Our Sunday challenge is to rejuvenate. We’re going to do it fresh water, a heap of awesome protein, and bright sunshine.
We’ve now roared through 14 days straight – I mean queer – of moving our bodies every day (or nearly every day), some days with great intensity. Big round of applause for us! Hercules! Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!
So today we rejuvenate. The challenge today is to do these three things. You have all day to do them.
1. Drink delicious water. No need to drink 8 glasses, which is a myth anyway, but do drink more today than you normally drink. A tip from hundreds of millions of old Chinese people: drink hot water with your meals. It’s weirdly calming.
2. Eat a heap of awesome protein. If you don’t have it in your house, get some. This is your excuse for loading up on clean, inexpensive protein for the week. There’s eggs, beans, and edamame (look for it in the frozen vegetables). Peanut butter is also fine, especially in a milk-banana-peanut butter smoothie. For eaters of meat, do your magic with tuna fish, chicken thighs, ground sirloin, or pork chops. If you’ve been feeling woozy after workouts, you’re probably not eating enough protein.
3. Get out into the sun…and do 100 pushups. The Sunday forecast is for bright sunshine and a high of 55 degrees. It’s January, friends. This is WONDERFUL! So get outside and do 10 sets of 10 beautiful, powerful, lovely, push-ups. If you’re feeling up for it, do ahead and do these in monster sets of fifty. For the rest of us, the standard is to do 10 sets of 10, all outside, throughout the day. When you use your car to run an errand, put your hands or feet up on the bumper and do 10 before you get in and 10 after you get out. That’s 40 pushups total for one trip to the grocery store to buy your heaps of protein.
An extra point for anyone who posts a photo to our FB page documenting push-ups done in your church attire.
Drink, eat, and push up. And congratulate yourself for being awesome these first 14 days.
23 responses to “Sun. – 1/25 Rejuvenation Sunday”
Anushka
January 25th, 2015 at 12:41
I followed most of the directions…still too cold outside for my Pakistani bum!
shaerobinson
January 25th, 2015 at 17:17
60 done in the sun!
Plus a 6.5 walk and talk with my best guy, Joce! Time to get this last 40.
researchjen
January 25th, 2015 at 20:22
Done! Though I have to admit I did them inside…
Glo
January 25th, 2015 at 21:05
Check, well kinda. I did them after sundown in my kitchen while I cooked a protein packed vegan chili. I think it still counts…
Glo
January 25th, 2015 at 21:12
C’mon Team Shine! 🙂
Empish Thomas
January 25th, 2015 at 21:06
Okay, I did the pure water. The heap of protein. One hundred painful push ups. But no sunshine. It was a bit too cold today..flash backs from Saturday!.
Lisa
January 25th, 2015 at 21:40
Had to finish up inside but got ’em done.
eunicehcho
January 25th, 2015 at 21:54
Done, though inside too….
zahra
January 25th, 2015 at 21:55
done under the sun that shined through the kitchen window. 40 straight then 3 sets of 20. ouch. #HotDamn
Cecilia
January 25th, 2015 at 22:02
Done! They were done outside thanks to Phoenix’s 80 degree weather! Pic coming to FB soon!
msullivan574
January 25th, 2015 at 22:29
Loved all this sunshine!
Cindy Lutenbacher
January 25th, 2015 at 22:31
Made it…But I did 20 sets of 5. In these two weeks, I’ve worked up to 5 quasi-perfect push-ups at a time. Whoo-hoo!!
But Nikki wouldn’t go outside to take a picture of me doing push-ups in my pajamas. Sister Harriet meets first and third Sundays, so pjs are my church duds today.
Hugs to all!!!
Tif
January 25th, 2015 at 22:42
Check!
Roan
January 25th, 2015 at 22:55
Done! Made it up to 13 solid push-ups in a row. Slowly gettin it…
Holiday
January 25th, 2015 at 22:58
Nationally done. 2 sets of 20 in Brooklyn indoors (there was snow on the ground afterall). Flew home and did 2 more sets of 20 on the Beltline in the sun with my love. Last set of 20 in my living room before eating a grassfed buger. #teamhotdamn
Monaco Jones
January 25th, 2015 at 23:14
Finished. Did a few inside and outside. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture.
Daniel
January 25th, 2015 at 23:32
Done.
Jocelyn
January 25th, 2015 at 23:43
So so done. I got in 60 on my 6.5 mile sunshine-filled walk with Coach Shae. The last 40 were done on my knees in my house over the course of 4 hours.
Chris
January 25th, 2015 at 23:56
Shocked that I did it!!! Sadly slacked on the protein bc I didn’t get to the blog til after I ate, but I’ll make up for it tomorrow with some eggs and turkey 🙂
Everette
January 26th, 2015 at 00:11
Whew! Team Deadlift! Just pushed these out. All inside… 1 set of 40 listening to Lupe Fiasco The Coolest, 2nd Set of 40 listening to Nas, pushed out the last 20 listening to Talib Kweli Get By! Sending love and encouragement to everyone this week. See you Tuesday!
efiada77
January 26th, 2015 at 00:56
Been crazy busy with work this evening so JUST finished these – 4 sets of 25, but I made quinoa for the first time to go with my chicken & collards and always drink a lot of water–best drink in the world! #TeamShine
BT
January 26th, 2015 at 01:21
Done! Only able to do 20 on my toes, the rest on my knees. Such a struggle. Got more water in than usual and glad to see the info about water as I’ve always said that I AM drinking my water because I get it in – in other ways. #teamshine – that’s really team Soul Glo!
Evelyn
January 26th, 2015 at 01:40
Done!