I’m starting to do my daily write-ups the next morning — it only makes sense. It gives me the night to reflect on my day and give the full overview. Now that I got this little bit of housekeeping out of the way, let’s discuss yesterday and the title of this post. Do I think I failed?
The simple answer is no. The philosophical answer… kinda?
The 5-Minute Task I Couldn’t Do
So I made a goal on Day 2 or so of this challenge to do at a minimum 1 set of AMRAP (as many reps as possible) pushups, and 3 sets of AMRAP ab crunches. This is literally something that would take me around 5 minutes a day tops to do, so it’s not a time constraint. Yet I still somehow managed to not do it yesterday.
If you know anything about me, the odds of me actually doing that for 100 days straight were probably a million to one. So I’m not even surprised myself that yesterday — even though I had the time, wasn’t sick, didn’t “forget” to do it — I didn’t complete this menial task.
One Missed Day Won’t Derail the Goal
The key difference I’m hoping for this time is not letting one missed day derail my main goal of getting abs by summer. And to be completely honest, yesterday wasn’t a complete failure — my diet was on point. And you know what they say: “Abs are built in the kitchen.” I do believe that to be about 50% of the equation.
Pivoting the YouTube Strategy
One thing I am disappointed in myself with is I feel like I’m mailing in my daily vlog posts on YouTube. Even though I have uploaded daily, the quality is quite bad. I think I’m going to focus on doing YouTube Shorts for the daily updates and then once a week doing a longer vlog/recap that goes into a bit more detail.
And I know no one will be upset with this change because, well, quite frankly literally no one has watched the videos (besides the first one which has 4 views — all by yours truly). But yeah, I’m still posting them, because at the end of the day they aren’t really being made to be seen by others — they’re being made to keep me going. A form of discipline, motivation, whatever you might call it.
Day 5 Game Plan
So for today (March 2nd — Day 5) my goal is simple: back to the gym, reward myself with the sauna, record a bit of footage for the YouTube channel, and keep the diet on point. I have 95 days left and the abs unfortunately aren’t going to magically appear overnight (imagine lol). I do know though — if I keep stacking days, they will be here in no time.
You can’t out-train a bad diet, especially when it comes to visible abs. Most experts agree that diet accounts for at least 50–80% of ab visibility. You need a low enough body fat percentage for abs to show, and that comes primarily from what you eat. Exercise builds the muscle underneath, but the kitchen reveals it.