Week 5 Day 1 - Still trying to get caught up

I actually did these pushups on Monday and it's now Wednesday! Obviously, I'm still trying to get caught up with work, chores, and my blogging. I still have a ton of stuff to do at home and it's not looking like I'm going to be able to get caught up anytime soon. My weekend, beginning this Friday and ending on Sunday, will be completely dedicated to the Les Mills Body Pump Training that I'll be teaching at the YMCA in 2011.

This was a tough day of pushups! Each set was between 30-40 pushups. Even if the last set seemed tame at 24 pushups, because it was towards the end, fatigue had begun to creep up in my arms, chest and core. As always, I warmed up and tried not to get intimidated by the initial set of 36 pushups.

Instead of taking a 60 second break, I decided that a 90 second break would be ideal. I think the rest time was perfect for me because I was able to complete a maximum of 50 pushups. I continued to use my "5 more" technique. I also found that pausing for a couple of seconds while in a plank position, allowed me to reset my body position and maintain good form.

I haven't made up my mind to do Week 5 Day 2 pushups today or tomorrow. There are 8 sets of smaller repetitions. I don't know how my body will feel this weekend and I don't want to end up taking too much time between Day 2 and Day 3. There's less than 2 weeks left in this program and although I'm getting confident that I'll make it close to 100, I'm not convinced that I'll reach 100. I may have to repeat this program again!