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My test day was 24 pushups, so they started me on this:

12
17
13
13
17+

I gotta say, I know I'm pushing it a little because I maxed myself yesterday, but this was a tough progression. Definitely had to psych myself up a little before the last set and play some music to get through it. I finished out my last set with 17 exactly (and one negative rep trying to get to 18 lol).

I am going to be sore tomorrow for sure.

My test day was 24 pushups, so they started me on this: 12 17 13 13 17+ I gotta say, I know I'm pushing it a little because I maxed myself yesterday, but this was a tough progression. Definitely had to psych myself up a little before the last set and play some music to get through it. I finished out my last set with 17 exactly (and one negative rep trying to get to 18 lol). I am going to be sore tomorrow for sure.

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[–] • 3 pts

Nice don't over do it either though it's good to push yourself but you can't workout if you get hurt

[–] • 1 pt

I know it. Just rushing it through a little this time to get on the weekday workout schedule.

But maybe it's better to modify the routine a little, because basically it calls for a 4th workout every two weeks where you re-test yourself and maxing out is very stressful. So to have a day of rest on each side of that test set is going to require being on an 8 day cycle every other week. Annoying but I guess I can deal with that.

[–] • 1 pt

Whatever your body tells you listen to it not me lol. Awesome job though

[–] • 2 pts

Nm I just figured it out.

This week is Tues, Thurs, Sat.

Next week is Mon, Wed, Fri.

Re-testing max on Sun.

Back to Tues, Thurs, Fri on the next week.

That works and gives me a days rest between every workout.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

The main problem with this is that especially if you don't do it often you need to rest those muscles. I did this for three weeks before saying fuck it.

[–] • 2 pts

I did have some suspicions that the progression might be a little bit out of whack. I've seen these types of workouts before and they always tend to promise great results in too short of a time frame.

Before starting this I was just doing 1 easy set of pushups 4-7 days per week in the morning, just to get a decent weekly volume without really fatiguing myself. Usually only increasing the set by 1 rep per week if I feel good about it, so like >10% increase/week. Easy.

This'll push me a little bit and if I don't fuck myself up maybe I'll go back to business as usual with about 15 extra reps per week.

[–] • 0 pt

Did you stick to only 60sec break between sets? I found that tough.

[–] • 1 pt

No I took 2-3 minutes. I have heard some say that's too long and you start to lose your pump/warmup, but I've just found from experience that I tend to have better results with longer rest times YMMV.

[–] • 0 pt

Well, longer rest times will certainly give better results for isolated sets. I think the short suggested rest times might be a strategy to train muscles for greater endurance (hence making 100 continuous pushups more likely at the end of the program).

[–] • 0 pt

Not a bad way of looking at it, but I'm not sure I could've even finished all the sets without taking longer than a minute to rest. Maybe I'll try to shorten the breaks up a little next time, but we'll see.