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Wow, I knew I hadn't been hanging around DW for a while, but I didn't realize it had been THIS long!
This coming August will be one of those "milestone" birthdays for me: I'll be turning 60. (I know, I can't believe it, either!) So, I'm setting myself a goal to keep myself from losing too much ground to Father Time, in terms of my physical health and conditioning.
Last year, I set myself a challenge to be able to do a single set of 50 pushups by my 59th birthday. I am proud to say that I made that goal, and can still do them. In fact, these last few weeks I've been doing 55.
This year... well, this year, my good sense has clearly failed me! ;-)
The goal for this year: On my 60th birthday, I will do a single set of ONE HUNDRED pushups.
Did I mention that my good sense has clearly failed me?
I've gotten to that point 2-3 times before, and then for some reason stopped doing them. Let me tell you, "use it or lose it" hits FAST with something like this!
My plan is to increase by 5 reps each month. If I do that, it will carry me to my goal.
5/month may not sound like much. And from 0-50 reps, it isn't a lot. Once you get above 50, though, things change. 50-100 is more than twice as hard as 0-50.
There will be other goals, coming in with the new year. (I don't do "resolutions" any more, but I do still set goals.) But those will wait for another day.
Wish me luck!
This coming August will be one of those "milestone" birthdays for me: I'll be turning 60. (I know, I can't believe it, either!) So, I'm setting myself a goal to keep myself from losing too much ground to Father Time, in terms of my physical health and conditioning.
Last year, I set myself a challenge to be able to do a single set of 50 pushups by my 59th birthday. I am proud to say that I made that goal, and can still do them. In fact, these last few weeks I've been doing 55.
This year... well, this year, my good sense has clearly failed me! ;-)
The goal for this year: On my 60th birthday, I will do a single set of ONE HUNDRED pushups.
Did I mention that my good sense has clearly failed me?
I've gotten to that point 2-3 times before, and then for some reason stopped doing them. Let me tell you, "use it or lose it" hits FAST with something like this!
My plan is to increase by 5 reps each month. If I do that, it will carry me to my goal.
5/month may not sound like much. And from 0-50 reps, it isn't a lot. Once you get above 50, though, things change. 50-100 is more than twice as hard as 0-50.
There will be other goals, coming in with the new year. (I don't do "resolutions" any more, but I do still set goals.) But those will wait for another day.
Wish me luck!
Re: You are the man!
This year's goal is (gulp) 100!
And thank you, I'll take all the help I can get!