Sunday Story...Kill the Goat!

The next challenge is a two for one! Kill the Goat! and the famous 100 Day Burpee Challenge.

Kill the Goat! is our next challenge. A goat is a thing we really need to work on...something we need to get good at or get rid of…it always “gets our goat. We all have things we don’t want to, or can’t seem to give up no matter what happens. Maybe it’s coffee. Maybe it’s (gasp) cigarettes, or alcohol. Maybe it’s that last little bit of sugar or sweetener. Maybe it’s cheese. And you just don’t want to give it up. It is time to kill that goat.

Maybe it isn’t a food thing. Maybe it’s a bad habit or a good habit waiting to be implemented. Maybe it’s starting a gratitude journal. Maybe it’s a goal setting session or planning a long overdue vacation. Let’s get the goat out and get to work on it this month, right now…it only takes 21 days to lock in a new habit or lose an old one. There is lots of time to get it done.

Find your goat. Make a decision. Announce it to the world and let’s get that goat gone! You can do it. Let me know how I can help.

The second challenge is very simple…not easy but simple. Do 1 burpee on day one. Do 2 burpees on day 2. Do 3 burpees on day 3. And on and on…25 burpees on day 25, 50 on day 50 all the way to 100 burpees on day 100. If you miss a day make it up on the next day, so if you miss day 5 you will need to do 11 on day 6. Pretty simple but if you miss day 91, doing 183 on day 92 is going to be totally un-fun. This is a challenge to your consistency. This is a challenge to your perseverance and your ability to stay on task over a long period. What if you can’t do burpees? You could do the same thing with pushups. But really? What is a burpee but getting down on the ground and getting back up? That is all it is…get down and get back up. Do it every day. Do one more than yesterday, every day.

Last year we had about 20 people sign up for the 100 day burpee challenge. If memory serves me correctly only 3 people finished. Let’s do better this year! Day one is tomorrow, February 4th!

Challenges are a great way to keep your focus on your health and fitness goals. We will keep having them and keep getting healthier and fit all year long!

Namaste
John
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