Day 2 is complete with 55 push-ups and 55 air squats in my Steem uniform. I did 5 extra for each because I lost count. Oh well, my body wins...

It's all about the results. It took me longer this time, but I did the job. I also listened to @michealb's advice to go deeper on my push-ups, which made it harder and had me cursing with his Lego head avatar in my mind towards the end, haha.

#### We had 2 Steemians produce results on the first day for a solid start!
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[Here's everything you need to know for the kickoff of my second daily fitness challenge.](https://steemit.com/fitness/@steemmatt/putting-back-the-manual-into-fitness-restarting-the-steem-daily-100-rep-fitness-challenge-with-50-push-ups-50-air-squats) 

_Please read that link to get the bigger picture and the history behind this._ 

The first time I ran this, 55 Steemians from 14 countries did 580,283 overall reps across 156 consecutive days.

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### Join The Mission: 
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50 push-ups and 50 squats daily if you can, or as often as you can, and reply that you did them. Video or photo proof is great, but not necessary. We'll work on an honor system since some people want to stay private. If you need to do more squats at first, that's ok, just try to get to 100 total between these two exercises.

Exercises will shift, expand, and rotate as we proceed.

This is intended to boost morale, health, and engagement on the Steem blockchain. It's also intended to be a baseline daily workout that becomes easier as time goes on. I'll be doing these regardless if I have another workout, or a workout for the same body parts. Effort = results. 

The only days I will skip are the days before I have to play baseball (usually on a weekend this Fall).

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Here's me hammering out 55 push-ups and 55 air squats on 8/16/2019. I was much slower than my 2:52 time yesterday at 4:20 today. I was a bit sore from the first sets last night and also from carrying a ton of weight in a big box over half a mile last night afterwards. That's curb recycling for you in... it's good for the soul and also $450+ worth of high quality stuff to sell.

https://youtu.be/kZOLxiKHBOk

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### Day 1 Participants (50 push-ups and 50 air squats):
- @steemmatt (USA) 
- @rmsbodybuilding (UK) 
- @belemo (NIGERIA) [His video proof.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoztfkYGRSA)

I'm not surprised to see these two jumping right back in at their first chance. Thank you for leading the charge.

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@thevillan will try to get involved when this doesn't interrupt his gym routine, and both @tarazkp and @celestal should contribute once they're over their fever/sniffles. @willowwisp is thinking it through as it's not an easy task for everyone.

I'm nominating @khufu, @aussieninja, and @ninjamike to dive in and get on board. -> Please see this [link from yesterday's kickoff post for details.](https://steemit.com/fitness/@steemmatt/putting-back-the-manual-into-fitness-restarting-the-steem-daily-100-rep-fitness-challenge-with-50-push-ups-50-air-squats)

### Markets and spirits may be down now, but our health should always be on the rise.
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We don't always need an app and tokens for everything. Sometimes we just need to take control and put in the work.

Rep on,
@steemmatt