While on the treadmill tonight the newscaster announced it is only 100 days until the start of the 2014 Olympic games. While I maybe used to eat like an Olympian, I've never amounted to much of an athlete (12 oz curls aside.) I thought back to Mark's challenge a while back, a week with adding a simple 10% to whatever you were doing. Now I thought about extending that challenge through the weeks and months until the start of the games.

Here is what I propose: Take an exercise, or set of exercises if you do more than one, a great idea there, but I digress; Say walking for the first two weeks you take your pace. Are you walking at 2 mph for 20 minutes? If that is your average start there, then the next two weeks add two minutes to your time. You will walk at 2 mph for 22 minutes. The next two weeks, you add another two minutes so you are at 24. The next two you add three minutes (yes, I know you would still be slightly under 3 if you add 2.4 and if you really don't feel like you can add the three, add another two OR keep it at 24 minutes but speed up to 2.5 mph for as long as you can.

This is YOUR goal, or set of goals. There is just over 14 weeks until the start of the games, so 7 sets of two weeks each. At the end of 14 weeks, you should be close to doubling your time or speed, or at least increased both.

So, what do you think? Can you make the extra time for you, or if you don't have the time, can you actively work at increasing the speed of your cardio or the weight of your lifting? This can be as individualized as you are. You can play for some or all of the periods, but I can guarantee you one thing; do this smart - don't push until you hurt yourself, but still push yourself, you WILL feel better at the end of this time.

So, Any takers?