Week 5 Day 2 - It's time to get serious

What??? 8 sets?? Seriously? How did we get from 5 sets to 8 sets? Granted, the repetitions aren't as much, but the suggested wait time is shorter! Good grief, it does not feel like there's going to be any kind of reprieve with the shorter reps. I apologize for whining.

So, while boring myself to death watching Jona Hex on DVD, I decided to put a little excitement in my life by doing my pushups. 2 sets of 19, 2 sets of 22, 2 sets of 18, 1 set of 22 and attempt a maximum of at least 45. Well, I made it to 65! Hello there! I apologize for whining about the 8 sets. Turns out they were pretty effective!! Haha!

MY OBSERVATIONS:

• With the 8 sets, it's easy to lose track of what set you're on especially while trying to watch a movie. I almost skipped the second set of 22. Next time, I'll be sure to mark my place and avoid the possibility of skipping or repeating a set.
• My triceps appear to have decided to participate in the quest to 100 pushups because I sure feel them along with all the other different muscles in my body.
• I wasn't too excited with the 45 second rest. I know that the program allows you to take a longer break if necessary but I wanted to see if I would like a shortened rest and find out how it would affect me. The 45 second rest seemed sufficient but I felt like I was rushing and wasn't able to concentrate on my sets as well as I should have. Maybe that's why I almost skipped one of the sets.
• Before I got to the maximum set, I had gotten pretty warm and when I finished the maximum set, I was in full blown sweat mode.
• I followed the same technique of "5 more" and employing a short pause in plank position to complete 5 more. It worked, because I made it to 65! 35 more to go!