Moving Forward

     Saturdays meeting was fantastic and while I am not proud to say that hearing everyone is struggling a little made me feel better. It was very humbling also and even though my struggles pale in comparison to some of my other team members they are my own and I imagine what we feel is similar.
     I came away with a new plan of attack for my goals that I have set into motion. Hopefully this helps me get to the next level that I am striving for.
   
     Why did I join Kung-Fu? Needed to do something.(easy answer)
     Why am I still in Kung-Fu? The people.(easy answer)
     Is my Kung-Fu serving me? Absolutely.(easy answer)
     I will have to elaborate on the first 2 questions later , the answer to the 3rd question was easy. When I started writing them down it seemed to me that all the answers were easy but it's hard to pinpoint what exactly made me join and what exactly keeps me coming back. I have not really thought about them until now.

    Scott Fuhr

Motivated

     While I have never announced to people that I learn/train in Kung-Fu I have not hidden the fact either. My family asks me how karate is going all the time. I Ho Chuan has made me answer a few questions as to why I am doing so many sit ups , push ups and why I would go vegetarian. My Dad has been trying to do 1000 sit ups a week to keep up with me.
     On Saturday I had a conversation with a dad from hockey and was explaining to him about I Ho Chuan and most of the challenges involved. It definitely got him thinking because I seen him again a few hours later and he said he couldn't stop thinking about the push up part. Mostly because he has started back working out and push ups are a big part of his regime. Although I can't say for sure I think he is going to be setting the 50000 goal for the year.(said it was his competitive side)
     Looks like I may have motivated 2 people to do a little more and all I did was tell them what I was doing. It's only 2 but its a start.

Scott Fuhr

Family Time

      So I basically took the Easter weekend off Friday , Saturday , Sunday to spend it focused on my family , skiing and dinners with extended family. It was more than worth it. Quality time is hard to come by as we tend to spend most of our days heading in different directions. That being said I still managed to fit in 320 push ups and sit ups , a few rounds of sparring and some form reps. Not what I should have done number wise but when I think about it not bad for taking the time off.
      Really looking forward to spring and getting outside to put some miles on because to date I haven't officially recorded any. I am not worried about it , I do a lot of walking at work and will once its a little nicer out I will walk/run the dog more than I do already. A pedometer is on my list of items to purchase so if there are any tried and tested ones that are any good I would like to know.  

Scott Fuhr

Focus

Well, I was falling asleep when I realized I had not done my blog yet. I wish I had insightful revalations like some of the other blogs but I don't . Not yet at least. I do believe it will come as long as I continue to blog every week. Feel like I am wasting a lot of time during the days, which is most likely the cause of my numbers to be low and there is only one way to combat this and that is to focus a little harder each and every day.
  ScottFuhr

Crazy week

Had a really crazy week. Both of my kids play hockey , I help coach both teams , and it is playoffs. Throughout the year coaching attendance for practices and games has been good therefore I have been able to miss some hockey and attend Kung Fu this last week and possibly the next week are the exception. Two coaches are out of town this week so I have to be there. Practice and game times this week are going to be set each day , it may be every night or there might not be anything until the weekend. The bitter sweet part is that it looks like this weekend will be the end of hockey for the year , win or lose , for both kids. The point of this post is that even though I may not physically be at class I am there in spirit. This is my balancing act.

Comfort zone

     What do I write about? I cannot be the only one with this problem. I think I will start making notes through out the week on topics that are important or relevant to me. There are a million topics running thru my head the problem for me is getting them down on paper. A video blog might be the answer even though the thought of that is definitely more uncomfortable than typing my thoughts.

      Also keeping a record of my food intake and doing a food challenge is a great idea , although I do not see me being a vegetarian or eating gluten free long term I do see the benefit of the challenge.
   

     Scott Fuhr

Numbers

These are my numbers for February.
Push ups and sit ups 3600 for both.
26 rounds of sparring.
14 reps of my hand form and 8 of my weapons form.

     While they are not what I envisioned for a start they are a start. In my mind I saw my numbers being high and a flow being unmatched. Reality has set in. This journey I am embarking on is going to take a re-evaluation of my time use more so than I originally thought. Already I see the hours I waste , where before the start of the UBBT , I thought were put to relatively good use. I don't see me trying to brush my teeth while doing sit-ups. Yet.

     So where do I start ?