At the beginning of the year I made a goal to get in to better shape and lose weight doing it. One of the ways I decided to do this was to participate in the hundred push-ups challenge and the two hundred sit-ups challenge. I have just completed the second week of both challenges.
The Fitness Challenges
Three times a week the challenge require 5 sets. The first set is roughly 85 percent of the required max for the day. The second set is roughly 90 percent of the days max. The following two sets are roughly half of the number of the max for that day. Finally, the fifth set of the day is your max. Every day the sets are usually one to two reps higher than the day before.
My Experience
A little about my experience, so far I have been hitting all of the reps in each set, including the max set. In addition, in the push-ups challenge I have been doing inverted push-ups with my legs on a chair (this is my attempt to make it harder). At the end of the week the challenge has you do another fail set. This enables you to see how much you have progressed over the course of the week and to also determine if you have progressed as much as the challenge has wanted you to. The results of the tests also determine which column you will be basing your workouts on for the next week.
My Results
I haven’t had a scale to weigh myself this year (ironically enough), but I can tell that my arms, abs, back, shoulders, etc are all getting stronger. I can feel myself push past boundaries that I couldn’t have in the past.
Your Results
The big question is how are your New Year’s goals going? Have you started them? If so, what are you doing to accomplish them? What have been your successes or failures?
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