June 17, 2015
Yesterday when I was warming up for my private lesson with KJN Paul, he asked me how my push ups were going. What my numbers were? I was momentarily confused: how were my numbers going? I'm doing 150 a day, I thought to myself. I guess I must have had a confused look on my face because he clarified further: he was inquiring about the numbers in my sets 😁. I said I was doing 40 but could now manage 3 consecutive sets of 40 and thought that represented progress💪🏻. My usual sets were 40-40-40-30. He asked a few more questions like was I going each time until I couldn't do another 1. I could truthfully answer that I was at least some of the time. He explained that growth came from that added push of doing even one more than you think you can. Then in true KJN Paul style, said no more.
So this morning when I started my push ups, our brief discussion played in my head. I decided to see what would happen. This is how my sets went: 50-42-44-32 for a total of 168. Each set I pushed until I couldn't do another and my push up form really broke down. I had no idea that I could do that. I was willing to settle; I'll try not to let that happen anymore.
A recurring theme for me in this test process is taking it to the next level, changing my expectations of myself, not settling or being satisfied with what has always been. I think I'm beginning to get it!
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