It's been an interesting experience. On the first day, I struggled to get the 100 pushups done, 14 here, 10 there, then 5, then 5, then 5, and finally they were done and my arms and chest hurt!!!
A week into it, and I've gotten stronger and a bit more creative. Here I am stopped on my bike ride yesterday doing some push-ups.
And on Friday, I did a few after my swim in the ocean:
Even after a week, I feel stronger. Today as I got out of the pool in the deep end, I was able to do a full "deck-up", whereby I use both hands on the pool ledge to pull myself straight out of the pool. No leaning on a forearm, no ladder, no lurching my belly onto the pool deck. I pushed myself straight out of the pool.
By the end of the month, I will have done 3,000 push-ups.
2 comments:
Trying to do strength training while doing an endurance exercise is not very effective. AMPK activated during endurance exercise blocks mTOR-raptor and prevents protein transcription. Do you push ups on another day and you'll get much more from them. Read Vernon Coffey's work from RMIT.
Michael
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