About one month ago I signed up for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). Having previously trained Tae Kwon-Do for 10 years I wanted to learn a grappling and ground based martial art. Tae Kwon-Do was primarily a standing marital art with very little, if any, ground work. Prior to signing up I naively thought that having 10 years experience in a standing martial art, where my … [Read more...]
My Journey to 100 Push-ups: Update 2
Welcome to update #2 of my journey to 100 push-ups series. On Sunday (8th October 2017) I finished program #2 of the 100 push-ups app. I'm not going to lie, compared to program #1, parts of this program were tough! Unlike last week where I only took a one day break I had to take a few more breaks this time around. Program 2 Overview Here is a breakdown of the number … [Read more...]
My Journey to 100 Push-ups: Update 1
Last week I wrote an article called My Journey to 100 Push-ups: The Beginning. In that article I outlined a challenge I set myself: to complete 100 consecutive push-ups in 6 to 7 weeks time. To achieve that lofty goal I’m going to use an android app on my phone called 100 Pushups by ShvagerFM. I'm going to start at program 1 and work my way through to program 12. By … [Read more...]