The Hundred Push Up Challenge: Week 4 Redo!

After struggling last week with The Hundred Push Up Challenge, I was thinking only two more weeks to go, 2 weeks to go. I logged on to the Week 5 workout and discover someone wrote I should be able to max out at 30 push up before doing Week 5. This someone suggests those who fail to make the golden 30 should redo Week 4 and maybe even Week 3.

If I were in my 20s, I would feel myself a failure and give up. In my thirties, I would remain stuck on Week 4 trying to reach the golden 30, eventually fail and give up. This is a joy of being in my 40s closer to 50. I m not bound by anyone else’s standards on issues that are neither criminal nor moral!

I can wear white shoes after Labor Day, vote for the party opposed by my friends (I didn’t but I could), I can read the last page of the mystery book if I so desire (I usually do) and I can (and did) complete 3 marathons by walking not running.

I read ahead. To complete the Challenge you have to do 100 push up but you can do them in sets of ten with rest in between. To my great surprise, I realized I could do this already!

I dutifully redid Week 4 (there is no sense in blowing off a sensible suggestion). I maxed out at 25 push ups.

On to Week 5!

I love being on my 40s!

Are you finding, as you get older you are more able to define for yourself what success is?

The Hundred Push Up Challenge: Week 4 Accent on Challenge

This is no longer easy. Last week I did 65 push ups, they were weenie push ups and I took every second of the recommended breaks between sets I could. However, I did them and though I was hot stuff.

This week, not so hot. Doing 72 push ups I though,” This is not easy.” 76 even with the rests I barely made it. 80 my mind wanted to know if there wasn’t anything better for my almost 50, not diminutive body to be doing.

The Hundred Push Up Challenge is now officially a challenge for me. I am going to do 100 push ups and my mind and body had better get with the program!

I maxed out at 22 this week for the exhaustion test.

If you want to join the challenge check out The Hundred Push Up Challenge

Sylvia commented last week her family is doing the challenge together. That is a interesting and unique memory making idea. I wish my kids would have done this with me.

I ordered Hip Hop Abs from Amazon last week. Time to go for the six-pack.

Anyone use these DVD’s ?

The Hundred Push Up Challenge Week 2 I Don’t Think I’m Supposed To Click

I did 40!!! pushups during my last set for week two. I did forget to do the max out test. My bad.

If you are ready to take the challange check out this site: One Hundred Push Ups

There are clicks that are very satisfying to hear. My knitting row counter thingy makes a rewarding little click as I change the count to reflect the rows I have completed. There are clicks in life that are uh oh moments. Anything that has to do with my car that involves a clicking noise causes my sphincter muscles to tighten and my credit card to melt.

There are clicking sounds I never under any circumstances want to hear. My former electrician son (now a poor but humble youth pastor) said in the course of his work he had encounter spiders so large you could hear their legs make clicking sounds as they scuttled (hopefully in the opposed direction, ugh).

I myself have never clicked before. For some reason, my right elbow has decided to keep count with my mind as I do the push ups. It is kinda unnerving.

I am pretty sure the human body is not supposed to click.

The Hundred-Pushup Challenge: Join In!

I have been looking at The Hundred Push Up Challenge.  I mentioned it originally in Blogs Worth A Click. This is the kind of physical challenge I enjoy. It has a specific goal, measurable results and a time limit. I will be doing the weenie push ups (they call them alternative push ups but I know they are weenie ones) …I am a woman of some substance…full push ups are not yet doable for me. The One Hundred Push Up web site provides a handy dandy six week schedule.

I have tried to get my husband to join me. He laughed. The kids believe it or not each claim they can do a hundred push ups. I’m not sure I believe it but one plays hockey, one is a brown belt in Marshal Arts and one does hour long Pilates taped for fun.

If you have done this challenge leave a link in a comment and I will post it. I will need all the encouraging posts to read I can get. If you want to join in and post about your experience, leave a link in a comment and I will post your exploits also! If you just want to give it a try, please leave a comment. I would love the exercise company!

Next Monday I will post of my accomplishments. Hope to hear from lots of you! See you then!

Blogs Worth A Click: The Diet/Exercise Addition

As of Monday September 29^th, there are 60 days before the Season of Eating that starts on Thanksgiving and goes through New Years day commences. Unless you start the season on the night of October 31, then you have 36 days to go. I was thinking for myself, now rather than my usually January vow, would be a good time to lose a little weight. Here are some of my favorite recipes sites. The exercise sites look interesting and that is all I have done so far is look at them

Gina Weight Watcher Recipes. I have mentioned Gina before but useful sites deserved to be mentioned more than once. Her recipes are weekday makeable plus Gina has already figures the WW points for you.

Diet Recipes Blog. Also weekday makeable recipes that are different. Here is one for Chow Mein Noodles Honey Nut Crunch Bars that are just 180 calories a serving.That sounds good dieting or not. 

There are more good sites out there . These two are ones I actually use. If you have a favorite please leave it in a comment below. I plan to do a commenter’s favorites update.

Just a note, there are many diets sites designed to sell products. Selling stuff is fine. Please suggest sites with original content that has some use other than to market products.

Here are two exercise sites I keep looking at and thinking.. “ You know I should….”

Fit and Fabulous at Forty …the title says it all

The Hundred Pushup Challenge Even the guys might want to check this site out.

Again of you have a favorite exercise blog, do tell in a comment below.

There is an excellent, free, interactive online bible study that deals with the issues of the heart and our desire to overeat available at The Lord’s Table. The intro sounds intimidating. The study itself is supportive.

Finally all that dieting and exercise deserves a reward: Dangerous Chocolate Cake in a Mug from Down Home Kitchen