Push-ups? I am still on it! 👹🍣🎎 Wonderful Japan
As I wrote a few weeks ago, I have made a resolution for this year. I want to do more sport, and I wanted to start by repeating my push-up challenge, which I did some time ago.
The plan is to do at least one hundred push-ups every day for a whole month, at least until the end of January. What may sound like a big deal to some, may only be a small thing to others and not really worth mentioning. But for me, it's hopefully just the right task to get me closer to my goal of doing more sport in general.
As I had already done push-ups from time to time before, the start was fortunately not quite as difficult as the first time a few years ago. Back then, it was a real struggle to get to my daily quota. This time it started much better and I was at least able to do twenty push-ups quite easily, which brought me to my daily target after just five sets.
However, as even I can sometimes be ambitious, I didn't want to leave it at one hundred push-ups. I either increased the repetitions to twenty-five or even thirty or added one or two extra sets. On most days I therefore exceeded my target, as I wanted to leave myself a little buffer for the days when I didn't feel like it.
But so far that hasn't happened and I've kept to my plan every day. It is now already February, so I could at least tick off this first resolution. But as the whole thing was only supposed to be the epilogue to even more exercise, I can't just stop now and lie down again. Now it's time to take the momentum with me and aim for higher heights.
Well, what I've set out to do isn't really all that earth-shattering. But for myself, it is hopefully just the first big step I needed to take in order not to lose sight of my actual goal. So I think a little euphoria shouldn't be out of the question.
As it's still winter around us and I don't really want to get my running shoes out yet, I'm going to extend my push-up plans for the time being. One month will become two! February should also see me down on the floor, stretching out and trying to push myself up again and again.
Like I wrote last time, it's not fun. But I just imagine that it all makes sense and is good for me. Unfortunately, at the moment my health is not as it should be and I've realized that there are a few things I need to work on. More sport and sufficient exercise are definitely part of this, even if I don't really want to lose weight as a result. On the contrary, a few more kilos would do me a lot of good, but that's easier said than done. Eating more only helps to a limited extent, it usually leads to a completely different unwanted result.
It's probably about the balance we have to maintain. A healthy physical state is probably my real goal in the end. Mental and physical balance and contentment - that's where I'm heading!
And at the moment I'm on the right track (at least I feel like I am). After all, faith can sometimes move mountains, so this year I will continue to tackle all the big and small challenges that life has in store for me.
I have found that it can be really helpful to start the day with a smile or even a little song. Often, when I get out of the house early and get into my car, I like to sing as it puts me in a good mood right away. It really seems to work, even on rather gray and wet autumn and winter days.
And that's why I'm hoping that I can continue with this attitude for a little longer. The year is still quite fresh, even if it has now picked up some speed. For the time being, I'm sticking to my plan and will hopefully continue to start the day with some push-ups. I will keep reporting on this from time to time, also to put a bit of pressure on myself. But I'm actually quite optimistic that I'll be able to tell you about further successes in the future....
