A New Goal

The last few months, I've been thinking about possible workouts. Anyone who knows me knows I really don't workout, I go rock climbing. However, it's difficult to go rock climbing here in Salt Lake. It was much easier to go climbing back in Vernal. Ah well, such is life.

Anyhow, so here's my thoughts. I want to get strong, relatively speaking. I've been trying for months to figure out a workout program that won't require much effort. (Yeah, it's an oxymoron. I know.) Finally, a solution occurred to me.

I have this amazing little brother named Braden. He's kind of a lot awesome. Well, one day when he was about, oh, seven? He came up to me and my sisters and said "I want to be like Wes." He was referring to Wes's muscles. Apparently, he had seen one of Wes's selfies taken in front of a mirror with his shirt off. My sisters and I kind of laughed and brushed it off, saying someday he probably would.

Then Braden announced his own little plan.

"I'm going to start doing push-ups every day." Well, alright. That's all well and good, but he was only seven so we assumed he would try it once and give up. Nope. A couple years later, here we are and I believe he still does push-ups every day. And his muscles are as close to being like Wes's as is healthy for a kid his age. He gets a royal kick out of walking up to me, grabbing me and carrying me wherever he wants me to be. Sure, I'm not heavy but he's just a kid!

So that little child is my inspiration. I am going to (attempt to) do push-ups everyday. I'll start out like he did, doing a little at a time then work up to larger numbers, occasionally throwing in some other exercises. Maybe this way, I can gain my climbing muscles back without having to pay for a freaking expensive pass to a (really nice) climbing facility.

Oh, and while I'm on the subject, can I say that Braden is just an absolutely amazing little brother? He won't ever let guys mess with his sisters, regardless of his size. He stands up for us and he makes us laugh. I can't wait to go home and see him again.