Hat tip to Noah for pointing me towards the 100 Whatnots. There’s the 100 Push Ups, the 200 Sit Ups, and the 200 Squats workouts. Coming soon, apparently, is the 25 Pull Ups (or 50, if your more ambitious).
Online loggers exist for all three, here, here and here. But I’ve put together my own on Google Docs. That’s just how I roll. You know this. I thought about rolling one out in PHP or mod_perl, but… nah. Still, I might rough it out in PHP to see if I want to polish it up in mod_perl. ;)
The point is, I’ve taken up the challenge. I’m none too happy with the current situation. That situation being that I don’t have any more spare notches left in my belt. I seriously need to reclaim them if I’m to stick to my goal of being healthier and more capable at 40 than in my mid 20′s.
Here’s a preview of the totals. As of this posting, though, there are no totals. I start this evening.
It’s all over here, and will be indefinitely (though that page may morph into something else eventually).
I hear you bro. I have seen terrific results from just 20 pushups, 30 situps, and 5 pullups every morning.
That is, when I was doing said things…
Yeah, well I tried Day 3 last night, and failed miserably. Just couldn’t get through the fourth set of pushups, the second set of situps, or the fifth set of squats. I didn’t give myself that day of rest after the “collapse in a sweaty heap on the floor and the arms are trembling from the exertion” initial test, meaning my muscles probably hadn’t healed yet. I’ll do another initial test on Saturday, give myself that day of rest, and regardless of the results of that initial test, kick off Week 1 on Monday. That way, all three Whatnot Whatups are in sync, and I’m on a regular MWF schedule, rather than a weird WFSu, or WFM thing. I still want to figure out some sort of pullups thing. Any thoughts on those doorframe bars, like the Perfect.MULTI-GYM, or the Perfect.PULLUP bar?