Day 79

Week 10, Day 6 Eccentric Lower done. Boy have I slacked off today. I should have posted this much sooner. I have been doing so many things today I just haven't gotten to this. Well today was Eccentric Lower and then I had to do my day 1 of burpees. Luckily I only had to do 5 burpees today, tomorrow it will be 10, and they grow by 5 each day except the rest days. I am excited to see the participation on the 2 challenge groups I am in right now.

Today, though, was not a difficult workout. I really enjoy both eccentric workouts. I am trying to have more depth in my squats, but the weight is the difficult part. It would be better to have some dumbbells for this instead of the bands, but I make do pretty well. I have been really happy with my knee too. After that first day I had a twinge in my right knee, it hasn't been an issue. I still feel both knees when I go deep, and I try to be careful on my old joints, but so far so good.

Today was day 1 of the 30 Day Burpee Challenge. Not everyone that has said they are doing it has posted, but around 10 or so of the 40 that actually said they would do it have posted. That is actually a pretty good percentage. Maybe the new blood in there will help spark some of the others to joining in. Today was easy at 5 burpees, but each day it will increase by 5 except the rest days. The schedule looks like this:

I am still also doing the 100x100 pushup challenge. That for me is day 45 and only 55 more days. I have really had some good gains from it and looking forward to seeing how pans out in the end. That challenge has a much larger commitment and it is amazing how well the ones that are still pushing every day are doing. I hope that I can motivate people the way the people in the challenge groups motivate me. Motivation and inspiration are contagious like a yawn. When you see others doing it, you have no control and are compelled to do it too.