Day 15

The pain from yesterday hasn't subsided. However, mobility is back. Took the day off from work. Kept myself busy with household chores. Rocking my son to sleep was done by climbing up and down the stairs. A semi-workout that. Towards the evening, not wanting to lay off the pushup routine for two days at a stretch, did a set of pushups. This actually felt good. Kept doing stretch exercises in between.

Day 14

I am jinxed at some level. I woke up with the kind of upper shoulder strain that kills a whole week. Ice-pack and hot-pack and hot-shower and the pain lingered. The left shoulder throbbed through the day. So, long story short, today is a day-off

Day 13

Week 1, Day 2 of Hundred pushups
I did it. It is getting harder now. The last iteration requested 10 pushups minimum and I only met the bare minimum. I did do a few stretching exercises prior to the routine but straining of muscles did happen in a part that I figured will not get involved. I don't know how but my lower back had a small niggle following the pushups. This lasted till the evening. Planned to accentuate the workout with a small jog. Didn't happen. Maybe tomorrow.

Day 12

A scheduled day-off. I let go a little too much. Granted that it is difficult to not splurge in a typical south Indian dinner party but man... I really let go. I don't think I can find an article that advises on staying on course during south Indian dinner parties.

Day 11

week 1 day 1 of hundred pushups routine

I am on level 3 based on the 18 I managed in the initial test the day before.

week 1: pick the appropriate column depending on your initial test results

Day 1 rest 60 seconds between each level (longer if required)
	up to 5 push ups	6 - 10 push ups	more than 10 push ups
level 1	2	7	10
level 2	2	7	10
level 3	2	5	8
level 4	2	4	6
level 5	max (at least 3)	max (at least 5)	max (at least 7)
Day 2 rest 90 seconds between each level (longer if required)
level 1	4	9	12
level 2	3	8	12
level 3	2	6	10
level 4	2	5	10
level 5	max (at least 4)	max (at least 7)	max (at least 10)
Day 3 rest 120 seconds between each level (longer if required)
level 1	5	10	15
level 2	4	8	13
level 3	4	8	10
level 4	3	5	10
level 5	max (at least 5)	max (at least 10)	max (at least 15)

So, managed 10,10,8,6,8 with a one minute interval between each set. The last two sets were tough.

Day 10

Day off

Just some basic stretching

Day 9

Okay - my actual pushup limit before falling down on the floor is a weak 18. Yesterday evening, after 5 pushups, I felt some strain on my side. I did not want to start a new 'side' issue. So stopped. This morning, while being relatively fresher, I did some stretch exercises and went on to do 18 pushups. I figure I could have done a few more but did not want to overdo it. Already, felt some welcome tightening of biceps.

According to hundredpushups.com 's table my rank is now at a respectable 3.

Got a pleasant surprise at the weighing machine. The plan is to check only once a week. This week's reading was 175.5 lbs - a decent drop of about 2.5 lbs. I am sure the tolerance levels of this difference are being stretched.

The BMI is at a decent enough 24.5 now. The next milestone is at 24 kg/m2. This means that I have to drop down to 172 lbs.