The push up challenge (and I swam 5km)
3 months ago my friends started a 1 year push up challenge.
On day 1, I do 1 PU.
On day 2, I do 2 PUs.
On day 3, I do 3 PUs.
Do this for 1 year.
It's something around 66,000 total PUs.
They can be broken up during the day, thank god.
It's day 126. There are 5 of 10 people left in the competition. Some have dropped out from other sports injuries but hope to heal and catch up.
Observations:
- At the beginning, I think I could do 9 PUs in a row, max. If asked, I could do 40 in a row no problem right now. My max is 61 in a row (something special was going on that day).
- My elbow was getting sore. I did some tennis elbow style stretches and it helped, but I eventually changed my PU form from elbows-out to elbows-in. The PUs are harder now, but my elbow feels good.
- I tried a bench press 2 weeks ago. Did my body weight (195lbs) 5 x, which is a new PB for me. It's 100% from doing PUs. I'm hoping for 225 x 3 as my next test.
- My chest is bigger.
- Starting in the morning is important. I do some at work when I'm taking a break.
- My belly has not shrunk
Swimming
- Last year my gf (used to swim competitively) told me I could swim across the lake where my family's cabin is (Shuswap). It's 2km and 400' deep in the middle. Last summer, we did it with a boat aside us. It took 50 min. I couldn't believe it. I'd never considered swimming that far. It seemed impossible.
- This year, I've been doing 1km, 2km, 3km, and finally a 4km swim at Lake Sundance to practice. All breast stroke.
- I watched some youtube vids about how to do breaststroke so I can improve my efficiency.
- Last week I got some friends on Shuswap to join min in attempt to swim 5.5km, from a starting point to our cabin. Everyone but me dropped our after 2km. I finished in 2hr 30min. Did the breast stroke the entire way. Was so fucking boring but I pictured the end and it finally came. No soreness, except for a little in the shoulders. I'll probably never do it again haha. 1-2km swims are good for me now.
I'm the tallest one.
I'm feeling great compared to before the PU challenge. It will be weird to stop after 365PUs on day 365.
Last edited by Ekliptix; 08-09-2018 at 08:40 PM.
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