Day 151 & Extending Bodyweight Training

Day 151 Record Keeping SRHI = 81
Day 119 Fixed Meditation SRHI = 82
Day 65 Bodyweight Exercise SRHI= 76 (1x9 burpees, 6 pushups)
Day 165 Eating SRHI = 54  
Bad sleep, good wakeup. Great mood yesterday (went to the beach).

Extending Bodyweight Training

BJ Fogg says something to the effect of planting the tiny seed of a habit comes first, and if it’s planted in the right way it will grow on its own. My very first such seed, the tinyhabit of 2 burpees is growing and I need to know how to make it grow.

Ideally I want it to have everything. Stretching, cardio, and bodyweight exercises - I want it to transition into advanced, almost gymnastic style training a la Convict Conditioning and StartBodyweight.com. 

I cannot do dips. I can’t do pullups. I need to get an adjustable bar. I’ve added bridging and a plank progression and today I just started doing regular pushups in addition to my burpees. I should start adding legs when I feel like I have enough energy.

But the good thing is energy is coming and the habit appears to be growing on its own. Which is really great.

Day 141 & Changes to Burpee Habit

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.