I believe
A good challenge is motivating, builds discipline and it’s rewarding all at the same time. There’s a clear path to victory and while on the path you’ll learn more about yourself and what’s possible.
I’ll start:
I’m not a fan of leg workouts. In fact I hate squats . So that would be a good challenge. But I’ll do that next. First is this: I live on the 10th floor, there’s an elevator. I counted 144 steps to the 10th floor and 160 to the top 11th floor.
My challenge is to walk upstairs 10 rounds, which would be 160*9 + 144 steps. Sounds like about 1500 steps.
Sounds crazy at first but I already managed 3 rounds. And I noticed walking stairs is really good, because you quickly need to manage your breathing, so it’s quite an efficient workout. Also it already feels great afterwards and weirdly I look forward to doing it now.
Also don’t like legs the most! I do love running though, especially to good music.
Challenge to self is getting a 3-6 pac of abs. I turn 33 in a few weeks and all these years, I never managed to get any pacs lol. I have consistently worked out since I was like 17 and always kept myself in decent shape. But never really took it to the next level to get to excellent shape so… why not?? I have the willpower for it and it’d be cool if I could finally pull it off.
First I should’ve taken more notes. What’s notable is that most of it is purely mindset. You make the decision and proceed. Of course there are details during the challenge but the overarching goal must be there.
Secondly, the cliché seems always true: the goal upon achievement never feels as cool as the journey. I assume it’s due to the achievement time being short but everything else being the journey so it’s more meaningful in our brains.
Then some stuff I noticed: on some days I was tired, or had issues in my ankles or knees. This was easily offset though by just starting and breathing into those areas.
Speaking of breathing: it’s just like WIM Hof says, when you prepare for a challenge , you take deep inhales with the aim to oxygenize as much as possible. Go overboard with this and every following exercise becomes easier. This is true, as I tried this with basic push-ups and had this bizarre moment where I completed a set of push-ups, stood up and had fully normal breathing.
Then what I noticed it’s that only the next round counts. This roughly translates to being in the present moment. So whenever I thought there are still so many hundreds of steps left, I quickly recentered my mind to focus just on the next step. Eventually my focus was fully on my breath.
Another thing I noticed, and this might’ve been in the energy course, is what I’d call dantien-ic breathing. I was able to increase my overall energy by visualizing the lower dantien being charged by my breath, then on the exhale visualization all this charge would spread out throughout my body in the classic torus shape. I didn’t use this too much but when there was fatigue I would use it to great effect.
Anything else…?
I think that’s about it.
I honestly think these kinda little challenges are very useful.
Oh one thing is that I highly underestimated how useful walking upstairs is. I’m still surprised tbh.
Anyone else doing a challenge?
I’m gonna think about which to do next.
My challenge now is not to dwell in negative thinking after certain triggers(“fails” etc). I mean, actually to be able to see that everything is alright. And I think I’m doing a good job. Thanks to morphic fields of Sapien.
Well, I have a physical challenge of losing 10 kg. And I’ve decided not to use fields for help - just dieting and exercise! Just added a kickboxing cardio workout to my regimen.
. So that would be a good challenge. But I’ll do that next. First is this: I live on the 10th floor, there’s an elevator. I counted 144 steps to the 10th floor and 160 to the top 11th floor.