CK on September 2

[muck_a_luck]

Haha! Miss September Challenge DID NOT miss yesterday, just totally failed to post.

Week 3, Day 1 of the hundred pushups program and Week 6, Day 1 of the two hundred situps program. Again, with counterposes: Dhanurasana and Urdhva Dhanurasana. Max today 12 pushups (though I finished strong with 11 instead of stopping at 9) and 100 situps.

I decided to go back and redo Week 3 on the pushups. I considered redoing Week 2 and did not, but I still have the feeling that I am struggling with this, and the program encourages you to repeat weeks if you don't feel ready to go on.

I have been excited that I have not been hurting my elbows doing this, though it is possible that it is causing strain in my forearms. Must remember to do counterposes.

Comments

[willful_zephyr]

I've done the 100 push up (a couple iterations of the 6 week program, anyway), how's the sit up working?

Did they ever finish the pull up based one?

[muck_a_luck]

The situp one is much easier for me, because I'm much stronger in the core than upper body. Though I must say, the cleary CANNOT COUNT because Day 1 of Week 6 is WAY MORE than 200 situps! :)

Must investigate the pullup thing. That's another fitness goal of mine, but I have not been working on it.

We are in a bit of a pushups peer pressure group here. What with Shiva Rea's 108 pushups, and a bunch of people doing the 100 pushups. You'll see the theme. :)

[willful_zephyr]

Oh yeah! I heard about the 108 push ups. Last time I checked, they were just rolling out the sit up plan, and were talking about a pull up plan, but needed to research it.

LOL - its only over 200 if you add them together! The later weeks on the push up get that way, too: 40, 50, 25, 25, max (min 50).

Just looked it up: 25 pull ups, still in Coming Soon.

Doing both at the same time? Wow. Good on you!

[rydra_wong]

Mysteriously, the "twenty-five pull-ups" menu link leads to "Coming Soon", but there's a "fifty pull-ups" link below it which works:

http://www.fiftypullups.com/

I'm guessing they decided to double the number and forgot to take down the old link.

[willful_zephyr]

Coolio! Thank you.

Pull ups have loooong been my bane. In the Marines, I learned how to succeed at push ups, sit ups, and running - but could never improve at pull ups.

[rydra_wong]

I did a resource linkspam on pull-ups (and push-ups) a while back, in case it's of any interest:

http://rydra-wong.dreamwidth.org/230440.html

Though in my case, my secret pull-up weapon is rock climbing; while I recommend it to everyone, I wouldn't recommend taking it up just to improve one's pull-ups *g*.

[muck_a_luck]

:D I find both at the same time has a certain logic. Different muscle groups, so I can rest one while doing the other. Very time efficient. You know. 'Til I collapse in a heap.

[rydra_wong]

Looks like it's up now:

http://www.fiftypullups.com/