WDIDT?
3/7/11:
- Squatted while I brushed my teeth
- Had a lovely dinner with my derby wifey, DOMino, WHO PASSED HER ENDURANCE ASSESSIES, BEE TEE DUBS.
- Started the 100 Push Ups and 200 Sit ups challenge tonight!
Okay, here's the deal with that: I bought these "Perfect Push Up" handle bar things...figuring that'd be easier on my wrist than laying my hand flat on the floor.
WRONG. $20 = Bye bye. Sucks. IDK, maybe I'll end up using them down the line when I'm stronger? Anyway...
I did all the sets that I was supposed to for today, but when I try to do "good form" push-ups, I can only bend my elbows like, an inch. So now I'm wondering if I'm really getting the full benefit of it, or if I should try doing one of the modified versions (on the knees, or on a chair) and getting a fuller, deeper press?
I think I'm gonna continue trying to do the "big girl" "grown up" push ups, and supplement at the end of my sets with a chair plank, and increase the length of the plank over time...today I did a 30-second chair plank.
If I find I'm still struggling with good form push ups by week 2, I might modify them slightly - maybe use a stair, or a couple stacks of books under my hands, so it's SLIGHTLY easier, but I can still use proper form (without resorting to "girl" push-ups.)
I also did remarkably well on my crunches...(The site doesn't actually recommend doing full, old-fashioned sit ups, they just call it "200 sit ups." It's really more like 200 CRUNCHES.) I put myself on the medium track instead of the total n00b track like I am for push-ups, and did pretty well, akshully.
So, here's the numbers:
PUSH UPS
Set 1 - 2
Set 2 - 3
Set 3 - 2
Set 4 - 2
Max Set - 4
Wasn't happy with quality of my push ups, so I also did 10 Knee push-ups
Total Push-ups Today: 23
SIT UPS
Set 1 - 9
Set 2 - 9
Set 3 - Was supposed to do 6, I did 8. :D
Set 4 - 6
Max Set - 20
Total Sit-Ups Today: 52 (Just like my skate number! OooOOoOOoOoooooo....)
PLANKS
30 Second Chair Plank
- Squatted while I brushed my teeth
- Had a lovely dinner with my derby wifey, DOMino, WHO PASSED HER ENDURANCE ASSESSIES, BEE TEE DUBS.
- Started the 100 Push Ups and 200 Sit ups challenge tonight!
Okay, here's the deal with that: I bought these "Perfect Push Up" handle bar things...figuring that'd be easier on my wrist than laying my hand flat on the floor.
WRONG. $20 = Bye bye. Sucks. IDK, maybe I'll end up using them down the line when I'm stronger? Anyway...
I did all the sets that I was supposed to for today, but when I try to do "good form" push-ups, I can only bend my elbows like, an inch. So now I'm wondering if I'm really getting the full benefit of it, or if I should try doing one of the modified versions (on the knees, or on a chair) and getting a fuller, deeper press?
I think I'm gonna continue trying to do the "big girl" "grown up" push ups, and supplement at the end of my sets with a chair plank, and increase the length of the plank over time...today I did a 30-second chair plank.
If I find I'm still struggling with good form push ups by week 2, I might modify them slightly - maybe use a stair, or a couple stacks of books under my hands, so it's SLIGHTLY easier, but I can still use proper form (without resorting to "girl" push-ups.)
I also did remarkably well on my crunches...(The site doesn't actually recommend doing full, old-fashioned sit ups, they just call it "200 sit ups." It's really more like 200 CRUNCHES.) I put myself on the medium track instead of the total n00b track like I am for push-ups, and did pretty well, akshully.
So, here's the numbers:
PUSH UPS
Set 1 - 2
Set 2 - 3
Set 3 - 2
Set 4 - 2
Max Set - 4
Wasn't happy with quality of my push ups, so I also did 10 Knee push-ups
Total Push-ups Today: 23
SIT UPS
Set 1 - 9
Set 2 - 9
Set 3 - Was supposed to do 6, I did 8. :D
Set 4 - 6
Max Set - 20
Total Sit-Ups Today: 52 (Just like my skate number! OooOOoOOoOoooooo....)
PLANKS
30 Second Chair Plank