Sean Carley's Life List
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1. Do a clean pull up
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2. Do a 60 second support
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3. Go to a rave
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4. Go to St. John's college
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5. Build a climbing wall
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How I did it: I took two days off from all exercise (unintentionally) and when I did it this morning I focussed a lot more than usual. I was determined not to let my feet touch and probably used a bit more strength to stay balanced because of it. Every time I even started to move back I muscled my way back to balance. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I did 60 seconds of elapsed frog stand in as few sets as possible 2-4 times a week. I tried to pick a duration that I could sustain for all of my sets in a row on a 1 minute interval. Early on, this meant 10 seconds of frog stand out of every 60 seconds taking just over 5 minutes to complete. After I could do 30 seconds, I just tried to increase the length of my first set as much as possible and then did the second set for as long as I… Read how I did it…
I went to a local park today. It had some playground equipment that could do in a pinch but I’d really like to find something better for regular workouts. I’m a really large guy and I’m always worried about breaking welded rings.
I’m trying to keep my goals specific enough to know when they are done and to be able to measure progress along the way.
I meditated today for 10 minutes when I got home for lunch. My mind was its usual clutter of noise. I tried to imagine the surface of my mind as the surface of a still pond with each passing thought a stone sending ever fading ripples along the surface. Today’s stones must have been meteors.
Still, 10 minutes is 10 minutes. More tomorrow.
