My fitness goals have changed over time. 😊
20’s: Get skinnier.
My sister-in-law’s wedding dressmaker said I was too fat and she’d be making my dress an inch smaller all over so I had 2 months to lose the fat squeeze into that. 😳
And yes – I did the cambridge diet, did a lot of running and lived on about 800 calories daily and was UTTERLY miserable, regaining all the weight during the honeymoon when I stuffed my face to make up for it. 😣
30’s: Health & Fitness was not a priority.
Workaholiking, and then IVF and then twins, and then another sprog appeared…
40’s: Let’s get strong now
Wanted to lose baby fat so started weight training – but wanted to go HEAVY (My goal was to fireman-carry husband out of a burning household 😁 which could happen – given my kitchen disasters) 🤭
Result? Managed to squat 115kg (almost double my weight) and hurt myself badly, which took a long long time to heal (not quite there still). 😣
50’s: Let’s get functionally fit.
Early last year, Joey Chan introduced me to crossfit during Philipine Dreamin and that was it!! The bug was caught!! 😍
NOW – I focus on different KPIs:
🍩Ease/flexibility of movement
🍩Functional strength (OMG Sott Squat anyone?!)
🍩Stamina/Endurance
🍩Explosive power (I can now do 24″ box jumps!)
🍩Lack of body pain and aches (that is not related to workout)
🍩Recovery time
Ok I still can’t do a proper pull up or push up because of my elbow, or even double unders, but I can do wall walks and half toes to bar (and burpees – we seem to love them )🙄😆
Now I ask myself: Why is fitness one of my top priority, and why did I choose crossfit?
Well, it’s because I want Future Pei to thank Present Pei for keeping her strong enough and fit enough to enjoy life well into her old age, and have a ridiculous amount of fun doing it. 🥰
So the thing I’ve learned is: I need to pay attention to the WHY I’m doing something and whether that is working out for me so that I can make the needed corrections to lead to the right behaviour and ultimate outcomes.
Anyway I thought I’d write a non-worky non-salesforcey non-dreamforcey post 😁 and share with you… The #Crossfit Box Jump Pen Challenge!
This was my entry for team #CleanJerks at my local box intramural competition – and I have to say that I am enjoying it immensely (even if we will probably not win it!)
Anyway, I think I can at least check off the following KPI:
✔️ Having a ridiculous amount of fun! 🥰
What KPIs are you paying attention to – in your personal and professional life that is moving you forward?