Bosu ball push ups.

sept22-30,sept23-200,sept24-22,sept26-200,sept27-300

total push ups and chins 125,914

weight 206.5 bf%19

My daughter and son-in -law bought me a bosu ball for my birthday, It was on back order at fitness depot for a while-but it came this week. The push ups pictured on the bosu ball above are seriously evil. It takes a little bit of talent to keep the leg right up in the air without letting it topple you over. Nice variation on the regular push up.

Chose you attitude

sept13-300,sept14-100,sept15-60,sept16100,sept17-100,sept18-65,sept 21-55

total push ups/chins 124,964

weight 208bf%23

My oldest daughter has an expression she oftens says. Ususally during our family vacation we use Stephanies expression as a mantra. "chose your attitude" . During our summer vacation as a family we have a great time together and many memories are created. However inevitably one of us will get a little grumpy and we will wear on each others nerves a bit as people ,even family members will when they are in close quarters for an extended period. If one of us is getting a little snappy-someone else will remind them-"chose your attitude" -it usually turns the offending family member around. Yesterday I was reading Stephanie's draft of Randy Pausch's book-The LAst Lecture. I noticed beside a passage she had written. Chose your Attitude". Apparently this phrase also serves to mean not only don't be grumpy on a family vacation-but it can also mean don't stop trying when you are not meeting your goals as quick as you had intended. I have been pretty busy at work, traveling a lot and as a result not working out so much. The diet hasnt been so clean either. I was feeling a little dismayed that i was not moving as quickly towards my one million push ups goal. Time to chose my attitude. I will make my goal of one million push ups and I will workout consistently this week (event though this week has a lot of travel and work ahead).

chin up article

Sept 10-260, sept 12-121

124,284 push ups and chins

weight 199.5 bf%22

This months Men's Health has a pretty good article on chin ups. I think it is called Everyman's chin up guide or routine or something like that. It has a program for everyone whether you can't do a chin up or can easily do ten. For someone who can't do any chins it starts with band assisted chins ( like the photo above) or if you don't have a band you can do negative chins. The program looks pretty good. I am trying the weighted chin ups program.

Medicine Ball Push Up

Sept5-55,sept6-210,sept7-310,sept8-255,sept9-165

total push ups/chins 123,903

weight 199.5 23%bf

If you are doing push ups you've got to try this one. Really hits the triceps and shoulders. You can do them on a basketball,volleyball or medicine ball. My push up/chin up daily numbers have been up and down a bit-but I am still getting a few in everyday.

Close to pre-holiday weight

aug31-307,sept1-60,sept2-120,sept3-200

total push ups and chins 122,908

weight 199.5 bf %23

Well weight is getting close to pre-holiday weight-which is good. Holidays are great but they really throw a routine out of joint in a hurry. Push ups/chins are going pretty good. So far this year I have added 61,197 chins/push ups to my total. That works out to an average of about 247 a day. My average has been higher at points this year but overall I am feeling pretty good about this number. Going to have to ramp it up a bit if I am going to make my goal of rounding out 200k by the end of the year-but I still think I can do it.