Today went well. Muscles are still bored and looking for something else to do now. Did 50 one set warm up followed by 300 20lb vest pushups in sets of 20. None for lunch today. So far, so good, my goal now is to avoid injury and be ready for the event.
Will need to hand distribute flyers to gain support prior to the event. Plan to do so Monday.
I knew that I had to push today. I did 200 in sets of 40 followed by 100 in sets of 25 with 20lb vest. Felt ok. Will need to add some at lunch.
I added 140 at lunch with two sets of 70. Muscles are getting a little bored of the exercise. Hope it starts a windfall for the Arthritis Foundation/Walk or at least an event in addition to the walk for fundraising at the local and national chapter. Scheduled to go on TV next week…
Oh boy. First weak day in a while. Did 100 25 lb vest pushups. No pain, no cramping, just little drive. Did not want to incur injury so I bagged the rest of the workout.
500 in 20 minutes and three seconds. Initially 150 in sets of 25 followed by sets of 20 and one set of 10. I was able to work faster than one set per minute to acheive the above. This was preceeded by a 4 hour hike in Yosemite Valley, so not bad for today. Had not been sleeping well due to the cramped conditions and uncomfortable bed. Onward.
Today is a hectic day. Getting ready to go to a medicine conference. I was able to do an 80 single set warm up, followed by 240 20lb vest pushups in sets of 20 and finished with a 65 set finale. Hope the trip doesn’t interupt my progress.
Hesitant today. Did 50 warm up and 200 20-lb weight vest. Easy enough, but I had to be careful due to a bad night’s sleep and the elbow. Kept my elbows tucked close to my chest to avoid the roll of the inner tricep over the inner bone. Hope this clears up soon.
Monday, pretty good. Able to focus for a brief workout. 250 25lb pushups preceeded by a 50 rep warmup.
Tuesday, fair. 395 in sets of 40; the last set was only 35 due to an elbow issue. My inner tricep was a little tight. It started pulling across the inner elbow bones (medial epicondyle) and “clicked” as it passes back and forth. This sometimes happens at the beginning of a workout. Will hold for the rest of the day. Our muscles are funny they contract and relax with voluntary and involuntary control. The more muscle fibers we “recruit” during a contraction helps determine the strength of the contraction. Apparently, my control today was incomplete causing an assymetric contraction of the tricep. May have to wear a wrap above the elbow if I can’t get this to resolve. This could cause tendonitis and collapse if it is pushed too far. Strength good today, easy reps overall. Did some trunk exercises and farmer’s walk as well.
Did a mid day workout today. Most of my workouts are in the early am since I am an early riser. Nonetheless, it was good. I did 545 in 25 minutes and 25 seconds. This is the pace I need to complete the 1,000 in one hour. I started with5 sets of 25, and continued at 20 per minute. I listed to Rush during the workout and did squats in between. It seems that by doing squats Iwas able to keep my heart rate up. This seemed to help me with my pushups, maybe by helping to clear the lactate from my muscles. I should have pledged 1000 pushups and 1000 squats in one hour.
A decent start today. Did 235 20lb vest pushups preceeded by a set of 50 to warm up. Additional 80 rep single set before starting clinic. Tomorrow is a rest day. Lets see how it goes. Add 85, lunch single set; confidence is building. Now will have to avoid temptation to push tomorrow, I will need the rest. Total 450 for the day.
Uh oh. Feel a cold coming on. Hope it doesn’t interfere too much with training. Had low goals for today accordingly. Total of 290 in approx 1/2 hour. Did 4 sets of 40, followed by a set of 70 and then 60. I seem to have an increased anaerobic threshold–good. Let’s see how I feel the rest of the day.
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Added 50 or so at lunch. Interrupted with a knock on my door to remind me of a meeting I was missing…lost my count.
More on anerobic threshold: http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/anaerobic.threshold.html
