Week 3 - Day 2 Fourth Attempt on 8/11/2008

Finally succeeded to finish all the sets. I alomost did not do the pushups today, I was feeling kinda lousy this morning and then i rememberd how few days ago before the pushups, I was feeling lousy and then did the pushups anyway and ended up finishing up all the sets for that day. That's exactly what happened today. The first set as usual was effortless, Second set struggled a bit towards the end. In the third set, started to struggle from half way point. I managed to persevere in the fourth set with some difficulty. In the final set, I decided to count backwards and that seemed to have done the trick. I collapsed after 15 pushups, tried to do one more, Could not even lift myself up.

I also made a slight change to way I do pushup. Usually when I push down, it's not actually pushing myself down, it's more like throwing myself down and catching myself, just before my nose hits the ground. Today I made the change to slowly pushing myself down in a controlled way and then pulling up.. I believe this may have contributed in todays success.

Week 3 - Day 2 - Third Attempt on 8/9/2008

Another Failure to finish all the sets. I did one more than previous attempt in the 5th set. I did the first two sets without too much effort. Started to struggle from the middle of the third set and at one point, I thought I may not be able to finish the fourth set.

I get the feeling that I am giving up too easily, although I do not feel that when I am actually doing the pushups. Usually by the time I do the last pushup, I do not have any more energy to lift myself up. What is more surprising is that how quickly the fatigue in my arms go away. In earlier weeks, it would take me more than a day for my muscles to heal. I really really needed a days rest before doing anymore pushups. I remember one day i tried to do pushups again in the evening after doing pushups in the morning, I could not even one pushup.

Right now I do not feel any fatigue in my arms,I feel like I can do few more pushups, Does this mean that i am giving up too easily when i am doing my sets? Does it mean that once i surpass my previous days pushup count, I just give up?

Week 3 - Day 2 Second Attempt on 8/7/2008

Failed to finish all the sets again, Did just 10 pushups on the last set instead of 15. The First two sets of 16 and 14 pushups were fairly effortless. Towards the middle of 3rd set, I started to struggle, but this time around, I don't have to struggle as much like previous attempts. The Fourth attempt was not very easy either.

Overall I did 66 pushups, 3 more than previous attempt. This is the reason I love this program, becasue I get a chance to compete with myself. I am generally very bad at competetive sports, this gives me a chance to be competetive, although the competetion is just between me of today and me of yesterday

Week 3 - Day 2 on 8/5/2008

Required to do 16,14,14,12, Max(at least 15)

Managed to do 16,14,14,12,7

Failed to complete all the required pushup, Slightly dissapointed, since i managed only 63 pushups, one less than previous days attempt. On the other hand, I arms feel a lot stronger than before, I can actually feel the difference when I am pushing thru fatigue in my arms in the third and fourth sets. Looking forward to retry again.

I may also have picked up the wrong time to do the pushups, I did them at 6:00 PM, instead of my usual 6:00 AM routine. I am more fresh and energetic in the morning

Is this really a six week program?

That's the question I have been asking myself, since i started this program of hundred pushups. Initially what attracted me to this program was the idea that i could be doing 100 pushups in six weeks. It seemed like a realistic goal and it got me stirred up and exited.Today it's been six weeks since I started doing pushsups and currently I have completed only 2 weeks of pushups.

The other day I was talking to a co-worker who is also doing the hundred pushups program. This guy is a pretty healthy guy, who eats healthy, goes for walk during lunch breaks and is also taking karate classes. He is doing this program along with his instructor(sensei) and some other classmates in his dojo. My first reaction when i heard this was "You mean your sensei who is a 3rd degree black belt cannot do hundred pushups". Turns out his sensei can do about 80+ pushups and then he has to struggle to get to 100. Up untill this point I really did not have a sense of the enormity of doing 100 pushups in one setting. I believe my cor-worker is someone who can finish off this program in six weeks.

For someone like me, who

• sits in front of a computer 8-10 hrs a day
• who is atleast 30 lbs overweight
• Breathes hard after carrying my 2YO son up the stairs

This could be a 12 week program or more. To be honest I do not care how long this program takes for me. So far this program has helped be become stronger and my muscles are firmer than before, I can actually feel the muscles on my arms. The most important aspect of this program is that it has given me a sense of accomplishment every day. The beauty of this program is that it makes me stretch and struggle every day and gives me an opportunity to beat previous days pushup count. Earlier when I started this program, I would struggle to just do 30+ pushups a day, a Week later I would be struggling to do 40+ pushups and in the last week I was struggling to do 60+ pushups a day.

Week 3 Day 1 - Seventh Attempt on 8/3/2008

Finally...... Success, Completed all 5 sets, although Had to struggle thru the last set. Feels Great. The First 3 sets were almost effortless.

Week 3 - Day 1 Sixth Attempt on 8/1/2008

I was so dissapointed, frustrated and depressed in failing again to finish up all 5 sets. This time around i managed only 10 pushups on the last set, Two less than my previous attempt. The truth is that i just gave up after 10 pushups. It was like I lost the will to continue. Moreover I struggled like never before on the first 4 sets. By the time I was dane with 4 sets, I did not have any energy or will to continue.

Part of the reason why i struggled so much today must be due to the time i choose to do the pushups. I did this around 4:00 PM and I had a heavy lunch that day and was feeling very good.