IrishMartian Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 It’s been a long and embarrassing issue of mine that I’ve never been able to do a pushup. At six foot five and over 100 kilos I'm a big guy with weak shoulders. And I’ve never been able to do a push up. Not in high school, not when I was a kid, never. So three weeks into my six week challenge which has been alternating weight lifting and running six nights a week (or trying to at least) I tried and managed to do a push up. I was pretty damn excited with myself. Then last night, after my run I came in the door, got down on the floor and did five push ups, then did five more, then after a breather a final shakey five. Then I basically lay there, floating in a sea of golden liquid satisfaction. Also getting back up off the floor was really hard. I can’t remember the last time anything felt that awesome. Next on my list of things I thought I would never ever be able to do, a pull up! 3 Quote Link to comment
Lincarte Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Awesome! Keep shredding it! You will be looking back at that pull up in no time! 1 Quote Lincarte - Level 3 - Dwarf Warrior Str: 7 | Dex: 1 | Sta: 3 | Con: 6 | Wis: 3 | Cha: 5Squat - 120(~265 lb.) | Bench - 95(~209lb.) | Deadlift - 190(~419 lb.) | Total: 405(~893 lb.)PvP:The 800 club - Daily Battle Log - #3, #2, #1 Link to comment
Xanos Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 A massive very sincere congrats to you man! Well done, it'll be fantastic to see how far you go from here. 1 Quote "If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there" Link to comment
Chris56Ryan Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 sweet man from 0 - 1 - 15 you killed that. Keep it going Quote Race: Undead Gnoll | Class: Ranger [Level: 3 | STR 4 | DEX 2 | STA 4 | CON 4 | WIS 5 | CHA 4 ]Intro: And Breath.. Challenges: #1,#2,#3(FAIL),#4You don't drown by falling in the water, you drown by staying there.-Edwin Louis Cole Link to comment
Guzzi Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Way to go man! Keep the awesome coming Quote Make Life Rue The Day Turning back the clock Recipe book 14 Life is far too short to take seriously Link to comment
The Beard Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Aaaaawwwwwwwwwww yeah! Quote Level 3 Bearded Assassin Str: 10 Dex: 9 Sta: 6 Con: 7 Wis: 4 Cha: 3 Current Challenge: Respawn Past Challenges: 1 2 3 Daily Battle Log Album "I'm not losing weight. I'm getting rid of it. I have no intention of ever finding it again." Link to comment
impi shujaa Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Congratulations! 0 to 15 in 3 weeks Amazing! Start doing vertical pulls to prep your body for pull ups, keep those shoulders tight. Good luck. Quote LEVEL 7 Genie Assassin "When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.." African Proverb Twitter|Battle Logs|1,2,3,4,5,6 Link to comment
LeahBelle Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Killing it!Should be proud Keep the updates coming Quote To Change Your Body, You Must First Change Your Mind Link to comment
Kaylya Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Awesome! I really hope that the "sea of golden liquid satisfaction" is just a metaphor... Quote "None of us can choose to be perfect, but all of us can choose to be better." - Lou Schuler, New Rules of Lifting for Women Link to comment
IrishMartian Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Awesome!I really hope that the "sea of golden liquid satisfaction" is just a metaphor... Well I didn't pee myself. Save that for weightlifing. Just seemed like the most apt way to describe the endorphin flood from doing a push up. Quote Link to comment
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