11/12/2011

100 Pushup Challenge: Initial test

Filed under: — Aprille @ 11:40 am

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.

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