{"id":525,"date":"2008-12-12T12:27:12","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T04:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/?p=525"},"modified":"2015-01-02T12:06:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T04:06:45","slug":"one-hundred-push-ups-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/12\/one-hundred-push-ups-week-6\/","title":{"rendered":"One Hundred Push Ups: Week 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, so it looks like I’m starting Week 6<\/a> of the Hundred Push Ups programme has started at the end of the week rather than mid-week. Two full days of meetings from morning to night meant I was too exhausted to even think about being healthy and taking care of myself.<\/p>\n

Repeating Weeks 4 & 5 means that this programme has already taken me 7 Weeks. But that’s okay. The point of this is to set out to get a bit more fit without giving up, even if it takes slightly longer to get there.<\/p>\n

In Week 4, I repeated the same column and progressed to Week 5.<\/p>\n

But when I repeated Week 5, I made it a little harder by moving to the second column which technically I wasn’t ready for when I attempted Week 5 the first time. The second column was a struggle at sections, but I managed to do about 10 more push ups at the end of Week 5’s exhaustion test.<\/p>\n

Although I barely made it to the second column of Week 6. The second column required 51 – 60 push ups and I slipped in there with 51.<\/p>\n

So here we go again, into uncharted territory…<\/p>\n

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Day 1:<\/strong> (12th December 2008)
\nThe sets today are back to the regular 5 sets comprising 40, 50, 25, 25 and at least 50 with a 60 second break in between.<\/p>\n

40 was no problem, but one and a half minutes later, attempting 50, I collapsed at 38. I took a few deep breaths and continued to 45 and then collapsed again. After a few more deep breaths, I took the second set to completion.<\/p>\n

Not a good way to start ey?<\/p>\n

Well, I am writing this as I take my break before the next set of 25. Already my arms hurt.<\/p>\n

The writing break took about 5 minutes and the first set of 25 was completed without issue. But the second was a bit of a struggle after taking only a 60 second break.<\/p>\n

I shall take a longer break now before I proceed with the last set of 50.<\/p>\n

Fifteen minutes later, I started the last set of 50. It was all right till the very end. I completed 50 and had no strength to go on for another one.<\/p>\n

Day 2: <\/strong>(15th December 2008)
\nI decided to take an extra day’s break.<\/p>\n

Today there are 9 sets to finish, comprising 20, 20, 23, 23, 20, 20, 18, 18, at least 53 push ups with 45 seconds of break in between.<\/p>\n

The first two 20, were ok. The end of the second 23 was a bit tough with the muscles starting to lock up. I rested a strict 45 second between them. I continued with the fifth set of 20 and I slowed down tremendously, but I completed it.<\/p>\n

I rested a good two minutes before I proceeded with my sixth set of 20 push ups. I did that slowly as well.<\/p>\n

After a two and a half minute break, I proceeded with my seventh set of 18, at a slow pace as well. I feel I need a longer rest for the eighth set and a good break before attempting the last set.<\/p>\n

After slightly less than 5 minutes break, I went on with the last set of 18. That was done slowly and comfortably, but my arms were also noticeably more tired.<\/p>\n

I waited another 10 minutes before I did my last set. However. during that set, I had to stop at 42 for a short rest of heavy breathing, before proceeding with the last ten to complete the set.<\/p>\n

This is starting to look like another repeat week…<\/p>\n

Day 3: <\/strong>(18th December 2008)
\nAgain, I took two days break, instead of one.<\/p>\n

There are 9 sets again with at least a 45 second break between the sets. They are, 22, 22, 30, 30, 25, 25, 18, 18 and at least 55.<\/p>\n

I took my time to do all the sets this session. From Set 1 to Set 8, I took anywhere from 45 seconds to a 2 minute break between them.<\/p>\n

In Sets 6 & 7, which required 25 and 18 push ups respectively, Sumo was sitting on my back as I did the push ups and it wasn’t an issue.<\/p>\n

I took the shortest breaks between Sets 1 & 2 and Sets 7 & 8.<\/p>\n

As for the 9th set of 55 push ups, which I performed after a six munute break, I stopped at 38 to catch my breath, and again at 51. However, in total, I did 57 push ups for the set to make up for the pauses.<\/p>\n

Weekly Conclusion:<\/strong>
\nI’m not really happy with my form in this 6th Week and have decided to re-do it. However, before I repeat it, I will go ahead and do the Final Test anyway. Yes, the test of whether I can do 100 push ups. I want to see how far I can get before repeating Week 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, so it looks like I’m starting Week 6 of the Hundred Push Ups programme has started at the end of the week rather than mid-week. Two full days of meetings from morning to night meant I was too exhausted to even think about being healthy and taking care of myself. Repeating Weeks 4 & … <\/p>\n

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