Just Push Play

Today was the start of phase 3 for me. I couldn't help but feel like I haven't been doing good enough though. After getting sick last month, and hurting my foot the week after getting better, I haven't been doing my workouts every single day as scheduled. It's easy for me to beat myself up over not following the program perfectly. However, when I think about it, I know I shouldn't get so down on myself. Sure, I've missed some workouts, and I had to extend phase two for a couple of weeks (even then I still missed a couple each week), but I didn't quit! When I hurt my foot (it's feeling a lot better by the way, still not 100% but I can manage!) I had to back off on a few things, but I figured out other things to do. I eased up a little bit on the scheduled workouts for the time being. I could still do most of the strength training stuff, but instead of doing full-on cardio, kenpo, jumping-around-all-over-the-place stuff, I did some walking, and other things that were lower  impact. I was still moving and getting exercise, while hopefully allowing my foot to recover so it wouldn't set me back even further. In other words, I was trying to be smart. And there's no reason to beat myself up about that. Yesterday morning, I went for a run again, and it felt great! Today, I started phase 3. Phase 3! The first workout for the week was Chest and Back. Holy cow. This one is HARD! You pretty much just alternate between different types of push ups and pull ups the whole time, and I suck at both! ...Well, actually, I've gotten better at doing push ups over the past couple of months, but I still can't do a real pull-up without using a chair... No wait, I shouldn't say "can't" ... I presently struggle with doing a real pull up without using a chair! There ya go, happy Tony? Heheh. I mean that in the best possible way, of course! ^-^ Anyway, I was toward the end of the workout, and still feeling kind of bad about slacking off the past few weeks, when Mr. Tony said something that kind of stuck out to me: "Keep pushing play." It's a new week, I just need to keep on keeping on and quit worrying about past weeks! All isn't lost here! I really haven't even done all that bad! Just Do My Best and Forget the Rest!