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Well, despite the confusion about my days, today was my day and I'm having to postpone until tomorrow. I originally picked Sundays because Saturdays are my main day for getting out and doing something active. This week I had to swap to Sunday though. Consequently, I left home at 7:45am this morning, and got home at 8pm this evening after walking for 8 or 9 hours in Derbyshire - quite gruelling really.

So I'm catching up tomorrow evening after work. Next few weekends I have Saturdays planned out and Sundays more relaxing :)

We'll let you slide this time.

Week 2, day 1: 12, 12, 9, 7, 13

I expected today to be a lot easier. It wasn't.

I do notice some of my shirt's are tighter in the sleeve and chest, so I'd say this is a pretty good program.

Yeah I'm a bit nervous about my sets today, but glad you made it through.

Week 1 Day 3 (1 day late): 15,13,10,10,15 = 63

Chuff me that felt tough today!

Very nice my man, very nice indeed.

@Ozone: Is there a reason you do them in the early part of the day? I don't do them cuz I'm not a breakfast man and I wake up late anyways so I tend to want to get some food in me first.

Lately I've not been able to sleep past 6 am.

I will generally have a very light breakfast, answer emails, read some feeds, then do the set and go shower.

That makes sense, you finding they give you a boost of energy afterwards?

They wake me up better than a mug of coffee. But I have the coffee anyway, cause I'm an addict.

Routine is hard to stick with and habits are hard to break.

week 2, day 1: 12, 12, 9, 7, 18

Week 2, Day 1: 12, 12, 9, 7, 16

This was much harder than last week, but after my Sunday game (which I didn't have last week) my body is usually drained. Body just wasn't ready for it, but I pulled it off and my body hates me more already.

Week 2 Day 1: 12,12,9,7,10 - yeah, hardest day so far for me this one.

I feel a little better physically today so tomorrow should go easier.

Week 2, day 2: 16, 13, 11, 11, 17

The program seems to be right at my limits each day, which I suppose is good!

Nice man, my body feels a little more prepared today, although still a little sick so hopefully I can knock these out without keeling over.

Week 2, day 2: 16, 13, 11, 11, 20

I was about to look for the oxygen tank after number 20.

Week 2, Day 2: 16, 13, 11, 11, 17

Still feel under the weather. Would have been better off doing it early in the day instead of at night when I feel worse, but I pulled it off. I thought I would be fancy and lower the rest time, but I now realize it is there for a reason. Bloody hell.

Week 2, Day 2: 16,13,11,11,20

I thought I'd been doing the minimum for the last max set each time so I ought to put a bit more effort in. I'm not sure I'm really at collapsing point at the end or if I'm just bailing out once I know I've done what's necessary. Regardless, this is hard work but I can feel the benefit. The first push ups feel much easier than they did when I started this thing.

Week 2 day 3: 15, 15, 12, 12, 20

I think I'm improving!

That's what we like to hear!

Week 2, Day 3: 15, 15, 12, 12, 25

Body was obviously feeling better than the previous days and for the first time I sensed that I was getting stronger. Think I will do the exhaustion test early Sunday morning so I'll be ready for Monday. Looking at Week 3 the reps definitely take a jump so I might be stuck at lvl 2.

Just did the test. I hit 36 this time. I actually did quite a few more (43,) but after 36 I couldn't keep my form right, and I know it wouldn't count. I just kept going to push myself.

That puts me in Rank 4 now, which means I upgraded 1 level. Not bad.

Very impressive man.

Week 2, Day 3: 15, 15, 12, 12, 21

Probably do the test tomorrow evening before starting week 3 on Tuesday.

We're a third of the way through folks!

Knocked out 37 painful ones. On to tomorrow!

Ohhh boy.

Well, I finished today's set, but was interrupted halfway through when the termite inspector showed up. So my break between set 2 and set 3 was close to 5 minutes. Is that Kosher?

Week 3, Day 1: 25, 17, 17, 15, 25

Everything I could do for the last one. I might have to repeat this week. On the good side, I know I couldn't have done that set 3 weeks ago.

The delays are supposed to be minimums so a few extra minutes can't hurt there. I think it's more important not to try and speed it up rather than spend an extra few minutes delaying. So you're fine! :)

I think 5 mins is cool and nice job on being the first to finish the upgraded week.

Week 3, Day 1: 25, 17, 17, 15, 25

I might need to take a longer break than usual this week or repeat this week because this was definitely the weed out session. Not happy at all with the last 25. You guys might have to go on to the next lvl without me while I stay behind one more week.

To those who haven't done it yet, it's hard. Damn hard.

Yikes that's a lot of push-ups. A busy weekend and a bit under the weather had me miss Friday and Monday sessions. I'll see if I can get the test knocked out today. Might redo the week to get back in the routine.

You might wanna redo last week and avoid this week at all costs. I'm thinking of moving to Mexico just so I don't have to face Day 2.

I've just done my test after week 2 and got to 36 which I'm quite pleased with. I did 14 on my first test when starting this so it just goes to show this is having an impact.

Tuesday is normally my day 1 so I'm running late starting week 3 due to working late. So I think I'll do my first week 3 day tomorrow, the second one on Friday and I'll be back to normal on my correct days by the end of the week again.

This is hard, but enjoyable.

Incidentally, I'm keeping a Google Docs spreadsheet to keep track of all this and so far I've done 408 push ups as part of this programme - that number is 408 more than I've done in the last few decades!

Hardest day yet by a long shot. I took 2-3 minute breaks between sets to get this done, but I got it done.

Week 3, Day 2: 27, 19, 19, 15, 27

I'm really impressed I got to 27 on the last set. I get the feeling I'll be doing this week over, but am very pleased with the progress.

Week 3, Day 2: 27, 19, 19, 15, 32

They are hard ones though and I think the last set I got sidetracked and my break was double.

I do feel the strength and it seems my puny arms are getting a lil bigger.

As much as I fully intended to blow this off today, I'm back in the game.

Week 3, Day 2: 27, 19, 19, 15, 28

A little motivation for us...check out this old coot doing 545 pushups.

Not only is he elevated, but he is doing them slow while making sure his face touches the ground. Thanks for showing me this, makes me want to go back to Week 1.

/facepalm

Yeh, if you're not kissing the ground then you're just a playa in this push-up game.

Back to week 1...lol

Chuff me (polite version!) - Just done Week 3 Day 1: 25,17,17,15,25

That was tough for me - I can still feel my muscles buzzing! hehe

Well, I did it.

Week 3, day 3: 30, 22, 22, 20, 27

I'm going to do this week over. I had to take pretty long breaks between these to get them done. Next week will be week 3v2 for me.

Can't wait to do my set later today with my face touching the ground!

I'm going to try them in a bit before I eat see how that works out, I'm thinking not very well.

The touching the ground isn't the hardest part, it's the slowness/precision required to do it without busting your nose or chin.

Well I did them yesterday just like the old man in the video with the exception of being elevated.

Week 3, Day 3: 27, 20, 20, 15, 20

This week will be repeated next week because of this and I will be doing them the new old man way which makes me want to kill myself.

Dear god that's hard!

Week 3 Day 2: 27, 19, 19, 15, 25

I'm going to be repeating week 3 too - this needs to be easier for me before I move to week 4. I could kiss the ground by the time I come down that last time!

First rerun day Week 3.5, Day 1: 25, 17, 17, 15, 27

Was it smooth?

Week 4, Day 1: 27,20,20,17,27

...and with that, Fuscom believes he will not go back to week 3, 2 or 1, nor gripe about how outrageously bad this set was, while stressing about the next set being even harder looking, but rather, he will gracefully exit this competition.

While I will no doubt continue to work out, and will probably add pushups to the routine, I have come to realize that the quest for 100 in one continuous set is an unrealistic goal for me. There's a reason why I was a fullback and not a wide receiver. There's a reason why I can cycle for 10 miles, but no way I could even begin to fathom even a fun run of the same distance. There's a reason why I hit the links on the dawn of a fresh Saturday morning instead of strapping up the laces to hit the pavement.

I'm simply not built for this. I ain't trying to be all Rocky 6 or Brett Favre either. Besides, I got things to do.

So carry on brave soldiers, I'm outtie and content in the fact that I did 111 pushups in one day.