Kickstart One

Today, day five, the mental battle was self-inflicted.  I felt motivated to come home from work today and complete my workout.  I sat down and started doom-scrolling, almost wasting an entire hour!  Anyway, I am still working with 30lbs.  In the first cycle, it felt like those beeps were coming quickly.  I am feeling a…

Today was another tough day to get started.  However, the beauty of this program is that I only need to commit to 25 minutes.  I came home from work, took an unplanned nap while still in my work clothes, and woke up knowing I had some unfinished business with my 30-pound sandbag.  I did a…

Day three was the most difficult mentally so far.  I was feeling lazy today and did not want to do it.  I had to remind myself that I’m an adult and sometimes we do what we need to do, not what we want to do.  As soon as I completed that last lunge, it felt…

(8/15/2025) Today I was only able to do two cycles and 1 round of the third cycle, still with the 25lbs.  I worked out during my lunch at work outside in the parking lot.  The heat absolutely drained me!  I’m going to need to get back in a climate-controlled environment until I get a bit…

Wow, what a workout!  I started with 25lbs, thinking I was being conservative.  My hands are smoked (in a good way)!  If grip strength is tied to longevity, my hands were telling me I didn’t have much time left!  It took me about 26:30 minutes to complete 3 cycles.  I had to rewind a couple…

1st Workout of the Week by steve0845

First nine completed good workout got a good sweat on and my legs are still shaking. Let’s see how difficult it is to walk tomorrow.👍

Workout was tough. I managed 3 rounds with a weight of 23kg.

Obviously, it won’t be my last, because I’m going to keep going. But I completed the challenge!