Hop-Scotch

Yesterday was a rest day. On rest days we are encouraged to try something that we haven't done in a while. When I got home from work yesterday, my wife and boys were in the parking lot next to our house. They were using chalk to draw out a hop-scotch game. When they were finished they combined all of the boards to make a huge board. It had more than 50 steps. I spent the next hour or so playing with the boy and Carla. I am amazed at how much it worked my legs. I would go through on my left, then my right, then using both legs. Trey and I had a competition to see who could go through it the most times. He won. All and all it was a great time. Not only because I was able to get some cardio in but also I was able to do it while hanging out with my family. It was a good day.

Push Ups

So , since the beginning of my training, when the day called for push ups, I had been doing push up with my knees on the ground. My body was still in the plank position but with my knees down. At first I was only able to do about 20 in row. I could do maybe 3 good regular push ups. As the training went on I was able to do more and more of the plank push ups. For the past month or so I have been doing 100 plank push ups through the day.
Well, about a week ago Carla challenged me to throw in a few regular push ups while doing the plank push ups. I was hesitant, mainly because I was so happy to be doing any kind of push up, I didn't want to discourage myself. A few nights ago I decided to try one. I laid on the floor and pushed up, I ended 15 push ups later! Real push ups! I haven't been able to do more than 5 in a row in years!! So now, thanks to the encouragement of my Carla, I am now doing regular push ups. I am only able to do 15 to the 30 of the plank but I'll take it. I have been trying to do 100 of the regular push ups a day, reps of 10. I am excited to see my progress. Good stuff.