Jun 5 • General discussion
100 days of exercise!
Today marks 100 days in a row without fail of doing some form of exercise. It was partly an experiment to see if frequency really is the most important factor.
I was inspired by a cholo dude on TikTok who was doing burpees every day and was up to something like 1500 days in a row.
I've always been a bit spotty with exercise, but as we've been talking a bit about what discipline is, I decided to experiment with the idea of focusing entirely on frequency.
That means no pressure to "perform". The minimum standard for "exercise" was doing a full body warm up (about 10mins). If I did that, it counted as exercise for the day.
Unsurprisingly, I always did more than that. But I was very clear with myself that was the most expected.
And it worked.
Focusing on frequency more than intensity or other performance measures with a really low bar to clear is more likely to create healthy patterns of behaviour than asking too much from yourself (i.e. the Everest Effect).
In the future, if I am sick with flu or COVID or whatever, I'll still do at least a few push ups or squats to symbolically exercise regardless of situation. I can even tense my abs or do kegels if I'm laid up in hospital.
After 100 days I'm measurably stronger, fitter and more mobile.
Now, to hit 1000 days...
CHALLENGE: Call your shot below - what do you commit to doing for 100 days in a row, and how will you set the bar low enough to ensure it gets done?
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100 days of exercise!
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