1. Demonstrate push up progress in front of entire TKD academy. Crank out 47 of those bad boys, beating your previous record of 40 set mere days ago.
2. Follow with a punching drill. Punch standing bag for 1 minute, rest 15 seconds, punch bag for 2 minutes, rest 30 seconds, punch bag for 3 minutes.
3. [...]
February 28, 2009
Categories: 100 Push-Ups, Tae Kwon Do, belt testing, board breaking, offspring . Tags: Tae Kwon Do, board breaking, belt testing, taekwondo . Author: Amy . Comments: 1 Comment
Grandmaster went all Dumbledore on me again today. He really is an insightful person, and am grateful that someone like that is in my life. Midway through my lesson today he sat me down and asked me what is going on in my head. I’ve been very distracted the past few weeks and he picked [...]
February 10, 2009
Categories: 100 Push-Ups, Tae Kwon Do, motivation . . Author: Amy . Comments: 2 Comments
One family member was lucky enough to earn a few x-rays yesterday, and the biggest shock is that it wasn’t me! My 8 year old had a mishap on the playground yesterday at school. Apparently she inherited my gracefulness. I’m told that she was playing and slipped, and managed to slam the back of her [...]
February 10, 2009
Categories: injury, offspring . . Author: Amy . Comments: Leave a Comment
The snow is melting. For the first time in weeks, the ground is visible through the snow. Walking outside doesn’t make me shiver. Sunshine warms my face.
All this makes me deliriously happy, because it means that gardening can begin soon and we can enjoy our time outside, instead of cursing the weather and wishing we [...]
February 7, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . . Author: Amy . Comments: 1 Comment