Comments on: Goodlife Fitness’s 29th Birthday Party http://fitnessstartswithyou.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/goodlife-fitnesss-29th-birthday-party-2/ Strategies and thoughts on making fitness an enjoyable part of your life. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:41:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kevin http://fitnessstartswithyou.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/goodlife-fitnesss-29th-birthday-party-2/#comment-20 Kevin Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:29:00 +0000 http://fitnessstartswithyou.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/goodlife-fitnesss-29th-birthday-party-2/#comment-20 Hi Daisy, Can you share with us some of the personal benchmarks you've reached? For instance, how many crunches, push ups, etc. can you currently do? What is your target goal?At the moment, my abdominal training consists of:-1 set of crunches (70 reps)-1 set of crossover crunches (50 reps, i.e. 25 per side)-1 set of abdominal leg lifts (10 reps)-1 set of russian twists (sadly only 20 reps because I just started, i.e. 10 per side)It would be easy for me to work up to 130+ ab crunches, but my goal isn't to have a 6 pack or be even to be "fit". I only work out so that I can play better tennis and hit the ball harder using core strength.In fact, current UFC Welterweight Champion, Georges St. Pierre says “My conditioning is one of the most important things in fighting. If I compare conditioning to F1 racing, it’s like if I put the best driver in the world in a 'bad' car, he’s gonna go nowhere. So it’s important to be very skillful, but also to have a very good conditioning. Because conditioning is your foundation, it’s like your house. If you build a house. If you have no foundation, your house is gonna fall down.” Likewise, I could be the best tennis player in the world, but if my body isn't strong, then I won't even be able to hit the ball over the net, haha! </blockquote> <blockquote> <em>We are all individuals with our own goals and our own starting points. I think the only comparisons that should be made are comparisons on how you are on one day vs the same measurements 30-60 days later. There will always be people with higher or lower numbers and the only one that matters is yours and whether they are improving. If you really, *really* want to know, email me. :) - Daisy</em><blockquote> Hi Daisy, Can you share with us some of the personal benchmarks you’ve reached? For instance, how many crunches, push ups, etc. can you currently do? What is your target goal?At the moment, my abdominal training consists of:-1 set of crunches (70 reps)-1 set of crossover crunches (50 reps, i.e. 25 per side)-1 set of abdominal leg lifts (10 reps)-1 set of russian twists (sadly only 20 reps because I just started, i.e. 10 per side)It would be easy for me to work up to 130+ ab crunches, but my goal isn’t to have a 6 pack or be even to be “fit”. I only work out so that I can play better tennis and hit the ball harder using core strength.In fact, current UFC Welterweight Champion, Georges St. Pierre says “My conditioning is one of the most important things in fighting. If I compare conditioning to F1 racing, it’s like if I put the best driver in the world in a ‘bad’ car, he’s gonna go nowhere. So it’s important to be very skillful, but also to have a very good conditioning. Because conditioning is your foundation, it’s like your house. If you build a house. If you have no foundation, your house is gonna fall down.” Likewise, I could be the best tennis player in the world, but if my body isn’t strong, then I won’t even be able to hit the ball over the net, haha!

We are all individuals with our own goals and our own starting points. I think the only comparisons that should be made are comparisons on how you are on one day vs the same measurements 30-60 days later. There will always be people with higher or lower numbers and the only one that matters is yours and whether they are improving.

If you really, *really* want to know, email me. :) – Daisy

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