Kit Roberts
A man has shared the impact that doing 100 pushups every day for a year had on his body.
It's that time of year again where many of us make a whole lot of commitments about our health and fitness over the coming year.
Whether it's Dry January, Veganuary, or big commitments about exercising, many of us decide that January is the time for self-improvement.
But unlike the many once-used gym memberships or new workout clothes sitting sweat-free at the back the wardrobe, one man seems to have actually managed to keep up his fitness commitment.
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James Stewart Whyte made the commitment for a simple fitness pursuit - do 100 pushups every day for a year.
It's exactly the sort of thing that many of us might attempt, only to start skipping days after a month or so, but not James who actually followed through.
And now, James has shared the impact that his simple workout regimen had on his body after a year in a YouTube video.
He explained that he chose this form of exercise as it didn't require gym membership, travel, or even a change of clothes, so was very accessible to ensure that he could keep it up regularly.
"I wasn't asking myself to do something daily that I had to explicitly schedule and prepare for in advance," he said.
But how did things progress?
Well, given that the whole point of the exercise was to build a new longer-term habit rather than trying to make a big change all at once, it's not surprising that things took a while to take effect.
"The progress I made was slow," said James.
"After the first few months of the year I saw an almost imperceptible change, progress started to show entering the summer."
He added: "Around this time was when other people started to notice as well.I was building muscle and becoming stronger, and the daily workouts were becoming easier."
But while change did take a while to begin showing, once it was there it very much began to show.
And to be clear, we're not talking immediately starting to look like The Rock at the peak of his WWE career, but that doesn't mean that the results weren't impressive.
James said: "Mid year I checked in on my progress, although results were modest, they were there, and it proved that after you establish a new habit you have to give that habit time to work before you see the results."
Just goes to show it's not always about big showy changes, sometimes it's doing something relatively small but consistent.