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Do you believe in free-will?
I’m not sure. Let me ask my husband; he’s always telling me what to do.
They say “everything happens for a reason” – do you think this is true?
What’s your reason for asking?
One health story making the rounds is how sitting too much all day will kill you. Since you are likely seated as you read this, don’t panic. We want to help.
Since we here at WordPress.com want you around, and blogging, forever, we’d like you to get up, right now, and do some push-ups. How many do you think you can do? Write it down. Then go do ‘em. And write a blog post about the results. Did it feel good? Did you do more or less than you guessed?
According to fitness scientists, a 40 year old woman should be able to do 16. A man, 27. And Jack LaLanne was doing push-ups into his 90s.
See The Simple Push-Up for more background on this curiously useful exercise.
The Laughing Housewife Blog is temporarily suspended due to Tilly Bud falling into a paroxysm of laughter on reading this prompt; and then a coffee table.
It won’t kill you to sit at a computer all day – it will give you writer’s bum, though. What will kill you is doing any press-ups at all. Oh, and I’d quite like to die laughing!
We’ll go together!
I’m with you two!
I’m still in my youth and can do over 50 but i suppose that no real surprise for a 25 year old
I couldn’t do 2.5 when I was 25, so I’m suitably impressed.
I enjoyed your responses.
less than 1 – and i was right. too small to post about
I’ll try some push-ups as soon as I stop laughing.
Just done n-n-n-nineteen
Show off!
I’m impressed.
- just couldn’t make it 20. ;(
Ouch . . . I’ve got numb butt from sitting all day!
That’s what comes of being a conscientious blogger!
I’m very tired after reading this. Might put off press ups till another day…
I’m worried about that elderly chap – he’s still at it.
A wise decision.
I dislike push-ups…
Me too. Let’s not do them together.