Challenge Complete

I did it! Today I completed the 100 hundred push up challenge I started a few blogs back! It was extremely difficult but I am glad it is done...onto our next challenge, the 200 sit up challenge.

I've had a few questions about the challenge so I'm just going to bullet them below:

• Yes, we did do girl style push ups (on our knees) but that does not make the challenge less challenging by any means
• Yes, it was one hundred straight. I did have to readjust every once in awhile and my knees slid out and my form broke, but it was one hundred straight
• The program says 6 weeks training, by no means was I ready at 6 weeks. It took me 9 weeks, but I also had to do push ups on Christmas morning and New Years Day- NY Day was by far the worst ever
• I do not feel as though my arms benefited, but it's hard to tell because it's my body - I will resort to someone else to answer this question.
• I do feel my upper abs benefited, those hurt just as bad as my arms afterwards
• My chest felt it the most. It's stronger and I can pump more iron in my body pump class without tiring
• It absolutely killed my wrist. I hate wrist, they freak me out, they are boney and just too tiny for words. It hurt for hours after each big set - something I won't miss.
• Yes - I plan to continue keeping up with push up - not 100, but I like the results they gave me and woke me up mid afternoon.

YES I AM GLAD IT IT OVER!

It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To!

Did anyone else feel that way this morning when the alarm went off? After having practically two weeks off work and nothing to do except open gifts and party this morning was a rude awakening!

I guess it's time to get back into the swing of things. A good way to look at it is that we are now looking forward to Spring, not the Holidays. It's also time to not eat out, eat appetizers and consume large amounts of alcohol for multiple days in a row - I'm looking forward to that. I won't lie though, my workout today was pretty difficult, and those 190 push ups were awful.

My NYE was pretty awesome. I was in Gatlinburg with 14 people and we hung out there and literally did nothing but games, eating, drinking, chatting and a lot of dancing! See the pictures of the girls doing our NYE shots and then our after faces. It was good to play games, hang out, not have to drive anywhere and worry about taxis and just enjoy each other's company.

To be in the New Year spirit I'm listing my Resolution/Goals for 2010 in this blog so they are official! Let's see if I can do it.

1. Complete the 100 push challenge

2. Run Chili outside at least 3 times per week

3. Learn more about my financial future and understand how it all works (stocks - clueless)

4. Actually eat leftovers (I mean I always save them but hardly eat them)

5. Lose 5 pounds

6. Complete the 200 sit up challenge
7. Don't sweat the small stuff and things I can't control

Some of these will be easy to accomplish and others will be difficult. I'm proud to say for the first time in a long time biting my nails is not on this list. I had that on there last year and I have finally kicked the habit. I occasionally pick or bite but nothing like before where it looked like a pencil sharpener was taken to my fingers. I'm proud of this little accomplishment!

My New Goal

So the other day I was at Urban Iron just pumping it and jamming to the remixes, little secret I LOVE remixes! So we get to the dreaded shoulder track. For some reason, I just hate shoulders and never increase my weight. I think I'm pretty strong and could totally lift a car off someone if the situation presented itself but I realized I suck at push ups!

If you remember my previous blog about the San Diego boot camp I did with the ex marine then you know that when pushed I was able to accomplish a lot of push-ups but almost vomited. Well that night I went home and remember that I met a woman while in San Diego who had accomplished the hundred push-up challenge and was amazed. She didn't look like her head was shrunk cause her shoulders were so big and her arms were buff but not too buff like Madonna's. And right then and there on the spot I told myself I was going to do it.

I went to download the iphone app and then elected to do it online as it was free! So there you have it, my new goal. I also recruited two co-workers to join in with me so we encourage and push each other to do it. It requires 3 days a week for six weeks following their program to achieve this goal. So I plan to start on Monday.

I can barely do 20 in a row so am excited to see how it goes. I am going to try to do them on my toes, but will probably need to do some on my knees. According to the website it doesn't matter how you do them just that you are building strength and over time achieving your goal. So you might see some post in here about my journey and the day that I do the 100 push-up test I'm having Paul film it!

So there you have it, my new goal. It's nothing big and crazy but I think if I can do this I will feel so great about myself and want to keep achieving more and more goals. This first tiny goal will lead to others. Happy Friday!