Onward and Upward

 Hello my fellow bloggers! Progress has been made. Over the past week I have been almost completely consistent with doing the splits both ways at least once a day. Although I do not have photographic evidence of the progress I have made getting down into the splits is much easier and I am closer to the ground. Now it is time to stretch for longer. I have only been just getting down, and after a few seconds it becomes painful and I exit the stretch. For the following week I will force my way through the pain to my goal! I will hold the split for 20 seconds each way after doing a short warm up to prevent injury. I am unsure if I am on track to get the full splits by the end of the semester, but the goal does not matter! It is all about the journey of pain, suffering, and the pursuit of some arbitrary and meangingless goal. Thanks for being a part of this extensive journey my fellow bloggers. Until next time...

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  1. Emily SNovember 11, 2022 at 12:29 PM

    it is very funny watching you fail to do splits. (try lunge next time)

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  2. Letitia MoffittNovember 11, 2022 at 12:29 PM

    "...the journey of pain, suffering, and the pursuit of some arbitrary and meaningless goal." Bahaha, this is great -- the kind of thing I say about distance running. Nice post.

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  3. Arya TNovember 11, 2022 at 2:55 PM

    Pursuit of arbitrary and meaningless goals is what life is about. You are my idol. The post was nice too.

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