Numbers Update

I thought now would be as good a time as any to revisit my numbers and see where I'm at.

	Completed	Remaining
Push Ups	4345	45655
Sit Ups	11055	38945
KM	34	1575
Da Mu Hsing Reps	334	666
Kicks	9720	15280
Acts of Kindness	165	835

As you can see, I have a long way to go. I looked at my tracking spreadsheet to see if I could see any patterns beyond the obvious (not getting in enough reps) and this is what I found:

My sit-ups have been pretty consistent. Since I really started doing well tracking my numbers in June, there have only been three times where I went more than two days without doing sit-ups, and that includes my summer holidays. I'm actually pretty happy with that.

Kicks and Form reps are another story. There were eight times where I went more than two days without doing forms, including a twenty day stretch. If I ever question why I haven't achieved my yellow belt yet, there's the answer. Kicks were almost as bad. What this comes down to is that I am missing an opportunity to build a foundation with the basics. I have not been consistent enough.

My KM could be higher but I haven't been counting anything other than a specific effort to run/walk/bike, etc. I haven't counted any day to day walking around. I've been told that it's ok to do so but it doesn't feel right to me. Maybe I'm wrong. Either way, running hasn't been a priority. I tried to start but I hate it and I didn't make it a priority.

Pushups will improve after my shoulders are better. I have a new physiotherapist that I'm seeing so hopefully it's all uphill from here. I have more good days than I had before but I still have a lot of healing to do.

My two big takeaways from this analysis are:

1) Consistency. If I was able to bang out even one form rep and twenty kicks on those days where I did none, I would have much better results. Something is always better than nothing and I have had too many days where I did nothing.

2) Regardless of the fact that I know I could have done better, I'm still pretty impressed when I look at what I've done. When I joined SRKF a year ago, I couldn't do a set of ten sit-ups. Now I can do a set of 50 and I've done 11,000 in the last seven months. I definitely appreciate how far I've come.

Cory Smid

http://kungfucory.blogspot.ca/