Where Am I?

My 2nd Personal Black Belt requirement is to do with Home training. From Dec. 1 2008 to September 1, 2009, I have committed to doing the following;

1. 41,000 pushups (150/day)
2. 27,400 round house kicks (100/day)
3. 27,400 situps (100/day)
4. 4100 squat thrusts (15/day)

The surprising thing about this requirement was that I was the most confident about this one when I wrote it down back in November. I had been doing all of this except the crunches, and also doing a bunch of other stuff, since Sherri Donohue started the 100 day challenge back in September. And I had been doing the pushups since last March. It had all become a fairly successful newly-formed habit. There were a few hiccups along the way, but I was always able to bounce back on track. However, December arrived, and New Years. It turns out that routine is vital to my success in habits relating to exercise.

Now that the holidays are over, I have my routine back, but not all of the habits. It is hard work getting back on track, and I've grasped at every tool that presents itself to me in order to re-establish the good habits. Planning for the Chinese New Year 1000 push ups and sit ups has really helped because I realized that I couldn't possibly expect to succeed on this if I had not been doing daily pushups and crunches for at least a week prior. Speaking out about my struggles has also helped because alot of people have responded by giving me a kick in the pants. Increasing accountability has also helped; and that also relates to refusing to ignore the facts. Here are the facts.

As of January 21, I re-established the daily pushups and situps. Before that date, my routine was sporadic.

My daily squat thrusts and round house kicks are still sporadic.

As of today, I have to make up 4605 pushups, 2750 sit ups, 2650 round house kicks, and 670 squat thrusts.

I plan to make up 850 pushups, and 850 sit ups tommorrow.

For the rest of the year, I will have to do 17 extra pushups, 9 extra sit ups, 12 extra round house kicks, and 8 extra squat thrusts daily.

At this point, doing the extra is not all that hard. The hard part is re-establishing the habit; its where my energy needs to be focused.