Sparxx43's Journal, 29 August 2015

don't set yourself up with un attainable goals, work on little mini goals then move to bigger ones as you get better. a hundred push ups is hard for anyone. you could always make your own log and then just put them on your journal. 

Yes, possibly. But I don't think it's unattainable. It's a six week program. It has a starting point for people at my level. I did a similar one for 200 squats when I lost weight the first time. Was terrible at them. I can do the 200 now. I like to have something that's really going to challenge me. I'll tell you how I'm doing if you're still here in 6 weeks time :-) 

is there a reason why you think its attainable? is it because you know you can do push ups, or you have good triceps, pectorals and deltoid muscles? The only reason why I am asking this is because a hundred is quite a high level to start with. Was the squat challenge free body weight? 

Oh don't get me wrong. I don't think I'll do it in 6 weeks. I think you'd have to be pretty good at push ups to start with. The program is designed to build the strength over time. I think I'll be repeating a few weeks before I get there. But yes, I could do push ups, crunches and squats when I was in my late 20s and I let it all go. So the exercise isn't completely new to me. I'm wanting to get back something I once had rather than learn something new. Week one the reps are under 5. The aim is to be able to do 10 by the end of the week. So it's not pushing too hard. I'll tell you the name of the website if you want to have a look at it. The squat one.....I could do 20 to start with. I did manage the 200 by the end of the 6 weeks. It was free just body weight. It would be too tough to use weights as well. I do 50 every other day now. I find squats a bit boring..... 

the problem with squatting is that it can be boring so adding a little bit of weight dumbells etc you can cut the amount that you do as the intensity is greater with the added weight. Another way is to slow down so for instance you take 2 seconds going down but 4 seconds standing up again you can reduce the amount because the quads are under constriction for longer. To even out the quads and hamstrings add a few lunges as the squat will benefit the quads more but the lunges benefit the hamstrings. Good look With the push up, let me know how you get on. Get you girl, - I could do crunches, push and squats. I bet you were the queen of the gym LOL. Don't forget you could always do pushups standing up and leaning forward against the wall to help build up the muscles.