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- Week 1, Day 2 of Pushups and situps challenge!
Doing them as we speak, actually, and typing between rests.
I'm still not very happy with my form - I'd like my arms to be bending more, basically, however, I do notice that the good form push ups seem SLIGHTLY easier to do today?... So I think I'm going to keep pushing myself to do them this way, and then just supplement them at the end with some knee-push-ups and chair planks.
PUSH UPS:
Set 1: 3
Set 2: 4
Set 3: 2
Set 4: 3
Max Set: 5
Total: 17
Also, 10 knee-push-ups.
TOTAL PUSH UPS TODAY: 27
In general, I'm finding the crunches much easier, and I'm suspicious that this means I'm doing them wrong, or softpedaling them somehow...I started on the intermediate level, and I'm finding it pretty easy. Although to be fair, I do feel it when I stretch my abdomen the next day?...so I guess it's okay. My shoulders are coming off the ground slightly, but my lower back is rounding out and staying pressed to the floor, which is how it's supposed to be...? Anyways. Will just keep sticking with it, and see what happens...maybe as the program progresses I'll find I'm getting a slightly deeper crunch.
CRUNCHES:
Set 1: 9
Set 2: 12
Set 3: 9
Set 4: 9
Set 5: 9 whoops. LOL. I'm pretty sure I did an extra set by accident. Whatevs.
Max Set: 22
TOTAL CRUNCHES: 70 (wow!)
I'm also realizing that this is DEFINITELY NOT Cardio...I'm not sweating at all doing this. Yes, it's difficult, and I feel my muscles really working, but I find that I'm not really breaking a sweat - I guess that comes later, when the sets are larger...I need to find fun ways to incorporate cardio on the days I'm not doing calisthenics...I wish I could just skate, skate, skate my ass off. I really want to own my own roller rink, y'all. >.< Let's get on that, huh?
PLANKS:
30 Second Chair Plank
20 second rest
30 Second Chair Plank
TOTAL PLANK TIME: One minute.
Yeeeeeah....chair planks kinda hurt my back today. >.< Really need to build up my back...Mikey recommended I do supermans (lie on your stomach, lift up your hands like you're flying around like Superman) and back presses to build it up...I think maybe that's a good idea, but I'm gonna do those on days I'm not doing the challenge...so:
Monday - Challenge Day
Tuesday - Cardio (Nite Train workout, if avail?)
Wednesday - Challenge Day
Thursday - Need a cardio activity, and build back strength.
Friday - Challenge Day, Practice Day
Saturday - Build back strength.
Sunday - Practice Day
Another bummer is that Stations of the Cross is starting up, which is going to seriously cramp my derby practice style on Friday nights. XP Guess I'll just have to work extra hard, maybe hit up some open skates. If anyone ever knows of one and is in the mood to go, holla atcha girl!
Ta for now!
- Week 1, Day 2 of Pushups and situps challenge!
Doing them as we speak, actually, and typing between rests.
I'm still not very happy with my form - I'd like my arms to be bending more, basically, however, I do notice that the good form push ups seem SLIGHTLY easier to do today?... So I think I'm going to keep pushing myself to do them this way, and then just supplement them at the end with some knee-push-ups and chair planks.
PUSH UPS:
Set 1: 3
Set 2: 4
Set 3: 2
Set 4: 3
Max Set: 5
Total: 17
Also, 10 knee-push-ups.
TOTAL PUSH UPS TODAY: 27
In general, I'm finding the crunches much easier, and I'm suspicious that this means I'm doing them wrong, or softpedaling them somehow...I started on the intermediate level, and I'm finding it pretty easy. Although to be fair, I do feel it when I stretch my abdomen the next day?...so I guess it's okay. My shoulders are coming off the ground slightly, but my lower back is rounding out and staying pressed to the floor, which is how it's supposed to be...? Anyways. Will just keep sticking with it, and see what happens...maybe as the program progresses I'll find I'm getting a slightly deeper crunch.
CRUNCHES:
Set 1: 9
Set 2: 12
Set 3: 9
Set 4: 9
Set 5: 9 whoops. LOL. I'm pretty sure I did an extra set by accident. Whatevs.
Max Set: 22
TOTAL CRUNCHES: 70 (wow!)
I'm also realizing that this is DEFINITELY NOT Cardio...I'm not sweating at all doing this. Yes, it's difficult, and I feel my muscles really working, but I find that I'm not really breaking a sweat - I guess that comes later, when the sets are larger...I need to find fun ways to incorporate cardio on the days I'm not doing calisthenics...I wish I could just skate, skate, skate my ass off. I really want to own my own roller rink, y'all. >.< Let's get on that, huh?
PLANKS:
30 Second Chair Plank
20 second rest
30 Second Chair Plank
TOTAL PLANK TIME: One minute.
Yeeeeeah....chair planks kinda hurt my back today. >.< Really need to build up my back...Mikey recommended I do supermans (lie on your stomach, lift up your hands like you're flying around like Superman) and back presses to build it up...I think maybe that's a good idea, but I'm gonna do those on days I'm not doing the challenge...so:
Monday - Challenge Day
Tuesday - Cardio (Nite Train workout, if avail?)
Wednesday - Challenge Day
Thursday - Need a cardio activity, and build back strength.
Friday - Challenge Day, Practice Day
Saturday - Build back strength.
Sunday - Practice Day
Another bummer is that Stations of the Cross is starting up, which is going to seriously cramp my derby practice style on Friday nights. XP Guess I'll just have to work extra hard, maybe hit up some open skates. If anyone ever knows of one and is in the mood to go, holla atcha girl!
Ta for now!