Thanks to Juno, my armpits hurt but I feel a little better about myself.
I can do twenty pushups - proper ones, that is. I did the initial test on the One Hundred Push-ups challenge, and was moderately pleased with the results, provided I don't compare them to how many I USED to be able to do, back in my rowing days.
Anyway, I am curious as to whether I could, indeed, be doing 100 pushups in five weeks, so I think I'll give it a go. Also, belly dance starts up tonight, and I am in woefully poor shape after this very indolent summer. Not to mention I have to find something to replace biking, since I can't replace my bike.
So how many can you do? C'mon, you know you don't want to let me win.
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Shan, I'm bowing out of this one. After Willow I ended up with 38G. This is not conducive to push-upping.
Good luck!
2.
Shut up.
I did an hour's worth of yoga last night, though, and actually did a full side-plank on both sides for several seconds.
But yeah.
Push-ups and me? No agreeing.
I was doing this before I hurt my back! Need to get back on it. I got to week 3 and my last rep to max was 45, I think. No idea how many I could do now...maybe 40 or so.
One. . .on a good day. Pathetic, I know, but I have started working on that. Although, if you cannot even do one, where do you start?
If you can't do one, you start with one of the less difficult pushups: there are about four styles given. The easiest is standing, with your hands on a wall, and they progress from there to full-on boot camp style (but not as far as GI Jane one-arm awesomeness).
1/2.
And that's the downward-half.
Last week, MissE (6) asked me what a push-up was. So, I drew her some pictures and explained, hoping to not have to try to show her. lol Didn't work.
So, I demonstrated how to start in the up position and go down . . . and tried in vain to push back up . . . and felt my entire upper back do something nasty.
Now, about five days later, the soreness and stiffness is almost gone. Once I drop ~40 pounds, I'll get back to you. ;o)
12 full form without stopping, although I can recover quickly and do ten more after a breath. But they said consecutive, so 12 it is.
I have no problem letting your clydesdale strength get the better of me :-)
7. I'm going to try the fist version, though, because regular push-ups bother the wrists.
I am not allowed to do push-ups because I intimidate everyone else who's doing them. (Actually, it's 'cause I have a fracked-up rotator cuff)
But does cycling 35 miles to the beach and back count?
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