50 Push-up 1 month challenge

Since i was so rubbish over christmas with my fasting i decided to spice things up with a fun little challenge... thats not actually that spicy... little... or fun.

The meat of it

The classic push up comes close to the perfect exercise and is a great funcational compound movement.

My current max pushups in one burst sits at around 10, although i havent tested this in a while. Im sure this challenge will push that limit.

The end result of this should be increased endurance and hopefully on the last day, i will be able to hammer out 50 push ups in one sitting. No rest. Maybe. Ill give it a go!

Heres a breakdown of the plan:

I found that my wide push ups were strong and not really something i would find much of a challenge ti improve so i have opted to complete this using the close grip tricep style push up... super strict! That means keeping that core tight and going aaaaaaaallll the way down.

Day 1

I Didnt need to break these down into such small groups so i did 2x6. I can already tell this will be awesome fun after a heavy chest day!

Day 2

No way to sugar coat it. Today sucked. Earlier today i had a very heavy,long shoulder workout and i hadnt thought about how much this would wear out my shoulders. Just holding myself in plank for this was enough but i still managed to push through. I did 3 sets of 6 for this and in future i will be completing these BEFORE my regular workout.

Day 3

Forgot to do them in the morning! I thought i was going to really struggle with this one today since the volume was a lot higher and id been rock climbing for a few hours... but i managed to bulk it out in 10-8-6. The last few almost ate me alive still ^_^

Day 4

Since i was doing a night shift again i decided to do these early morning during my lunch at work... Probably should have had a longer gap between the ''day 3'' set and this one, still managed it though.. Broke it into 10-8-6. Ive already started to notice its much easier but i think by week 2 i will stick to the exact rep ranges.

Day 5

Followed the rep ranges as prescribed. Only the last rep or each set was a struggle. Found myself already starting to take less rests between sets too.

Day 6 and day 7

Found these rep ranges very low so i opted to merge them together and ended up doing 10-6-6-4

Day 8

This felt like a billion push ups! Now my boobs hurt... Enjoy!

Day 9, 10 , 11

Enjoyed day because it felt super easy to do that ''little'' amount but i guess it was a warm up for day 11! Thought it was going to be much harder than it was.

Day 12

The first round of 16 was hell on earth! Ive got a feeling tomorrow will be a struggle!

Jody Slaney

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