Almost at the half century

48!
That is the number of push ups I managed this morning and brings me up to the end of week 5 for the 100 push up challenge.
Next week is the final push up workout week ,it actually seems less demanding as the sets are shorter on the whole but just more of them.  I am not confident of following that week with 100 non stop though, I can just manage the 48 and will need a bit more time I think before managing a whole century,so I may repeat week 6, 2 weeks in a row.

48 is also my age until my birthday in the summer.

On Tuesday I did my plank challenge to myself.
To begin with I could manage 20 seconds easily and about 45 to failure.
I think I have been working on planks simultaneously with push ups but without a program.
I can now do 3 minutes 30 seconds before failure sets in so I am very pleased with that improvement.

Why I am even bothering with these two exercises?
When I follow the workout on my computer, the virtual trainer announces the next move and I feel compelled to follow. Often it is planks or push ups.
When I first began with the push ups again this year, I was shocked to discover how pathetic my arm strength was. The narrow push ups were nearly impossible.  That made it quite hard to feel motivated.

Not only were push ups hard but the plank was announced 2 or 3 times in a row and would have me getting all hot and bothered.

Improving on these 2 things has really improved the workouts because now I can continue on quite happily instead of thinking 'oh no ,not again' .

I am also working on my pull ups.
This is much harder as I must both hold up my bodyweight with my girlie arms and then lift myself using the same.
At the moment I can do a couple of baby pull ups and 4 whole chin ups.
The baby pull ups are with over hand grip from the chair.
The 4 chin ups are with underhand grip from the floor (4 more than I could manage a few weeks ago).