Thursday 22 October 2026
ROUTINE
- Walkabout Challenge Day 22
- Vitality Day 22 - lvl. 3; 30s rest
- Negative Pull-Ups Challenge Day 7
- Flex Hang Challenge Day 7
- Deadhang Challenge Day 7
- 50 Push Ups Challenge Day 7
- Tricep Dips Challenge Day 7
- The Ranger Challenge Day 7 + quad stretches
- Daily Exercise: 30 Squat Jacks
- Glute Forge Challenge Day 7
- Back & Core Day 7
- Perfect Balance Challenge Day 7 - lvl. 2
- 2 Minute Mobility Challenge Day 7
- Touch Your Toes Challenge Day 7
- Zen Yoga & Meditation Day 7
- 1-Minute Meditation Challenge Day 7
- Posture Challenge Day 22
CLUBS (week 43)
Push Up Club:
- This week's call: 20 Push ups daily
- Progress: 4/7 days
- Today's contribution: 60 from retrieving pies from the badger
- This week's practice: Body as one plank ✔
Yoga Club:
Squat Club:
- This week's call: 500 squats throughout the week
- Progress: 220/500 reps
- Today's contribution: 100 reps (in sets of 5 or 10 between sets)
- This week's practice: Sit back, not down ✔
Walking Club:
- This week's call: 5 walks this week
- Progress: 2/5 days
- Today's contribution: 30 minutes
Overall fitness is improving, and my upper body is finally coming back around! On days 3–5 of the upper body challenges, I was starting to feel like doing upper-body exercises every day was a bit too much. My arms and shoulders were sore and tired to the point where they almost gave out on me during push-ups. Luckily, the volume has been low enough for the body to adapt, because today they actually felt easy! However, I've discovered a new weakness, one I was already somewhat aware of: my core, especially my sides. I had to downgrade Perfect Balance to level 2 (from 2 minutes to just 1) to be able to complete the side planks.
I also went for a short walk down to the creek today. It's been raining for a few days now, and there's a crossing point that you can normally just step over when it's dry. Even when there's water, it usually doesn't go much above your ankles. Today, though, it looked like a river!
On a completely different note, I recently got into a habit-tracking app that also doubles as an RPG. Completing habits earns you XP and stamina, which you can then use to do things in-game. It couples extremely well with Darebee and it's been surprisingly effective! I've already managed to kick a few bad habits for two weeks straight, the house looks a lot cleaner, and apparently I'm now also very emotionally invested in it. Today, I caught myself yelling at my character to:
"EAT THE PUMPKIN, JUST EAT THE PUMPKIN!!" when it's health got dangerously low in a boss fight (it can choose between hitting the boss or eating healing items in a fight).
So yeah, I think the app is working.
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In Negative Pull Ups Challenge I also did full pull ups up and then slowly lowered myself down, which added a bit of difficulty.
Today's most challenging exercise was 10 minute meditation from Zen Yoga & Meditation program. It looks like my hips and lower back are not flexible enough to comfortably sit cross-legged in the meditation pose. I have to work on that. For the first half, I was leaning back on my hands and for the second half I was partly focused on leaning forward to improve flexibility.
Fight Club: