Complement from my husband and pushup progress

[castelluzzo99]

So today I was working out a little earlier than usual and my husband was still home. One of my kids commented on how Mommy was getting strong and losing weight (it's showing), and he said something to the effect that I was becoming normal. I was like, "What I'm becoming isn't normal in this country (US); being fat and out of shape is normal. Doesn't make it right, though." I went on to mention, though, that the people I hang out with online (NF peeps) fit his definition of "normal". Granted, my husband is the guy who can not work out for months and then work out and not get sore, and he's got probably 15% body fat (total guess based on pictures) in spite of eating lots of (healthy) fat and, again, not working out lately (he's getting his master's and has been busy with that, besides a full-time job--he can't wait until summer!).

 

Anyhow, even though he didn't say it in so many words, I know my husband is proud of me, and that just makes me feel good!

 

The other news is that I'm getting better at push ups. After reading the Nerd Fitness post about how to do a proper push up, I decided I needed to skip the half-way-down ones I was doing and actually find a position were I could get all the way down in perfect form. For me, that was the kitchen counter (I was happy to skip the wall push ups! LOL!). Two weeks ago on Monday I started really focusing on them, and I did 3 sets of 9/8/8 reps, going to max reps each time. Today, my 6th workout (3 each week), I did 17/12/11! That's almost double total reps and a serious improvement over last time! Monday I'm moving to the kitchen table (which is lower), at least for the first set.

 

Anyhow, I'm so pumped after my workout today--in spite of the fact that holding my arms straight out to peel an egg over a container on the back of the counter felt like a workout after my shower! At least, I could feel it in my arms and shoulders. I'm so excited! So glad I found Nerd Fitness! Thank you Steve, and thank you all of you for defining my normal in a totally different place from the rest of the world!

[minderly]

guys don't think about phrasing...I'm sure he is super proud WTG!!!

 

nice on the pushups!

[I-Jo]

LOL guys give the weirdest compliments.  But comliment none the less!!!

WOOT WOOT

 

and double big woot for regular "desk" push ups.

 

I full support the use of desk/chairs/stairs/coffee tables or whatever to get closer to the ground.  Knee push ups just do not translate over as well. 

[castelluzzo99]

Thanks, I-Jo! After I read Steve's post about push ups, I decided that I was going to do what he said and do them right. I've seen so much improvement, and I was able to squeeze one push up out using a table today (just tried it to see if I could--didn't try more). So for sure I'm switching to the table come Monday.

 

And yeah, as much as my husband likes me to phrase things exactly the right way (so that he doesn't misunderstand me), I understand that sometimes I have to interpret complements out of otherwise not-exactly-complimentary concepts. I know he's proud of me.