07/11/2025
Backing Out of the Burpee Challenge
After just one week, I’ve decided to step away from the burpee challenge. Doing 50 burpees a day has been doing me more harm than good. I ignored my gut feeling when I signed up, I wanted to push myself, to do something “extreme” to improve my fitness and for charity, but the truth is, it’s just not for me.
I need movement that nourishes more than just my physical body, something that feeds my mind and spirit too. Yoga Asana has always been my favourite practice because it’s not just a workout, it’s a *work-in*. I realised the burpees were actually interfering with my yoga practice, which means they were interfering with something deeply important to me.
My daily yoga practice gives me so much: it strengthens and tones my body, lifts my mood, balances my energy, helps me repair, release, refresh and reset. It disconnects me from the outside world and reconnects me to myself, and to something far greater. It keeps my ego in check, grounds me, and brings me peace, clarity and happiness. It makes me feel secure, centred and like my best self.
So, I’m choosing to honour that. I can’t spend another three weeks doing something that pulls me away from what truly supports me, just for the sake of getting fitter - I'll go for a run for that instead.
I’m still keeping up my 2-mile daily run, running 60 miles this month in honour of the 60 people who take their lives every hour. That’s my way of giving back. And I’ll be continuing my 90 minutes of yoga every day, no burpees needed.
In all these years I have given up many fitness regimes but yoga I couldn't live without. Every single day I've been challenged mentally and physically, I've improved my health and wellbeing and I have never got bored of it. Burpee's - yeah they'll get you strong and fit but that's it and it's not enough for me.
Ashtanga livestream today 4:30-6pm !
Happy Friday