Thursday, January 16, 2014

The Challenge

The Challenge is just that..a challenge. Today was my second attempt at it and although I did improve on my performance I have work to do. I have never been a pullup guy; being big first off it is discouraging to only lift yourself two to five times per set, the reward is there if you put in the effort.

When I did my rounds of P90X I was using a 100 pound test band to get the same resistance as if I were doing a pullup. I never committed to a full round with just pull-ups so with P90X3 I decide to commit to all pull-ups all the time. The result so far is an increase in my repetitions after just one week.

Now pushups are a different story, I can pump them out all day since I have what has been referred to as a “barrel chest” and thick arms I love the way the sets are laid out and now look forward to this workout.

The goal from the start is to pick two numbers, your first number is the total number of pull-ups you will do for each set throughout the workout and your second number is the same thing for your pushup sets. Last week I started out with 4-20 and to tell you the truth four was a bit of a reach. I felt great at the end of the workout and although I did not complete my repetitions consecutively on all sets I did meet my numbers for the entire workout.   

Today I not only completed my repetitions consecutively I completed additional repetitions as well. This showed me the improvement I have made so next week we bump the number up and I will work at meeting the goal of 6-25.

Everything in fitness is about setting goals and then smashing that goal so I will set one here and now, by the end of this program I want to complete this workout with a set number of 10-40 if and when I am able to do this I will know I have pushed myself as hard as I could have pushed.

Kathy Update; she is doing great, and working hard. After today’s workout she actually made the statement that the Challenge is her favorite workout so far.