Sigh

If you're wondering why I haven't continued, it's not because I'm lazy or chicken. I think the world cup took its toll on me. Late nights, more drinking that I should do. Anyway, three weeks ago I noticed that I had a lot less capacity and that I was palpitating. Since then I've had a bout of flu too, so I did my first real exercise since then last night, salsa dancing. And it wasn't encouraging. Anyway, I've dealt with this before and I will again. Gym next week to see how everything goes and if there is no improvement then I'll make a cardiologist app.

Week 4 day 1

Ouch... I wrote down what I needed to do and set off to gym this evening, but lost the piece of paper somewhere along the line. So I only did my push ups afterwards again. They started off ok, but towards the end it got really touch again! But I'll keep trying, slowly! I did a total of 63 this evening, the last 16 were terrible and I'm not sure the last 3 of that set were "good form", but I did my best.

Week 3 day 3

Did my push ups at gym yesterday, I think it worked better. I did the first column and managed 13 as my final set. I did 59 in total

Week 3 day 2

I decided to rather stick with the easier column for now and l'm glad, because I still struggled! It really doesn't feel like I'm getting any stronger. In my last set I managed 12 giving me a total of 50 push ups. Man this is difficult. I really thought in 3 weeks I would have made significant progress! Whats more, I didn't make it to gym this morning, it was super cold and I slept really badly after a long day at the Argentina - South Korea match. I think the 100 may take me significantly longer than 6 weeks!!

Week 3 day 1 again

I decided to redo day 1 of this week on the easier column, it was still pretty tough. I still think doing this and going to gym at the same time probably makes it more difficult. Anyway in total I did 46, and my final set was 10, which was still difficult. I seem to be getting weaker not stronger!!

Week 3 day 1

Well I thought it would be tough and it was. I started on the centre column but couldn't manage the second set of 17. I skipped to the first column, and then could barely finish that!! I think going to gym before doing this may be slightly insane, I'll do these at gym from now on, before I do anything else. Managed 46 push ups in total.

Exhaustion test 2

End of week two asks for another exhaustion test, this morning I could do 22 push ups non stop. This puts me in the middle column for week 3 again. I'll give it a try tomorrow. What's a little disappointing is that two weeks ago I could do 15 in the first exhaustion test and now I can only do 22, and in 4 weeks time I'm supposed to be able to do 100?! Ja right! But I'll still persevere, perhaps it takes me another 11 weeks!

Week 2 day 3

That was torture!! I'm not really sure it's valid and I'll think about whether to continue with week 3 next week or to redo week 2. It certainly seems like it's necessary, I could barely manage the final 15 set, but I did the required 60... JUST.

Week 2 day 2

It doesn't get any easier! Last night was really tough again, I still wonder if going to the gym beforehand is affecting how many I can do. I did 53 last night and once again could only do the prescribed 13 pushups for the final set. Tomorrow requires that I do 60 in total!! OMG what have I started!!

Week 2 day 1

Wow! Today was MUCH more difficult, I don't really know why because I didn't even do that many more than Friday! I could only do the required 11 at the end... this is tough! In total today I did 47 push ups.

Week 1 day 3

I almost skipped this one. Dancing last night included a dip which I just couldn't get right! So I through the lady dipped and lifted the lady many times much to the dismay of the muscles in my back, which started complaining a few hours later. Now they are screaming at me..

I did 47, I would have settled for 42 which is all the program calls for but a good friend of mine would have made fun of me, so my last set was 15 as opposed to 10 :P

An imaginative name for a post

After gym, I did 39 today... still the middle column, day 2 of week 1 on the program. Managed to do 13 as my last set. I think Friday is gonna be a killer!