Week 002

[ruinednet]

Following up for myself. Hit the weekend and found it difficult to maintain the eating records, but I'm back on it. Still doing a good amt of water, working it more and more into my routine. Had some flan at the in-laws Sunday, and it's soooo good (even if it's bad for me). How can you not love a dessert that has 16 eggs in it

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[gwalchmai2007]

Hundred Push-Ups - Never did that program, but when I was in the Army Reserves, I had a simple workout program wherein I started by doing a single set of 40 push-ups a day for a week, followed by 40 sit-ups, and then a two-mile run and cool-down. Each week, I amped up the reps on both push-ups and sit-ups by 5, until I got to 80 push-ups and 90 sit-ups. Eventually, two miles got too easy, so I developed a six mile run route in which I started from my house near the corner of Harrison and Chatham in Cary and ran up Chatham to Academy and around the curve on Kildaire Farm Road where the elementary school is and down Walnut Street to Cary Towne Center, around the parking lot perimeter once, and back. Yeah, I studied the PT test, and back then, it worked. When I reported to SOBC in 1997, I maxed the pushup test, nearly maxed the sit-up test (I think I was short by three situps), and, well, let's just say I passed the run event - I was never a fast runner.

Let me comment about crunches: they are not bad for your back if you do them properly. Neither are sit-ups. You have to resist the temptation to use your hands (if clasped around your head or neck) to lift you up and use only your abdominal muscles and hip-flexors to raise you up. As long as you pay attention to the mechanics of your body, you can do anything with a minimal risk of injury.