Jul
20
2008
About a month ago, I wrote/posted about a site called one hundred push ups, which is a six week training plan for being able to do 100 pushups at one time. Just thought I’d post to let folks know and to keep myself honest (my friend Bill’s advice) on my progress so far. Well, I just managed to crank my way through the end of week 3, which was tough because there’s a big jump between week 2 and week 3.
I must say that even with my fairly half-assed approach to this, it does feel like I’m getting some good quality exercise here. When I started back in late June or so, I don’t think I got to five; just now, I managed to complete 20 without my arms falling off. Sure, there’s strength training here, but I think that a part of it is technique and form.
Anyway, it’s a quick little exercise routine; thumbs up.
Jun
21
2008
I’m getting ready for a series of endings and new beginnings around here. The spring term is wrapping up, and at the end of that, I’ll be passing the baton of writing program coordinator to my colleague Cheryl Cassidy– more on that another day. Anyway, that seems as good as time as any to start getting back to exercise and losing weight.
I don’t want to make this about sharing too much information here, but basically, I was able to work out pretty steadily in the fall term, even if I wasn’t able to really lose much weight. In the winter and the spring, I’ve been quite a bit lazier. So I’m primed for a restart here.
Which leads me to this link, one hundred push ups. The premise is very simple: it’s a six week training program designed to get you to a point where you can do 100 pushups at one time. Given that the training sessions don’t take that long, hey, what the hell? I might as well give it a try.
