The Pushup Saga
February 29, 2012 Less the a year ago the thought of doing pushups gave me hives... today I am pushing myself to get better and better at them and will no longer sacrifice my pushup form for speed. Its important to me to develop the skills and muscles that you use while doing pushups for my other lifts and movements and... well... its really nice to not dread the pushup days! I went from doing "girly" pushups on my knees just 6 months ago to being able to stay up on my feet for some of a set, than most of a set... and eventually where I am now, where I make sure on each rep my chest touches the ground (to meet CF Standards). Today was a fun workout for me. Apparently I am one of the few who actually enjoy overhead squatting... or squatting in general for that matter! We started with skill, back squats, which we havent done in a while. Last time I was able to get 190 for 3 reps. Thats was a pretty good accomplishment for me, and today I...