Its been forever since my feeble first attempt at blogging. Its not that I have lost my zeal for fitness, I just didn’t make the time to blog. I did enjoy it while it lasted, but alas, I simply don’t think I am destined to be a bona fide blogger. I am resurrecting this blog though (temporarily), because have an exciting (at least I think it is exciting) challenge that I want to document.

A few months ago I was watching a show called “Parks and Recreation”, and I was inspired to take up a new fitness challenge. Yes, that is right; watching a tv sitcom motivated me to exercise.:P There is a character (my favorite one) on the show who is a fitness fanatic, and basically the most optimistic upbeat person on earth. In passing, he mentioned he had just done 10,000 pushups the week prior. For some reason, that really resonated with me, and I thought that sounded like fun. So I have been contemplating actually taking the time to do this, and I have decided to go for it, starting one week from today.

The premise is pretty simple. I want to see how many pushups I can do in 7 days. More specifically, I want to set a lofty, though hopefully barely attainable goal. I originally was thinking 10,000 pushups would be good, but I wanted something even more unreasonable. So I have set my sights on 2,000 push ups…a day. In total, 14,000 pushups in one week. I get nervous just thinking about it.

Just to be clear, I am not some pushup guru. I do not normally do a bazillion pushups a day. And to be completely honest, I really am not sure how this is going to turn out. I’m just a college kid who enjoys living (errr attempting to live) healthfully and staying in shape. The last time I did even 200 pushups in a day was probably over 3 years ago. I understand that the chances of me actually attaining my goal are not good. I very well might fall miserably short of my goal. I don’t quite know what to expect. But, I love pushing my physical boundaries as far as I can, and one thing is for certain: I will accomplish this, or I will become physically impaired trying.;) I kid…sort of.

If anyone reading this (all 3 of you) is interested in doing this as well, I would absolutely love that. You don’t have to shoot for the same number I am or even on the same dates, I just would love to see other people attempt this as well. Let me know.:) For the next couple weeks I will try and post daily, or almost daily, updating how everything is going. More details tomorrow.