Freddy&Zu you are so right! Pushers can be extremely difficult to deal with especially when they are close to you, like family and friends. I’ve had a great deal of pushers in my life and every single time it’s a challenge to ignore them and go on with my life and healthy living goals. From my mother that really can’t understand why I do these workouts, or that when I tell her “You know, this year I would love to run a 5k” and she tells me “A 5k? That is a hard one, can YOU really do that? It takes commitment, you know?”. [I mean are you freaking kidding me? What kind of encouragement is that?!]. Or when a really close friend tries to sneak more food on your plate. Pushers always put us in an extremely hard position. You feel like you don’t want to hurt them but you don’t want to compromise all your efforts.
I learned the hard way that the best way to deal with them (at least for me) is to be polite but ignore them. We have to understand that more times than not their behaviours have very little to do with us and a lot to do with them and their own insecurities. We should remember not to take it personally (I know, easier said than done!) and forgive them. Being rude to them is only going to make things worse and it’s going to put a wall between us. If they don’t feel judged, eventually, some of the pushers will start to understand our reasons and be kinder to us. Some of them won’t though and there’s nothing we’ll be able to do about that and we’ll just have to let go. Probably their own struggles will still be too strong for them to deal with. We just have to be patient and hope that they will come around sooner or later.
I’d have so much to say about this topic but I better stop here or this comment will be endless.
Anyways have a good one. I’ll do this challenge this afternoon!

Ah yes, Pushers are always going to give us a hard time. I find that they often confuse obsession with hard work and dedication. Eventually, they’ll give up pushing crap on us. I just ignore the comments and the unhealthy food (doughnuts, cookies, pizza, burgers, etc), like Elisa said, be polite and forgive and they’ll stop pushing.

On another note I just finished this challenge and boy the first 100 were done in sets of 50 and then the last 200 I could barely do sets of 25. Finished all 300 in 12:33

“they often confuse obsession with hard work and dedication” sooooooooooo true!

Hahaha I hear you! After the first 100 (I don’t even know where I found the strenght to do 100 in a row) I had to break the remaining 200 in sets of 50. I don’t remember my time but I’ll post it tomorrow.

Who would have thought! I will never underestimate the power of squat and leg lifts EVER again!

HI Z & F! Welcome home to Prague (by now)! I hope your flight home was safe and sound. I always love the feeling of returning home… even after an incredible journey! There’s just something about being in your own space, bed, etc. I look forward to seeing you both tomorrow! I just completed this exercise challenge. I love the butt/leg burn! Niiice! I did this workout in 8:30. I plan on doing the Pike Press Challenge later tonight!

Have a great night!! :)

Jess

Brutus was by my side today :
I did 200 reps in 17mn
I wanted to try the one leg pike press ans I couldn’t do more than 40 reps in 5mn
Bad bad day :(

ohhhh… it looked easy but it wasn’t! I’m a begginer BodyRocker (started last Thu) and I managed only 100 in about 7min, but it was done straight after a Pike Press Challenge :-)

We were thinking about organizing some kind of get together potentially in the spring…

Hi Jess – just jump right in and start following our daily posts :)

tossed a (rigged) mental coin between your stated 250 and 300 reps.

300 reps (of course ;) = [9:59]
really wanted that sub 10 mark, so knocked out the final 100 in under 3 min. Just means I should push harder next time…

Kirry,

WAY TO GO!
like anything else, it gets easier with practice :)

Kim,

Your situation definitely sounds challenging, I feel for you. But sounds like you are “growing” and getting stronger. One day you will be out of your dad’s house and make your own rules! Glad you have Zuzana and Freddy and the rest of us to give you support.

I LOVE green smoothies … I drink one everyday with clean protien powder, kefir, some kinds of nuts, and greens. My favorite greens are spinach, kale, and chard. I have been drinking them for a year and I have much better energy, no more blue moods, and apparently no more cavities in my teeth :)

Your situation does sound TUFF. Maybe you could set some minimum goals … like you would workout 3 times a week (or whatever max you could do in your situation) Is there somewhere you can go outside of the house to do your workouts?

As far eating, when you can’t completley decline work on smaller portions of the unhealthy stuff and just commit to eat the healthy stuff whenever you have the chance. The point being is the habits we develop really effect or daily and longtern situations … if you can’t be 100% because of limitations in your envirornment set your goals to 100% of what it is possible to acheive in your situation… that way you start building good habits that become a foundation that you you can build on as you get older and are able to take more control of your life. But don’t just give up and give in. Really think about what YOU CAN do and then COMMIT to do that.

This is really hard, we have to keep our wishes hard and keep our minds closed to those distractions…. I always did kung fu and it teached me that we need to keep our minds as strong as our bodies, Zuzana always teaches us here about it too… exercises does it to us… this is the way I deal with pushers…
With time everyone sees how healthier, and happier we are, and we will became examples of good habits in life, that is what is starting to happen to me… =)

Right!! =D

You´re a fighter!! =D Sooo great!

WoW! I can´t workout in the mornings… I don´t know what happens to me, but I only have the strenght in the evenings! I envy you guys that workout in the mornings… =P

Oh, do tell!

I’m weak :( I don’t know why, but I can’t generate any power or strong will to do my workouts. I had my New Years resolution to do my workouts regularly but after a week I simply gave up. When I get back home after work I’m too tired to do anything. At least I eat well and healthy food.
Is there anyone to give me some advise what I should do? Last year I didn’t work and I had strength do perform my workouts and I had great results, but now it’s just terrible. How do you, guys, cope with your work and after-work tiredness?
All the best,
Marta

Pushers are so annoying. And you know what? I have never known a skinny or fit pusher. So forget that. I think I’ll take Zuzanna’s route :)

Hi Marta,

Is you job a physically demanding one? How old are you?

My work is intentionally physically demanding. I use my work as a second workout or first and come home and do some high knees for 20 minutes or some other reasonably quiet heart rate increasing activities (about midnight).

If I’m tired a will rest for a little while before I do the high knees or k-bell swings or what ever I planned. If I’m seriously to tired to do the extra workout I will do it the next day unless I won’t have time. Maybe you need to start out with a slower pace and build to faster and harder later in the workout. Once the blood is flowing and the respiration is faster I usually find it hard not to finish the workout. Try lifting one leg then the other in a slow methodical way and slowly build speed and see where that leads.

–Chris

I really liked this little “butt-fat-melter” :) I did 30-50 reps in between the exercises during my 1-hour of weight lifting the other day. I completed all 300, it was really tough lifting the legs high enough during the last 100. I’ll definetely do it again, and next time It ‘ll be on time!

Hey Ingvild,
I don’t know about you – but I find that if I am struggling with my willpower, it’s not the willpower, but that I fear something or don’t want something that I also connect with what I’m aiming for. It could be insecurity also. Everything new will give us this feeling – so it’s perhaps a lack of self-esteem or self-trust and also self-love. I feel that I have more willpower when I think about why I push myself in the wrong direction. The very moment I know it, it’s easier to push back in the right moments. Oh, and please don’t picture yourself as weak. In my opinion there is always a reason – which does not give you a freeway – but you get what I mean?

Did this one today in 11:28, gonna do 20 min of interval skipping right now. I have so sinned with my diet today, and it’s still a few hours away from dinnertime =/

A bit late to the party, but my time (for 300, with good form) was 8:56. After 175 my legs were going numb! :)

PS. I was looking for a workout that didn’t have any body parts chafing against any other body parts, since I’m recovering from a case of hives (I’d definitely be “feeling the burn” with some exercises, but not in a good way!), and this was totally perfect, so thanks!

Decided to do this tonight after a busy day with a little man :p
Time was 10:13 with no stops.

woot did it in 16:00 mins … :D was an improvement from the last time so I am happy :D!! One day behind so I think I am going to skip the pike presses and do they sandbag situps instead on the 24th :D!! I am just happy that I am still going strong :D! Not happy I got behind though but I was way too sore :D!!