Push Ups
I hear ya on the push ups!! I didn't think I'd ever be able to do a full push up! I had a bad back for years, but I found that all the ab exercises I had been doing was helping to strengthen my back.
Anyway, one day instead of getting down on my knees doing Power Hour push ups, I decided to do as many as I could on my toes and then get down on my knees when I needed to. I was surprised that I managed to get through 8 on my toes before lowering to my knees. Then, several times later and I managed to do all 16 on my toes (of the first set), I'm working on the jump out, jump in ones and they slay me!!!! BUT, what I did was kept adding two more at a time. Sometimes I think we just have to push ourselves.
It was the same way with the Planks. The first time I attempted a plank, I SWEAR I couldn't hold it for more than 3 seconds!!!! Now I can stick with Cathe on the planks from Power Hour, but am literally screaming at the end!!! HOPEFULLY, they WILL get easier!!
Hang in there and don't give up!! Challenge yourself now and then, even if it means only doing one or two full pushups and the rest modified. You WILL eventually work up to doing them all!! That's the fun of the tapes, the challenge of completing them UNmodified!!
Good luck!!
Mary