Press-up Challenge Update

Well it’s been a week already and I am finding the press-up challenge a little easy.  This automatically worries me as I haven’t really included many press-ups in my normal gym routine.

I guess the real test will come in weeks two and three as the number of press-ups start to increase. Read more

100 Press-up Challenge

Not one to shirk a challenge, I’ve lost count of the amount of times that approach has got me into trouble, I’m also going to take up the 100 press-ups challenge.

I was initially pretty confident about doing this until I started to fit this into my new gym and cardio programme, which starts today.  I suddenly realised how much this was going to hurt and my confidence cooled slightly.  Oh well!  God invented paracetamol for a reason. Read more

100 Push-ups

To kick start the strength exercise habit again, I have decided to focus on something that I can do anywhere, even whilst travelling. This is quite important at the moment as travel for work was the initial disruption to my gym habit. My focus at the gym was to build up my core strength using the bench press which builds a lot of the upper-body muscles.

The site hundredpushups.com has put together a training program that requires you put aside a very small amount of time 3 times per week. At the end of the six-week program (variable), you should be able to perform 100 push-ups. This sounds like a great idea and since progress should be quite quick, it will be motivational and fun.

Before you can start on the program, you need to figure out your current ability by taking the initial test. I managed to complete 25 push-ups meaning that I am in the third column for weeks 1 and 2. I did not think I would get quite that high so I am quite pleased! As per the recommendation, I will start Week 1 on Monday!

The kickoff post!

Welcome to TrainTrail
You are invited to join us as we re-commit our efforts to improving our health, fitness and aiming for a positive work/life balance.

Like most of us (you know who I mean), over the years our level of activity has decreased as other priorities have taken over; kids, work, home, new partner, new sofa etc. We know that we should be doing something about our health and deep inside we really want to be doing something active; but somehow we never have enough time to get to the gym, go out for a run or even oil up the chain on that bike hidden in the shed… Well that’s where it was the last time I checked in 1991! Read more