Day 142 Record Keeping SRHI = 78
Day 110 Fixed Meditation SRHI = 81
Day 56 Bodyweight Exercise SRHI= 71 (3 bridges, 30 second plank)
Day 156 Eating SRHI = 59
Great sleep, ok wakeup.

Last night I had a cheat day - ate a bunch of carbs. In order to improve I really need to maintain control during my cheats. It left me feeling a bit sick today. The ideal is to have controlled, clean refeeds rather than going all crazy just because I can.

Also I started my bodyweight exercise - today instead of doing burpees I did my alternate exercise. I did three wall walking bridges - bending backwards next to a wall and walking down as far as I can, then standing back up, trying not to use the wall for support. I can’t make it all the way down, but I’m getting there! I followed that up with a regular 30 second plank. I haven’t done those in a while, so it was a bit difficult.

Day 141 Record Keeping SRHI = 77
Day 109 Fixed Meditation SRHI = 82
Day 55 Burpee SRHI= 73 (1x2)
Day 155 Eating SRHI = 60
Great sleep, bleary wakeup.

Changes to Burpee Habit

I had always envisioned my burpee habit to slowly morph into a more robust bodyweight training regiment - something like Convict Conditioning or the 666 program (now moving here) - progressive programs that get you into doing crazy things like full bridges, one armed pullups, etc. I feel that these programs maximize several things that I want in my life - body ability, agility, and self containment. In my job, I travel constantly, and I need a workout for any place. It also lays the groundwork for more interesting skills further down the line - gymnastics, martial arts, breakdancing, and parkour.

In the last week or so I’ve been slowly increasing reps and oddly enough getting to 7 or 8 reps a day - a relatively low number - got me really sore. And that’s good, but it’s been a lingering soreness, which to me suggests that I need to set up some alternating regiment in order to allow for muscle repair.

So I’m going to start alternating days. one day of burpees and one day of another exercise. I’m choosing a plank progression and bridges in order to work on my core and flexibility.

I’ll make the change to the habit tomorrow - from now on it would be more appropriately labeled Bodyweight Training.