Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Something to be celebrated


As an older fellow still on the fitness training saddle, chasing fitness goals need to be age-adjusted for best results.  What might have been a goal in my 20’s to do 100 burpees in under seven minutes may now be do so in less than ten minutes.  This has been a goal for several years that for some strange reason, lack of patience and perseverance come to mind, has alluded me.


Until last week!


I finally completed 100 burpees in under ten minutes - nine minutes forty-seven seconds to be exact.  


While my goal has been to do 100 burpees with hands extended overhead jumps for each rep, I had to further tailor downwards my goal sans the jump.  Now that I’ve accomplished the sub-ten-minute benchmark, I’ll soon start doing burpees again with this demanding jump and see how long it’ll take me to enter sub-ten-minute land again.


Here's my recent effort:



I received an accolade from a fellow cyberspace fitness brother from a different mother who shared the following brilliant wisdom soundbite:


“Every day we’re the oldest we’ve ever been and the youngest we’ll ever be so every (fitness) personal best is something to be celebrated.”


Thank you Gus GainBros for your sage wisdom and, yes, I agree, my recent age-adjusted fitness accomplishment is something to be celebrated.


 Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum

4 comments:

Augusto De Oliveira Jr said...

Congratulations again on this feat.
While it is true, what matters most is our own personal best efforts, I would like to note that I am a relatively fit 40 year old and your best time is almost identical to my best time. So not only is this accomplishment special on a personal level for you it should also be acknowledged that as a general whole this accomplishment is special.

Thank you for the shoutout. You’re a tremendous leader in the community but even more so, a cool dude. Gainz Bro

Pierini Fitness said...

Thank you for visiting and sharing your comment. We're all in this fitness, health and wellness journey together so let's continue marching forward. Thanks again and enjoy your day.

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