Why did I decide to start working out? Well, I had always wanted to be fit, I had made a New Year's Resolution to get fit, and I had to do a 20% project in class. It was surprisingly a perfect chance for me to actually get started instead of just being lazy and not doing anything.
I started on Thursday, January 5th with the end goal of getting to 100 consecutive push-ups, sit-ups, and squats because I needed a more specific goal than just "get fit". It was initially very hard just getting to 15/25/35 (push-ups/sit-ups/squats) and the very next day I was pretty sore, especially my stomach and my thighs/knees. After only 3 days of pushing myself until I can't go any further, my soreness has reduced to the point where unless I'm doing nothing or am thinking about the fact that I am in fact a bit sore, I won't feel a thing. On Monday, January 9th I decided to do a bit of research on the proper forms on doing squats and as it turns out I was indeed doing wrong. I did place my feet a bit further apart than shoulder width, which is acceptable, but was bending my knees. Turns out you're supposed to try to not move your knees forwards too much while squatting. A good way to avoid doing so is to squat while facing a wall so that you will be more conscious about your form and not hitting the wall. Doing this I was able to massively reduce the strain my knees felt and increase the amount of squats I can do. The illustrations below will show how to properly do it. It was also this day that I suddenly felt a massive increase to my appetite.
On Wednesday the 11th, I also watched a video regarding slow versus fast reps. Going slowly isn't actually always beneficial. The video below will more easily explain what I mean by that.
The next day it seems like that I may have pushed my self a bit too far and am suffering and recovering from fatigue. Oh well, I can bounce back.
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