Week 4

I just finished Week 4 of the Push-Up Challenge. Yay! Today I did:

• Set 1: 25 push-ups
• Set 2: 19 push-ups
• Set 3: 19 push-ups
• Set 4: 17 push-ups
• Set 5: 25 push-ups

I still had to rest more than 2 minutes between sets, which makes me feel a bit like a wimpy slacker.

Next week looks like a real killer, especially the first day. I'm expecting that I'm going to have to drop down a category again, because I don't think I can manage 36 push-ups yet. I've noticed that it's harder for women my age to experience rapid improvement in the push-ups we can do, once we're cranking out around 25 or so. I've had quite a number of women plateau there. The other plateau that I've noticed is right around 35-40 push-ups. Currently I have a student who is having the hardest time working her way past 37 push-ups on our monthly push-up test.

Because of my shoulder, I've been a bit hesitant to do my push-ups all the way to failure, so I probably could actually squeeze out a few more. But I figure it's best to play it safe.

It will be interesting to see how next week goes.

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