
I STARTED squat jumps in the New Year.
My goal is 100 times daily.
My idea is four sets of 25 reps spaced throughout the day.
It can be a job.
Considering that I am 54 this year.
And most especially when I try to jump pretty high.
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I like jumping high.
It gives me a sense of lightness.
A sense of fitness.
This thing they say about jumping as not so good for the knees, I hope it isn’t true for me.
But if it is, damn, I’d still jump!
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I may concede to not running marathons anymore.
But I really want to jump.
To fly.
To jump off the ground.
To be propelled and suspended midair for a few seconds.
The earth is for earthlings; the air is for, well, birds.
And I am a rare bird.
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I like defying expectations.
Defying age restrictions.
I like exceeding my limitations.
I like surpassing my goals.
That gives me a sense of real achievement.
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I said, 100 squat jumps daily.
On Jan 1, I did 100.
But on Jan 2, I did 125.
I did 150 on Jan 3.
And on Jan 6, my 54th birthday, I did 175.
On my first week, I averaged 132.
On my first 10 days, I averaged 130.
Not bad for a 54-year old.
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I often start early in the day.
Get it over and done with.
Get it out of the way.
Often, when I get the 100 done before noon, I get a chance to do 25 more, or 50 more, before the day is over.
That’s discipline.
But that’s also my trick to achieve more in life.
I surpass expectations, of other people, and even of myself.
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There are lazy days.
But that’s when I work double.
That’s when I push myself more.
On low pressure area days, when it’s rainy and dreary, and you just want to curl in bed with a “hard read” like Isaac Asimov, I jump more.
Like every two chapters. Haha.
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Now, Asimov is not really difficult.
Virtually nothing happens in “Foundation”.
The action happened off stage.
But to appreciate Isaac, you need to see in your mind his created sci-fi world.
And if you are like me, you will work harder to imagine the moving platforms, the domed cities, the pill diets.
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I can pretend to read “Foundation”.
I have googled the plot summary (and it is quite faithful).
I have read chapter 1, and the last two.
I skimmed a chapter in the middle.
Those are good enough for me for a feel of the book.
But the truth is, I read the book from cover to cover.
Every word of it.
Including the introduction written for the original republication.
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And again, that’s me: Truth in everything.
Thoroughness.
No bluffing.
If I impress certain people, that’s because I am truly impressive.
Key word: truly.
And that’s why I can be a little difficult in the world of fakes and fakers:
Because I am solid.
Solid as a rock.
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Oh, in case you missed it, Peter means “rock”.
Peter from petrus.
And petrus is Latin for rock.
Well, I presume you know a little Latin?/PN