Where do I start with today? If I want to set the expectation right for today, I can explain it in only one word and that is – “disappointing”. The worst things that I imagined yesterday came true today and boy, was I down the whole day, despite it being a Friday! Such a waste of a Friday, I tell ya!
So to put things in order, let me tell you, I took more than a minute to finish my quota of 100 push-ups. I think, this is enough to express my disappointment. As soon as I was finished with my 100 push-ups, I looked at my timer and did not expect it to be that high. Then I spent a good 10 minute looking at the video of my push-ups and found out I was “really slow” after my third rep. I took more time for the push-ups and took more and long breaks in between, which eventually messed up my total time. I was glad that I looked at the video there itself to figure out the problem, and could solve it.
I improved upon the maximum number of push-ups in one rep and jumped from 26 to 30. It was the first time that I could crack the 30 push-ups riddle in one rep. I was happy to see that number.
There was a lot to learn from today’s session.
- 🟢 Improved the max push-ups from 26 to 30. Yay me! NOT. 👀 👎🏽
- 🔴 I need to focus more on my breaks and the number of reps. If I could cut those down, I will be able to finish the 100 push-ups in much lesser time with less efforts. 🥱
- 🟢 My chest and muscles are showing good progress; I could feel the increase in size for both the chest and left and right biceps. So, I think, the push-ups are working for me. 💪🏽
- 🔴 Instead of talking about learnings, I should implement those and quickly, otherwise these 30 days will pass by before I know it. 🤐
Here’s the Time-Lapse from December 06, 2019. As always, there is a lot of room for improvements. With the first week almost coming to an end, I should quickly work on my strategy to improve both the time and the number of push-ups.
Here’s the tracker 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 |
| December 06, 2019 | 06:18 | 30 |
This is the second disappointing day in a row for me. Having said that, I am the kind of person who looks for some positivity in the worst situations; therefore, I think these last two days have been a great learning experience, which will definitely benefit me in the long run.
Talking about the numbers, as you can see I failed miserably by taking more than a minute compared to yesterday. I cannot justify such a lackluster show by any excuse, so I will keep myself short. The only positive from today’s workout was increasing the maximum push-ups by 4, which is not great, but I will take it. And I will stop right here for today!
It’s time! Adiós!
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