GOALS: physical

A bit of history -- a better word for "baseline."



PHYSICAL

This is the easiest to measure and thus the easiest to gauge improvement. As I said in the opening, I'm not a lard-ass couch potatoe. I'm out of shape compared to six months ago but still in pretty good shape compared to the average 40 year old American male. I weighed myself this morning and saw 198 on the scale. At 6 feet, that gives me a Body Masss Index (BMI) of 26.9 which is just slightly overweight.



I've got a good frame, some good musculature, but, lets face it, I've never been "ripped" so to speak.



Goals: get to 170 pounds, which is a BMI or 23.1, totally in the normal range.

I want to do an IronMan tri-athalon within the next 18 months;

I want to be able to do 20 pullups; 100 situps in 2 minutes; and run 3 miles in 18 minutes (that's a score of 100 on the marine fitness test)

I want to be able to hang with my friends Mark and Doug on whatever mountain bike ride they can throw at me.



Notes: Those are pretty damn crazy goals - but definately attainable. My eating behavior is going to be the toughest thing to tackle.

Reason: OK, so there's a little bit of ego-maniacal inspiration here -- wanting to be ripped and wanting to impress my wife at the pool. I'll be honest. But I'm also being honest when I say that attitude, concentration, feeling, emotion, etc. begins with health. I know I feel better when I'm in better shape. I also know that I'll need TONS more energy to be able to complete the other things I'd like to accomplish (see later on in blog) and so I'll need that kind of crazy physical shape to do it. I also just really like testing myself. I also want to set a great example for my kids, etc. etc. etc.