As many of you know, one of my goals for my 60th birthday is to perform 60 push-ups on that day. To that end, I’ve been doing test push-ups. Until yesterday, I was progressing. Unfortunately, I regressed, going from 38 last month to 36 yesterday. As I said at the end of the video, it’s “back to the drawing board.”

Immediately after the test, I knew what the most obvious fix was. While I’ve done bench presses, dumbbell presses and chest flys as part of my chest routine, I was not consistently incorporating push-ups. If I want to do 60 push-ups by my 60th birthday, I need to do….push-ups. Duh.

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While I am confident that consistent push-ups are the answer, my re-evaluation does not stop there.

After initially losing 12 lbs, my weight loss has stalled out, meaning I need to take a second look at my diet and increase my cardio. The strength in my right hip has improved considerably in the last six months. Given the improvement, I need to ramp up my cardio. I have to be mindful of the type of cardio I can do. High-impact activities such as running are discouraged. The reason is that the artificial joint will wear out faster. I have no desire to do that. To date, I’ve been content with long walks. From a weight loss perspective, that is insufficient.

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