Hello Readers!

Sorry for the delay between posts.  I’m clearly the most unreliable blogger you follow.

But, the beat goes on –

Time to put the Fit Index back in front of you.

2020 will be the 5^th year in a row compiling the few core metrics that make up my activity tracking.

Fit Index?

What the hell is that?

Read THIS and THIS first so the rest of this post makes sense.

Let’s Not start off with comparing 2019 with 2018.

Yeah, there were more push ups, more miles, yada, yada, yada.

But, what I want to note for last year is how many times I did something active.

In 2019, how many times did I drop to the ground and push up my body weight for three sets?

Last year, how many times did I swing my leg over the top tube and pedal the bike?

Sooooo if I bike to work and stop at my local pull up bar on the way home, then that’s 2 “active somethings” in a day.

Below are just the number of times I did the activity listed in 2019.

2019 Do Somethings

*See Notes at the end of this post

365 days in a year and I was active 552 times.

I like that.

I like my BEING – to be – in motion.

To have strength, utility, and enough horsepower to bend, stretch, run, climb, hike, lift, pull as much as needed.

Listen – walking up 3 flights of stairs with a bag of groceries should not be debilitating. I should cruise through that.

Here’s the thing though – You don’t need to really go too much out of your way to get some “Somethings” done.

Don’t like push ups?   – don’t do ‘em.

Hold your arms locked and straight out to the side, parallel with your shoulders for 30 seconds – 3 sets.

Don’t like to run?  – Don’t.

Walk the 2 miles to town instead of driving.

“But I live 5 miles from town.”

Then drive 3 miles, park, and walk the last 2.

“But I have to carry stuff.”

Wear a back pack.

My point – to you – And to everyone I talk to about being active is this:

JUST DO SOMETHING!!!

I witness people fail on keeping active every year because they can’t make the time.

One set of push ups takes less than a minute.

Do that then stop.

Do another set tomorrow – that’s 2 minutes in 2 days.

I know you have 2 minutes because you’ve wasted at least that much time reading this amateur banter.

It’s the consistency.

That’s the key to it all because after a while, you’ll just start doing your push ups, or body weight squats, or walking lap around the neighborhood automatically.

You’ll see.

Good Luck for the rest of 2020 people.

Note 1:  I bike much more than the above table shows.  Lots of errands and other short trips.  Easy pedaling on flat ground is not counted on the Index.

Note 2:  I do other stuff like hiking and snowshoeing, but just lump it in with my run miles.  Likewise, I do other exercises like dips and dumbbell overhead presses.  I lump those in with push ups and pull ups and adjust the quantities compared to the effort of real push and pull ups.

Why? Cuz I’m too lazy to track everything 🙂