Push Ups Program
I randomly arrived at one hundred pushups a couple days ago from a link in comments to a post on Life Hacker. After reading through the website, I decided to follow their well-thought out program.
Completing day one of week one, the program feels entirely achievable. Doing pushups until failure is extremely tough, leaving my body trembling after the intense exertion. I’m constantly surprised how such seemingly simple exercises easily push the body to the limit, reminding me of Pilates-type exercises—despite doing only stretches, I’m left pouring in sweat, thoroughly exhausted.
The program lasts about six weeks, and I highly encourage all of you who read my journal to challenge yourself to complete the program too!
Falls to Climb
Coming home today, I over-steered on the slight rise whilst dipping through the short tunnel for the cycle path with the back end of my Scott sliding out from under me in a strange twisting motion. Slid about a metre, with a solid thunk of helmet to concrete before coming to a standstill. There was only superficial damage: a graze to my right hip, and my bike a little out of shape but otherwise functional.
The thing that sucks most is that it’s two weeks out before the 90km race for the Feilding Festival of Cycling. Trying to pull tight, slick lycra shorts over my grace about the size of the bottom of a mug will be rather excruciating if I want to get out on the road to train some more for the race. Instead, the order of the day will be rest.
It’s definitely the annoyance of the incident that pisses me off the most. Sure, it’s awkward trying to walk after laying down reading an enthralling book or sitting at the computer for a while; but there are emotional pains in my life that cut far, far deeper than physical pain. It’s shaping up to be an awfully bad weekend…
Mistakes Can Be Wonderful
With the bright, low winter sun streaming through filtered glass into my very warm office, I had attempted to capture more vivid photos of the mini capsicums growing in abundance using a low exposure. Unfortunately, I completely overlooked the factor of which direction the camera was facing, producing extremely dark images than intended.
However, despite failed manual camera settings, the pictures turned out amazing, as seen in the following:
And here are a couple of other pictures before messing around with the camera settings:
I definitely like the under-exposed photos the best though :)
Strawberries, tomatoes, and perhaps some beans would grow well in this hothouse as well; would make for a beautifully lush and green working environment!