The Leaning Caveman

In the last post on the topic, we laid out the Ranger Challenge and what the criteria for success was going to be.  For those of you that slept through, the goal is to meet or beat the following:

• 80 pushups in two minutes
• 80 situps in two minutes
• 12 chin ups 
• 2 miles in under 14:30

Knowing full well that I probably wasn't going to hit these numbers I took a few weeks to 'practice' so that I could at least try to show up.  Here are my initial results.

• 42 pushups
• 50 situps
• 4 chin ups
• run in 19:50

Not sure how good or bad that is for someone that is rapidly nearing the big 4-0 but I know I can do better.  The plan so far to improve my performance is to: 

1. Start running intervals in order to increase speed
   
2. Perform 15 chin ups every other day in a pyramid to failure format with one minute rest in between sets.  (i.e. failure at 4, failure at 3, failure at 3, failure at 2, failure at 2, failure at 1)
3. Use similar pyramid approaches for situps and pushups.  I'm still cooking up the exact formulation.
4. Perform the test of all pieces no more often than once every two weeks.
5. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Thinking of joining the challenge?  Leave a comment and let us know your initial scores.