Pushup Experiment 3

Here are the results of month 3 of my pushups experiment.

This month, I continued 2 sets of day of squats and roughly 5 sets of pushups a day. However, this month I bumped up the total reps per set to 25.

Date	Sets	Total Pushups
7/1	5	125
7/2	5	125
7/3	5	125
7/4	6	150
7/5	5	125
7/6	-	-
7/7	6	150
7/8	5	125
7/9	6	150
7/10	6	150
7/11	6	150
7/12	5	125
7/13	-	-
7/14	5	125
7/15	5	125
7/16	5	125
7/17	5	125
7/18	5	125
7/19	6	150
7/20	-	-
7/21	5	125
7/22	5	125
7/23	5	125
7/24	5	125
7/25	5	125
7/26	6	150
7/27	-	-
7/28	5	125
7/29	5	125
7/30	5	125
7/31	5	125
	Total: 142	3550

This was a 530 rep increase over last month even as sets declined from 151 to 142 sets.

I also got in 27 days of squats, at 2 sets and 50 reps per day, for a total of 1350 squats.

- Adding 5 reps per set was initially pretty hard, surprisingly so. However, while the last 5 reps never felt easy, it was much easier to fit the sets into the day.

- the additional reps made exceeding last month's reps very easy without a need to get in a lot of sets.

- there was almost no variation - I either got 125 (most days) or 150 (on 7 days), no more, no less.

- I didn't take measurements, although I should have. My arms have noticeably more definition in the triceps.

- My shoulders and arms need foam rolling and external rotation exercises to balance this all out, but not nearly as many sets and reps and I get from the pushups.

The squats felt good - I found I needed less work on my hips and less foam rolling with daily bodyweight squats.


The next month, August, I'll continue, with 30 reps per set. I'm aiming for 5 sets a day, with the occasional extra set on days where I have more time to get some in.

Overall, I'm satisfied that this experiment has helped me stay in the shape I want even as my available slots to get in a full workout have dropped.