Oh man! It was really hard to get out of the bed today! My legs and arms were sore from the previous day’s CrossFit workout. As soon as I opened my eyes, I asked myself, should I really do the push-ups today? It was hard to convince myself, and that’s why I was a little lazy in my attempt. I don’t remember what I told myself to get out of the bed for the push-ups, but before I know, I had already started with “ritual”. And, I was so glad I did that, because as soon as I was done with, I just crashed on my living room floor and stayed there for good five minutes. That’s when I realized, if I had started those push-ups even one minute later, I would not have finished those.
Starting off with the 100 push-ups, I did not have any plan in my mind. The only goal I was pursuing was to finish these 100 push-ups and kind of kick off the day. That might be the reason I did so poorly on the maximum push-ups in one rep. I could barely defeat the previous record just by one push-up. The last push-up was not that convincing; I remember Dwight Schrute calling it as a “GIRL PUSH-UP” in one of the cold opens of the office. That was a funny scene!
Getting back to my performance, I was surprised to find out I cut down roughly 40 seconds from the total time. It was an incredible feat; especially when I started off with no plan whatsoever. I think it might be because of the improved breathing technique; more so it was now a part of my push-up routine. I was happy with the way things were shaping up. I did not have to pay attention to my breaths as I was becoming more comfortable with the inhale and exhale part of it. Hooray to me! #selfbragging #humblebrag 😝
Shall we talk about the learnings from the Day 5 of the 100 push-ups.
- 🟢 No problem with the breathing technique; I think, I have made myself comfortable with the part of it.
- 🔴 Somedays, it is really hard to wake up. I think the only person that can help me overcome this is myself. 💪🏽
- 🔴 I should really focus on the maximum push-ups in one repetition; without that, I will not be able to keep myself happy.
- 🔴 I think I am taking more breaks after the first rep, so, I should work on either reducing those breaks or complete as many push-ups as I can in the first rep itself.
Here’s the Time-Lapse from December 05, 2019. There is a lot of room for improvements.
The below tracker is 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 |
| December 04, 2019 | 05:46 | 25 |
| December 05, 2019 | 05:05 | 26 |
As you can see, I improved the time by quite a margin; however, I could barely beat the maximum push-ups in one rep. I was disappointed with that, but, hey, on the bright side, I improved and that’s what matters, right?
Today was not a great day as per number of maximum push-ups are concerned. I am not feeling great about that. Let us see what’s in store for the next day.
Totsiens!
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