Smolder, Two good to be true

So recently, spurned on by the calisthenics reflection video I did a couple weeks ago I have been reminiscing on how seriously I was into body weight training a decade ago.  It was a time in my life where I was the most fit of my life.  Not only was I doing high level calisthenics, this was also the time period where I ran three half marathons, dead lifted almost 400 pounds and completed three Tough Mudders.  I have been wondering just what I can and can’t do at this point, a decade later.

The long distance running portion of the glory years clearly seems out of reach.  My lower body just won’t allow it.  When I tried to reboot my running a few months ago my left knee blew up after only three short 1 mile runs.  However I still do pull ups, push ups, and dips regularly but with a mindset of maintaining my current level.  I lost the PR mindset years ago where you are always trying to set a new best in reps, time or weight moved. However lately I am feeling the embers of motivation smoldering.

Last night I wanted to see if I good do a move I used to do semi-regularly, an elbow planche.  Surprisingly, I could.  It wasn’t easy but I still had the ability to do the movement which puts various stresses on your core, arms and lower body.  That small success has given me a little extra push to keep moving forward, back into the mindset where each week you make little micro-improvements in what you are doing.  All of a sudden you look back months later and realize how far you have moved.

So I am on the eve of my second week long staycation in a month.  Having vacation time to burn is a nice problem to have.  Sure it would be nice to use it doing something more exciting like a road trip but logistically that doesn’t work for me right now. Much like the last staycation I have a decent size list of things to do but none of them on their own should take much more than a few hours to complete.   Also like last staycation I want to take plenty of do whatever the F I want time, an increasingly important part of my life.  I do have fun things like my cardiologist and replacement window appointments during the week to keep things lively.  I’ll drop in here along the way to share the latest.