do sit ups and push ups everyday

i even challenged myself. i must do this every day until the end of the year or else. the challenge has been motivating. i’ve done it every day since.

coming up with related goals has helped too:

a motivating goal for sit ups is to get a four-pack. i’m not that far from it. i could see a little bit of the top of my abs. if i built more muscle, i’m sure it would be more visible.

a motivating goal for push ups is to eventually be able to do a hindu push up. those are pretty badass. that’s kind of a long way off. i still can’t even do a proper push up, i.e., i do them all girlie with knees down. but! i have realized that it’s all about the abs. it’s about the abs and the practice. i’d like to be able to do a proper push up by the end of the year. we’ll see how that goes.

and an ultimate goal with this is to have the core and upper body strength to have a truly powerful body. i want to be able to do handstands and back flips and pull ups and all the things i think humans should be able to do.

getting into running has helped also. it drives me to think about myself as an athlete, and athletes are strong and agile. this will become my reality.

i’m so tired of looking at this on my list. almost as much as looking at my soft belly and twiggy arms. i’m going to try to do this every day for 30 days. maybe i should challenge myself…

did them even when i was sore from the gym (i took it easy on myself though). i’m on a good roll now. next mini-goal is to do this through the month of january.

amazing. i’m ready to focus on this. i will do these every, every day for this week. 50 sit ups and 25 push ups. if i can manage this for even two weeks i might up it to 75/35. that would be something. for now, one week.