I guess that didn’t happen.

M:  Yeah, our dream didn’t come true.

Miles was getting ready to watch some videos on YouTube.

A:  Do you want Caillou?  Or Berenstain Bears?  Or Little Critter?

Miles shook his head no.

A:  Okay, no videos.

M:  I was just saying yes sideways!

Miles was doing a computer activity about ancient animals. He saw one of these:

A:  That looks like a carrot.

M:  No, Mom.  It’s a michelinoceras.

Miles does enjoy Halloween.  Here you can see his costumes at ages 10 months (almost), 1.8, 2.8 and 3.8.

Thanks to Gary Clarke for the Max and Purple Monster pics.