Exercise

I've been doing 100 sit-ups and 40-50 pushups, and 40 squats a day for almost a year now. I stopped during spring break, but was doing physical activity during that time (skiing). Since this time last year I've lost 20 lbs. I started with a better diet and initially lost 30 lbs over about 5 months, then started my exercise routine about when the summer Olympics were on (motivation). Recently I've been trying to ramp up how many push ups I can do by taking about a minute break after 50, then pushing out as many more as I can do.

Still no six-pack, but overall I feel more healthy and can run a solid 2 miles when I have the time. Speaking of time, I don't think many people realize that you actually can get in shape in 20 minutes a day. I think the problem is that people don't get into a routine and do it every day.

After reading this Lifehacker article I think I'm going to replace my situps with planks. It's less straining on your spine, but acheives the same objective of a stronger core. Here's a YouTube video of the exercise.

I'm 21 for reference, and when I saw people my age doing awesome feats of strength, in Gymnastics especially, I couldn't help not exercise. (Also learned how to spell exercise in that period :)