Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in 100 push ups on Aug 18th, 2008
Claudia mentioned today that she’s been enjoying challenging herself physically this summer while taking a break from knitting. She makes a good point that getting older doesn’t mean we can’t be strong and physically fit.
If being able to do 100 push ups is important to me then I’ll find the time in my schedule for [...]
Posted in 100 push ups, Knitting on Aug 11th, 2008
Well I’m over my snit from the other day. It helped that I calculated the cost of taking up golf as a hobby before putting my stash up for sale on eBay. First there’s the equipment, then the clothes, the lessons, the green fees and cart rentals. And then the golf vacations. I could handle [...]
Posted in 100 push ups on Jul 31st, 2008
Two weeks ago I decided I wasn’t ready to move on to week 3 of the one hundred push ups challenge and instead started the challenge over. This time I used the highest level of push ups in the chart instead of the lowest level.
It was a good decision.
Yesterday I completed week two [...]
Posted in 100 push ups, Life, garden on Jul 26th, 2008
What a surprise to go to the farmer’s market this morning and find no place to park. The market was swarming with shoppers at 8 am, something I don’t remember seeing before. And the market itself had vendors stretching around all 4 sides of the court square (we’re the county seat), another first.
Everybody is talking [...]
Posted in 100 push ups, Knitting, garden on Jul 18th, 2008
Orts and shorts from the week past….
Push ups. Deciding to drop back to week one of the push up challenge was a good idea. I started over this morning using the highest series of 10/10/8/6/7 and could tell that it was a work out. Not only were my arms a little shaky but I could [...]
Posted in 100 push ups on Jul 17th, 2008
Yesterday I made plans to take the push up test this morning as required at the start of week three of the one hundred push ups challenge. When I woke up with a screaming headache and stiff neck muscles I scotched that idea.
But an hour and some Advil later I decided to give it a [...]
Posted in 100 push ups on Jul 2nd, 2008
Welcome Knitters in the Neighborhood! Tune in tomorrow for knitting content.
Huzzah to everyone participating in the 100 push ups challenge! In 6 weeks we’ll astound and amaze our friends as we show off those pecs. Wait, that’s the wrong body part. Biceps! That’s the ticket.
So I did the second day of push ups today and did a total of 20 in [...]
Posted in 100 push ups, Life on Jun 30th, 2008
While surfing another corner of the web last week, I came across the One hundred push ups challenge (linked via The Elff Diet). The premise is simple: determine your starting level of push up fitness and then 3 days each week follow a progressive training program for your level and age. At the end of the 6 weeks, there’s a final test in which you shoot [...]
