Summer Goals
Well, spring and summer are around the corner, what are things you'd like to accomplish over the summer? It can be weightloss/gain/fitness related.
Mine:
- Run a sub-five minute mile (5:36 last summer's best)
- Bike to Toledo and back
- Deadlift 405 pounds (four plates aside)
- Squat 300 pounds
- Clean and jerk 225 pounds
The first three will probably happen, the last two are going to be harder.
Mine:
- Run a sub-five minute mile (5:36 last summer's best)
- Bike to Toledo and back
- Deadlift 405 pounds (four plates aside)
- Squat 300 pounds
- Clean and jerk 225 pounds
The first three will probably happen, the last two are going to be harder.
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Not quite sure what else, i'm currently getting my finances back on track so that is good
It's great waving people off to work with a beer in your hand, the looks you get can be priceless.
[edit]oh fitness, serves me right for not seeing where those front page links go to. guess I will work on a tan while drinking[/edit]
Seems like last week when Prime started that original challenge when I was still 350lbs and way out of shape. Every day I think of when I'll take the after pictures and glance back at my before pictures and just be awestruck
Marcus
For visual reference: Hook Grip
-- hiking
-- and of course, fishing: king salmon, red salmon, silver salmon, halibut, and maybe rainbows in the fall
-- work around the house - bit of painting, clearing dead wood out of the woods (fire hazard reduction), remove trees that are ready to fall in the next big wind storm...and so forth
This is all exercise that results in weight loss and better general fitness without the drudgery of exercise sets. (I ran for nearly 30 years and did calisthenics for over 20 years. Almost never enjoyed it.) Hiking is one exercise I thoroughly enjoy. I also don't mind working in the woods. It's very gratifying to remove old timber, then to watch the young saplings shoot up in the newly open space. Not your typical exercise, but it's pretty physically demanding. The fishing can be pretty good exercise as well. Standing on slippery rocks in 34F water ain't easy.
-Get on a consistent and regular workout/running routine like I was in college
-Return to track form circa last December (includes)
-Squat: 465
-Bench: 235
-Power Clean: 265
-Dead lift: 525 [this is lowest on the ladder right now, as it won't be used much at all for my training]
-Vertical: 38"
-Weight: 158lbs
-Sub 11 second 100m dash
-Sub 22 second 200m dash
-Sub 6.5 second 55m dash
-Sub 50 second 400m dash
The 400m one is going to require some switch out from training I'd normally do during college and will likely not come into play until AFTER I accomplish the first 3. Since the 55m is an indoor only event, it's unlikely I'll be able to bring that one up until late fall/early winter, but its still a goal I have. The 100m and 200m marks are extremely important to me, given that they'll be getting my priority attention.
Yeah, I don't use straps/chalk/belts.
Ultimately, work on building up a little stamina (my hardest trait personally), drop a little fat (took me 4 years of college to put it on!) and finally add a little muscle to my scrawny ass frame. Yup... that about does it.
This summer I generally want to continue to build up my upper body. I've NEVER had much for upper body strength, especially in my triceps. So my end goal is to keep working my upper body until I can do a few consecutive pullups (I've never been able to do a single one, and I'm close to being able to do so).
Overall, I want to keep up with my 3 days cardio, 3 days strength workout through the summer. With cardio, I'm hoping to make 4 mile + runs an easy and regular feat.
Me too! I saw the pictures from ICSP, and I was like "Is that really what I look like?! I thought I was doing so well" but I guess I'm not doing as well as I thought.
I felt kind-of vain that my first thought was: "I need to make sure I look better in time for the LAN pictures"... :P
The most surprising part for me is just how far my legs have deteriorated in strength, flexibility, and endurance. I can remember repping out 300lbs in squat 15 times and now I have a hard time doing more than 20-30 manual lunges.
Add to that the abysmal shape my abs seem to be in, I can only do 150-200 reps of the sit-up routine/pattern we did during track. God, we used to do 500 reps a DAY of that routine leading up to a bruising 2500 a week. When did I get so soft?
That said, I'm definitely going to look into a decent gym membership. Though I'm sure I'll end up living there if I'm not too careful. I can get addicted to the adrenaline rush of working out pretty fast.
At least you're sticking with it, most people give up after a little setback. Just make sure to take care of yourself.
Yeah, I'm thinking of investing in a better quality pair of shoes such as Asics in the near future. Not worth throwing my hip and spine out of alignment every two weeks.