Long time, no write… We’ve been quite busy around here, and I decided that it would be best to focus on things like actually working out as opposed to simply writing about working out. The most noteworthy occurrences over the past couple of weeks have been a short, end-of-summer beach vacation and then the kids started back to school earlier this week.
Body weight
I missed my most recent Monday weigh-in, as we were on vacation. Prior to that, I was holding steady at 234.6 pounds. I’ll have a better idea where things stand on Monday morning.
Hundred pushups
My pushup performance is improving slowly but surely. When last I wrote, I had finished Week 3, Column 1. Since then, I successfully complete Week 4, Column 1. However, I struggled enough that I decided to drop back and repeat Week 3 and Week 4, though I jumped up to Column 2.
This strategy worked out quite nicely, as I made it through Week 3, Column 2 on my first try, and I also experienced my first 100+ pushup workout. I then proceeded to Week 4, Column 2. Once again, I successfully completed the prescribed workout, though my schedule was a bit out-of-sync due to our beach vacation.
I ultimately decided to do Week 4, Column 2 a second time, and… I just completed the third workout of the week, and felt quite good. I outperformed the prescribed number every day, including an extra 10 pushups on Day 2. For the week, I did 300 (!) pushups. Details for all recent workouts can be found on my 100 pushups log page.
Food
Still nothing to report here. I’m mainly keeping this section in for future motivation, but I haven’t done much in terms of modifying my diet.
Other exercise
I’m still struggling to accommodate rowing and pushups at the same time. I’m trying to limit my rowing to strength training days so I get a true rest in between workouts, but things don’t always work out this way. Ideally, my strength training days would include pushups, rowing, and some dumbbell work. The interceding days involving either the elliptical or nothing at all.
Unfortunately, that’s not how it’s been working out, so my rowing has been suffering. It’s not all bad news, though, as I’ve increased my use of the elliptical over the past few weeks. Of course, while we were on vacation, everything went out the window. I stuck with my pushups, but didn’t do much else. Of course, we spent a lot of time in the ocean, so I got a good bit of unintentional exercise swimming in the surf, boogy boarding, etc.