50 til I'm 50 update - note the '60 till I'm 60' update

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Ok, since I first published this blog, I have turned 50. I was a bit rocky in terms of consistency with the 50 till i’m 50 but it helped start the habit and embed a sense of the value of a daily commitment. To the extent that on 1st Jan 2021, I decided to commit to a ‘60 till I’m 60’ daily habit. What is that? Well I HATE burpees. So what could be more appropriate than committing to doing 60 of those a day? And that' is what i am doing (and have done every day since 1st Jan (today at time of writing it is 08/02/2021) - only another 9.5 years to go!

Why burpees? Well I am doing some crossfit more regularly and as well as hating them, I am a bit of a lead weight getting up and down off the ground so burpees hurt. So i thought it’ll kill or cure me. So far the jury is out ;0.

Check out my original video and blog that inspired the latest. And yes, you might be asking what happens if/ when i turn 60? 70 till i am 70 beckons ;0

Today I provide an update on my 'fifty till I'm fifty' personal challenge.  If you haven't seen my previous video, it's a simple daily challenge to do fifty repetitions of an exercise every day until I'm fifty.  As you will learn from the update, it hasn't gone according to my original plan. But that's what happens in life and on occasion, we need to adapt when we hit an obstacle or set-back.  So sit back and watch my latest efforts in improving my fitness in small but significant daily chunks.

After watching, why not identify something you can do and set yourself a small but significant challenge too.  And let me know in the comments section what you have chosen to undertake.

Keep an eye out for the next blog.

Dave
Dave Algeo,
Stress(ed) Guru Speaker, trainer and 'Men's Burnout+ Coach (coaching from burnout to break-through)
dave@stressedguru.com
Helping you create success with (not at the expense of) wellbeing.

Transcript:

- Update on my 50 till I'm 50 challenge.

(guitar music)

Right, those of you are Daily
Sprout addicts will know

that I did a video a little while ago,

setting out my 50 till I'm 50 challenge,

which was to do 50 press-ups
a day until I'm 50.

So, I've got about another
three and a bit years to go

on my challenge.

Trouble is, I went and
developed tendonitis didn't I?

So rather than give up,
I adapted, I adjusted,

and I overcame,

and I've changed it to 50
and squats till I'm 50.

So, here we go.

Get ready and count.

One.

Two.

50.

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