Committed: to the goal or into the loony bin? Time will tell.

Long-time readers of the blog know about my little 30 Day Shred Adventure. In fact, many first-time readers of the blog are brought here when they search for information about The 30 Day Shred.  (Welcome!)  Was that really back in March? I completed it, saw awesome results and then kept at it. I’ve dabbled in some other things, and while I love hate love The Shred, I was getting bored.

When I’m bored with a program and have no set goals, I tend to slack.

I don’t want all my hard work to go to waste, so when I read about another challenge, I was intrigued.

200 sit-ups?
200 squats?
100 push-ups?

I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over all the hysterical laughter in my head.

But then I thought about it.
And, then I looked at the links describing what to do.

And, then I tried to find where the line started…you know…the line people were forming to jump off the bridge.

Hey guys, wait for me!

Some are calling this the September Challenge, but I was a bit late to the starting gate. I will either catch up or be a day or two behind…and that’s okay.

I decided to do the “test.” The test is where you see how many sit-ups, squats, and push-ups you can do before collapsing, throwing up, or both. This gives you your base number, and then you use the provided charts to follow the exercise routine. Three days a week for six weeks, you follow the little numbers on the chart, and there you go.

It’s so simple.
It’s numbers based.

I love hate love it already.

Did I mention that completing The Shred has made me a tad crazy? No? Forget I said anything then…

So, where was I…oh, right. On Wednesday, I did the test. I think doing this on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays will be good for me.

You want to know my results of the test?

I was able to do 18 push-ups before collapsing. 18!? Some may think that’s piddly, but I’ll have you know that that’s 17-and-a-half more than I could do before The Shred. This score, based on my age, put me at the Level 3 on the handy-dandy little chart, which is pretty low.

I was able to do 100 sit-ups before my abs burst into flames. According to the “rules” for this challenge, we are really doing crunches…not a “true” sit-up. Still, 100 put me in the excellent category, so my ego was somewhat bolstered after the pounding it took for my pathetic push-up score.

I was able to do 125 squats before my legs turned into noodles. This was also in the excellent category.

Then, I nearly collapsed.

I just knew that I wouldn’t be able to haul myself out of bed the next morning, but you know what? I was! I wasn’t even in any noticeable pain! Granted, that night, I hobbled around like an old lady, so I have a feeling once I begin the program, I’m in for a treat. Heh.

So, we’ll see where this goes.  I’m committed to following this fitness challenge. Whether or not I should be committed into the loony bin has yet to be seen.

Time will tell, I guess.

I’m publishing this before completing Day One of the challenge, and if I have the energy, I’ll report back.  So…stay tuned!

Edited to add:  I did it!  I completed Day One, and it wasn’t as hideous as I thought it would be.  After tallying all the different sets, it’s amazing to think I did 46 pushups, 113 situps and 147 squats.  That’s just crazytalk!

I keep telling myself if I can survive Jillian, I can survive anything.