100 pushups in 6 weeks - Week 2

A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon an interesting website call 100 push ups which is a site devoted to teaching us mere mortals how to go from nearly zero to 100 consecutive push ups in only six weeks!!! It sounded interesting and since my gym membership was canceled several years ago, (but I've been trying to 'home-gym' myself into better health) decided to give it a try. Because after all, it promises to help you achieve the goal no matter what your starting level is.  So you start by doing an initial test of how may push ups you can do non-stop, to exhaustion.  Well I managed to do 30 which I was a little surprised at since the average for out-of-shape, regular guys appears to be about 12.  Well I'm happy to report that at my two week test which I just completed, I managed 40 before I fell to the floor in a sweaty heap!  So, I can happily report that I do seem to be making a gain. It remains to be seen where I'll be at the end of the sixth week (let alone the next two weeks). The workout, is actually pretty easy, so far. But it's been only having me do between 10-17 push ups at a time. This week which I'll start tomorrow, the number bumps up nearer my point of exhaustion - so we'll see how it goes.  

Wish me luck - I'll be reporting my progress as the weeks pass.  If you want to try it yourself, follow the links above, and of course, let me know you're starting and we can cheer each other on.

--Rex Hoss

Stop N Go

Well, here's a fun shot I took this week - so it qualifies for my Photo of the week - Yay! I particularly like this one because of the juxtaposition between the Stop sign and the moving and blurred car. It was of course taken with my Nikon D80, 18-200mm lens, hand-held with a slower shutter speed (I'd have to check the exact settings) to get the blurred car. See - I'm trying to keep my photo a week, promise. I hope the rest of you photographers in my life, and in the world are having fun and creating/capturing fun images of our world.--Rex Hoss

Photo of the Week

Hi Ya'll, In my sadly misguided attempt to take a "Photo of the Day", I've gotten pitifully off-track. However, I'm going to try to do a Photo Of The Week so. Here goes, This was taken with my 400mm lens on my Nikon D80 from the upstairs balcony of my apartment. I was testing out my lens and was delighted at the reach. It's a little bit of a "slow" lens, which for the photographically challenged of you out there, that means that it needs more light, and slower shutter speeds and a steady hand to take good pictures. So I'm pretty happy with the result since the helicopter was obviously moving pretty fast, but my picture came out nicely. Let me know what you think. I'm always open to comments and suggestions about my work, and possibly other things to photograph. If you have a camera, any camera, go out and SHOOT! It's a beautiful weekend here in Los Angeles, and there are many events including the Lotus Festival in Echo Park this weekend. Enjoy!

--Rex Hoss