After stepping off the treadmill in a bit of a daze last Thursday following my 20 minute run, I believed I could do just about anything. My first thoughts were "If I can do that, what else can I do?" Another physical goal that has been eluding me for months is to do 50 crunches. Crunches are part of my regular ab workout and I simply do three sets of as many as I can do. The aim was to get to 50 and then I'd move onto a more challenging exercise with a ball.
I wrote out that goal on December 4th when I'd managed to hit 40. That's two months ago! I have not been able to squeeze out 10 more reps in two whole months. This has been my pattern:
Dec 4th: 40
Dec 11th: 42
Dec 29th: 40
Jan 8th: 44
Jan 16: 46
Today: 54!
As you can see I was just creeping up by a couple of reps. I had a bit of a setback just after Christmas (all my training suffered slightly that week!) and then I made a little more progress. Now it is possible of course that since my last workout I miraculously developed enough strength to do 8 more reps than before. However, I think its far more likely that I could have done it weeks ago if I had simply believed I could. It's annoying really, because that was a goal I really wanted to hit by Christmas.
So there you have it, yet more reasons to let go of those limiting beliefs!
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