Last week, I had an FML-moment and I have no one to blame but myself. I just finished a killer HIIT session on the bike, did some upper-body work and was just starting to do my recovery routine. Then I had this bright idea that came out of nowhere:
I’m going to do 100 burpees!
I sat there fought with myself for a minute because I didn’t want to do it since I was already tired, but I already told myself I was going to. I couldn’t back out now! Well… it’s only about 6 minutes of torture then it’ll all be over. I pressed my timer and just did it.
This set of burpees was probably the worst mental fitness challenge I’ve faced in a long time (yes, worst than those Glute Lifts). I didn’t have my music on so every time my knees (and crotch) slammed on the floor, the sound seem to elevate the pain. I was tired. I was hungry. By the time I got to 90, I was on the verge of giving up and the yoga teacher who was setting up for her 1pm class left the room because I was awkwardly making dying/wheezing sounds. She probably didn’t want to be responsible if something happened to me. Although this was the worst set of burpees I’ve ever done (went over my PR by 30 seconds), I finished it! Everything that was going through my mind was mental and I just had to overcome it because I knew I could do it. Well, I did finish it and felt great afterwards.
Okay, I lied. I felt like crap and think I swallowed my own puke afterwards. But after lying on the mat for a good 10 minutes and a nice and long recovery routine, I felt awesome!
Try this challenge: When you tell yourself to do something, JUST DO IT. You can’t change your mind. You can’t take it back. Just do it.
My best friend and I do it all the time. We’ll spontaneously come up with exercises to add to our already planned workouts or switch it up with harder variations and once it slips past our lips, it’s finalized. We almost always regret saying it but for some reason, we keep on doing it… maybe because we always finish a workout.
“Let’s add 30 burpees with a jump tuck in between the 20 Wall Balls and 40 kettlebell swings.”
*gives each other a scared look then proceeds to write it down*
“Nooo wait, I’m just kidding. Let’s just do 10 burpees.” *scared look*
“Too bad! You already said it.”
“……………………” *sulk*
Although out workouts makes us want to kill ourselves, we feel amazing afterwards because we know we worked hard and pushed ourselves out of our comfort zone.













