Initial test: 100 pushups
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fitgeeksI wonder if I'd have done better if I'd not had a big potluck lunch that day? As it was, the first test went OK. I'm very sore in my abdomen and shoulders and triceps, but otherwise I think I can try this again in a day or two.
I stretched a while, then did a single traditional pushup. Instantly, the socket between my pecs and my shoulders on both sides said, "No. Just no. Bad things will happen, not just muscular things, either. " Fair enough. I switched to crossed-knees position. Much better. Only problem with this is I forgot to put a pad down and I now have serious rug-burn on my knees. ♥ The fleet's in! ♥
I was able to do 36 good-form knee pushups before I had to completely stop. If that's 50% of the strength required for a regular pushup, it puts me in the third rank of the initial test. I will try the first week's program, ranked 3, beginning Saturday.
I'm pretty conditioned to stop before I completely exhaust myself, which I don't think was the point of this test-- I think they really wanted me to torque myself, and I really wanted to, y'know, continue to work out for more than ten minutes. So I maybe could have done more, but as it was, I also slapped on 60 weighted pull-over crunches, 36 weighted tricep extensions, and then hit the treadmill for my usual fast-hike with hills for 30 minutes.
I was Endorphine Lass! Whoosh! I think that's what I've been skipping in all this maintenance jazz I do-- not pushing myself and feeling that big crazy rush. Went to hang out with folks, had a great time, maybe had one diet Coke too many.
Did not sleep until 3 AM. Big jangly wad of nervous energy, sore from sternum to hips. Maybe I should have held back on the partying a bit after the adrenaline rush.
I can see myself doing this regularly, with the idea of keeping my increases steady and slow. And lots of Alleve and hydrating those muscles in between.
I stretched a while, then did a single traditional pushup. Instantly, the socket between my pecs and my shoulders on both sides said, "No. Just no. Bad things will happen, not just muscular things, either. " Fair enough. I switched to crossed-knees position. Much better. Only problem with this is I forgot to put a pad down and I now have serious rug-burn on my knees. ♥ The fleet's in! ♥
I was able to do 36 good-form knee pushups before I had to completely stop. If that's 50% of the strength required for a regular pushup, it puts me in the third rank of the initial test. I will try the first week's program, ranked 3, beginning Saturday.
I'm pretty conditioned to stop before I completely exhaust myself, which I don't think was the point of this test-- I think they really wanted me to torque myself, and I really wanted to, y'know, continue to work out for more than ten minutes. So I maybe could have done more, but as it was, I also slapped on 60 weighted pull-over crunches, 36 weighted tricep extensions, and then hit the treadmill for my usual fast-hike with hills for 30 minutes.
I was Endorphine Lass! Whoosh! I think that's what I've been skipping in all this maintenance jazz I do-- not pushing myself and feeling that big crazy rush. Went to hang out with folks, had a great time, maybe had one diet Coke too many.
Did not sleep until 3 AM. Big jangly wad of nervous energy, sore from sternum to hips. Maybe I should have held back on the partying a bit after the adrenaline rush.
I can see myself doing this regularly, with the idea of keeping my increases steady and slow. And lots of Alleve and hydrating those muscles in between.
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Date: 2008-08-07 06:46 pm (UTC)