December Self-Challenges

[muck_a_luck]

I cannot believe it will be December on Wednesday.

So! It is now time for the December Challenge Declaration Post!

Challenge yourself for December! Find a fitness goal that you want to achieve, that you can achieve with diligence in one month.

Declare your goal by December 1, then on January 1 we will have a roundup of how we all did!

It can be simple, like being able to run a mile by the end of the month (even slowly!).

It can be progressive, like moving from wall pushups to floor pushups.

It can be process oriented, like trying to exercise 25 of the next 31 days.

Try to make it something YOU want that is challenging but doable.

If you want to participate and you just can't think of anything, check out what everybody else posts, then copy them! :D

I also offer a generic challenge: Achieve 20 pushups in a row at 45 degrees or lower.

Comments

[rydra_wong]

Hrm, I want to work on getting my scapula stabilized properly and my shoulders in good shape so I can get back to bench and overhead presses without hurting myself.

(Work towards Royal Pigeon continues in the background.)

[zennish]

Psst - here's something I found super helpful for shoulder iffyness: this exercise called a 'wall angel'.

It says it's for rotator cuff rehab (and it is) but I find it really good for stretching out tight pectorals and realigning the neck muscles too.

What's probably best is leaning back into the wall with your lower lumbar spine pressed as flat as you can make it, and elbows and wrists pressed into the wall. For a better stretch, I find if you push your arms straight up instead of moving them in it activates the wee muscles inbetween your shoulderblades. Hope this is of some help - shoulders are such finicky little bastards.

[rydra_wong]

*nods*

I know that one -- I just need to be consistent about doing it ...