100 push-ups in 7 weeks

To go out of my comfort zone is something I need, thus I decided not to limit with Ironman only, and remembered my unfulfilled dreams from childhood - 100 push-ups and 50 pull-ups! Sounds great, hard to implement, good for health in general and some nice body relief as bonus - exactly what I need!

As it usually happens "bicycle" was invented before, and you just have to use it. So I found a training plan with the same name as my goal - "100 push-ups in 6 week", and started training... The idea is to increase load smoothly, interchange rest and training in the right way and demonstrate willpower. Add to it to my 3 month US trip, and you'll get perfect combination:

• I travel without family, thus I'll have a lot off free time
• US is well known by it's junk food, so I'll have to get rid of extra calories
• Next summer/autumn I'm going to finish full Ironman distance

The conclusion is simple - I have to spend this time on sport, and push-ups are good candidates, together with pull-ups, running, cycling and swimming :). Man said, man did :)!

Lets start...

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Sum
Monday	10	12	7	7	>= 9, did 20	56
Wednesday	10	12	8	8	>= 12, did 25	63
Friday	11	15	9	9	>= 13, did 29	73
Weekend	Final test:30					192

Generally can say that first week was easy. Probably this is because of running and pull-ups I'm doing in parallel, or simply it is only beginning. Won't guess, proceed to the next week.

	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Sum
Monday	14	14	10	10	>= 15, did 20	68
Wednesday	14	16	12	12	>= 17, did 20	74
Friday	16	17	14	14	>= 20, did 22	83
Weekend	Final test: 27					225

Second week - according to the plan, but, as I'm doing push-ups and pull-ups on the same days of the week, I have to do the hardest one (pull-ups) in the morning and the other one (push-ups) in the evening. In the evening I'm tired, that's why my results are not so good.

	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Sum
Monday	14	18	14	14	>= 20, did 30	90
Wednesday	20	25	15	15	>= 25, did 30	105
Friday	22	30	20	20	>= 28, did 28	120
Weekend	Final test:40					315

For the first time I'm not sure if I manage to do as many push-ups as plan requires. The only solution I see is to move push-ups to morning as well.

	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Sum
Monday	21	25	21	21	>= 32, did 30	118
Tuesday	25	29	25	25	>= 36, did 37	141
Thursday	29	33	29	29	>= 40, did 45	165
Weekend	Final test:55					424

Week has started from fails. First I failed my my Sunday run by doing it much slower than I had to do, and than I failed with push-ups as well. Moving push-ups to the morning helped. Conclusion - everything hard and/or important has to be done in the morning!

	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Lap 6	Lap 7	Lap 8	Sum
Sunday	36	40	30	24				>= 40, did 42	172
Tuesday	19	19	22	22	18	18	22	>= 45, did 45	185
Thursday	20	20	24	24	20	20	22	>= 50, did 52	202
Weekend	Final test:70								559

The longer each repetition the harder to keep myself in the right position. Have to work on my abdominal muscles.

	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Lap 6	Lap 7	Lap 8	Lap 9	Sum
Sunday	45	55	35	30					>= 55, did 55	220
Tuesday	22	22	30	30	24	24	18	18	>= 58, did 58	246
Thursday	26	26	33	33	26	26	22	22	>= 60, did 60	274
Weekend	Final test:90									740

Six weeks of regular push-ups are behind. First attempt resulted in 90 push-ups, which means the finish is nearby. Will repeat the last week and try again.

	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Lap 6	Lap 7	Lap 8	Lap 9	Sum
Sunday	45	55	35	30					>= 55, did 59	224
Tuesday	22	22	30	30	24	24	18	18	>= 58, did 61	249
Thursday	26	26	33	33	26	26	22	22	>= 60, did 65	279
Weekend	Final test:101!!!									752

Seventh week, second attempt and my goal achieved!

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