Sick, Again? Wow.

I think that the gods are against me.  They see that I start getting into my exercise groove and they say, "Wham!  Let's hit her with some sort of plague or pestilence.  We can't have her getting healthy on us and stop worshiping the gods of gluttony, laziness and obesity."

So, because of the plague of a head cold that I have had for the past week, I have taken some time off from exercise.  I am still sick, but today I reached the realization that I should at least be doing SOMETHING physically challenging, other than walking up the stairs.

I was reminded of the time, while I lived in Greensboro, NC and traveled by bike, that I had a severe cold that had gone into my lungs.  I was out of luck, though.  I didn't have any other choice than to ride my bike to get to the places that I needed to go.  It killed me.  OK, not literally, hence the fact that I am still here to tell the story, but I got through it.  And you know what they say...what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.  And this time, I do mean that literally.

So, while swimming is out of the question, due to nasal congestion, sit-ups, push-ups and walking/jogging are not.  Hopefully they won't kill me.

The Test Begins...

The FBI physical test reqs, that is,  AND the verdict is that I would never get in.  I am too out of shape.  I haven't even started the running part of the reqs, but as far as push-ups go, I had to do girly style and I am not very quick at the sit-ups.  Yes, that's right.  I would already be at -4 points.  I was only able to do 27 sit-ups in the one minute time and I did 15 girly push-ups before giving up.

I have A LOT of work to do.  I'll keep you updated.

The Next Level

I've been swimming three times a week for about a month, now.  It's time to take it to the next level.  I recently read the physical requirements necessary to apply for the FBI.  I know that I am not applying to be an agent, although that would be awesome, but I thought that it was a pretty good measurement of my health.

FBI Physical Reqs

So, to begin with, I will start timing myself once a day to see how many sit-ups I can do in a minute, as well as push-ups.  There is not a time limit, but you do have to be able to do a certain number consecutively.  So, I will do as many push-ups in a row as I can.  Hopefully this will help me to build up my strength and get ready for the last 90 days prior to my birthday.  That's right...I'll be doing P90X during those final three months.  I definitely need to start gearing up now.