HackerHaus

Did all the push ups for week one.  My max on day three (after 15 / 13 / 10 / 10) was 22, for a grand total of 70 pushups today.  So, I started on week one with a max of 20, and this week, after doing 48 pushups, I was still able to beat my previous week’s max by 2.  Not too shabby.

I’m off to go cry now.

Yeah, yeah… I did more push ups (61 in total) today. Blah, blah, blah. I’m not going to bore you with an ad nauseum blow-by-blow of every workout. Maybe I’ll post a weekly tally or something. Or maybe I’ll just keep you guessing until I actually accomplish my goal. I still haven’t decided.

Several people have asked me why I’m doing this, and I couldn’t come up with a good answer. So, I did what I always do… I retired to my mountain-top cave to meditate. After spending what seemed like minutes buried in deep thought, I believe that I may finally have boiled it down to the following three reasons:

1. It’s good for my body. It’s a helluva work out for the arms, shoulders, and abs, and should serve me well on my path toward attaining hotness.
2. It’s difficult. I need something that is difficult… something to challenge me. Many things come rather easy to me… languages… then there’s… ummm… there’s… languages… Anyway, my point is that I needed a challenge in an area that was actually challenging to me.
3. I don’t want to do it. What better reason could I possibly have for doing this? The very fact that I don’t want to do it, but am still doing it anyway, shows that I’m on the road to inculcating myself with more self-discipline. Yay me.
4. There is no 4th reason.

As I keep telling other people… there’s only one way through it: through it.

Week 1 / Day 1:

10 x 2
8 x 1
6 x 1
max (15) x 1

For some reason, I have decided to start doing the 100 push ups challenge. Yeah, me… Mr. “Exercise Blows.”  Me… exercising.  Who’d-a-thunk it?

Q.  Why am I doing this?

A.  How the hell should I know?  Why did I start doing yoga?  Why have I been eating better, exercising, and starting to face heretofore crippling fears?  I guess I just want to change who I am. I want to inculcate myself with a new self-image and more discipline.  I want to strengthen my core, shape my abs, lose weight, fix my shoulder problems, and start packing some sexy guns.

I want to be hot for a change.

I grew up scrawny and weak.  I barely weighed 140 lbs when I entered basic training at the age of 17.  At my peak weight, I cracked the scales at 250+ lbs.  Now, after altering my diet and increasing my activity level, I’ve managed to work my way back down to 225 lbs.  I’m still not where I want to be, but I’m on a path.

Q.  Why would I post something like this where the public-at-large can see it?

A.  Because I want you to hold me accountable.

Here’s how it works.  Today, I did their assessment test.  My total number of “good form” push ups was 20.  Since I’m under 40, this puts me nicely in the middle of rank 3 and establishes which training program I fit into.  In the coming weeks, I’ll post my results.  Once I reach 100 push ups, I’ll let you know.