Goals

Short-term goals (this year):

30 push-ups
30 v-ups
20 pull-ups
15 knees to elbows
3 minute plank
150 squats
Run this in less than 20 min.

I started the Plank Challenge (see how long you can hold a plank position) with Mitch and some of his friends. I thought I had reasonable core strength from climbing, but I was wrong, so wrong. I managed 2:04 and was dieing - Mitch's mate Pete busted out 4:04, and Mitch said he was aiming for 5 min plus. I dread to think what his brother Fran is going to do. Anyway, it's good to have something to aim for.

I tried to do a half-Chelsea the other night. A full Chelsea is:
5 pull-ups
10 push-ups
15 squats
on the minute for 30 minutes.

So my plan was to do that for 15 minutes - a total of 75 pull-ups, 150 push-ups and 225 squats. That was my aim, anyway. I made it to 7 minutes doing proper pull-ups, 8 minutes doing proper push-ups, and stopped after 10 minutes, thinking my delt's would explode. So yeah, that shit is hard. I'll get better though.

Mitch put together this fitness standards spreadsheet (kinda stolen from CrossFit Seattle), which I'm using as a guideline. I'm also running pretty well at the moment, and am happy with my climbing. I'm also going to start playing Ultimate Frisbee with Steve on Monday nights. Good times.