We are now officially two thirds of the way through with the Deliberate Discomfort Challenge! Day 40 is in the books!
With the morning workouts, I’m starting to feel it all over my body. Arms are feeling stronger, legs are feeling stronger, chest is starting to develop into pecs underneath what weight I have left. I’ve lost weight, total of about 10 pounds already. I feel like my heart is having a much easier time of things when I can do a Sprints Day on the bike and my FitBit doesn’t even register a raised heart beat for half of it anymore! In fact, I may have to move up the resistance on the bike, I’ve already taken it up one notch since beginning because free spinning the bike wasn’t working well already. Today’s workout was another Circuit set, with the first round being As Many Rounds As Possible in 25 minutes, involving most of my least favorite exercises, like Step-Ups, Burpees, and Horizontal Push-ups. Second round was the Keg Lifts, Side Bridges, and Bicycle Crunches, but at least there wasn’t a time frame on that set, just do it until your done!
Afternoon cardio was tough…and 60-minute Ruck with a 35 pound pack. The pack is starting to get a little heavy, no doubt there, but for the most part I did fine. Used the nature trails, like I usually do for the Ruck, at my favorite park. This limits my distance a little as I tend to go a little slower having to watch my foot for tripping hazards, etc. With the 35 lbs. strapped to my pack I tend to be a little extra cautious with my foot steps as I don’t want to take a spill with that weight. Overall, still turned in a respectful 2.35 miles in my 60 minutes. Was a little breezy at the park today, so was a little extra happy to be on the nature trails instead of the paved path!
Still further behind on my reading than I want to be, but I did get a bit of it in today! The Power of Habit is already better than my last book, with more constructive advice already sprinkled in to the analyses of habits. I’m looking forward to finishing this one and see how many take-aways I end up with from it!
Everything else went well today! The place we boarded the dog with for our excursion called and was able to keep her later than originally expected, which totally helped us with our plans tomorrow, so I’m so thankful for that today that I even used it as the topic of my Gratitude Journal today.
Now that everything is coming together nicely, those rough days I’ve been having seem to pale a touch! What I do know, is that with 20 days left in this 60 day Challenge, I’m So Close I Can Taste It!