Pushupdate 2013
This is a follow-up to my " 1,000,000 Push-ups " post. Check that out for the reasoning behind this challenge. November 19th was my birthday, and it also marked the end of the second year of my push-up challenge. For the last year my goal was to average 100 push-ups per day, and I finished five push-ups ahead of that goal, with a running total of 54,805 push-ups. This isn't a magical coincidence, there's a strong rubber banding effect with my color coded spreadsheet . When I get behind, I do more push-ups to catch up. When I get ahead, I know that I can take a day off if I get tired or lazy. This kept me hovering right around my target throughout the year. If you look at the " Year 2 " tab in the doc, you will see that there was a lot more yellow than in year one. This is largely because I got sick at the end of April, and had two consecutive days with zero push-ups. It took me quite a while to catch back up, because I didn't have any time p