Block 4 - Day 1

10,000 pushups is the magic number at the end of today.

400 pushups a day starting today as well.

That's a lot of work in less than two months.  That is a long, long way from where I started. 

I woke up feeling sick this morning.  Tired, achy and just not prepared to roll out of bed.  I did it anyway though.  I made myself get up and get on the floor and do my first set of 80 pushups for the day.  And do you know what?  I felt better when they were done.  I didn't feel like I was going to jump up and down and sing or anything, but I felt energized and ready to face the day.  I felt even better after my shower.  It works if you work it... so work it.

Anyway, Block 4 has begun and I am rolling towards my goal faster than I would have thought I could. 

Today is a good day.

Block 3 - Day 23

8400 is the magic number today.

Eight Thousand Four Hundred pushups completed since the start of my journey.

It seems like such a large number, but when I reach my goal it will be slightly more than a weeks worth of work.  I am so far away, but I am growing stronger every day. 

I am seeing the physical changes in my chest, shoulders and triceps mostly.  The muscles are becoming larger and more defined every week.  They are hard again, like a muscle should be.  I still carry weight around my stomach, but I haven't changed my eating habits enough, or started enough cardio to really affect that area anyway.  I have lost a small amount of my waist, but my weight is stagnant as I exchange fat for muscle.

I have missed a couple of days of pushups.  Even with taking Sundays off for recovery, I have missed a Friday, a Thursday and a Saturday due to a busy schedule and my failure to make the pushups a priority that day.  I only completed 4 days of pushups last week, but am renewed for this week.  I will not miss a day.  I am committed to this goal.  I can do it.

I will be posting numbers of total pushups on this blog from now on.  Just a number after this post, but it will allow me to track the total number of pushups that I have completed since starting this journey.  I am not sure why it matters.  If fact, it probably doesn't, but I was wondering this weekend how many I had done so I created a spreadsheet to figure it out.  I will now be tracking my daily pushup count in this spreadsheet and it will provide me a running total.

Next week, Block 4 begins.  Look out body, 400 is coming.