One hundred pushups, falling behind

Over the Labor Day weekend my attempts at one hundred pushups got put on the shelf temporarily.  Life got in the way, along with the longest bicycle ride I’ve done to date, 54.58 miles.  So far this week I’ve also been riding nearly non-stop, racking up 47 miles from Monday morning through my morning commute [...]

One hundred pushups – Week 2 Day 2

Last night was Week 2 Day 2 of the one hundred pushups.
16 / 13 / 11 / 11 / 20 max
While my max is improving, I still really don’t like doing pushups.

One hundred pushups – Week 2 Day 1

Last night was Week 2 Day 1 of the one hundred pushups.  I put them off from Monday night because I was a bit sore from playing tennis and in no mood to do them.
12 / 12 / 9 / 7 / 18 max
Also realized I forgot to do an exhaustion test over the weekend [...]

One hundred pushups – Week 1 Day 3

Tonight was Week 1 Day 3 of the one hundred pushups. I had every intention of doing these Monday, Wednesday and Friday but somewhat forgot, put them off last night. Still wasn’t in the mood to do them today after a 19.5 mile ride but did it anyway.
15 / 13 / 10 / 10 [...]

One hundred pushups – Week 1 Day 2

Last night was Week 1 Day 2 of the one hundred pushups.  Again, I was in no mood to them and pretty tired, but made myself start.
12 / 12 / 10 / 10 / 15 max
After the second set I felt a bit more awake and the rest felt pretty good.

One hundred pushups – Week 1 Day 1

Last night started Week 1 of my goal to do one hundred consecutive pushups. The sets and reps went as follows:
10 / 10 / 8 / 6 / 10 max
I had intentions to do them after work, before going out but totally forgot.  So at 11:45 last night I was on the floor cranking them [...]

One hundred pushups

Today starts the first in six weeks of training to do one hundred pushups consecutively.  I am doing this with the guidelines and training methods from hundredpushups.com, a site I’ve heard about for sometime but finally decided to stop reading and start doing.
Why do it?  Why not?  More than a year and a half ago [...]