Missed doing my blog last week ☹
That said, there is still improvement over previous years in IHC. In the past I would have missed more than that by now. This year I have been much more consistent with my blogging. I am pleased about that!
I’ve also blogged my numbers regularly even though I find many of them embarrassing. Some are good, some are in need of much improvement, and some I may never be able to do the full number of (pushups). I’ve tried to get my pushups numbers done ever since I started IHC but when I push it (which may not seem like pushing it to others) I pay the painful price. Despite the lack of pushups even my massage therapist has noticed the increase in muscle throughout my upper back and shoulders, so I must still be doing something right.
Situps took a setback when I fell a week or two ago and it’s been a bit of a struggle getting those back on track. Inertia seems to be the biggest problem there. When I get them going, they are fairly easy to keep on track but as soon as there’s a setback it’s hard to get them going again.
I’m starting to wonder if I took on too much when I decided to add a couple of tricks to my weapon/staves form. It’s taking quite a while to build up the skill to pull them off. I would have liked to have more repetitions in than I already do but that hasn’t happened. The numbers aren’t terrible, but they could be much better.
Hand form numbers are terrible. I had put off the work on this because I knew how much of a learning curve I had created for myself with the staves, but it’s time to hunker down and get the practice on this going.
Still working on my ability to reach out to people to build and nurture relationships. Not sure how good I am at it but at least the effort is there.
My meditation numbers are up and I am extremely thankful for that. If I hadn’t been meditating more regularly I wouldn’t have been able to handle a lot of things lately. Still glad that I decided that changing my mindset was more important than changing my alarm clock settings.
One on ones haven’t been happening. I have just booked another.
Numbers
Pushups/equivalent: 765
Situps: 6005
Weapon form: 361
Hand form: 50
RAoK: 102
Sparring: 307
Kilometers: 572
Nuture Relationships: 19
Blogging: 20
Drawing: 5
Meditation: 32
Great Coat project: unchanged
One on ones: 6
Note about the photo: We have baby bees! The first new (adult) bees should emerge around June 8th.
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