Tracking

Tracking, tracking, tracking it feels like all I am ever doing now is tracking. Tracking what I eat, tracking how many sit ups and push ups I do, along with the number of reps I do of a certain form. I am even tracking how much water I have been drinking each day.

I know tracking all of this stuff has great benefits on my training, and I have been seeing the results already. Tracking helps you stick with it, because when you can see your numbers increase it is a sense of accomplishment. Especially on those days when you are just sick of push ups and would not mind just skipping that day, but you don’t because you know you will be angry with yourself since you won’t be adding to your total you will actually be taking away from it.

I believe so much in the benefits of tracking that we are doing that I introduced a fellow employee that had just started taking a martial art to the idea of tracking the number of times he does something. He now tracks every push up he does in a day and adds that to his total. He has said that it is a very excellent motivator and he is enjoying it, he never thought he would enjoy push ups.

So let’s keep on track (sick pun I know)

Greg Wiebe

Stony Plain, AB, Canada

www.silentriverkungfu.com

Week 11 Did someone say it was spring?

Wow this past week was crazy for me. 10 hour work days plus drive time. Then classes, plus my sons classes, and still try to get some training in. Plus parent teacher interviews and a few other distractions as well. It has been hectic thats for sure. I think I must have blinked and missed spring and summer cause its snowing again. Mother nature is having a good laugh on us I guess, oh well.

I found it really difficult to get into any kind of rhythm this week. Live happens I know, but it can slow down a bit, soon I hope. My little toe has been bugging me again, it doesn't like being flexed with weight on it so that is hampering my pushups. I've had to do them from my knees for now. Which my right shoulder doesnt mind. I was born 3 months premature due to my mom getting toximia(think thats the correct term). Anyway to make a long story short, I don't have the major peck muscle on the right side. My back muscles have always done the majority of the work for me on my right side and pushups can get my shoulder pretty sore. I have had it all my life so I just deal with it as it happens. I just grateful that my shoulder works, I guess there was a chance that it might not.

Still loving Kung Fu, I so look forward to saturdays fitness class. It helps me get through my 5 hours of meetings on friday. The positive energy, the exercises and techniques we do are definately helping me. I need alot of work on my flexibility but I knew that when I started. 20 years in the trades and no stretching  isn't a good thing. It will come I just need to be patient. Something I'm also working on bit by bit. I know I am becoming a better person and a better me each day. I have a long journey ahead of me and I am looking forward to it.

Mr. Neil Hamilton
Silent River Kung Fu
Stony Plain, Ab, Ca