Yep yep. Today will end day 27…
Who says it’s only for sobriety?
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Wow, that’s smart. Would never have thought of it myself 
I support that!
This is how I got screwed up before though. Sober counter I round down (days sober), challenge rounds up (counting down how much time left for the day’s challenge).
Day 27.
150!
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Whoop! Well done!
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I can’t get into running. Huge respect for wanting to run more than 10 miles. I think it’s kinda weird but I respect it 
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Good luck on the marathon! I used to cheer on and take care of my dad when he ran marathons. Sometimes this meant to literally pick him up at the finish line…I’ve always admired that kind of willpower and dedication!
I’m not a runner at all (my parents say I’ll get the hang of it in a few years, they both started in their early thirties) so 5 km is very impressive to me 
I’m sure it’s hard to power through these thoughts, if you keep trying I’m sure you’ll get there!
But don’t ignore the pain too much! A busted knie is no fun…
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Well, beeing addicted to running is definetly healthier then alcohol!
I started to play the guitar a week after I got sober and I tend to practice quite excessively…puting that addict brain to good use 
Maybe one day…
Day 28 done
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I… am not addicted to more! Better, however…
It took a while to do that yesterday. Lots and lots of short sets, most reps in one set was 28. I also did all of that in two main blocks, so I wanted to see how I felt this morning (remembering my first day when 50 in a half hour destroyyyyyed me!).
Happy to say it did not wreck me! Upper body feels fine today. As far as this challenge goes, think I’m gonna work on maxing out reps in one set with the days left.
Respect! I’m working on some soft weight and fitness goals, too. Just before I quit drinking I hit a new lifetime-high weight of 217 lbs (98 kg). I’d like to get back down to 185 lbs (I’m 5’ 10"). Yesterday morning I cracked my intermediate goal of under 200. Hell yes.
Anyway yeah… Once this wraps I’d like to start running again a few times a week. Keep up the daily challenge-type workout while trying to get back under 9 minutes/mile, maybe less as time goes by. Not much distance, just a couple miles. We’ll see where it goes from there. Not keen on pushing the running goals too hard because knees, just enough to get the daily cardio back.
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Amen! This challenge has helped me get back in that swing. I wanna keep moving that bar according to @Yoda-Stevie’s saying now, nudging it up little by little every month instead of getting complacent in my daily routines. Feels goooooood. 
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@Eke and @Mephistopheles I couldn’t agree more. I’ve found that there must be purpose to all that pain and sweat, time and money. When I was young, I trained for sport. Track and baseball. As a young adult, it was part of my job, as a Marine. After transitioning to civilian life, I lacked a purpose to train. “Staying in shape” didn’t provide enough to aim for. Aimlessly training produced lackluster results.
So I picked something. First it was “Swim a 10K”. I trained every day, and one day, I swam 10,000 meters non-stop. Managed to raise a little money for a friend’s cancer treatment. Then it was “bike a century”. For two years I was a daily rider, 20-30 miles every morning. 50-60 on Saturdays or Sundays. Actually road 5 centuries 100 miles, and did a 250-miler for charity. Then it was “Run a Marathon”. Daily running, plus lots of 5, 8, 10K’s, and 5 half marathons.
I’d get in great shape, accomplish the goal, but soon after would lose interest in whatever activity I had been engaged in. If I aim at nothing, I will hit it every time.
Now I train in Martial Arts. Krav Maga and Kick Boxing, and I am starting a bit of BJJ too. I love having the next belt to shoot for. I’ve set a goal of having achieved Brown belt in Krav and Kickboxing by the end of next year. I want to go to Israel in two years to train, and then come back and test for my Black Belt, and maybe teach. Need to do this while the body can handle it.
I can see me in my 60’s doing Tai Chi and Aikido, which are less stressful on the body. Maybe back to swimming and biking, and having goals to shoot for. If you aim for the stars and hit the moon, you’ve still gone someplace most never will.
Keep getting better at getting better each and every day.
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Variety is key, at least for me. Here’s a shot of my schedule for this week, and the routines I will do.
Holy… 
I’ll stick with “better at getting better.” A good friend and I often pat ourselves on the back when we get into good daily routines. Consistency being we’d always thought more important than monumental challenges. For example, this 150 thing is something like what I used to do daily. It worked because it was accessible and consistent. (Going to the gym was always this discouraging extra step with a busy schedule. It’s easy to knock out a quick home workout.)
We’ve marveled at how quickly things fall down when we give up on consistency. I’m realizing not even having an incremental goal in mind makes that consistency mundane, maybe. It gets boring and the “why bother?” creeps in.
Maybe that’s why it’s so easy to get complacent? I dunno. Just learning that as important as consistency is, it takes still more to maintain it. Daily meditation helps that for me. I have NO idea how you kick as much ass as you do (yet…).
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Day 28, weekend edition: 80 reps plus a lovely mountain hike.
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Day 29!! I know that doing yoga in the mornings isn’t the same as the intense amount of pushups etc you lot have been doing but getting up half an hour early to exercise every day for (nearly!) 30 days is a pretty big deal for me. Even moreso that I’m actually enjoying it and will totally be keeping this up!
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