Comments on: One Hundred Pushups: Day 7 (Change-up and Sinker Edition)

By: dando2

dando2 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:40:06 +0000

I did my exhaustion test the day after week 2 and got 26… I did this because I did not want to get out of sync with my normal push-up schedule. Started week 3 on column 3 and failed on the first set of 17 and the max set. I plan on repeating week 3, but for my day 2 (and when I do day 3 tomorrow) I switched to the 2nd column and was able to complete w/o failure. I am not upset about failing the first day because I added 6 pushups to my overall push-up total for the workout (from 74 to 80)

If you look at the workouts, either you are already close to doing 100pu and will not fail or you “will” fail at some point. If you look at the minimum push-ups from W2D3 to W3D1 the number goes from 69 to 99! You are to add 30 push-ups to your work out after an exhaustion test and a couple days break! Looking at W3D3 to W4D1 you go from 121pu to 111pu.

I believe this program will work… it seems to be working for me. Going from column3 to column2 for my day 2 allowed me to go up to 91 push-ups for my total work out. I also added on an extra set of 20 because my daughter distracted me and I forgot where I was in the workout.

When I started this workout less than 3 weeks ago, I had 25 for my initial test. There was basically no way I could do another set after that. Now, yesterday, I added on a set of 20 just because I thought I might have screwed up and I was able to do it better than the first 20 I did in my initial test.

Good luck with it.

By: Pete @ quicktofit

Pete @ quicktofit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:01:48 +0000

I think I’d repeat that day again, and if I can’t get through it again, I might repeat the previous week?

By: Larry Mat

Larry Mat — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:10:10 +0000

Nice progress on the push ups program. Keep it up.

By: MizFit

MizFit — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:31:16 +0000

Ive gotten a little muddled along this pushup way but agree as you said, LM, it’s all about building a strong base to I can continue pushing upward AFTER this is all done (because it will end, yes? )

By: fit36.com

fit36.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:46:11 +0000

I failed the first day of week 3 and dropped back to week 2 for the remainder of the week. I’ll re-test and give week 3 a try again next week. In the mean time, I’m really pushing my self on the max rounds (much moreso than I have been) and paying much closer attention to the timing of the breaks.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:52:03 +0000

When you fail on day 1 of the week, then doesn’t repeating the week mean repeating that day again? If I can’t do day 1, then how far would I get on day 2? One can’t complete “the extra” until they’ve done “the standard.”

By: Weight Ladder

Weight Ladder — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:13:48 +0000

I am not sure repeating the day is the thing to do… the instructions say to repeat a week if you don’t succeed not the day… Each day is a little different and adds a little something extra… Even if you can’t complete d1, 2, or 3 from the week doing the different sets may better prepare your for the repeat version of the week.

Thoughts?