Recent Posts
RunBulldogRun
Return To Blog Listing
The Running Adventures of British Bulldog (aka Steve Speirs' Training Log)
Recent Posts Tagged With 'push ups'
One-Legged Push-Ups
No running for me at the moment (gotta love the stress fracture), so I’m reduced to doing some core exercises and a little bit of strength work courtesy of the good old Hundred Push-Ups. The left foot is still too sore and swollen to put any we...
Hundred Push-Ups Progress
Still making progress on the Hundred Push-Ups plan. I took a few weeks off after my last successful “hundred”, but am back following the program and hope to finish up with 125 or maybe 150 consecutive push-ups at the end of the month. Las...
More Catching Up
My post-vacation week has been a busy one - hence the lack of regular blog updates. Hence, I find myself in catch-up mode again and forced to post multiple workouts. Here we go, I think I owe you at least a couple: Wednesday: I followed up my first r...
Monster Blog Update!
Apologies for the lack of blog posts - been quite a busy week for me. Anyway, here’s a bit of a catch-up: Friday 29th Thoroughly enjoyable four miler in my Newtons, which incidentally have already covered over 100 miles! Really great to stretch...
Hundred Push Ups Week 6 Day 3
I was half dreading Day 3 of Week 6, but it turned out to be okay. It took a couple of sets to get into it, but I got stronger as the workout went on. Now I’m not sure whether to repeat W6 (I failed D1 remember) or go for the hundred on the wee...
Hundred Push Ups Week 6 Day 2
Good start to the day - a successful Week 6 Day 2 of the Hundred Push Ups challenge. Required: 20 20 23 23 20 20 18 18, min 53 Actual: 20 20 23 23 20 20 18 18 53 (just!) for a total 215 push ups. The 53 at the end were tough, but I managed to [...]...
A Triathlon Of Sorts
Started the day with my first outdoor bike ride for a very long time! The 21 miles went rather well considering, but I’m definitely no powerhouse on the bike - especially into the wind. Good practice for next week’s Breezy Point Triathlon...
Weekly Round Up
Another catch up post: Tuesday Got in a solid 10 miler with some strength/core work thrown in for good measure. The weather was great - sunny, breezy, warm and not a cloud in the sky. I almost wish it would stay like this all summer. I mixed up a bo...
Sunday/Monday Bits And Pieces
Not too much time for a full post at the moment, so here goes with a quick catch up: Sunday Only 2 weeks to go to the Breezy Point Triathlon, so another indoor spin was in order. Actually, there’s nothing like a good Spinervals workout when it&...
Tuesday Run And Some Other Stuff…
Another mixed bag of exercise today which started with the another round of the Hundred Push Ups plan. The program is still as popular as ever and with the 7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups book almost ready to go to print, I’m keen to discover how well ...
Squats, Push Ups And An Eight Mile Run
Started off the day with W2D2 of the Two Hundred Squats plan. For those of you who tackled the Hundred Push Ups and/or Two Hundred Sit-Ups challenges, there’s a new kid on the block - the Two Hundred Squats challenge! Not surprisingly, the prog...
Fitness Friday
Started off the day with Week 2 Day 2 of Hundred Push Ups: Required: 14 16 12 12 at least 17 Actual: 14 16 12 12 20 Muscles were a bit sore on the first set, but the soreness soon went away as I progressed through the workout. Finished with a straigh...
Hundred Push Ups iPhone Application
Last year I launched what turned out to be a hugely successful fitness web site - The Hundred Push Ups Challenge. As more and more people signed up to take the challenge, I received many requests for a Hundred Push Ups application to run on the popul...
Catch Up Time Again
I just realized earlier today; I haven’t posted anything for almost a week. Must be the Twitter influence and the busyness of the holidays…. To make amends, here’s a quick summary of what I’ve been up to: December 24th - 10k S...
Hundred Push Ups; I Did The Hundred (Again)
Spent the last six weeks working through the Hundred Push Ups program for the third time since June. This time around there were no repeat weeks, no skipped workouts and no failures. Don’t get me wrong, the workouts were still challenging and o...
Rainy Eight Miler, Push Ups & Action Wipes
Thoroughly enjoyable eight miler in the rain earlier today. It was raining when I set out and raining when I finished about an hour later, but luckily it wasn’t cold and the miles flew by. The first mile was a nice easy 7:44, but I was soon spl...
Hundred Push Ups Week 6 Day 1
Decided to get the push ups out of the way early this morning. Felt like a good idea at the time, but I forgot how much I struggle with strength work in the mornings. Oh well, maybe I’ll remember next time. Required: 45 55 35 30 at least 55 Act...
Flat Five Miles & Week 5 Push Ups Exhaustion Test
My easy five mile run was a bit “blah” this afternoon. Nothing special to report; just an easy run and another five miles to add to the 2008 total. I guess the first run after Saturday’s race was always going to be a hard act to fol...
Hundred Push Ups Week 5 Day 3
No running today, but I did make time to finish off Week 5 of the Hundred Push Ups plan. To be honest I thought it was going to be tougher than it actually was. I guess I’m at a good fitness level right now? Required:18 18 20 20 17 17 20 at lea...
Still On Track For One Hundred Push Ups
Still on track to “do the hundred” in time for Christmas. About an hour ago I completed Week 4 Day 2 of the Hundred Push Ups challenge. The workout went well, although the final set was quite tough. Required: 25, 29, 25, 25, 36 Actual: 25...
