Press ups assumption

[Simon Galloway]

The last set is meant to be "max, but 12 minimum" whereas at the moment, 12 feels like some distant target for me.  I just looked at week 6, yikes!

[RED-DOG]

The last set is meant to be "max, but 12 minimum" whereas at the moment, 12 feels like some distant target for me.  I just looked at week 6, yikes!

I daren't look ahead.

[Simon Galloway]

Day 3 done, and therefore week 1 "complete"

11 / 15/ 9/ 9/ 13+ it said.

11/15 (ow ow ow) /9 /9 / 8 it got.

So, I guess on the plus side, I just did over 50 press ups this morning, that I didn't do last Sunday morning.  So that must have done me something good.  Also, the soreness has definitely reduced and I have more confidence that in a week or so, a day off inbetween will feel more like a luxury than a necessity.

On the negative side, that wasn't a pass for week 1, so I will start it again this week.

[AdamM]

getting the urge to try this again reading others' attempts. I'm a bit stiff from a hard weekend gigging with the band, so will rest up and do a test later in the week.

There's an app for this if anyone's interested. tells you your reps, and even times the rest periods for you.

[teamonkey]

interested if it's on android


and (getting my excuse in early) if my dodgy shoulder*** will allow me to do push ups


*** already been to doctors and had ultrasound scan, possibly and MRI is the next option, def a valid excuse

[kinboshi]

Yes, the app is on Android. Think it's a few quid to buy.

[byronkincaid]

50 shoulder dislocates a day was a miracle cure for my dodgy shoulder

[Simon Galloway]

Repeating week 1, what a difference a week makes.

10-12-7-7-9+ was the drill.

10-12-7-7-11 was the result.

I felt about a "set better" if that makes sense... the tiredness I used to feel on set 3 I'm now not feeling until set 4.  I'll see how that feels tomorrow, but at the moment there really isn't any soreness, feels like I could try it again in half an hour. (I won't tho obv..)

[pleno1]

Keep up the good work and gl making it through to week 2. I'm sure you will manage.

[Simon Galloway]

cheers ~ hopefully there's a few others that are getting around to joining in at some point!  Can't pretend the first week was fun, but it wasn't too bad and hopefully now I can start to build up the reps.

[RED-DOG]

Second attempt at day 2. Managed it, but only just.

10 - 12 - 8 - 8 - 12.

The last few included a pause at the top and a lot of quivering and grunting.

[lucky_scrote]

Since I squeezed out 40 push ups in my initial test I am going to jump straight into week 2. I know it suggests week 3 but a) I have done some press ups in the last few weeks (messing around) and b) I am at the same pace as simon that way.

Going to do my "first" session now. Will report shortly.

[lucky_scrote]

Blimey. If you get any less than 40 on your initial test then I strongly suggest starting at week 1. My arms resemble spaghetti somewhat.

I did the minimum requirements on the final max reps but:

14-14-10-10-15

It's after the 2nd reps that I started to feel it. It's possible the muscle fibers hadn't quite recovered from my initial test but at least I know it is only going to be easier from now on.

[Simon Galloway]

Hurts dunnit   I'm a week behind you now though (unless you fail week 2 at some point and decide to repeat it) but it's all good ~ I won't be letting up on this challenge.

For contrast, I got 19 on my test, then failed week 1 ~ so for anyone else thinking about getting round to it one of these months ( ) start off slow!

The improvement comes quickly though, the soreness definitely eases up and the first couple of sets this morning felt like no trouble at all, will be interesting to see how many I can do when I next get an interim test of "1 set until failure"

[Simon Galloway]

Second attempt at day 2. Managed it, but only just.

10 - 12 - 8 - 8 - 12.

The last few included a pause at the top and a lot of quivering and grunting.

Keep going Tom, pretty sure you'll enjoy the next session more than that one!