My Pushup Experiment - June

Here are the results of month 2 of my pushups experiment.

As usual, I took Sundays completely off.

Date	Sets	Total Pushups
6/1	-	-
6/2	7	140
6/3	6	120
6/4	6	120
6/5	5	100
6/6	5	100
6/7	8	160
6/8	-	-
6/9	5	100
6/10	5	100
6/11	8	160
6/12	5	100
6/13	6	120
6/14	6	120
6/15	-	-
6/16	5	100
6/17	8	160
6/18	6	120
6/19	6	120
6/20	5	100
6/21	5	100
6/22	-	-
6/23	6	120
6/24	5	100
6/25	7	140
6/26	5	100
6/27	5	100
6/28	6	120
6/29	-	-
6/30	10	200
Total:	151	3020

That is a 60-rep improvement over last month. I averaged slightly more than 100 reps a day (100.66) for the month, and slightly over 120 each actual pushup day (not counting the Sundays).

The last day was a goal - I wanted to get 10 sets in, and break 3000. It wasn't easy, and the sets were mostly back-loaded to the end of the day, but it felt good to get them all in.

Overall, I feel good.

Next month - July - I've switched to sets of 25, and my goal is a base 4 sets a day (aiming again for 100 reps a day.) My theory is that the extra 5 reps per set will improve my endurance a bit more, challenge me slightly more, and allow me to potentially get more reps for the month without needing to get in extra sets each day.

Squats

I also did 2 sets of 20 squats on each day, for a total of 50 sets and 1000 squats. One in the morning, one at night. These were mostly movement prep. I think they worked - I found I was foam rolling my legs and hips less this month than usual. This is perhaps because I was getting my hips loose every morning right away. That wasn't the intention, but I found that especially in the summer, 20 squats gets my heart rate up a little, and is tough in slacks, and gets me sweating, which are tough when I'm in a non-gym work environment. The 2 sets was enough to keep my mobility going, however, so I will retain that in July but bump up to 25 reps.