And why this challenge changed my relationship to push-ups forever.
Push-ups and I have a long and complicated love-hate relationship.
But despite all the proven benefits of push-ups, I never liked them.
Courtesy of Chrissy King.
It’s kind of my dirty little secret.
Hey, I was optimistic.
Even though I was slightly discouraged, I persisted.
Lesson learned: quality over quantity, especially when it comes to strength training.
Another problem I incurred early on was that I would procrastinate on doing my push-ups every day.
To be honest, most days, I thought about just skipping them altogether.
Who would even know?
It was my personal challenge.
I found some new resolve and woke up every morning and completed my push-ups as part of my routine.
After a few days of successfully knocking out my push-ups in the morning, I felt accomplished.
By halfway through the experiment, I no longer needed to drop to my knees.
By day 30 of the challenge, I couldn’t believe how quickly the month had flown by.
And if doing more push-ups means I can be moving pain-free and living independently for longer?
And if I’m being totally honest, I don’t think I’m even aspiring to that.
Who knows, maybe I’ll actually change the love-hate relationship with push-ups into a love-only relationship.
