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[camwyn]

So, um, about that hundred pushups workout. Two days ago I did my exhaustion test for week 4 and, ha ha, somehow kind of managed to come out of it having done sixty consecutive pushups. Towards the end they were a good deal slower, but I didn't stop, so... sixty. I just went to the hundredpushups.com site to look up what that means for this week's workouts.

"Depending on the results of your latest test, continue with an appropriate week and column, even if it means you have to complete Week 3 or Week 4 again.

If you managed 31 - 35 push ups, follow column 1.
If you completed between 36 & 40, column 2 is for you.
More than 40 consecutive push ups? Great work! You'll be following column 3."

Which, okay, fine, I can see that. So I go to look at column 3.

DAY 1
REST 60 SECONDS BETWEEN EACH SET (LONGER IF REQUIRED)
> 40 push ups
SET 1 36
SET 2 40
SET 3 30
SET 4 24
SET 5 max (at least 40)


... WHAT.

This isn't a workout to build upper body strength, this is practice at making successful Willpower rolls. WAUGH.


Anyway, if I seem wiped or out of it tonight, that's why. That's what I've got on tap for today after work.

Comments

[piemancer]

Here's a d20. You can do it!

[aberrantangels]

She said "Willpower rolls", not "Will saves". But, judging from this post, she found enough d10s to roll her Willpower pool (which is bigger than mine, but then, I've only got Resolve 1).

[pat-trick.livejournal.com]

holy hell; i'm still struggling with 14/19/14/14/19.

[camwyn]

I think it helps I was doing weight machine work before I started this and found that the ab crunch machine exercised my arms almost as much as my midsection. I was kind of shocked to hit 25 on my initial pushup test, to be honest.

[pat-trick.livejournal.com]

ah, that would help! i have no weight machine work to start with, so it's completely me and the pushups.

[elsab.livejournal.com]

It actually works though - the large amount of stress put on your system readies you for that 100 continuous push-ups which is the final goal. The problem is what to do when you hit 100. hahaha

Here's me cheering you on!

[camwyn]

The problem is what to do when you hit 100. hahaha

One hundred pushups followed by WELCOME TO THE TWO HUNDRED SQUATS WORKOUT.

... well, that or one hundred pushups followed by moving over to the weight machines; my office has a small weight training room and I'd like to think that if I can do a hundred consecutive pushups, I'd be able to do a respectable job on the chest press.

[pat-trick.livejournal.com]

nah, move on to 100 pushups WITH ONE HAND.

[camwyn]

I have wrists. I like them. I'd like to keep them.

[pat-trick.livejournal.com]

yea, i hear you there. i have to do pushups with fists due to wrist issues. =/