Survival Fitness

     So during my search for infomation to collect and learn, there is one aspect of survival that I see every once in a while, but not as often as I would expect.  Fitness.

     Fitness is one of the key aspects of survival.  If your not in good shape it will make survival that much harder, and so that is why I have decided to start a fitness routine.  This way should I find myself in a situation where I need to survival I will be better able to physically cope wiith anything that I need to.

     In trying to develop a routine I had to take into account a few things.  One is my fitness level.  It's not awful.  I am not overweight and I don't have any physical injuries or disabilities.  This is a good start.  However, I am not in shape.  I don't do tons of physical activity by means.  I drive to work, because it is too far away to walk to, and once I am at work, I sit, for anywhere between seven and ten hours.  All that sitting is one of the reasons why I want to create a physical fitness regimen, because I feel so lazy. 

      Another thing I have to take into account is weather.  It is January and it is cold out!  I don't paticularily like the cold, so what ever routine I will be doing is going to be inside.  On that token however I do not own any workout machines or equipment and I don't intend on buying any.  The result is that I have decided to go with a body weight only fitness routine that ramps up the intensity overtime so I can get better in shape as I go, without hurting myself by trying to go too hard in the beginning.

So here is the routine:

	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3
Level 1	max rounds in 20 min 1 sit-ups 2 push-ups 3 squats	5 rounds for time 2 sit-ups 6 push-ups 10 squats	for time 10 sit-ups 21 push-ups 21 squats
Level 2	max rounds in 20 min 1 sit-ups 3 push-ups 4 squats	5 rounds for time 3 sit-ups 8 push-ups 13 squats	for time 13 sit-ups 26 push-ups 26 squats
Level 3	max rounds in 20 min 2 sit-ups 3 push-ups 5 squats	5 rounds for time 3 sit-ups 10 push-ups 16 squats	for time 16 sit-ups 33 push-ups 33 squats
Level 4	max rounds in 20 min 2 sit-ups 4 push-ups 6 squats	5 rounds for time 4 sit-ups 12 push-ups 20 squats	for time 20 sit-ups 41 push-ups 41 squats
Level 5	max rounds in 20 min 3 sit-ups 5 push-ups 8 squats	5 rounds for time 5 sit-ups 15 push-ups 26 squats	for time 26 sit-ups 51 push-ups 51 squats
Level 6	max rounds in 20 min 3 sit-ups 6 push-ups 10 squats	5 rounds for time 6 sit-ups 19 push-ups 32 squats	for time 32 sit-ups 64 push-ups 64 squats
Level 7	max rounds in 20 min 4 sit-ups 8 push-ups 12 squats	5 rounds for time 8 sit-ups 24 push-ups 40 squats	for time 40 sit-ups 80 push-ups 80 squats
Level 8	max rounds in 20 min 5 sit-ups 10 push-ups 15 squats	5 rounds for time 10 sit-ups 30 push-ups 50 squats	for time 50 sit-ups 100 push-ups 100 squats

~Sara