I've blogged before about my dismal efforts at fitness, and over the last couple of weeks it's been hitting me that I really REALLY need to start doing something. I'm not taking care of the body God gave me, and my lack of self-discipline in that area is carrying over into other areas.
That said, I was happy to see Mrs. H is trying to walk for 21 days to get in that habit. Best of all, she's inviting others to join her! I'm going to give it my best shot, and am announcing it here hoping that the risk of possible shame will keep me going even if my natural inclination towards laziness would otherwise get me to quit.
So, a new widget on the side tracking my fitness time. I'm not promising to actually walk every day because the weather might prohibit it. But if I can't walk, I'll do something else instead and list it.
Showing posts with label Fitness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fitness. Show all posts
Monday, October 6, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Fitness Failures
Yeah, so, I posted about my pushup program?
Haven't done it since.
I am a lazy, lazy person.
And I need to start over.
Haven't done it since.
I am a lazy, lazy person.
And I need to start over.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
One Hundred Pushups
I'm working on getting in the exercise habit, and as a part of that I'm following the hundred pushup plan.
When I took the initial test, I could do 0 pushups. Yes, that's right, zero. My upper body is weak (my wrists exceptionally so).
They list variations for weaklings like me who can't do regular pushups. Sadly, I can't do knee pushups because after two knee surgeries it's too hard on my knees, so I had to go for wall pushups. Twenty-three on the initial test, which is much better than zero.
I've now completed week two of the plan, and got to the exhaustion test it calls for before moving on to week three. Hoping I'd improved enough to do a regular pushup, I tried that. Still no go, but this time it was close - last time it wasn't even remotely close.
Wall pushups are really too easy unless I move back far enough that I almost fall down (yes, I am a klutz). I need an in-between that doesn't involve my knees.
So I invented my own variation - oven pushups. My stove top is low enough that it's definitely more challenging than the wall, and it's high enough that I can actually do them.
I figure I'll keep at this for a bit and then try the regular ones again. I don't care if I ever get to a hundred or not, but being able to do a real one sure would be nice.
When I took the initial test, I could do 0 pushups. Yes, that's right, zero. My upper body is weak (my wrists exceptionally so).
They list variations for weaklings like me who can't do regular pushups. Sadly, I can't do knee pushups because after two knee surgeries it's too hard on my knees, so I had to go for wall pushups. Twenty-three on the initial test, which is much better than zero.
I've now completed week two of the plan, and got to the exhaustion test it calls for before moving on to week three. Hoping I'd improved enough to do a regular pushup, I tried that. Still no go, but this time it was close - last time it wasn't even remotely close.
Wall pushups are really too easy unless I move back far enough that I almost fall down (yes, I am a klutz). I need an in-between that doesn't involve my knees.
So I invented my own variation - oven pushups. My stove top is low enough that it's definitely more challenging than the wall, and it's high enough that I can actually do them.
I figure I'll keep at this for a bit and then try the regular ones again. I don't care if I ever get to a hundred or not, but being able to do a real one sure would be nice.
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