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[Closed] STW Fit Club - one hundred push-ups time again!

stuartie_c · 2010-04-05T14:13:25Z

Right. Time for an affirmative action plan.There were a good few of us who did this last year with varying degrees of success. I found it very motivating to know that others were sharing my pain. I never did quite make the "century" but I think I managed 72 in a single set. Do the [urltest[/url] and then follow the instructions for week 1 to determine where to start. Some advice from last year's experience: [*] Don't be too ambitious with your starting point. I went right in at week 3, column 2 last year and found it VERY punishing. I found I had to keep repeating days until I succeeded before moving on and the final set for each day was very tough. Better to build up a bit more slowly and avoid injury. Concentrate on good form. I tended to resort to half-arsed push-ups towards the end of sets where I was only cheating myself and then failing woefully on the next day. If you injure yourself, STOP and rest until the pain has gone completely. Expect some "weeks" to take more than a week... So - who's in?

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bob_summers

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week 6 day 3 for me tomorrow. i've done it all in the easy column though, would like to have another bash from the beginning at a harder level. or i might do the 200 situps instead... (should really do the lower back exercises my physio gave me but....)

pleased it's (almost) over. it's taken 9 weeks as i had a week off to do the camino de santiago, so i repeated wks 4 & 5.

Posted : 14/10/2010 7:33 pm

liquid1000

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Im 37 and just done 40 in the initial test, the pain starts tomorrow!

Posted : 14/10/2010 8:43 pm

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