Week 4: One Hundred Pushup Challenge Progress

 

Whew!

We made it through week 4 of the Hundred Pushup Challenge and, boy, was it a tough one.  We did our week 4 exhaustion test Thursday evening.  Here's the update on how we're doing!

Trevor:
Initial Test:	39
Week 2 Exhaustion Test:	39**
Week 4 Exhaustion Test:	58
Steph:
Initial Test:	2 . . .  HA!
Week 2 Exhaustion Test:	16
Week 4 Exhaustion Test:	31

**Since Trevor could do 39 pushups on his initial test, it told him not to start the program until week 3, therefore he didn't actually repeat the week 2 exhaustion test.

So we definitely have improved!  To be honest, I can see how Trevor is getting closer to being able to do 100, but I just don't see how in just two more weeks I should be able to go from doing 31 pushups to 100!  Seriously!??!  Right now, I'm just trying to focus on the current week and not look ahead.  I just keep telling myself that I'm still staying on track with the training program.  I had to be able to do 31 pushups to move onto week 5 and that's what I did.  Thirty-one on the dot. 

I will have to say that I am impressed with how quickly your body adjusts and improves.  I like having a training program.  I would have given up long ago if I had just set out to do 100 pushups haphazardly.  I probably would have quit on day 1 when I could only do two!!  The program gives me affirmation that I'm improving at a reasonable rate. 

So has anyone else gotten motivated to jump on the band-wagon with us?!?