What's your 2010 H&F resolutions?

[SWScorch]

I don't really have resolutions, just goals:

1) negative split and run under 3:00 at Boston marathon
2) break 16:30 and hopefully get closer to 16:00 in the 5K
3) gain some muscle so I look good for the honeymoon

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Stay healthy i.e. injury free.

 

[Megatomic]

PSA: RESOLUTIONS = GOALS IN H&F
Finally I'd like to go Vegan for 3 months. Nothing against animals, just interested in doing it for the energy aspect. I've experimented with Vegan food over the past 2 years and have found that it gives me a lot of energy. I got a pretty good book called "The Thrive Diet" that has a 3-month rotating Vegan meal plan by tri-athelete Brendan Brazier, so I already have a pre-made plan to follow. I'm keeping it simple and realistic this year.

Dave Scott, the king of Ironmen, was a vegan during his entire reign over the Ironman scene. There's a lot of validity to the vegan diet and I've considered it myself. It would be hard for me with a wife and kids in the house though.

 

[Kaido]

Dave Scott, the king of Ironmen, was a vegan during his entire reign over the Ironman scene. There's a lot of validity to the vegan diet and I've considered it myself. It would be hard for me with a wife and kids in the house though.

That's actually kind of where I got started with the idea...I had read that he was vegetarian throughout all 6 of his Ironman victories and wondered why the heck any athelete would want to have that kind of diet lol. Then I read about Brenden Brazier, another triathelete, having a completely vegan diet and had a book out with a real menu that hit all the nutritional points, so I picked it up and played with some recipes (I've discovered over the past couple of years that I have massive food allergies, so I'm always looking for new, "safe" meals to try). They actually tasted pretty good and gave me a TON of energy.

His book has a rotating menu that goes for 12 weeks, or 3 months, with multiple meals a day, cooking information, and shopping information, and it's not bogus vegetarian stuff, if you know what I mean. Since it gave me a lot of energy, I've decided to try it for the full 3 months. I'm still experimenting with recipes here and there to make sure I know how to "cook" everything, which is why I figure I'll try it more towards the end of the year once I've gotten a handle on creating meals with some of the weirder foods. Fortunately I live right next to a Whole Foods store, so getting fresh ingredients is pretty easy.

I am married (no kids yet), but my wife won't be doing the vegan program with me, so I'm on my own for this one I don't have any plans on doing it beyond that 3 months, just interested in trying it to see what happens. One of my hobbies is grilling, so I'm sure I'll be anxious to get back to that asap I was really into triathlons for awhile, before I found out the running part didn't really work for me because I have a trick knee, but I liked having the energy from the veggie-based foods so I thought I'd give it a shot!

 

[TecHNooB]

Need to shed a few pounds I gained by not going to the gym as often as I should (academics + fear of failure come first ). Signed up for a swimming class (it's my last semester so what the hell). Should be fun. I haven't swam in ages.

 

[MotF Bane]

Chronological order:

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AUG '08 - 300lbs.

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SEP '08 - 303lbs. My Goal is to look freakier in AUG 2010, then I did in this picture.

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For size comparison. With Dexter Jackson the day after he won the 2008 Mr Olympia contest. I'll never have his cuts or symmetry and proportions, which is why I'm a powerlifter and not a bodybuilder...

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JUL 4th '09 - 318lbs at the USPF National Powerlifting Championships.

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NOV 13th 09 - 318lbs at the WPF World Powerlifting Championships.

For more of my sickness: http://www.myspace.com/powerbuilder333

Merry Christmas everybody. Here's to hoping we can all build us some kick ass computers, while still achieving our fitness goals

Holy hell.

 

[Lamont Burns]

damn tinypic blocked at work.

my goal is to DL ~400 pounds for 1RM before end of 2010.

 

[Deeko]

1) 3x bodyweight raw deadlift (~495 at current weight, 402 current PR)
2) 2.5x bodyweight raw squat (~412.5 at current weight, 363 current PR)
3) 2x bodyweight raw bench (~330 at current weight, 270 current PR)

 

[Megatomic]

Then I read about Brenden Brazier, another triathelete, having a completely vegan diet and had a book out with a real menu that hit all the nutritional points, so I picked it up and played with some recipes

I've never heard of him. I'll check out B&N to see if they carry his book.

I was really into triathlons for awhile, before I found out the running part didn't really work for me because I have a trick knee...

I do too, but running, biking, and strength training have allowed me to be able to run far longer distances than I ever thought I'd be able to do. Have you tried to strengthen your muscles to make up for the trick?

 

[Tech_savy]

Increase the weight to atleast 100 lbs...............

 

[PricklyPete]

Fitness wise, I'm 100% happy where I am. So this year, I'm focusing on reducing stress...both at work and at home.

 

[kalrith]

Edit: Sorry for the long post. Here are cliffs of my goals:

1. Do weight-training and cardio 2 days per week each
2. Give my wife time to do the same
3. Be active with my son this summer
4. Eat more healthy and nutritious meals

My fitness has taken a back seat this past year because of a house-remodeling project that's been eating up all my free time (I work 70 hours/week between my day job and side job). I should be done with the project in less than a month, which will free up about 30 hours per week.

So, my resolutions/goals are very different from most of yours. My main one is to start with two days of lifting and two days of cardio every week as soon as I'm done with the project. If I allow myself to just watch TV and play video games with my free time at first, then it'll be that much harder later on to exercise. I'm starting off with such a small amount of exercising for two reasons: to reduce risk of injury (I have some previous injuries that I have to baby when first getting back into exercising) and to reduce risk of quitting from doing so much that I get sick of it really quickly. I plan to expand on this goal later once I've fully achieved this portion of it.

My other two resolutions involve my family. I want to give my wife enough of a break so that she can at least bike a few days per week and hopefully do some weight training as well. Since I'm never home, she doesn't have much (if any) of a break from taking care of our son and our home.

My son will be 1yo in March, so this summer should be a good time for us to get outside and play. I want him to grow up seeing healthy, active parents and for us to eat healthily and exercise as a family.

I guess a third family goal would be to eat more nutritiously. Lately it's been all about quick, easy, cheap things, which haven't coincided with the most healthy of choices. Once things go back to normal, we can have more healthy home-cooked meals. It's nice that this should coincide with my son being able to eat whatever we have for dinner (within reason). Right now, he's eating about half home-cooked baby food and half formula, so what his parents eat doesn't impact him as much as it will in the months (and years) to come.

 

[Kaido]

I've never heard of him. I'll check out B&N to see if they carry his book.

They have it online:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Thrive/Brendan-Brazier/e/9780738212548/

Looks like a newer version of the book I have. I like it because (1) the recipes actually taste good, (2) he has detailed recipes & useful info on the weirder foods, (3) there's a 12-week rotating diet spelled out for you, and (4) it's nutritionally balanced, not just "gee I want to eat plants". The recipes actually have protein in them

I do too, but running, biking, and strength training have allowed me to be able to run far longer distances than I ever thought I'd be able to do. Have you tried to strengthen your muscles to make up for the trick?

Yeah, I've learned how important strength training is in endurance stuff. I actually got really interested in calisthenics this past year. My plan right now is as follows:

1. Burn fat (about 185 now, I think I can do 170 or maybe even 165)
2. Calisthenics Phase 1 (9 months)
3. Vegan Diet (3 months)
4. Calisthenics Phase 2 (12 months)

After that, I'll probably do either more endurance stuff or try bodybuilding. Or just stick with where I'm at if I like it (Phase 2 is designed to be a lifelong thing). I'll start another thread next year for keep track of things again...that's worked really well for me in the past. As far as the Vegan stuff goes, I'll be trying a recipe or two every week. I really love the energy bar recipes, they're different but really good, and are really nice with all of my food allergies.

 

[Kaido]

Fitness wise, I'm 100% happy where I am. So this year, I'm focusing on reducing stress...both at work and at home.

Curious, what's your plan for reducing stress?

 

[Muse]

I stopped needing H&F resolutions long ago. Well, I could stand to be more consistent and dedicated with my pilates and yoga. My gym work, well, I've been dedicated for many years.

 

[PricklyPete]

Curious, what's your plan for reducing stress?

1) At work, I tend to be easy going, but during go-live phases I tend to get irritated with incompetence and my patience decreases significantly. So I'm going to try to be more patient and in turn that should reduce some stress.
2) At home, I tend to set unrealistic requirements on when things should get done. I'm going to try to re-prioritize and only fight the battles I need to fight.
3) I'm going to try to be better at focusing on people's positive attributes rather than focusing on their negative attributes (this ties somewhat in with point 1 above having to do with patience).
4) Continually improve my eating habits. I've been eating a lot better as a whole over the last year...and my body has responded positively (both health and stress). I want to continue this trend as there is still a lot of I can do to improve it.

 

[Deeko]

I stopped needing H&F resolutions long ago. Well, I could stand to be more consistent and dedicated with my pilates and yoga. My gym work, well, I've been dedicated for many years.

What does being dedicated have anything to do with it? Even the most advanced athletes need goals.

 

[brikis98]

I set a ton of goals for 2009 and got a surprisingly large number of them done. I'll try the same strategy again for 2010 and I'll be damn happy if I can get even half.

General
Top 20 finish in the Crossfit NorCal Sectional Qualifier (March 27/28).

Strength
Squat: 455lbs (current: 405lbs)
Deadlift: 500lbs (current: 455lbs)
OH Press: 225lbs (current: 195lbs)
Crossfit Total: 1180lbs (current: 1055lbs)
OH Squat: 255lbs (current: 205lbs)

Power
Snatch: 225lbs (current: 195lbs)
Clean: 315lbs (current: 275lbs)
Jerk: 275lbs (current: ~245lbs)

Gymnastics
Consecutive ring muscle-ups: 10 (current: ~3)
Consecutive full ROM HSPU: 10 (current: ~1)
Consecutive pistols (per leg): 15 (current: ~7)
L-sit: 1:00 (current: ~0:20)

Speed
Run 40 yards: 4.5 seconds (current: ~5.5 seconds)
Run 100m: 12.0 seconds (current: ~14.0 seconds)
Run 400m: 1:00 (current: ~1:20)
Run 800m: 2:30 (current: ~2:55)
Row 500m: 1:30 (current: 1:37)

Stamina/Endurance
Run 1600m: 5:45 (current: ~6:30)
Run 5000m: 20:00 (current: 22:38)
Row 2000m: 7:20 (current: 7:42)

CF WoD
Fran: 2:30 (current: 3:20)
Cindy: 30 rounds (current: 28)
Mary: 15 rounds (current: 10)
Angie: 14:00 (current: 16:28)
Helen: 8:00 (current: 9:33)
Murph: 30 minutes (current: 32:29)
Eva: 42 minutes (current: 49:32)
Grace: 2:00 (current: 4:09)
Isabelle: 6:00 (current: ?)
Fight Gone Bad: 375 (current: ~300)
King Kong: complete it

 

[azilaga]

OP, No sugar for a year? That is a TOUGH one. Most of the things we eat contain some sort of sugar. I tried it for 3 mo's and allowed myself to fail less than 5 times and was successful. Nevertheless, best of luck.

My goals for the yr...
3:10:59 or better marathon
6:30/mi pace in a nyrr race
reduce refined sugar intake to once/wk

 

[spamsk8r]

This year I've added 70 pounds to my squat, 55 pounds to my deadlift, 15 pounds to my press, and improved my conditioning quite a bit, but I've put on about 20 pounds (some muscle, some fat). So I want to lose the fat and keep increasing the strength. I'm intermediate on all lifts except the clean now, so I know progress will be slower this year (especially with cutting) but I think these are doable goals.

Weight: 185 lbs. (current: 217 lbs.)
Body fat: 8-10% (current: 19-22%)

Barbell lifts
Deadlift: 450 lbs. (current: 400 lbs.)
Back squat: 375 lbs. (current: 335 lbs.)
Overhead Press: 185 lbs. (current: 170 lbs.)
Clean and Jerk: 245 (current: 195 lbs. clean, 215 lbs. jerk)
Snatch: 175 lbs. (current: 135 lbs.)

Crossfit benchmarks
Fran: < 8:00 (current: 11:21)
Diane: < 10:00 with full HSPU (current: 10:35 with head going to top of 2 stacked ab-mats)
Helen: < 12:00 (haven't done it as Rx'd in a while)

Body-weight
Be able to do 3 muscle-ups - extra body weight is preventing this currently
20 kipping pull-ups (current: 10-12, haven't measured in a while)
Hold a freestanding handstand for at least 10 seconds

That's about it for me. Most of them are pretty conservative, so they're really a bare minimum to shoot for, and I'll be adjusting them as I hit them so I always have something new to shoot for.

 

[polarmystery]

- to recover from my injuries
- to eliminate caffeine from my diet completely.

 

[Kaido]

OP, No sugar for a year? That is a TOUGH one. Most of the things we eat contain some sort of sugar. I tried it for 3 mo's and allowed myself to fail less than 5 times and was successful. Nevertheless, best of luck.

My goals for the yr...
3:10:59 or better marathon
6:30/mi pace in a nyrr race
reduce refined sugar intake to once/wk

Well, I have massive food allergies (up to 9 so far), so I pretty much make all of the food I eat, even a lot of the bread. I've found that sugar makes me moody, plus if I eat it during the day, it makes me super sleepy, but if I eat it at night, I can't fall asleep. I'm a total sugarholic too, I crave it ALL the time, which I think is a large part to do with how late I stay up (my big vice).

So fruit sugar is OK, I'm just cutting out soda/candy/etc. Pretty much anything with refined sugar in it. My plan to combat cravings is simply to go back full-time on my meal plan, which is basically 5 to 7 small meals throughout the day. Don't know why I ever went off it, lol. Easy, cheap, tastes good, and makes me feel super good. When you're full all the time, it's easy not to listen to cravings

 

[EvilYoda]

well, this last year was interesting for me...I started CF in February, which yielded good results and I was happy with how I was progressing. But then in the second half of the year, I was traveling constantly and the combination of being away from the box and eating on the road made improvements very few and far between.

I just want a little more consistency in my life. I'd like to hit a 2.5x BW DL, BW OH press, 2x BW squat, BW snatch, 1.5x BW clean. I'm at 165lb right now, but could probably afford to lose some more fat still. Eventually I'd like to go up to 170lb to help my numbers, while staying under 10&#37; BF.

 

[MrMatt]

hmmm goals....Well the thing is I change up programs throughout the year. My goal for the first half of the year, get to 195 and 7&#37; bf. Pretty close to that now. I'll probably start a bulk shortly...but I mean...the problem I have with bulking is that even if you do it smartly you're still going to gain fat. I don't like that at all. I don't really respond well to sprinting/interval stuff so the only way I lose weight is through steady state cardio.

I guess my goals would be this:
Squat: 400 (350 current)
Deadlift: 500 (450 current)
Bench: 315 (285 current)
OH Press: 225 (~185 current)
Figure out how to lose fat through interval training/sprinting.

 

[kamper]

1. Run 1000km
2. Do 15,000 pushups
3. Do 5000 chin/pull ups

Just finished Well, #s 1 and 3 were done a month ago but just reached #2.

Goals now are to run a marathon, then to work on not-heel-striking form. Also, continue to improve with pull ups, perhaps with some weight, and try to get better at dips rather than pushups.