Flabdominals (noun): flabby abdominals, particularly the kind that jiggle when participating in high-impact exercises and/or solicit congratulations on a person’s non-existent pregnancy.
A month ago, I wrote about my quest to vanquish my flabdominals. My daily exercise plan was not overly ambitious but potentially effective. I’m sure that you are on pins and needles for a flabdominals follow-up. So, how did I do?
I have a six-pack of course!
Or not. Sigh.
The blame doesn’t lie with the plan or the exercises. It falls squarely on the execution.
What? Am I telling you that I didn’t go from never doing ab work outside of exercise classes to doing it on my own, at home, on a daily basis?
Yes, that is exactly what I am telling you. Sad, but true.
Things started off well. The series that I had prescribed for myself was challenging but not overly strenuous. It was quick but I felt like I had accomplished something when I was done. All good things.
One bonus benefit that I hadn’t expected was that it required more articulation in my spine than I was in the habit of doing. Of course I had to engage my abs to do that.
The first five days were a piece of cake! I was going to be un-flabdominal-ified in no time. I was adding reps an feeling the exercises more deeply. I felt like I was standing taller. My shoulders were more relaxed because my core was more solid and they could relax on top of that. This was going to be great!
And then…
I don’t know.
The bottom line is that I didn’t accomplish my goal. All told, out of 28 days, I’m going to say that I did eleven days of abs. Not even half.
What now? I could decide to tell myself that I’m a failure and give up on my quest to vanquish my flabdominals. Why even bother? I didn’t do it perfectly the first time.
Or, I could give myself credit for trying and acknowledge the difference that I noticed from just doing a little bit. Something is not everything but it is more than nothing after all. I didn’t do everything that I wanted to, but I did something and I noticed the difference.
This next month, I’m going to see if I can double that number. I know that eleven days of ab exercises make a difference, let’s see what happens.