I’m reading a couple books in the popular “YOU” series, specifically, “YOU: the owner’s manual” and “YOU: on a diet”. I borrowed them from the library.
Have you read either of these? The writing is a little too Looneyspoons for my liking (if you catch my drift), but I will admit that the style (as looney as it is) makes the information more digestible than mashed bananas on a warm plate – thus easy to read.
Ha.
What I do like about them is that they go into the science behind health, nutrition and weight (or as they put it) waist-management.
There’s a chapter in one of these books (I can’t find it now) in which the authors talk about upper body strength. Apparently, woman my age (35) should be able to do 45 push-ups. That’s FOURTY FIVE push-ups – albeit of the girly knee-on-the-floor variety… but STILL. Fourty five!
I thought I was in pretty good shape. I’ve been going to gym 5x week! I tried doing 45, but struggled to get to 40. In fact, by #38 I was a heap of soggy jello, ready to collapse. But I pushed myself to 40 and did it.
I tried it on three separate occasions. I can only do 40, but I will continue to try to reach 45. That’s my goal.
But I want to know, how many can you do? G’wan. I dare you to drop and try 45. Come back and tell me how you did.Â
