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Feb. 11th, 2011 10:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynDid my week 5 exhaustion test in the pushups workout yesterday. Got to 80.
Can verify that it is now mostly a matter of willpower; pretty much the instant I think 'Okay, I've reached my number' or 'no, I don't want to do this any more', that is the instant when my arms give out whether I stop consciously or not. Not that it's not physically difficult and exhausting, but after a certain point- 40, I think- what keeps the whole thing going is willpower more than just stamina.
Which is good, because having done 80 pushups this time, I have to do the column 3 workouts for week six. And the first one looks like this:
Day 1
rest 60 seconds between each SET (longer if required)
set 1 45
set 2 55
set 3 35
set 4 30
set 5 max (at least 55)
I swear, when I get to 100 I'm going to get to work on doing the two hundred situps even though historically situps have been my worst exercise ever other than maybe the flexed arm hang. And when I can do a hundred pushups and two hundred situps I'm going to hope the weather is warm enough to run properly because if I'm going to pull all of this off I may as well just go for the trifecta and see if I can pass the US Army Physical Fitness Test. Because why not.
... yeah, I know, I've got a good likelihood of coming back here in April and reporting that my big accomplishment is eating a Super Biggie Size bag of Doritos or something. Still, we'll see what I can stick to.
Can verify that it is now mostly a matter of willpower; pretty much the instant I think 'Okay, I've reached my number' or 'no, I don't want to do this any more', that is the instant when my arms give out whether I stop consciously or not. Not that it's not physically difficult and exhausting, but after a certain point- 40, I think- what keeps the whole thing going is willpower more than just stamina.
Which is good, because having done 80 pushups this time, I have to do the column 3 workouts for week six. And the first one looks like this:
Day 1
rest 60 seconds between each SET (longer if required)
set 1 45
set 2 55
set 3 35
set 4 30
set 5 max (at least 55)
I swear, when I get to 100 I'm going to get to work on doing the two hundred situps even though historically situps have been my worst exercise ever other than maybe the flexed arm hang. And when I can do a hundred pushups and two hundred situps I'm going to hope the weather is warm enough to run properly because if I'm going to pull all of this off I may as well just go for the trifecta and see if I can pass the US Army Physical Fitness Test. Because why not.
... yeah, I know, I've got a good likelihood of coming back here in April and reporting that my big accomplishment is eating a Super Biggie Size bag of Doritos or something. Still, we'll see what I can stick to.
