The blogs of those who have completed the PCP and those who are in the cohort that started before us have been such a great resource for me. There are some PCPers whose blogs I have read over many times, like Sarah R's and Corry's. Sometimes I like to jump to the day in someone's blog that coincides with our current day and see what was going on for them and how it compares with what's going on for me.
For example, yesterday I found this post from Sarah on her day 37 and it exactly echoed how I felt during Tuesday's jumps-only day. I jump in sets of 100. It pained me because I was thinking, I've been doing this for 35 days—how can I not just do sets of 400 and get it over with? But by 80 jumps my legs and shoulders are burning and when I hit 100 I have to stop for 20 or 30 second to regroup and start over.
So I really appreciated find this post and reading Sarah's take on her situation and all the follow-up comments. I am going to work harder at pushing it and doing the things I need to do to increase my jumps per set, like switching feet, slowing down, speeding up... whatever helps break the monotony. There's no reason I can't at least try. The most jumps I've done at once is 261 (I tripped or I would have at least tried to make it to 275). So I CAN jump more than 100 times but it's like my mind put up this road block of 100 being manageable or easy to count to or something.
Anyway, I will continue to look back at those who've gone before us. There are some gems of advice in those posts!
I do this a lot - check on the exact day to see what issues former PCPers were having. I try not to read ahead too much - fear of the unknown:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post, that's something I haven't really been doing.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't look too far ahead either (after my first complete reading when I was contemplating PCP - but without context it was all lost on me!). I like the element of surprise. Keeps it fresh!
ReplyDeleteHA - I remember that particular mental block like it was yesterday! I'm glad my past follies have been helping you, Erin. Jumping is 95% mental, I'm convinced. Just deciding to jump in fewer, longer sets took care of that 100 jump barrier.
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess physical conditioning has something to do with it also. This morning I was remembering how I could barely keep it going for 4 minutes at a time...when now I routinely jump for 15-20 minutes without getting winded or sore. You, too, will get there!!
Like sarah said: you will get there. There's no doubt about it. The more I started to relax with jumping the easier it became. I remember when 8 mins abs seemed like an eternity and now it goes by in seconds (or I guess 8 mins.) You're doing great, you've got this.
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