Week 2 Day 3 - A Slight Delay

I didn't sleep well Thursday night. Sinus headache, sore throat, and congestion, had me tossing and turning so I woke up Friday feeling pretty puny. A hot shower seemed to help so I headed to the office, but it didn't take long before all my symptoms were back. Fortunately, my doctor's office was able to fit me in. Diagnosis: Sinus Infection. I received the cursory prescription of antibiotics and I headed to the pharmacy. I stayed home the rest of the day and didn't do the prescribed pushups for Week 2 Day 3. Jen M., who is also doing this 100 Pushups Challenge, suggested that I delay my pushups so that she can catch up to me since she's a day behind me. I gladly acquiesced.

Feeling much better on Saturday, I headed to the Y to teach my classes. I had intended to ride my bike but decided not to push it and drove instead. Waking up from an after afternoon nap, I realized that I still had pushups to crank out. Crank them out I did, 16, 17, 14, 14 and a maximum of 25.

MY OBSERVATIONS:

• Even if I had been active earlier in the day, I knew that I still needed to make sure that I warmed up. Besides, I had delayed the pushups a full day and didn't want to take any chances.
• I think I've finally overcome my anxiety with starting pushups. I didn't hesitate doing the first set of pushups at all. It could also be because I've had 2 days rest.
• I made sure to take the full 120 second rest after each set this time. I think it was still too long but I wasn't about to take any chances and end up regretting taking a shorter break.
• After this week, I have to take another exhaustion test to determine what to do on Week 3. The program recommends waiting 2 days before performing the test. It might actually be best if I switch to a T-TH-S schedule.
• I wonder if the extra day of rest helped me to reach 25 pushups this time.
• The shaking muscles are also gone but it's still pretty easy to work up a sweat.