In 2005 I managed via a mountain bike accident to completely do in my right ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament). Not having medical insurance I had to grin and bear it and let it heal as best it would untreated which took about two years.

After spending almost three years progressively getting more out of shape in early 2008 I started riding my mountain bike for serious distance to strengthen the knee and started training again at karate last spring.

For building back core body strength I’ve been working on a goal of 100 crunches on my Roman chair sit up bench and for the upper body of doing 100 pushups.

Here’s a fun site I discovered for attaining the goal of being able to do One Hundred Pushups.