Takin' 'er easy: Week 6, Day 1

The first workout of Week 6 is back to the old five-set format with sets of 40, 50, 25, 25 and at least 50 push-ups. I'm watching the game on TV and taking it easy tonight, but keeping with the 60-second rest between sets as long as I can. Here goes the first 40...

The marathon aspect of doing this many push-ups has set in. Not much time for comments, so I'll just get on with it. A set of 50...

That was... difficult. I paused at 30, then at 35 and 40 and then a bunch more until I had to pause between both of the last two. I have a feeling this week is going to make or break me. I'm betting on make. The first set of 25...

I made it, but it took an act of will to persevere. I might be able to pull off another set of 25 on short rest, but I'll need more than that before attempting the set of at least 50 that ends today's workout. Time for the second 25...

Those felt good. My recovery was good. I'm still going to take more than 60 seconds of rest before going for a set of at least 50. Rested about three minutes or so...

I made it. Didn't break form very much... The last set of 50 was much easier than the first. I'll be back in a couple of days.

For the record, that's 190 push-ups today.