Day 57: Girly Pushups

Back in the old days, we called these type of push ups girly push ups. You had to be careful though. If the coach or one of the other boy caught you doing them, your life was over. You would be forever ridiculed and teased . Never again would you be permitted to be part of the boys club. You would be permanently labeled a pussy. For some reason, the fact that I wasn't able to do one regular push up was never a problem.

Well, you can call me a pussy. I've been fighting off some type of virus making today's P90X workout absolute hell. Twice I was dry-heaving into the waste basket. I was weak, achy and tired. I did lots of girly push ups. It's the only way I completed and survived the workout.

I don't know what all the fuss was about. Trust me. Girly push ups are hard. I switch to girly pushup when I can no longer do the regular push ups but want to squeeze out a few more reps. I also do girly push ups because that's the only way I can do some of the push ups like the one-armed or clap push ups. Girly push ups are also great for those of you just starting your physical conditioning. You don't want to be a stud. You want to be smart and work your way up. Don't worry about what the other boys are going to say.

Now, I think I'm going to go be sick.