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This one is a day or two late due to a busy weekend but I was still able to meet the goals set for this day.

So far so good.

I am going to redo Week 3 so I can catch up to the rest of my workouts.

I said earlier that I had set a goal for myself of 30 push ups for the end of Week 2 Test. I am happy with myself as I was able to pull off 32 before my arms turned to noodles.

Looking forward to next week and seeing how much I progress.

All I can say is TGIF!!!!

Week 2 Day 3 of Hundred Pushup goals are 15/15/12/12/max (at least 15).

My totals:

First four sets were easy but that last Max set was a tough one.

Goals for Week 2 Day are 16/13/11/11/max (at least 15)

My totals:

Friday will be Week 2 Day 3

I thought that doing a chest workout in the morning and doing the Hundred Pushup routine in the afternoon would slow me down a bit….nope. Felt pretty good and had no problems with the first 4 sets. The final set was easy till I got to about 16 then I had to push to get the last 3 out.

Looking ahead, it seems that this week should be easy and I can’t wait till the weekend to do the endurance test again to see where I stand. My first test was 19 pushups so I am hoping that I can get close to 30 by the end of this week.

The goal for Week 2 Day 1 was 12/12/9/7/max (at least 10)

Here are my totals:

Week 2 Day 2 will be on Wed morning or afternoon.

Third day was bit tougher. First two sets were easy. Last two were a bit harder. The last max rep was very hard and it took me a bit longer to finish the goal but I threw an extra one for good measure.

The goal for this day was 15/13/10/10/at least 15.

I did 15/13/10/10/16. The last one (16th) was a “gave it my all” to finish it.

Week 2 Day 1 will be Monday and it should be pretty hard since that is also my chest workout day.

Second day was a little harder but still easy to complete. Probably did not help that I did a chest workout this morning.

The goal for Week 1 Day 2 is 12/12/10/10/at least 10

I did 12/12/10/10/14.

Week 1 Day 3 will be on Sat.

First day was a piece of cake.

The goal for Week 1 Day 1 is 10/10/8/6/at least 7

I did 10/10/8/6/14.

Week 1 Day 2 will be on Thurs.

This seems like it could a very fun challenge since the last rep really tells you where you stand. 14 down, 86 to go.

How many consecutive can you do without stopping? 20, 30, 50, 75? How about 100? I have decided to take the 100 pushup challenge by doing the HundredPushups.com six-week training program.

Why 100 pushups? Why not (my favorite answer). One hundred seems like a real nice round number and to just say that I was able to do 100 consecutive pushups sounds like fun.

The program is really simple. You take the initial test to see how many push ups you can do so you can see your fitness level. After that it’s a 3-day/week program for a total of six-weeks. Each week you start of with a determined number of push ups, depending on your initial test, and you do 5 sets. The first two sets are usually the same number of reps then you drop 1 or 2 for the next two sets while the last set is a “as many as you can do” set.

This is not so much a bodybuilding program or endurance training but more of a personal goal type of thing. Pushups are a great exercise and it should be fun to see if I can do 100 consecutive reps by the end of the six weeks.

I will log my progress.