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    Week 2, day 2 ... plugging along

    Kent Cowgill

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    on Wednesday, August 06 2008, 12:26am

    July 23:
    I was really raring to go earlier in the day, but lost my motivation after dinner. However, I'm pretty sure I'll be pretty down on myself if I can't slog through this program. Best case, it's six weeks. Worst case, a few more weeks than that. But honestly, it's really just a few minutes a day. And I ought to be able to find time and energy to do it for that short amount of time. And if these six weeks pass as fast as the four months that we've had Matthew, then I'm sure they'll fly by before I know it. So without further adieu...

    Push ups: 16 then 13 then 11 then 11 then maxed out at 17. 17! Two more than the minimum! Hooray! Resting about 90 seconds between sets for a total of 68 in about 9 minutes or so. Despite my feeling of lacking energy, I was still able to pull through these and even ended up doing more than I was hoping for. All I have to get on Friday is 69. Easy peasy, especially with 2 entire minutes of rest between sets.

    Chin ups: 4 then 3 then 2 then 2 then maxed out at 5. 5! One more than the minimum! Resting about 90 seconds between sets, for a total of 16 in about 7 minutes. So it looks like repeating the week has so far proved that I just needed a little extra work to hit the week 1 targets. Though Friday is a bit of a large leap up to 21, so hopefully the extra rest will be enough to let my muscles recoup between sets a little and reach 21.

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