it's been a good year for challenging my body. i've never been big on working out, and i'm still not; it's just boring. but i've found that i can commit to my handy dandy pull up bar twice a day. i got it a few months ago and started with ten reps. moved up to 12, 15, 18, and now 20. perhaps in a month i'll hit 24. i like progress. but this is less challenging than stretching my groin and leg muscles. fuck.

i just did my first REAL groin stretch, and it was close to ten minutes, letting my body know in no uncertain terms: "we are doing something new now." i gave myself a reasonable goal of doing full splits by next summer, and stretching every day or so (with breaks when necessary) could do the trick. flexibility is my glaring weakness when it comes to dance, and it's getting old. i never believed that i could do splits, and felt that as an adult it was too late. but my body and i are gonna see how true that is. i'll keep you updated on my progress.

in this moment, it burns, baby. that must be good.