It's been a while since I last did any sets.
By this time, according to my original schedule, I should be doing 9 45s. I might be able to do a set of 45s. :)
Anyway, this isn't a post about whining, it's a post about starting anew. A post about getting back up when life has knocked you down, just like Rocky. :D
Yesterday I bought some gloves with wrist support. I'm hoping they'll do what I need for my wrists to be happy. Between the gloves and the elbow support I got earlier, I think I'm ready to try again.
Since it has been so long since I first fell off the push-up wagon, I'll have to retool my schedule. Tonight I'll do however many sets of however many reps as feels natural, and decide on my schedule based on that. I still have a pretty decent amount of residual workout muscle, so I think I'll still be able to do 40s, though the number of sets will prob be lower, like around 6, at first.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Challenges Abound
I have a confession to make: I've barely done any push-ups for the last week, aside from yesterday.
But I have a reason. My joints started protesting (aching and creaking), which caused me to have to stop and rethink things. It also got me really depressed. So I didn't do much about it for a couple days. Then I talked to a friend who told me I really should have been wearing braces for my elbows and wrists. A little while after that I got some for my elbows. I still haven't gotten any for my wrists, though I fully intend to.
Last night I did 6 sets of 40 push-ups, which isn't quite up to what my schedule says I should be at, but considering I haven't been keeping up with the schedule, I'd say it's pretty good. I'm gonna shoot for the 9 40s tonight. Hopefully I'll have the wrist braces before I start. :)
But I have a reason. My joints started protesting (aching and creaking), which caused me to have to stop and rethink things. It also got me really depressed. So I didn't do much about it for a couple days. Then I talked to a friend who told me I really should have been wearing braces for my elbows and wrists. A little while after that I got some for my elbows. I still haven't gotten any for my wrists, though I fully intend to.
Last night I did 6 sets of 40 push-ups, which isn't quite up to what my schedule says I should be at, but considering I haven't been keeping up with the schedule, I'd say it's pretty good. I'm gonna shoot for the 9 40s tonight. Hopefully I'll have the wrist braces before I start. :)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Complications and Progress
Yesterday (July 4, 2011), I did 8 sets of 35 push-ups. I almost forgot that yesterday was Monday because I had the day off, and almost only did 7 sets. :)
Coming along nicely. Still challenging, as always, and still able to keep up (so far).
Challenges, present and future:
I've noticed a snag in my whole plan. These days, I do my sets in the late evening. This isn't normally an issue, except when I'm taken on an unplanned outing at that time. When that happens, I don't have time to do my sets early (because I'm not notified until it's too late to do them beforehand), and I have no time left to do them when I get back (because it's late and I'm very tired by then). I'm not sure how to deal with this; my body is best prepared for exercise in the evening, and frankly I don't wanna change my schedule. I like it. On the upside, missing a few sets here and there (no more than once a week) doesn't seem to harm my ability to keep up, but I like completeness (my OCD is showing there).
Anyhoo, there's a bigger issue on the horizon: starting on the week of August 15th, I'll be increasing the sizes of my sets every Monday. This is a change to the pattern of alternating it with increasing the number of sets. But I figure that 10 sets is a good number, and that too many more would make the exercise occupy too much of my time and provide diminishing returns.
My reasoning behind changing the routine at that point is that once I'm doing 10 sets of 50, my body should be muscled-up enough to be more quick to adapt to increased load. This theory isn't based on anything more than a feeling that I'm right (call it intuition if it turns out I am :). Hey, you gotta start somewhere.
Keepin' on...
Coming along nicely. Still challenging, as always, and still able to keep up (so far).
Challenges, present and future:
I've noticed a snag in my whole plan. These days, I do my sets in the late evening. This isn't normally an issue, except when I'm taken on an unplanned outing at that time. When that happens, I don't have time to do my sets early (because I'm not notified until it's too late to do them beforehand), and I have no time left to do them when I get back (because it's late and I'm very tired by then). I'm not sure how to deal with this; my body is best prepared for exercise in the evening, and frankly I don't wanna change my schedule. I like it. On the upside, missing a few sets here and there (no more than once a week) doesn't seem to harm my ability to keep up, but I like completeness (my OCD is showing there).
Anyhoo, there's a bigger issue on the horizon: starting on the week of August 15th, I'll be increasing the sizes of my sets every Monday. This is a change to the pattern of alternating it with increasing the number of sets. But I figure that 10 sets is a good number, and that too many more would make the exercise occupy too much of my time and provide diminishing returns.
My reasoning behind changing the routine at that point is that once I'm doing 10 sets of 50, my body should be muscled-up enough to be more quick to adapt to increased load. This theory isn't based on anything more than a feeling that I'm right (call it intuition if it turns out I am :). Hey, you gotta start somewhere.
Keepin' on...
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