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

Pushups: 54+57+63 = 174

Situps: 117+117+136 = 360

Squats:88+105+113 = 306

Pushups: 12+13+10+10+(18)=63

Crunches: 24+25+21+21+(45)=136

Squats: 22+22+19+20+(30)=113

 

At the end of this week I'm supposed to do a "fitness test" which determined where I start next week.  It consists of doing as many of each as I can until completely exhausted.  I'll probably do the test for pushups and cruches tomorrow morning then afternoon and then the squats on Sunday.  This means I'll be partially shot for next Monday... so I might move day 1 of week 3 out to Tuesday and play catchup.  We'll see, I'll keep "you" (the tubes) posted.

--pete

10+12+10+9+(16)=57

21+24+18+18+(36)=117

19+22+16+16+(32)=105

 

Friday might be a little difficult.  Tight schedule, not much to write.

--pete

 

Push-ups: 9+11+8+8+(18)=54

Sit-ups (crunches): 21+21+15+15+(45)=117

Lunges: 21+19+13+13+(22)=88

 

Ok, the triad is complete, 5 weeks to go.  RAR.  I do a ton of biking as well as walking so I'm really hoping that doesn't conflict with the squats.  My legs were sore for two days after the 'inital test' on Friday but I suppose I could have done them slower.  Exersise bores me :/

 

The other thing that will be interesting in the coming weeks is the conflict of crunches and pushups.  Pushups require tense abdomenals, however if they're worn from the crunches then that makes it a problem... or if they're worn from the pushups then the end of the crunches is difficult.  I guess it's not supposed to be easy though.

I just did the initial test for 200 squats and decided to stop at 45, putting me into the "excellent" category.

 

 

I'll start on week 2 next week with the rest of them.  I am going to DESTROY ski season this year.

 

 

 

Ok, I've made it to day three this time, yipee.  I think the hardest part about this is remembering to do it.

 

  Pushups: 9+10+9+7+15=50, 50 pushups mu ha ha ha!

  Situps (crunches): 17+22+14+16+37=106, 106 easy crunches!!!! mu ha ha ha ha ha...

 

I'm thinking that crunches are a lot easier than situps, however I've read that situps and not the best for your back and neck. :/  Maybe I should double it and do 400 crunches?  1000 crunches?  I was on a kick once to do 1000 jumping jacks in a day.  I kicked it around 500 as it was really jacking up my knees.  Maybe I'll try to start again.  I felt that anyone that could do 1000 jumping jacks a day for a solid week would be in good fitness.  I think it's a good goal, however I really started getting bored while doing them.

 

So the totals for the week are:

  pushups: 31+36+50 = 117

  situps: 76+103+106 = 285

 

Hooray, I finished week 1.

--pete

 

Pushups: 6+8+6+6+10=36

Situps: 15+18+15+15+40=103

Ok, got seriously off track before and I'm starting over.  Level 2 for pushups and level 3 for situps.

 

pushups - 6+6+4+4+11=31

situps - 15+18+10+10+23=76

 

hopefully I can keep on schedule this time.

With moving Kat on Friday and Saturday, I haven't done my day 3 yet.  I'll do that later today.  I'm also going to start the lunges today.  Huzzah!

--pete

Just about to go to bed and realized that I forgot to do this.

 

pushups: 10, 12, 8, 8, 12 = 50 (barely)

situps(crunches): 15, 18, 17, 15, 57 = 122 (not that bad)

 

I definately need to move down a level with the pushups and moving up a level for the crunches was fine.  I just saw there is also "200 squats".... maybe I'll work it into a triad next week.

--pete

,Ok, today is done, the first day: 10, 12, 7 ,7 ,12 for a total of 48.  I had to use more than the 60 seconds between the sets but I was ableto do it so it's a good start.  I'm wondering if I should have choosen level 2 instead of level 3.  I'm going to be sore tomorrow.

 

I went for the 200 situps too today.  Since I've recently read about the horrors of situps on one's back (citation needed), I decided to do crunches instead.  Granted these are easier than situps.  Maybe I should go for 300?  I decided to start at level 2 since I was kinda borderline level 3 in the initial test.  Today I did 9, 9, 6, 6, 35 for a total of 65...  I only had to do 38.  Maybe level 3 would have been fine there.

Alright, I've seen this for a while and have decided to finially do it: 100 pushups.

 

 

The idea is that in 6 weeks you'll be able to do 100 consecutive pushups.  I'm starting off at rank 3 (15-29 in the initla test) or "Set 3"  which puts me at a total of 45, 50 and 57 push ups next Monday, Wednesday and Friday.... halfway there already?

 

Anyway, I didn't want to put this in facebook so I figured a Live Space would work well.  I'll update this as I complete each day and step up the levels.  If for some reason I miss posting, please poke me to make sure I've done it... I tend to forget some times.

 

...maybe I should start 200 Situps at the same time...