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I'm sure many have experienced the problem of not being able to stick with one's fitness goals. It's a common problem. You decide I'm going to go to the gym a few days a week, you stick with it for a week or two, then get lazy. I've dealt with this and have found a way to "trick" myself into sticking with my goals.

Two months ago, I decided to go for a run, something I've been doing during most of the pandemic. What I didn't know was that this run would be the start of what would become a 2+ month running streak.

Four months into the COVID-19 Pandemic, I finally broke down and built a gym in my basement.

One of the things I’ve been trying to do while getting in shape is tracking my progress. Weight is obviously one of the metrics I track, but it’s not the only one.

At the beginning of July, I decided to change up my gym routine. I had been running a variation of the P.H.U.L. routine, but decided I wanted to try something a little more intense since I felt like I was plateauing with both deadlifts and bench press.

Over the last 12 weeks, I’ve been running the P.H.U.L. Workout Routine.

So last Friday night, I was able to do something that I've been dreaming of for a while. I was able to skate outdoors on an ice rink in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

I guess the one thing I could say that went well this month is that I got my lifts to my previous bests and I got a lot of runs in.

I feel like August was another wash for me. I could never really get into any kind of rhythm with trips to the gym or runs.

This month was pretty much a complete wash. I didn't really progress at all.