One Hundred Push-ups Challenge, Week 4, Day 3

[rikibeth]

Knee push-ups, flat palms.

16
18
13
13
max (at least 20) - I did 40

That's 100! woo! Still knee push-ups, but I'm getting there!

Tomorrow, an exhaustion test again. Which I do with real push-ups. Watch me get bumped down a level.

Comments

[egwenna.livejournal.com]

Super job with them. I HATE push-ups. I force myself to do a few sets every week, but I could never do them every day.

Can I make a small suggestion?

When you do push-ups on your knees, you're taking your core out of the work and therefore losing some of the benefit. At home, I do mine on the stairs (just watch your face!). The better at them you get, the lower you go down the flight. The more assistance you need with them, the higher up the flight so that your body is at a steeper angle. This way you're still modifying them so they're doable, but you're keeping your core engaged. Counter tops work well, too. :-)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

You haven't seen the microscopic patch of floor at the foot of our stairs. And the countertops are a lot higher than I need for adjustment. I'm getting some core training from the Wii Fit balance exercises; also, I'm planning on adding the Two Hundred Sit-Ups Challenge soon, either after this current test, or when I've made it through the cycle (it'll depend how enthusiastic I feel after the test, and whether I have to go back and repeat a week).

I perhaps didn't make it clear just how much I HATE exercise for its own sake. Doing the knee push-ups lets me feel like I'm making SOME progress, and keeps me DOING the program. I probably wouldn't do it at ALL if I made it harder right now.