"My Goals for 2009"

"Pistol" Photo courtesy of Jim @ Beast Skills

1. Do the Tactical Challenge @ Kinetic Edge Fitness on April 4th 2009.... I'm signed up !
The tactical challenge is about acheiving your best personal record in the 5 minute Kettlebell
Snatch, Deadlift and Pull-Ups. This is my first challenge so I have decided to use the 16kg
(35lb) Kettlebell vs. the 24kg Kettlebell. I will record my Tactical Challenge Results. To
prepare for the Tactical Challenge, I signed up for the Snatch Challenge on line and record my
progress on this site. As of today I am on 3 minute snatch cycles, next week 4 minutes the
following week 5 minutes, then the Tactical Challenge.
2. My Pull-Ups Goal is 15 Pull-Ups, to date my personal record is 10
3. Side Press the 24kg Kettlebell by 5-24-09. The side press is an old strongman excercise, that
is very challenging and isn't seen very often as it is to hard for most modern gym rats. I will
post a video when I achieve this cool excercise.
4. "Pistols" One-Leg Squat. Again I set my sights high as this is the meca of acheivement in
squating. Extremely difficult, requiring strength balance and flexibility. I will proudly post a
video when this one goes down on my birthday 7-15-09.
5. "Bend a 6 Penny Nail", I have very weird goals, but this is a tough one to demonstrate great
grip and upper body strength. To help me acheive this goal I ordered a "Bag of Nails"
including the nail wraps and increasingly difficult nails to bend. I plan on bending my first nail
by 5-24-09 and I will post my success.
6. Join "Bikram Yoga" to agument my strength and core training with flexibility. Joined on my
6th week! Of course Bikram is not your run of the mill yoga's, this class is 90 minutes in a 105
degree F room. It's hot as hell and you sweat buckets, but I feel sooooo good afterwards.