So I for the last few weeks I have been pretty focused at the gym. Getting in my daily cardio and lifts. Lifting heavy. Seeing improvement.
My only problem is now I am getting a little bit bored. Seeing results takes time and patience and I am not a very patient person!
I have decided to get back to setting action based goals! Action based goals are goals that explain “how” you are going to reach a certain result. It makes you more accountable because you are not just saying “I want to do xyz” but you are saying “I want to do xyz and this is how I am going to reach that goal”!
So I have two goals!
1. I want to be able to do 20 consecutive double unders (jump rope) by the new year!
2. I want to be able to do a one handed push up with BOTH hands by the new year!
How will I do this? Well. I am going to jump rope at least 5 days a week. Getting better at just jumping rope is going to keep getting me more and more comfortable with the rope. I will also do 20 double unders everyday I jump rope seeing how many I can string together trying to do more everyday! I will also work on my footwork! Here is where some soccer background will be helpful! All kinds of speed ladder, ball toe touches and other agility drills that help with foot quickness since I have found that when I attempt to do double unders consecutively I tend to land pretty hard. *Note to self to go to bathroom before I start practicing these! :)
Now for the one handed push up….. EEEK!! Right now I can hold myself up, lower myself a little, get a cramp in my hip and almost pop a vein in my forehead while I attempt this! (watch the end of my one handed push up you tube video..I’m not kidding) :)
This is going to use a lot of core strength and upper body strength. I can do push ups pretty easily but one handed is an entire other ball game! Planks, bird dogs from hands and feet, mt climbers, spiderman planks and anything else that off balances me while in a plank like position! One arm push ups using a bosu ball, med ball or just a block to rest my unused hand on for a little assistance! Doing one arm negative push ups where I lower myself down slowly instead of pushing myself up. Trying them on a bench and slowly lowering the height as I go! Doing any combination of these during my workout at least 3 times a week so that I can be doing these and doing them correctly all the way to floor by the end of the year! :/
What goals are you setting and how are you going to reach them? It is important to set all kinds of goals! Physical, nutritional, weight loss, lifting, cardio. Setting new goals every so often keeps things interesting, keeps you motivated, keeps you striving to improve and most importantly allows mini successes to happen everyday!
