Ok so in the interim I did a triathalon and have been doing a bunch of biking.  Along with that my schedule has been completely off.  I've been doing situps and pushups but not with the program.  I need to finish week 3 damnit!

 

Pushups:12+17+13+13+(25)=80

Sitips: 18+28+19 19+(25)=

Squats: 19+24+19+19+(27)=

 

These week3 pushups are getting easier.  I'm still getting used to the situps vs the crunches and the squats are a pain with all the other workout that my legs get.  I think I may need to do another week at 'week 3' for situps and squats; pushups should be fine however.

--pete

 

pushups: 14+19+14+14+(22)=83

situps (for reals): 21+28 21+21+(28)=119

 

I did these yesterday but forgot to hit "Publish"

12+17+13+13+17=72

 

Ok, I just blew through these today.  Very cool.  Since I was in a rush, I didn't wait the full minute eween sets so I was a little winded at the end.  All good otherwise though.  I also rode ~10 miles today.  Squats are going to hurt tomorrow.

So I've decided to that I'd try situps this time.... or at least today.

 

Situps: 18+27+19+19+(29)=112

Squats: 19+24+19+19+(35)=116

 

I've done this at level 2 instead of level 3 and it's definately a lot harder than crunches.  I've barely been able to finish level two here, maybe level one would work for real situps.  I think I'll go down to level 1 and keep doing real ones as I can totally feel a difference in the workout.  Crunches suck.  I'll probably push off the pushups until tomorrow since the abs are a bit sore now.

 

pushups:  16+21+15+15+(26)=93

crunches: 33+42+30+30+(64)=199

squats:    30+38+27+27+(40)=162

 

Ok, I've had to do this in two seperate sets so I guess it really doesn't count.  I'll be repeating week 3 next week.  I think I've hit a wall here so I guess I'll keep doing week three until it's no longer an issue.  :(

 

totals for the week:

pushups: 72+80+93=245

crunches: 120+164+199=483

squats: 111+137+162=410

 

pushups: 14+19+14+14+(19)=80

crunches: 30+38+23+23+(50)=164

squats: 27+34+21+21+(34)=137

 

I needed significantly more than the allotted 60 seconds between sets this time.  This might be my repeat week.

 

So I never did my other two strength tests last week resulting in a nearly full week off.  In retrospect I should have just continued on my previous week1 and week2 tracts and not even bothered with the week off.  Since today is a holiday, I nearly forgot to do these and since I'm not really in the routine yet I'm pretty pleased at remembering.  Hopefully the rest of the week will go smoothly.  I've been eating and drinking like a fiend recently.  Those both need to stop.

 

pushups: 12+17+13+13+(17)=72

crunches: 21+27+21+21+(30)=120

squats: 19+24+19+19+(30)=111

 

The pushups today were a little harder than I thought they'd be.  I'm sure at some point I'm going to end up repeating a week for them.  The crunches seem the easiest still however I wonder if these numbers would be more appropriate if I were doing real situps.  Maybe I'll try that for a day and see how it goes.  The squats have been ok since my quads are pretty beefy to start along with all the biking I do but I think I'm getting to their current limit as the difficulty is definately inceasing.  It would be nice if I could hit my goals by the end of Novemeber though in time for ski season.

 

The end of this week is going to suck and next week will be near impossible judging by today's performance.

I did 75 sqats in a row today which puts me into "column 3" again.  I had to do 40.  My legs are going to be hurting for a few days.  I'll try and get to the crunches and pushups today and tomorrow.

--pete