50 push-ups challenge update: Collapse one push-up from goal

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Marcy

(Push-ups Part 1: Push-ups Challenge, Part 2: Push-ups, Revisited, Part 3: Still pushing)

As forlorn as I am about failing to complete my 50 push-ups challenge, I have to admit that the look of shock on my face when I utterly collapse after 49 is pretty funny.

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A still from the video

I know my form won’t be winning any awards, but it hurts to get so close! I’ll be trying again, hopefully soon.

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I blog about trying to get out of my comfort zone, completing 101 things in 1001 days, and writing my memoirs. I am a teacher and writer living in Connecticut.
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12 Responses to 50 push-ups challenge update: Collapse one push-up from goal

  1. Shannon ~ My Place In The Race says:
    July 31, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    So close! That is AWESOME! You have such a great support team too! Love it! (I think the last couple so count!)
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  2. Tessa @ Amazing Asset says:
    August 1, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    YOU.GO.GIRL! So close, what an accomplishment :)
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  4. Kirsty@BowerbirdBlue says:
    November 25, 2011 at 9:12 am

    That’s 49 more than I can do!
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  5. The Cranky Old Man says:
    November 25, 2011 at 11:35 am

    WOW! 49? you can do 50.
    I did 60 on my 60th birthday. THis year I did 65 on my 65th birthday. If I live to 70, I think I may break the streak. I can barely push out 40 currently. But you can get to 50. Most women can’t do 10.

    THe Cranky Old Man
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    • Marcy says:
      November 25, 2011 at 11:39 am

      Wow! Congrats! What an achievement. I actually did get to 50 a few days later.

      Since then, I have been slacking off, and I have lost a lot of the ability I had worked up to. The strength that is added so slowly goes away a lot more quickly!

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  6. Life In A Pink Fibro says:
    November 25, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    49 is fabulous! I’m lucky to make 20.

    Visiting via the Rewind.

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  7. Patricia P says:
    May 30, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    I wish I could do 49! You’ll get there in no time!
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  8. Kelley says:
    June 4, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    I am laughing! How ironic that you would collapse at 49!! That is crazy! So glad you had it videotaped, though. :) (Thanks for linking this up over at #findingthefunny last week!)
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