Squat jumps

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