300 to 500 reps on average

Nov/8-60, Nov/10-487, Nov/12-168, Nov/13-144, Nov 17-342, Nov 18-262, Nov/20-328, Nov/21-442,Nov/22-465, Nov 23-403

total push ups/chins 451,381

I figured this was a pretty good time for an update as it has been a couple of weeks. I am trying to do chin ups and push ups every day but the reality is sometimes life gets a little busy. The last few days have been pretty good for numbers and consistency. I have been doing about a half hour each morning of chin ups and push ups before I go to work. I have been aiming for between 300 and 400 reps. I find that if I average about 300 chins or push ups a day- I notice a difference. When I look in the mirror I can tell that I have been working out. In the past when I have been averaging about 500 reps a day -that is when other people start to notice a difference and ask me if I have been doing something different or have been working out more. Usually in the morning I get up an make my own special concoctions. I fill a one liter drinking bottle with water and throw in some creatine and BCAAs. I sip this between super-sets of chins and push ups. If you want to know why I am using these two supplements you can click the link below and I will explain it in this video. Anyway I am going to try to average closer to 500 a day, it is nicer to notice the difference yourself- but other people making comments is kind of nice too. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b16JRUEHfUY

The Quest for a Six Pack

Oct 7-25,oct9-105,oct12-385,oct13-244

Weight 193.4 bf%18.8

total push ups/chins 322,314

I have been workingout for a few years, slowly creeping my way towards my goal of doing one million push ups/chins. I am a little leaner and a little fitter than when I started, but still no six pack. As a matter of fact I have never seen my six pack during my life time. I know that I have abs. I can feel them and they are a little harder than when I started working out, nonetheless they have never peeked out to see the light of day. I am determined to change all that. Motivated by an overindulgent weekend of Thanksgiving eating, I am starting a quest to unveil my abdominals. I have read that you need to get below 10 percent bodyfat to see the outline of your abs. Most of the time my body fat percentage hovers at about double this percentage, so this is going to be a bit of a challenge.

Here's my rules for myself during this challenge:

1. Track everything I eat in my "Lose it" app for the i phone
2. Track all the exercise I do in a day in "Lose it"
3. Never go to bed without burning more calories than I eat

Pretty simple really and I have done it before. A few years ago I let myself gain an extra sixty pounds. It took me about a year to take this weight off, but I did it by tracking everything I ate in FITDAY. I did Stew Smith's Navy Seals workout. I didn't do any of the running or swimming outlined in the program. This time I am going to do the cardio so I should have quicker results. I will likely substitute swimming with rowing on the C2 rower. I might add a little heavy bag work or some kettle bell workouts if the mood strikes me. Tonight I did about 45 minutes of sit ups and variations of push ups, 15 minutes of rope jumping and 20 minutes on the heavybag. The first day results according to Lose it is that I burned 1138 calories more than I ate. It takes burning 3500 more calories than you eat to burn off a pound of fat, so today I should have burned almost 1/3 of a pound of fat. Not bad