Exercise kickstarts growth
I'm completing 3,307 push-ups, pull-ups, squats, deadlifts, sets at the gym, running minutes or minutes spent playing sport challenge over 24 days to raise awareness and funds for mental health in Australia.
For more than half of my life, I lived with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Upon reflection, exercise has been one of the most important tools in improving my mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. While I've been going to the gym for several years, more recently I've also started incorporating running and calisthenics into my routine. Through this, I've noticed a strong correlation between consistent exercise and improvements in my mood, mental clarity, energy levels, confidence, and resilience. The mental clarity has in turned helped me learn more theory to grow as a person. It has helped me build a healthier and more fulfilling life.
This challenge brings together two things that are deeply important to me: exercise and mental health.
For many years, I was the one receiving help from friends, family, therapists, and the healthcare system. Today, I am in the best physical, mental, and emotional shape I've ever been in. I want to pay that support forward and do what I can to help others.
Hopefully, by sharing my story, being vulnerable, raising awareness, and raising funds, I can make a small difference.
If you're able to, please consider supporting my fundraiser with a tax-deductible donation.
Every contribution, no matter the size, helps fund vital mental health services and initiatives that support Australians experiencing mental health challenges.
Thank you for your support.
#pushforbetter
Supporting Lifeline
Lifeline is a national charity providing Australians who are experiencing emotional distress access to 24-hour crisis support, suicide prevention, mental health, and domestic and family violence prevention services.
Lifeline exists to ensure that no person in Australia has to face their toughest moments alone.
Our experience has shown us that it is through connection that we can find hope. That’s why we are available 24 hours a day to listen without judgement to anyone in Australia who is feeling overwhelmed, distressed, or experiencing a crisis. Each year, Lifeline receives over 1.3 million contacts to our crisis support services.
By supporting Lifeline, you are ensuring the Lifeline network has the critical technology, resources and people necessary to deliver crisis support, self-led support, and counselling services around the clock.
My Challenge History
Pushuperer for 1 year
| Push-Ups | Funds | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 867 | $385 |
| Total | 867 | $385 |
My Push-Up Progress
Part of Team Stoic Support Amigos
Good luck with the challenge!