Want to hear something weird? (To be filed under "Steph Doesn't Know Shit About Anatomy".)

When several people were doing the 30-day squats challenge, where the number of squats they do increases each day, I thought, holy crap, I could never do 250 squats. That's madness.

I haven't done 250 squats. This isn't that kind of dramatic reveal.

The more people posted about it on FB, the more I thought, well, I'm not in fantastic physical shape, but...I bet I could do 25 squats. (Which my quads screamed about the next day. Like I said, not in fantastic physical shape.)

But I've been gradually adding more squats, and I'm up to 50. And here's the weird thing: my hips don't hurt so much any more. They still get a little annoyed if I try to sleep too long, but -- they pretty much don't hurt. I guess because stronger quad muscles balance the load properly and don't shift too much work to the hips? (Like I said, I don't know shit about anatomy, so that might not be right. I just know my hips don't hurt any more.)

I'm never going to do 250 squats, though.

I guess because stronger quad muscles balance the load properly and don't shift too much work to the hips?

It sure helps. As a catcher, Emmett needs to work on his thigh muscles to help support his knees and hips since he's in a squat all the time.

I'm never going to do 250 squats, though.

Let's get you to 100 and see.

I'm never going to do 250 squats, though.

Let's get you to 100 and see.

I strongly suspect I'm never going to do 100. But stranger things have happened.

I've been thinking about the squat challenge again, and I was thinking about trying again with a pathetically small number, like 5, because starting wherever the challenge started was not a good idea for me.

Huh. My hip hurts too. Steph's post prompted me to go look at the Facebook page, and thence to the video of how to do squats, and...huh. That's not what I thought a squat was. This? I can do this.

So I did! I did 20 skwaats, and ow, so I went and emptied the dishwasher, then I went back and did 10 more.

I did 30 squats, y'all! This is major.

I was thinking about trying again with a pathetically small number, like 5

For real, my quads hurt so much after Day 1 of 25 squats, that I really wished I had started with 10. But it is kind of amazing how quickly you build strength and can add more.

Huh. My hip hurts too.

It took about 3 weeks before I noticed that my hips hurt WAY less. For the record. (Just in case you don't notice any improvement in hip pain right away and decide it's crazy bullshit.)

My hip, oddly, only hurts when I'm lying down, and some nights I have to put on a Salonpas patch to stop the ache so I can sleep. It would be very nice if that stopped happening. I've agreed with myself that I'm going to do the whole 30-day challenge, so we'll see.

For real, my quads hurt so much after Day 1 of 25 squats, that I really wished I had started with 10. But it is kind of amazing how quickly you build strength and can add more.

For me, I have to worry about my knees.

Tea: I'm supposed to be heading out to a wedding in a couple of hours, and I really don't want to go. I knew I wasn't going to want to go when I replied. Why do I keep doing this to myself?