I have mentioned before about my year-long pushup challenge.
I am still not on pace, and suffered a setback with a bout of Covid, but am back to getting up early and working out.
This morning, it was 100 4-pump burpees; so, 400 pushups.
My current count for the 124 days I have been doing this challenge is 21,350. Unfortunately, I am about 12,000 behind pace.
Right now, the task seems particularly daunting. Each day that I get closer to the finish and stay off pace, the daily average needed increases. As I get closer, it increases faster.
I know I will be able to do it, but right now, I am having thoughts of, “Ugh, why am I doing this?”
You know what I don’t want to do for a workout tomorrow?
Pushups.
But what am I going to do for a workout tomorrow?
You guessed it – pushups!
It isn’t really a physical challenge at this point. Of course, it is tiring to do 400 pushups, but the mental side is much more prominent at this point.
The challenge now is fighting through the desire to not do it.
I know that this is the most important battle in this challenge. The battle to get up early and just do the work.
It’s a mental game at this point. And I will win.