Goal Recap

Nick | 01/02/2014 | 5

First things first: we are cancelling the morning classes on Friday due to the weather.  JT is planning on being here in the morning to shovel out the gym.  If that goes well and the parking lot is cleared out by 7:30 people show up to the gym, he just might run a WOD.  If the shoveling doesn’t go as well and you’re here in the morning, you might just be asked to help…

As of now, we are planning on running the 12, 5, 6 and 7pm classes.  If that changes for any reason, this post will be updated as will Zen Planner.

Ok, on to the important stuff: our year end goals.  You can see a good chunk of all the hard work that’s been done in the accompanying picture, but I know for a fact many goals that were not on the board were reached as well.  Great job all!  I thought I’d take the opportunity to share with you how my goals went and what I learned from this particular journey.

As many of you know, I’ve been focusing heavily on higher level gymnastic skills recently, and my goals reflect that well.  I was shooting for the following: a 5 second front lever (a static hold on the the rings), a 20 second freestanding handstand, a press to handstand against the wall and a 10′ handstand walk.  How did I do?  Well, I achieved the lever (along with some other static hold milestones on the rings) fairly easily.  I also feel like I can pretty much do this on command at this point unless I’m completely wrecked from a day of hard training.  I also managed to squeak out a 20 second freestanding handstand, though this is much less consistent and not something I am confident I could do any day of the week.  The press to handstand and handstand walk did not happen, though I definitely made progress towards both.

So what did I learn?  Well, if I look back to the way I trained, it’s pretty obvious why I was successful where I was and less so where I wasn’t.  My programming had me doing static holds of some sort at least three times a week.  Go figure, the consistency paid off.  I spent far less time on my hands (and even less time on my hands in what I would consider a pristine position) and it showed in the results.  Having said that, I definitely learned a lot and have been able to hone my approach.  While not all of my goals have been achieved, I have certainly made forward progress on the journey.  So my take away is this: if you want to get better at something, put consistent time into it with as much focus on making it look good as you can muster and even if you don’t achiave your goals, hopefully you can see the progress you made trying and the worth of chasing them anyhow.  Happy New Year all!  Time to start thinking about what who we want to be in 2014.

STR:

Bench Press
3-3-3-3-3

WOD:

50-40-30-20-10 double unders
5-4-3-2-1 rope climbs