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    weblog | `web·lôg -läg |
    noun
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    Still here, still working

    Kent Cowgill

    Posted by
    on Friday, December 19 2008, 1:36pm

    Yes, I'm still here.

    No, I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth.

    Yes, I'm still moving along with P90X.

    No, I haven't been fully healthy, so I've missed some workouts.

    Yes, I plan to update my progress Real Soon Now™.

    Filed under: p90x progress sick
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    Week 3, day 2 for push ups

    Kent Cowgill

    Posted by
    on Monday, August 18 2008, 1:12am

    I'm posting a bit more than a day or two per post, hoping I can catch up to current before too much longer.

    August 8:

    I think I'm supposed to do week 3, day 2, column 3 for push ups today, but I'm not sure. I'm more sure about doing week 1, day 2, column 2 for chin ups. Regardless of what I've actually worked up to, this is what I'll be doing for the day.

    Push ups: 27 then 19 then 19 then 15 then maxed out at 25. Resting about 90 seconds between sets for a total of 105 in about 8 minutes. I actually think I could've gotten one, possibly two more out of the max set before total collapse, but I just stopped at 25. But the really good news is that today, I hit all the targets for week 3 day 2. Hooray!

    Chin ups: Not quite so good. 9 then 8 then 6 then 4 and two halves and then maxed out at 2 and three halves. Yes, I tried to get more than two on three separate tries. And failed. Rested about 90 seconds between sets for a total of 29 in about 7 minutes. This is definitely more than I've done so far, but it was still short of the target. I think I'll probably end up repeating this one, too. Small bummer. But overall I'm still feeling good about my generally forward progress with the chin ups.

    August 9:

    Just to wrap up where I've been along the path to 100 consecutive push ups and chin ups so far, I've created a little chart tracking my progress.

    Push upsChin ups
    DateNumMinNumMin
    7/14/08435105
    7/16/08549137
    7/19/086410189
    7/21/08556125
    7/23/08689167
    7/25/087411219
    7/28/08206
    7/29/08848258
    7/31/089382610
    8/04/0811411
    8/06/08927276
    8/08/081058297

    This gives me a lot of hope - I can see, now that I've laid it all out, that I'm making some real progress. At times it feels like I'm taking a step backwards for every two steps forward I'm making, but I can see the method to the madness.

    Thanks to Lisa's parents being in town to help out after Lisa's wisdom teeth extraction, I got to get out on my bike both days without feeling guilty about leaving her with Matthew! I got out and cleaned up my CamelBak backpack, loaded it up with about 3 liters of water, filled my tires up to 110 psi, and took off. I went just a few more miles today than I did last Sunday, so the total was almost 32 miles. The route was pretty similar to what I did Sunday, just following the trail a little further. Courtesy Google Maps again, here's my route for today:


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    Lisa and I interviewed a few potential nannies on Sunday, and we had to take her parents back to the airport, so I took another day of rest on August 10.

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