100 PUSH UP CHALLENGE MONDAY 10/13

[meowracer]

Hope I didn't miss a thread somewhere. I just finished - 4/6/4/4/6 - 24 pushups today. I worked on my form somewhat (after some research online) and found that I was making it harder on myself. I'm feeling a bit more confident about my abilities now

 

[Pinny150]

Hello everyone!
Well today was the week 2 Test...(finally)..and I was able to pump out 19 good form push ups...so that means I can move onto week 3 (but column 1)...but that's ok! I'm just happy to be moving on...lol

 

[jodijodi]

I am supposed to do the week 5 test today, but my left shoulder is very sore; I'm not sure why. So I guess the test will have to wait until tomorrow.

Shana, I'd be curious to read the form pointers that you found. Where were they? Glad to hear they have helped you!

 

[meowracer]

I'll find those later...if I forget, give me a gentle nudge! One was for a test for one of the branches of the armed services - probably got the most out of that. The others were just info and pics I found online. Mostly, I was making my body more of a complete diagonal rather than making my back flat - a very slight adjustment but made a lot of difference. One thing I read was where to keep your weight - that helped too, and that also it is ok to keep your feet apart (max 12"). I was always so intent on keeping good alignment that I thought I was doing them right but it was putting too much strain on my midsection. Now I feel it where I'm supposed to. Sure wish I had decided to check this out sooner...I was just so sure my form was right Now granted, I couldn't pop out a whole bunch of pushups, but what I had to do for today was something that I could do - otherwise, I don't think I could have. Now I hope to be able to build up my strength faster.

Well, I decided if I could find it fast, I'd look. Sure enough - it was easy. Here they are:

http://www.1000pushups.com/2007/09/proper-push-up-technique.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Push-Up (just took a little from this)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2141834926279228356&q=push+up&pl=true

 

[jodijodi]

Thanks Shana!