Our first day of BP training lasted until 8:45 p.m. We got to leave 15 minutes early but we had a lot of homework that night. The following morning, 2 of our colleagues were late. We had been told that for every minute one of us arrived late, everyone would have to do 10 pushups. Well... Fanny was 7 minutes late (70 pushups) and Magan was 34 minutes late (340 pushups). Yes, we had to do 400 pushups throughout the day on top of all the other stuff that we had to do. The training was intense enough and to include 400 pushups in the mix just made it that much more brutal. It took me 3 days to fully recover, both physically and mentally from the training. I did not want to see, touch or come near a barbel and plates during those 3 days. On a positive note, I think it probably helped me stay conditioned for Week 5 Day 3. Two sets of 20, two sets of 24, two sets of 20, a set of 22 and the maximum of 60.
MY OBSERVATIONS:
- This time around, the 45 seconds in between each set seemed just right. I don't know if it was because I had one of the Body Pump songs stuck in my head or a result of the super fast training we just did over the weekend. Whatever it was, resting for 45 seconds was perfect.
- My foot got caught on a spray bottle while I was performing the first set but I didn't want to stop so I just moved my leg so that they were about hip width apart. What a difference!! The load seemed less on my upper body and distributed the weight evenly so that I was never at a point where I didn't think I could complete the set.
- I performed the rest of the sets with my feet at hip width and I felt more balanced.
- When I was cranking out the maximum, I could probably have gone to 65 but I was set on 60 and Martin and I were getting ready to watch Russell Crowe in Robin Hood. I think I need to discipline myself to stay away from distractions and disruption especially if I'm trying to get to 100.
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