This week's challenge for me was our tactical training on Saturday June 20th out in Gardnerville Nevada. I am someone without much experience with guns and my lack of exposure was a definite handicap. Try as I might, I couldn't ever get the hang of actually hitting the target. It didn't matter how large the bulls eye or how short the distance or even what gun I used. There was no adjustment I could make to correct the problem I was having. That frustration, combined with the heat and the sun, were more than I had bargained for. I knew it wouldn't be easy. I didn't know it would be impossible. I wanted to quit, but I didn't. I kept trying even when the results didn't change. Insanity? Possibly? It wasn't until we were done for the day that I realized that it was possible that the issue I had with archery might be an issue shooting. I'm left eye dominant and in order to be at all successful using the bow, I had to use a left handed bow. It was awkward, because I am right handed, but my accuracy improved immediately when I switched to a left handed bow. Switching to a left handed gun wasn't an option, but it could be that had I switched to my left hand, I may have stood a better chance. I couldn't have been more frustrated I'm sure. I may give that a try when I have an opportunity to shoot a gun again. And maybe there are other adjustments I can make that will insure greater success. There will always be challenges; some I will meet with success and some I won't. The important part is to learn from them. This week's challenge helped me once again to face that I may have to get a bit creative in order to accomplish what I want to . Things don't come easily to me, but that doesn't mean I am a failure or that I can't do it. I just have to figure out how to make it work for me.
In keeping with the idea of not settling, I continued to challenge myself with regard to push ups Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I just wanted to see what I could do. Wednesday I did 168 push ups, Thursday 182, Friday 185 +40 during sparring for getting kicked int he heat twice :-( and 167 on Saturday. I can now do 50 push ups my first set. That was a goal I had pretty much given up on until this week. I also challenged myself to increase my distance on my stationary bike and sit ups this week.
This week:
Push ups: 1,042
Sit ups: 950
Running: 6.34 miles
Cycling: 14.4 miles ( I didn't ride on Saturday due to our early morning start or this number would have shown more of an increase)
Classes: 2 Black Belt, 1 private, 1 BJJ working on flow roll and 1 sparring
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