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:( Nooooooo SS, you were doing so well!!! Bloody pheasants :mad:
No.. They're not bloody! He missed them!:p:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
Get well soon SS.
I'm gonna try them one handed!!:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
:D Cheers PilgrimQuote:
Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Just seen your car on FB! :eek::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by southernsoftie
Hope you're ok mate.
Nasty one wasn't it? Very lucky boy. Cheers. Very frustrating, as I was sure I was gonna top out at 100 this week. Can't complain too much. Still healthy!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheHeathens
I was waiting in anticipation for your 100 SS :(
Thanks OHW. How are you coming along with them?Quote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
Thanks for the spreadsheet SS and hope that you're ok after your crash.
Just completed my first week of press ups (week 3, col 3):
Day 1: 14/18/14/14/22
Day 2: 20/25/15/15/26
Day 3: 22/30/20/20/28
The last 2 sets today hurt and it's only the first week, worrying...
Cheers Mike.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikem
Don't worry about the pain, this is as it should be:D. Get a couple of days rest before starting week 2 and you should find you're able to do it. Though the sessions are getting progressively harder, you'll be getting progressively stronger to match.
Keep it up!:cool:
my two-minute record is 75
reckon a 100 would take another minute - I'll give it a whirl and let you know ...
Try doing them slower.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo
Slower = Harder
true, to an extentQuote:
Originally Posted by TheHeathens
more important is the quality of the press-up
I'm amused to see what passes for one in some quarters ...
Well I started on week one and that hurt more than week 2 so i think you will be ok :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mikem
Although, I have a stinking cold and am feeling very rough this week so haven't done very well on week 3 :( I didn't finish my second set.
I will repeat week 3 next week I think :)
True to every extent. Do a press up and hold for 2 seconds at the bottom and see if you can do 75.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo
My press-up form is immaculate by the way as am a qualified gym instructor from a previous incarnation - I just can't do very many of them because I'm fat now;)
Initial : 20 pushups
Week 1 Day 1: 10 / 12 / 7 / 7 / max (13) - 49 total
Week 1 Day 2: 12 / 12 / 8 / 8 / max (13) - 53 total
Week 1 Day 3: 11 / 15 / 9 / 9 / max (16) - 60 total
Week 2 Day 1: 14 / 14 / 10 /10 / max (15) - 63 total
Week 2 Day 2: 14 / 16 / 12 / 12 / max (17) - 71 total
Week 2 Day 3: 16 / 17 / 14 / 14 / max (20) - 81 total
Review Test : 30 pushups
Week 3 Day 1: 14 / 18 / 14 / 14 / max (20) - 80 total
Week 3 Day 2: 20 / 25 / 15 / 15 / max (30) - 105 total
Week 3 Day 3: 22 / 30 / 20 / 20 / max (28) - 120 total
Repeat of week 3
Week 3 Day 1: 14 / 18 / 14 / 14 / max (24) - 84 total
Week 3 Day 2: 20 / 25 / 15 / 15 / max (25) - 100 total
Week 3 Day 3: 22 / 30 / 15 / 15 / max (29) - 121 total
Week 4 Day 1: 21 / 25 / 21 / 21 / max (32) - 120 total
Week 3 Day 1: 14 / 18 / 14 / 14 / max (20) - 80 total
Had the best part of 2 weeks off due to work / impending baby commitments so decided to start again at week 3. That hurt a lot!
Still, managed to hold immaculate form ;)
So you are doing week 3 again then TheHeathens? :)
I think I may have improved my press up form - they feel more like proper press ups now. And they hurt more :o I might go back to doing ever slightly crap ones :D
or hold at halfway for 2 seconds on the way down and upQuote:
Originally Posted by TheHeathens
while bringing a knee up to the elbow ;)
And if I had kept at it I may have been able to do it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trog
Just over six weeks ago I was struggling to do all the press ups and run 50 mpw
Now I still can’t do many press ups and due to injury I cannot run either :mad:
Only one knee? :cool:;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo
Yeah, I had too much time off so decided to go back to week 3 and start from there again. On the plus side, I am running again now so hoping the (predicted!) loss in weight will help me towards the 100 - it's a lot easier to push up 73kg rather than 83kg!Quote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
Good point. I had better cut down on the mini eggs ! :eek:
I just can't do week 3
Week 3 day 2 should be
20/25/15/15/max (at least 25)
I did
20/18/15/15/max 16
:(:(:(:mad:
Keep at it OHW. If needs be repeat the week next week. One thing to try might be an additional set (after a longer rest if you need it) after it all, made up of those that you were short. In this case, a further set of 16. After a 2 min rest, this should be doable (hard, but doable). And you'll find you're closer to the target when it comes to repeating it next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
Sending strength vibes to you...*Pulls a concentrating face, which looks a little similar to my constipation face. But it's not. Honest.*
Thanks for the encouragement SS, good advice there ;)
A bit late on the uptake but kicked off with test yesterday (30 ish) and have just done session 1 of week three (3rd column)... felt ok but 100 feels a long way off! Too much time running and cycling have left me feeble in the upper body so hopefully this and getting back into using my climbing fingerboard will sort me out.
I am certainly noticing a difference nikalas and I am only on week 3... Well STILL on week 3 :o I am struggling a bit now!
Just completed my third workout of week 3.... OK but final set of 28 was tough, oddly mostly hurting in the gut muscles! Roll on week 4! How you guys going?
Just doing this of my own accord, since a) i could only do about 20 and b) read that german fernandez does 350 a night (along with 800 sit ups!!!!). So if I'm aspiring to be as good as him, then i need to be able to do at least 100!!! 2 weeks in and I managed 51 tonight.... its about the only thing im making progress with at the moment.
in training last night, did 'pyramids' in pairs: you do 10, 'rest' in plank position, partner does 10, rests in plank, you do 9, etc down to 1 and then back up to 10. Not counted up how many that is, but it's a few.
And it hurts.
Sounds like fun! I make it 54.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo
I might try a couple today. Cast came off on Monday. Will see if I can do it without reopening my wounds/putting too much pressure on the bone.
times 2 - cos you go back up from 1 to 10 - 108.Quote:
Originally Posted by southernsoftie
Cripes! Sorry, missed that. Might use that later when I'm testing me hand out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo
You really like your two times table, yah? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by southernsoftie
Is that rude, Heathens? Shame on you.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheHeathens
You can do it put you're* back in to it...
Max test: 55.
Don't know where that leaves me in terms of which week to hit, but quite a way down on where I was before my episode. Think I was trying slower though...:o
*Was about to edit out the you're for a correct your, but realised the double meaning of you're back - you are back - was quite appropriate. Just in case anyone begrudges my use of the wrong yaw;)
:D yay
SS is b-a-c-k
Thanks for the very cheery note!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by OneHillWonder
How you getting on with this?
...erm.... :o
can't get past week 3 :(
I will though I will I will! :D