I am doing 50 pushups a day for August 2023. My goal is to do 50 pushups in a single set. Today I reached a new record of 42 pushups in a single set and got up to 67 pushups total.
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I am doing 50 pushups a day for August 2023. My goal is to do 50 pushups in a single set. Today I reached a new record of 41 pushups in a single set and got up to 61 pushups total.
Unfortunately, my camera was not recording for the second set so you will have to take my word for it on the total, but I got the 41 in one set recorded!
At 12:04 I feel the LOVE!
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My goal is to do 50 pushups in a single set. I am doing 50 pushups a day for August 2023. I reached a new record of 36 pushups in a single set.
In this video, I also delve into more of the preparation I am doing to be able to continuously do 50 pushups a day without taking a day off for repair.
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My goal is to do 50 pushups in a single set. I am doing 50 pushups a day for August 2023. I reached a new record of 32 pushups in a single set.
In this video, I also delve into more of the preparation I am doing to be able to continuously do 50 pushups a day without taking a day off for repair.
Ice Baths
I have been taking ice baths every day after my pushups. Today I added all of the ice I had prepared. I hope it got down close to 10 degrees Celsius but I didn’t take a temperature. Previously I have only stayed in the ice bath for 4 minutes, but today I did the full 15 minutes of the cold plunge
Breathwork
In the video, I share that in between sets I have been doing some simple breathwork.
Breathe in for 4 counts. Hold for 4 counts and exhale for 4 counts. Normally you would hold for 4 after you exhale but I am finding that skipping that is beneficial to load more oxygen into my system. In the video I call this a “very calm hyperventilating,” and it has helped me do more pushups in my second set.
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I have a goal to do 50 pushups in one set by the end of August. Today is the first day I have done 50 pushups in only 2 sets. You can see in the video that I am pretty excited about this.
How Am I Preparing?
I have had trouble doing the 50 pushups a day in less than 3 sets this first week. Before today, I had been eating a ketogenic diet focused on cutting out carbohydrates. I have been focused on using ketones (energy from fats) as my fuel source, or in other words burning fat instead of carbs. That has helped me shed extra weight and I can feel that I have a more consistent energy source.
I have noticed that now that I am working out more I am having trouble performing. I ate a small bowl of oatmeal this morning with ground flax seed in it and then I was able to do 30 pushups in my first set and also 50 pushups in 2 sets. Moving forward I plan to eat carbohydrates 1 or 2 hours before a workout.
I have also had benefits from intermittent fasting, or not eating for 16 to 20 hours a day. I will have to find a way to maybe eat dinner earlier because I like working out first thing in the morning. Previously I was skipping breakfast but that was also not supporting this additional exercise.
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My goal is to do 50 pushups in a single set. I am doing 50 pushups a day for August 2023. I reached a new record of 26 pushups in a set. I hit that in the first set here.
54 pushups in 3 sets.
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I did these pushups yesterday but am not printing the video until today. It is day 6 of my challenge where I do 50 pushups a day for 30 days. My goal is to get down to a single set of 50 pushups, but I am stuck at 3 sets right now with the first at 23 reps being the largest set.
At the end of this session, I did some yoga. I mostly did a backward handstand to stretch out my back. I also did some downward dog and child pose and then rolled up to the mountain pose.
The night before I stayed out late to see WEEN while they were in St. Louis. The show was amazing and I am glad I stayed out late to see it. I am putting together some video I captured on my phone and can post that next. I decided to spend time with my family yesterday, Sunday. I worked a lot in the yard and placed some large sandstone rocks in the garden. I couldn’t pick two of them up and had to roll them around. They were very heavy so I ate some extra protein yesterday. I can post some pictures of the final project.
Then the family watched the new Super Mario Brothers movie with Jack Black as Bowser. We all really enjoyed it and it was a perfect family movie night with slow-fried salmon and fresh veggies.
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Day 5 of my 50 pushups a day challenge fundraiser for St. Jude was Rough after 3 beers last night.
I accidentally call it Faint Jude in this video, probably a Freudian slip because I am feeling faint. On Friday night I start my cheat day and last night I had 3 beers. A Heineken and two Micilob Ultras. I am really feeling that today and it really reinforces why I don’t drink much alcohol, if any, anymore.
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Today I continued to fail at being able to do 50 pushups in a single set. I was able to keep it down to 3 sets from 4. I also picked better music and had the idea to draw that above after a hot magnesium sulfate bath.
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I am doing 50 pushups a day for August 2023. Today, I set a daily goal to get down into 3 sets instead of 4 sets. This caused me to make some anguished facial expressions, but I made it down to 3 sets!
I did 50 pushups in 3 sets in under 15 minutes! Check out the video!
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