Push Up Holds: Progress Check-In

I wrote on Tuesday how my 1 rep max for push ups was progressing. The progress has come about by primarily doing static holds in the push up position every other day, along with some cross-training. Today, I did a quick check in on my max time for a single push up hold. Again, read my last post for a note about the technique I am using.

Here is a recap of progress for 1 set max push up reps:

• May 7th: 30
• May 14th: 37
• May 16th: 38
• May 29th: 41
• June 6th: 44

Here is the progress of max time for a single push up hold:

• April 29th: 20 seconds
• May 9th: 1 min 25 seconds
• May 14th: 1 min 45 seconds
• May 18th: 2 min
• May 23rd: 2 min 6 seconds
• May 26th: 2 min 30 seconds
• (Today) June 8th: 2 min 48 seconds

For each of these “tests,” I am completely struggling to keep myself up towards the end of each set and actually stop the time when my arms totally give out. It is pretty interesting to look back 1 month from today and see that my time has almost doubled!

I am excited. Progress is coming along.

I plan to do another 1 set max push up test on Monday.