Doug Mountain

I did it!  I managed to do the double 1478 pushups in one month.

I made the first goal of 739 pushups around the 14th September and it looked good to do the double.  Then I had a series of photoshoots over 5 days and my shoulder blades were not happy after the first hour.  So I took a break for the rest of the five days.  It has been tough to get going again. Everything that was feeling good is now really stiff and I have to average 73 pushups a day to hit the double. Yikes.

Life has been busy so I am a bit behind on my updates.  It hasn't stopped me from doing my pushups though.  As of today I have completed 550 pushups and that includes 80 today.  The benefits from consistently doing pushups has been surprising.  My shoulders, which have given me problems in the past, just keep feeling stronger. My back has stopped aching and my abs are engaged all the time now.  Hopefully this continues.

310 pushups done including 100 today.  429 to go.  Arms are tired but I can definitely feel the strength improving. 

As predicted, I was sore yesterday but not as bad as I'd expected.  Still managed 30 pushups.   Today I got in before the body fully woke up and did 40 more.  May have to have a day off tomorrow.

Did 15 pushups first thing this morning and things are still feeling good and I managed to do 15 more before the gym this afternoon.  Did more in class but as I said I won't count them toward the final goal.  And, because I get the feeling (ok, call it pain) that I might struggle a bit tomorrow, I did 30 more when I got home from the gym.  Watch this space.

30 down.So far so good. Threw in a few extra while I can and I have decided that pushups I do during gym classes won't count toward this total (mostly because I will never keep track of how many full pushups I would do verses the "sh*t I am tired" knees on the floor ones.709 to go.