100 Pushups

Workout 5 September 2009:

100 Ring Push Ups
For time, 10 reps of each:
Archer push ups, 5 per arm
Jackknife push ups
Ring Flys
Tricep Push ups
Wide Grip Push ups
Pseudo-planche Push ups
Dive Bomber Push ups
Conventional Push ups
Single Leg Push ups, 5 per leg
Elevated Push ups

Results: 15'55, rings at 15.5in off the ground
Previous best: 14'25, rings at 15.5in (28 Apr 09)

My calves are a bit sore from yesterday's running, so I chose an upper-body workout for today to give my legs time to rest. Although my time on this workout was about 1.5min slower than last time, I'm not disappointed with my efforts. I focused on good form and increased depth on all the exercises and fatigued more quickly as a result. Like last time, I did scale the jackknife and ring fly push ups by doing them on my knees to prevent re-injury to my back. Despite the scaling, those two push-up varieties remained difficult since I was able to drop deeper than if I were in a normal stance.

I linked this workout to the original article at ringtraining.com. One of the great benefits of this ring workout is that difficult is easily scaled such than anyone can do all these exercises. The higher you raise the rings off the ground, the easier it becomes. Alternately, you can do some or all of the variations on your knees.