M2M Day 300: I got a little too excited

Max Deutsch
Aug 28, 2017 · 2 min read

This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For August, my goal is to complete one continuous set of 40 pull-ups.

Today marks the 300th day of my M2M project, which is an exciting milestone.

To celebrate, I had an ambitious idea: This morning, I would first eclipse the 40 pull-up mark (officially completing this month’s challenge), and then I would proceed to knock out 260 more pull-ups over the course of the day.

In other words, I was hoping to do 300 pull-ups in honor of M2M Day 300.

But there was a bit of a problem, which was completely my fault…

Two days ago, on Friday morning, immediately after setting my PR of 39.5 pull-ups, I completed a high-intensity, hour-long, full-body workout with my trainer Matt.

Then, Friday night, my friend texted me, asking if I wanted to workout, and I unhesitatingly said yes, proceeding to complete my second high-intensity, hour-long, full-body workout of the day.

As a result, I tore up my muscles more than usual, and they’re taking a little longer to heal. In fact, I’m still feeling quite sore in my arms and back.

I actually tried to go down to the gym today to see if I could at least attempt the 40 pull-ups (without the other 260), but I very quickly realized that it wasn’t going to happen.

Hopefully tonight, while I sleep, my body repairs itself, and I’ll be nice and fresh for tomorrow’s workout.

If I had planned better, I would have taken much more advantage of today’s milestone. But, oh well. Happy 300!

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Max Deutsch is a product manager at Intuit, the creator of Somebody.io and Rightspeed, and the guinea pig for Month to Master.

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