Final Test for the 200 Situps and 200 Squats

Today I did the final test for 200 situps and squats.  I did it.  I achieved the goal.  Now I'll take the rest of the week off and start back next week for some more good workouts.

Week 6 Day 3 of 200 pushups and squats

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Today as you guessed was week 6 and day 3 of the 200 squats and situps programs.

I took it easy today as I wanted to keep my energy up for the final test on either Monday or Tuesday.

I got the minimum required for situps - 105 and the minimum required for squats - 100.

See you next week when I do my final test.

Week 6, Day 2 of 200 Situps and Squats

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Today is Week 6 and Day 2 of the 200 Situps and Squats programs.

The goal again today was for 170 situps and 160 squats.

Both goals were accomplished. On Saturday I'll be doing a light workout to keep my energy up for the final test. See you then.

Week 6, Day1 of the 200 Situps and Squats programs

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Today was week 6 and day1 of the 200 Situps and Squats programs. I'm on the home stretch. Never thought I could do 100 pushups but I did. I'm getting close to doing the 200 reps for situps and squats.

My goal today for situps was 170 and for squats it was 160.

Both goals were completed. Check back on Thursday for day 2 of week 6.

Week 5 Day 3 of the 200 situps and squats programs

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Today was Week 5, day 3 of my 200 situps and squats programs. I took it easy today as I wasn't feeling well and I want o keep my energy up and stronger for Week 6, the home stretch.

So I got the minimum amount required for situps - 75 - and squats - 67.

Check back with me on Tuesday for the start of week 6.

Week 5, Day 2 of the 200 situps and 200 squats

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Today is Week five Day two of the 200 situps and squats programs.

My goal for the situps program today is 182. My goal for squats is 164.

Verdict on situps: 182. Goal accomplished.

Verdict on squats: 164. Goal accomplished.

Check back on Saturday for day 3. I'm on the home run stretch. Almost at where I will be doing 200 situps and squats on one go.

Week Five Day One for 200 situps and 200 squats

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As you all know I accopmlished the goal last week to get 100 pushups done. I am now on the last two weeks of the two hundred situps and two hundred squats.

My goal for situps today is 156. My goal today for squats is 140.

Verdict for situps: 156 completed. Goal accomplished

Vercit for squats: 140 completed. Goal Accomplished

Soon I will be reviewing some workout books that I tried. Stay tuned.

100 pushups Final Test and Exhaustion Test for 200 situps and 200 squats

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Today I did my final test for 100 pushups and the exhaustion test for 200 situps and 200 squats.

Verdict for pushups: 100 completed. I got the goal done.

Verdict for situps and squats: 70 for each. Two weeks away and I will get my 200 squats and situps completed.


Next week I'll start on Week 5 of both the situps and squats and start a review of other programs.

Week 6, Day 3 for 100 pushups and Week 4 Day 3 for 200 situps and 200 squats

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Today I had my second last day (hopefully) for my 100 pushups program. And Week four days three for both the situps and squats program. I took it easy today in the workout as my final test and exhaustion test will be coming up on Tuesday and I want to be well rested as I go for 100 pushups.

For pushups today I did 61, For situps I did 110 and squats I did 54.

See you on Wednesday for my tests.

Week 6 Day 2 of 100 pushups

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Today was week 6 and Day 2 of my 100 pushups program and week 4, day 2 of my 200 situps and squats program.

My goal for the pushups program was 75 pushups. For situps it was 140 and for squats it was 127.

Verdict for pushups: 75 Goal accomplished.

Verdict for situps: 140 Goal Accomplished.

Verdict for squats: 127. Goal accomplsihed.

On Sunday it will be my last day for the pushups program and next week I will be doing the final test for it as well as the mid program exhaustion test for situps and squats.

Sick Today

Hello everyone. I was sick today and did not do the workout. I will do it after work tomorrow evening and let you know the results.

Week 6 of the 100 pushups and Week 4 of the Situps and Squats programs

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Today is Week 6, day 1 of my pushups program and week 4 Day 1 of my situps and squats programs found at www.hundredpushups.com.

My goal for the pushups program for this work out is 72 completed. My goal for the situps program is 125. My goal for the squats program is 112.

Verdict on pushups: 58. Not good. Although I did get more than the recommended minimum, I'm not able to get past to where I want. Hopefully though I'll get to 100 on the final test next week.

Verdict for situps: 125. Goal Accomplished.

Verdict for Squats: 112. Goal accomplished.

Week 5 Day 3 and Week 3 Day 3 of the pushups, squats and situps programs

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Today was Week 5, day 3 of my 100 pushups program and and week 3 day 3 of my 200 situps and squats program.

My goal for the pushups program was to get to 65, my goal for situps was to get to 117 and my goal for squats was to get to 104.

Verdict for pushups: 53 good form pushups completed. One thing to remember in fitness and everything is safety first. During the pushups program I start getting headaches and I have to stop. Might be the heat, or humidity but I'm still getting more than the recommended minimum and safety first. After all you can't train if you're injured.

Verdict for situps: 117 completed. Goal accomplished.

Verdict for Squats: 104. goal accomplished.

See you Monday or Tuesday for my week.

Week 5, Day of 100 pushups, Week 3 Day 2 of Sit ups and Squats

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Today is Week 5 and Week 3 Day 2 of my 100 pushups and 200 squats and situps programs

My goal this week for the push ups program is 59 push ups or 30% more than the recommended minimum of the last set. My goal for sit ups is 99. My goal for the squats program is 88.

Verdict for pushups: 59 pushups completed. Goal has been accomplished.

Verdict for situps: 99 situps completed. Goal Accomplished.

Verdict for squats: 88 squats completed. Goal accomplished.

Check back on Saturday for Day 3.

Week 5 of the Pushups and Week 3 of the situps and squats programs

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The time is really flying by on this program. Two more weeks and I'll be going for 100 pushups. Four weeks after that I'll be going for 200 squats and situps.

This workout my goal was to get to 56 push ups on the final set. For sit ups it was to get to 78 sit ups. For squats my goal was 70.

Verdict for pushups: 47. Didn't quite make it. But still seven more than the recommended minimum. I'm getting closer to reaching the goal each workout. So by the time the final test is done I'm sure I'll be able to do 100 in one set.

Verdict for situps: 78. Goal Accomplished.

Verdict for Squats: 70. Goal accomplished.

I am going to lower the goal for pushups as it has obviously been an unattainable goal. Instead of 40% more than the recommended minimum I'll go for 30% and see what happens.

See you back here on Thursday.

Exhaustion Test Day

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Today I performed my exhaustion test for the pushups, situps and squats program. One day late I know but I figured the extra day of rest would do me good.

Verdict for Pushups: 50 straight good form pushups. Half way there to being able to do 100 with two weeks to go in the program.

Verdict for Situps: 50 straight good form situps. One quarter of the way there with four weeks left in this program,

Verdict for Squats: 60 straight good form squats. Only 140 more to go with four weeks in the program.

This week I will be performing the program on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Be sure to check back in then.

By the way for those of you wondering I will be doing reviews of other programs as well in the future along with ones I've done in the past. These programs are very good, highly recommended.

Week 4 of 100 pushups, Week 2 of 200 situps and 200 squats

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Today is Week 4m Day 3 of my 100 pushups program and Week 2, Day 3 of my 200 situps and squats program.

Today my goal for the pushups program is to get to 56 on the final set. My goal for the situps routine is 78 for the final set. My goal for the squats program is 70.

Verdict for pushups: Got to 46. Didn't quite make it but still doing more than the recommended minimum. But Monday I will make the goal.

Verdict for situps: 78. Got my goal.

Verdict for squats: 70. Got my goal

I also found out I did the wrong workout for situps. I did column 3 where I was supposed to do column 2.

Exhaustion set coming tomorrow. Tune in then to see how I did.

Week 4 and Week 2

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Today is Week 4, day 2 of the pushups program.

My goal for the final set is 50 pushups or 40% more than the recommended minimum for the last set of 32.

Verdict: I got to 41 before I did a slight pause. So this workout I did not make my pushups goal. Although I could have made my goal if I continued to push, my feeling on it is that would not be totally truthful since I had a slight pause before starting.

My goal for the situps work out was 2.6 times the recommended minimum for the last set of 20. So my goal is 52.

Verdict: go to 52, Goal Achieved.

My goal for the squats program was also 2.6 times the recommended minimum of 23, goal is 60.

Verdict: 60. Goal achieved.

Next workout I'll push through when I have a pause, kind of like busting through obstacles in life.

Week four Day 1 of 100 Pushups, Week 2 of situps and squats

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Today is week 4 day one of my 100 pushups program and Week 2 day one of my situps and squats program.


My goal today for pushups is 40% more for the last set (minimum 32) or 45. If I don't make it this week 40% more while ambitious was not attainable.

Verdict: Got to 45. I achieved my goal.

My Goal today for the situps program is 2.6 times for the last set minimum of 17, so I'm shooting for 37

Verdict: Got to 37. I achieved my goal.

My Goal today for the squats program is also 2.6 times the last set minimum of 20, so I'm shooting for 52.

Verdict: Got to 52. I achieved my goal.

Unfortunately somehow I miscalculated what 2.6 times 17 was, the real answer was 44, so I did not achieve my goal.

For next workout learn proper math and 2.6 times for each of the sit ups and squats program last set and 40% more than the recommended last set on the push ups program.

See you on Wednesday.

Day 3 of 100 Pushups, 200 Situps and 200 squats

Today I did my day three of the program.

Verdict on 100 pushups: Got to 34 on my maximum. Their recommendation was at least 28. So I got 21.43% more than the recommended max. Didn't quite reach the goal to get 40% more than the recommended max (which would have been 39).

Verdict for situps: Got to 38 situps. Their recommendation was at least 15. I got slightly more than two and a half times than their recommended max. Goal achieved.

Verdict for squats: Got to 45 squats. Their recommendation was at least 18. Goal achieved.

What to learn from the failure to achieve my pushups goal was it might have been an unattainable goal. But I'll try again for 40% more than the recommendation on the next workout on Monday. And possibly apply that to the sit ups and squats goal as well.

So while I achieved the goal for both situps and squats I was burning up in doing so. But that can sometimes be good. You just have to remember that the guy who invented the saying "No pain, no gain" is dead. Fitness should be fun not painful.

For next week then instead of multiplying the recommendation by 2.5, I'll multiply it by 2.6. Add an additional 10 percentage points as opposed to the over 20.

Day 2 of 100 pushups, 200 situps and 200 squats

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Today I did Day 2 of the program listed above.

Verdict for pushups: Last set got 30 - 5 more than the recommended minimum.

Verdict for situps: Last set got to 20 situps. Twice the recommended minimum.

Verdict for squats: Last set go to 32 squats. Twice the recommended minimum.

I was pretty much embarrassed by my poor performance in the first day of the final set that I only got one more than the recommended minimum that I put my mind to getting more than that. Even though I got more than the recommended minimum by 20% I still maybe feel I could do better.

But it does go to show that if you put your mind to something you can achieve anything.

Friday I'll shoot for 40% more than the minimum on pushups and for situps and squats two and half times the minimum.

Day 1 of 100 Pushups, 200 Situps and 200 Squats

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I just finished Day 1 of my programs.

Verdict for max on pushups: 21. One more than what they said should be the minimum.

Verdict for max on situps: 13. Five more than what they said should be the minimum.

Verdict for max on squats: 20. Seven more than what they said should be the minimum.


My feeling is that I should have pushed myself more on the pushups as I only did one more then the minimum. I'll shoot for at least five more than the minimum on Wednesday.

Thanks for checking in. It's now time to stretch and shower. And then hopefully go golfing today. If the rain can hold off until this evening.

Day Before starting my programs

Hello,

Tomorrow is the big day I start my programs for 100 push ups, 200 sit ups and 200 squats.

I'll let you all know how it goes.

Cardio On A Busy Schedule

In fitting with the theme of this blog on how to incorporate fitness routines into a busy schedule, we must never forget what is probably the most important muscle in the body - the heart muscle.

Experts (or so called experts) say thirty minutes a day three times a week or more depending on what expert you listen to.

But, with work, families and other stuff life throws at us do we always have the time to do that? While some will say if it's important enough to you you'll make the time.

Well your heart health, and your heart health is important enough so make the time. And here's two suggestions on how you can make the time. More to follow later

1. Take a bike to work as opposed to your car - obviously more practical in warmer climates or in the summer in Canada.

2. Instead of using the elevator use the stairs. But instead of walking up run up the stairs. If you're just starting out and can't make it up every flight in your building take the first flight to the second floor and then go up the elevator. Build up to a level of fitness by starting small and improve in baby steps. Not one giant leap.

Initial Test Results for 200 Situps and 200 Squats

Verdict for my situps initial test: 20 with good form. Which puts me at the poor (or bottom) rating on the programs scale. Oh well only one way to go from there. That puts me in column two for the first week of the program.

Let that be a lesson to all of you not to neglect any protion of your training.

Verdict for my squats initial test: 26 with good form. Which puts me in the dreaded average rating. Body weight squats are surprisingly difficult to perform. Remember with them it's the number of reps you perform not the amount of weight.

Anyway that puts me in column three for the first week of the program.

I will be performing the 100 pushups, 200 situps and 200 squats program simultaneously for the next six weeks.

I'll still be posting other advice and I will be posting my daily and weekly results from the programs.

100 Pushups Program Overview

After checking out the program I start on week three of the six week program. That's what the program at http://www.hundredpushups.com/ recommends.

This going to be an exciting endeavour for me. Can't wait to be able to do 100 puchups in one set.

On that site there is also a link to a program for two hundred situps and two hundred squats that I will be doing as well.

Tomorrow I will be doing the initial tests for those programs and I will let you know where I stand.

One Hundred Pushups

Hello and Welcome Back.

Today is the start of the program to get 100 pushups in one set. The program can be found at www.hundredpushups.com.

To start it has you do an initial test to see where your fitness level is at. My test today puts me at 26 pushups with good form. Level three for me.

Next get familiar with the program, which is what I'll be doing for the next post.

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the first post of my fitness blog.


As the name suggests it is intended to help and inspire those who are tight on time to improve their level of fitness.

Whatever your time constraint may be - job, family or whatever - there really is no excuse not to attend to this aspect of your life. My challenges are as of the start of this blog - I work two jobs for sixty to eighty hours a week. Plus I am also an aspiring screenwriter - check out that blog at myscreenwritingjourney.blogspot.com. So I know time constraints.

The main focus will be on bodyweight exercises like pushups, one arm pushups, handstand pushps, bodyweight squats and pullups.

The main benefit to bodyweight exercises is that they are free. You don't need to have a gym membership or the cost of gas driving to the gym. You also don't need any expensive equipment unless you want it.

They can be done anywhere. At work - when the boss isn't around of course. At home or basically anywhere there's room for you to stretch out.

I will be using myself as a guinea pig for everything I try. Then pass the results on to you.

Join me and lets have fun and get fit together.