May 13, 2016 was the last day I missed doing my pushups.
1500 days from 5/13/16 is today, 6/21/20. In honor of the achievement I did over 1500 pushups today.
Log :
12am
set of 50.
940am-1240pm
169 10 pump burpees in 3 hours
+ 1 rep after time.
I took lots of rest, and long breaks at the 50 and 100 rep marks. It ended up being a pushup workout more than a burpee workout. My stomach is bruised having hit on every rep.
945pm
set of 31 mantra reps + 1 “and for good measure” rep.
This set was mildly challenging.
Math :
170×10=1700
+50
+32
= 1782 pushup reps today
Also a coincidence of the universe in my YouTube feed led me to posting this on Iron Wolf’s channel :
YouTube Comment : On Iron Wolf’s Channel
“@Iron Wolf
I’m throwing out a thank you. I’ve been doing burpees willingly (ie not forced by a coach) since your collaboration video with Burpees King and Moses Cuevas popped into my feed months back. Today 6/21 marked 1500 days in a row of pushups for me, no misses. To mark the occasion my workout was 150+ 10 pumps. Your channel definitely helped inspire that. It had been 5 years since I’d done a 1000+ pushup workout, at the time under 215, today’s reps were at a bodyweight of nearly 270. Keep it up man. Your channel is doing good work.”
What a coincidence I came across a 1500 pushups video hours after I’d just done it.
As I get ready to sleep, it’s impressive how moderately sore I am all over. It feels like growth stimulus. I’m happy I did the 1500 workout.
I’m looking forward to extending the streak tommorow, and the day after that, and so forth.
Persistence & Tenacity