Still pushing

Contemplating the exhaustion test

(Push-ups, Part 1 and Part 2)

The mental anguish of having push-ups ahead of me is enough to get me to correct a pile of papers or empty the dishwasher. With the possible exception of a pull-up, I don’t know if there’s an exercise I dread more than the push-up.

So I am really looking forward to completing my challenge of doing 50 consecutive push-ups. When I started the challenge back in February, I had serious doubts that 50 were possible for me, but now I am starting to have faith.

Today I did 44.

On the last one, my arms were wobbling dramatically. My husband deemed my form “minimally adequate.” (Thanks, hon!)

Some stats from this challenge:

• Number of weeks:  21
• Number of push-ups: 4,580
• Percentage increase in maximum number: 528
• Weeks I have been stuck on “Week 5, Day 1″ (hundredpushups.com): 6
• Number of other unpleasant chores I have done while avoiding push-ups: 142

Part 4: Collapse one push-up from goal

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#2. 101 things in 1001 days. Do 50 consecutive push-ups.