The third day had its own challenge. The first thing that I remember after waking up is to capture the Time-Lapse of the 100 push-ups, which I missed the previous day. I think this was motivating enough for me to go for the 100 push-ups, and did not need more convincing to push me.
I started the push-ups with the target of 25 unbroken push-ups in the first go. I know it was an ambitious goal for me, but still, wanted to see how far I can go without breaking a sweat. As I started, I reached 15 push-ups in no time and when I was on 17, I could not manage my breathing right, therefore, I had to stop at 20 push-ups; falling short of my target by 5 push-ups. I did not let that deter me, because, it was better than my previous performance.
After finishing the first rep, my goal was to go for a maximum of 5 push-ups per rep for the remaining 80 push-ups. This was again an ambitious goal, but had to go for it. I found out as I reached 50 I could not do 5 continuous push-ups in 1 rep, so I had to reduce it down to either 3 or 4 push-ups. This was my damage control strategy to keep up with the time, and surprisingly it worked. This was the third day of the workout, so I think, I was developing a pretty solid base and strategy for days to come to nail the 100 push-ups. I was proud of myself. 👼🏽
Now, let us talk about the Day 3 100 push-ups outcome.
- 🟢 My breathing technique improved; helping to reduce time by 3 minutes. This is the biggest gain for me in terms of time.
- 🔴 I could not stick to my target of 25 push-ups as max rep. No complaints here, but I know I could have done better.
- 🟢 I developed a good strategy and breathing technique to go after remaining push-ups after finishing the first rep. It helped a lot to reduce the time.
- 🔴 It is okay to take longer breaks between reps. I did take some shorter breaks between the reps, so I could not keep with the target of 5 push-ups per rep for the remaining 80 push-ups.
Here’s the Time-Lapse from December 03, 2019. You can notice my breath and pauses have improved by a little margin. There is still a lot of room for improvements. And, as always, suggestions are welcome. Hope, you enjoy the video.
The tracker is below to document the progress.
| Date | Time | Max Reps. |
| December 01, 2019 | 08:25 | 10 |
| December 02, 2019 | 09:26 | 15 |
| December 03, 2019 | 06:26 | 20 |
As you can see, I took notes from the previous day and significantly improved my time for 100 push-ups, also increasing the maximum number of reps by 5. I see an improving pattern here and hope it goes on like this and if it does, I will be one happy man! Stay tune for further updates.
Hope you find this effort useful.
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