I am happy to say that I’m back at it again! My summer training is going very well! Thanks to the encouragement of my brother in law, I have started training body weight exercises with renewed vigor. The momentum that I have gained by rededicating myself to body-weight training has really synergized with my gung fu. I have had improved motivation overall and am feeling great about it.
In terms of results, just this week I finally made it back to doing 6 pull ups in a set. This is the max that I hit last year before falling off the wagon (so to speak). Now I have regained that ground, and am shooting for 10 pull up sets by the end of summer! It’s really encouraging to make gradual progress!
For those of you who might think about starting a training regimen yourself, I know that it can be frustrating or discouraging at the beginning. Personally, I had to mentally overcome my own doubt. When I re-started my pull up training, I could do maybe three in a set. This was better than where I started a year ago (one pull up per set) but for some reason I was very discouraged. Thank goodness that I had some great people around to offer some encouragement, and now I feel like I’m up and running! So if you’re struggling, my advice is to take it one day at a time, one repition at a time. Stick with it, each day, and you’ll improve!