Every January, gyms fill up with people who have decided that this is the year. The year of the six-pack, the marathon, the complete physical overhaul. By February, most of those people are back on the sofa, slightly disappointed and considerably more familiar with their own limitations than they were before.
The problem is never the ambition; it is the approach. Big goals, massive effort, immediate results or nothing. It is a cycle so predictable it has become a cliché. James Stewart Whyte had a different idea. He didn’t opt for the gym, expensive equipment, or a complicated programme. Just 100 push-ups, every single day, for a year. And he filmed the whole thing.
