My Personal Resolution Journey Day #1

 To give you a little help I am going to give you an example of how to keep track of your goals and chart your progress. Again I really feel this is the way to best keep you on track. With the example I am providing, you will need all of the basics we have covered. 

1. Your Resolution

2. Your time frame for accomplishing this goal

3. How many factors will go into achieving this goal

4. What type of short term goals can you establish along the way

5. What is your schedule for tracking and recording

With all of this information you can easily fill out the page(s).  Keep this somewhere that you will not miss. I recommend putting it on the Bathroom Mirror or somewhere you really are unable to ignore that it is there. This is fairly universal regardless of your resolution. If it does not work, see how you can tweak it or send me a message and we can brainstorm how to make it work for you.

To do this I am going to do a Resolution for myself and document the process daily. Feel free to follow along or use it as a reference for your own New Years Resolutions.

I am going to Combine the running with the weight loss and add in an additional two fitness goals as well. 

First the the “Look Long” Goals.

1. By February 28th I want to stand on a scale and have it say 170lbs or less

2. By February 28th I want to run a 5k in under 22 minutes

3. By February 28th I want to do 50 perfect pushups

4. By February 28th I want to do 16 Chinups.

I will be testing myself on each of these as well as doing some measurements (waist and chest) to see the affects there as well.

Let me start of by giving you these factors. I am in above average shape. With the schedule I have some weeks I will get 5 or 6 workouts of at least 90 minutes. Other weeks that can dwindle to one lonely workout. I have no injuries or pain symptoms to speak of. I have had injuries to my back in the past but with the help of Brian Cassidy at Adapt Training I am able to go about my life having little to no problems with it. My diet is average. I go in spurts of eating good and then there are those times I do not. My weight has fluxuated from 165 to 195 pounds over the last several years. I am terrible about drinking water, usually 20 ounces at most. Finally I do have a huge advantage in that I have done this before and it is backed by closing in on 20 years of experience in the fitness industry.

So with all that said here is the first short term goal. Today I will drink 100 ounces of water! 

I have one test result. I weighed in first thing this morning at 191lbs. I will step on the scale again next monday.

Tomorrow I will give you all of the stats on all the tests. First I will do the measurements, then as many pushups and chin-ups as I can. (following the warm-up i will provide) Then I will do the 5k test (expect some walking in there I am sure). 

Also I will go over the rest of my short term goals for this week.

If you follow along I would love to here from you! Remember it is better to do this with someone else to help you stay motivated.