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Captain America’s push-up challenge: Monday-Do as many push-ups as I physically can while keeping good form (n) Wednesday- do 3 sets of (n/3)+1 push-ups Friday- Do 1 set of five of each push-up: Feet elevated, regular, diamond (upped to 7, 10, etc., as needed), et. al Goal: 50 push-ups in a row Reward: +3 STR, +3 STA Technical mess: I receive 1 point for both attributes every two weeks I successfully complete all three days. As for divisibility, 19/3 will count for 6, while 20/3 will count for 7. Mini-quest, the prequel: Is your overall quest achievable (over a short or long period of time)? Is it reasonable? I believe it is both achievable and reasonable, since my lifetime high score is 46 in a row. Do your 3 main goals all build towards it in little ways, or are you taking on too much? I don't think I am taking on too much, but if anyone has a conflicting opinion, I'd happily take it into advisement. Are your main goals realistic? Can you scale them to smaller steps to fit your life better, even if it will make it take a little longer to achieve them? I have scaled it down to do the most I can every week and gain as my body can. Are your goals able to be measured and tracked? What will you use to track them? My goals can be tracked using a blog, this thread, or even on a whiteboard or a notebook. How are you grading your goals? Are they pass/fail (“every dayâ€, “not even once over the six weeksâ€)? Is there a reward for the effort, or are you only grading yourself on whether or not you “lose the weight†or “run the distanceâ€? I am grading on whether or not I actually do what it takes to meet my goals. What is your plan for continuing/altering/grading those goals if you become ill or injured? If I become ill or injured, I can alter my form or do fewer push-ups, even miss a week and take the hit. Did you take into consideration any special occasions (Passover, Easter, Cinco de Mayo, birthdays, anniversaries, etc) that may occur during the challenge? What modifications do you need to build into your goals for those? I should not need to build around those since this is a fitness challenge, but I do need to watch my alcohol consumption during holidays. Do any of your main goals conflict with each other? Will one goal make it hard to do another? Not at all. Do you already have the time in your schedule to actually complete the goals you’ve set? If not, what are you planning to do to make time for them? I do have the time in my mornings to perform my quest quickly. Are you trying to build multiple habits, or is all your energy focused on your main quest? I am trying to build one habit with my quest, but I will be performing personal mini-quests to tweak other areas of my life and possibly gain more stat points in other areas, but these are not my focus.