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The full Ironman? Nah, I'm not ready for that yet. I did the Steelhead 1/2-IM in Michigan the last two summers. This summer is a focus on an Olympic tri and some 5K - 10 mile races. Don't mean ta piss you off ...just keeping the bar high (and the pressure on myself)!
I'd say yes, it counts. It's probably making it harder, so yeah. What shouldn't count is when someone has to kind of swing their body up.
Just failed, same spot. I may wait until Thursday for extra rest and start week 3 over. My arms were not ready for today apparently, my triceps felt like they locked up on me- maybe I'm dehydrated today or something.
No expert here, but if you go down and have you body in contact with the ground it would make it a little easier. If the body isn't touching then I would agree it makes it more difficult (no idea why someone would do that).
'Cause he's a FBG. Our pushups go so deep we wear a hole in the carpet. I know of one FBG who does his push-ups out in the yard and has sunk a hole in the dirt. Now it puddles up after a rainstorm ...doesn't stop 'im.
Not sure if it counts or not, I just did the same thing. For the first time I'm really exhausted from this deal, I don't think I pushed myself hard enough the first 2 weeks.
Just went downstairs and passed W3D2 - barely. If I pass W3D3 I may chalk Monday's failure up to being hungover and moving on to W4.
This is my tentative plan. I think W3D1 is the hardest because of the short rest period. I'll see how D2/D3 go before deciding, but I'm planning to do W3D1 again next Monday.
How far did you go before struggling? Just go back a week if you've gone far enough. Also, remember that you can take extra time between sets. I sometimes take 3 minutes to catch my breath.I'm going to have to start over.
Move on. You're allowed the extra rest between sets. I do it.
I just haven't done any in about 2 weeks. Been busy, excuse, excuse, excuse....How far did you go before struggling? Just go back a week if you've gone far enough. Also, remember that you can take extra time between sets. I sometimes take 3 minutes to catch my breath.I'm going to have to start over.
I was pretty sore the first week, but since then it hasn't been bad. Which surprised me because the workouts have only gotten tougher.Started this week and successfully completed days 1 & 2. My question to those who were not exercising prior to starting this (like me) is when does the muscle soreness subside? Muscles in the back of my arms and front armpit area are stiff/sore. Just wondering how long that will take to go away.Keep up the good work all. Let's motivate each other to completion (although you week 3 guys are scaring me
Ahh, okay. I'd probably just start all over, beginning with the initial test. Just remember that this is a marathon, not a sprint.Frank Fontaine said:I just haven't done any in about 2 weeks. Been busy, excuse, excuse, excuse....Benny Beaver said:How far did you go before struggling? Just go back a week if you've gone far enough. Also, remember that you can take extra time between sets. I sometimes take 3 minutes to catch my breath.Frank Fontaine said:I'm going to have to start over.
what do you mean "pass the exhaustion test"? I don't think it has anything to do with whether you move on or not.
At the end of week 4 there's an exhaustion test to see which column you're in for week 5. I'm pretty sure I can hit the 40-45 pushups required to start column 3 in week 5, but since my last set today left me short of the minimum 27, I'm not sure if I repeat D1 or attempt D2 on Saturday. My guess is D2 will be easier because of the longer rest interval.
I don't think there is a consensus. I failed in W3/D1. I'm planning on finishing off the week, and starting week three over again on Monday. That'll keep me on a M/W/F schedule and build up some for the next try. I am of the opinion that the D1's are the toughest of the week because of the rest period, so even though I finished W3/D2, I think it's probably good to repeat the week.
I did the same the first run at week 5 and W5D1 column 3 kicked my ### so I did column 1 and got through it. I started column 2 this week and failed day 1 so I'll be repeating it next week and then move to column 3. I know it's not according to the program but honestly if I can't get through week 5 there is no way I'll get through week 6. The first days in each column are absolutely brutual. Day 3's get tough because of the 30 second rest periods.
I just looked closer to W5 and realized you get more sets and less rest. I think I'll finish W4 and repeat it. Although moving to week 5 column 1 doesn't seem like too bad of an idea.
See, am I the only one that thinks this is damn near unpossible to complete in 6 weeks? Weeks 1-4 are good then week 5 & 6 are crazy. Hmm, maybe I found my own answer on the web page:Several months later I featured the first 4 weeks of the plan on a personal blog after deciding to stress myself and take the challenge once again. However, second time around my enthusiasm for the program wasn't quite the same and not surprisingly I ended up cutting the program short. Needless to say the blog posts trailed off to nothing.
Yea, I don't think this is doable in six weeks unless someone was in super shape to begin with. We'll see though.
The good news is after I finished up on Tuesday I realized that I did 122 pushups in about 13 to 14 minutes so I guess it's going in the right direction but there is no way I could have done more than 45 or 50 straight.
