Week 1 Day 3 - Pushups with Walter

Walter on my mat
foam roller behind him

We're dog sitting Walter this weekend while his parents, Jenni and Justin spend a nice weekend with the Balthrop family in Fredericksburg, TX. I had neglected my stretching and rolling exercises on my foam roller the last couple of days and I knew that I had to get them done before heading to the Y to teach my classes. I woke up at 6:00 and Walter joined me on my mat while I stretched out my quads, IT band, hamstrrings, calves and feet. I still had a lot of time left so pushups were next on the list.

As in previous days, an upper body warm up was a very important part of this workout. It consisted of shoulder shrugs, arm circles, alternating arm scissors  to get the blood flowing through my arms and pectoral muscles. Absolutely all soreness from Day 1 were gone.This time, I tried not to get intimidated by the first set and just pushed out the first 11 pushups without even thinking about it. I completed 11, 15, 9, 9 and for the maximum I cranked out 20!! Just in case you're wondering, yes, they were all good form push ups.

MY OBSERVATIONS:

• The rest time was 120 seconds and it felt a little too long. Walter didn't mind though because those 2 minutes of rest were spent giving Walter a rub down.
• I think the 20 pushups I did for my last set were completely due to the 120 second rest.
• The 9 pushups seemed really easy yet on Day 2, I had a hard time doing 10 pushups.
• It actually feels like the exercises are getting easier and I've just completed Week 1.
• Looking forward to week 2 which I will start on Monday.