Business Trip

Right now, I'm at the airport. I'm headed down to Norfolk, VA (but first, Charlotte for an hour). Pepsi wants me to visit my facility, learn from the warehouse folks and to see how the drivers like their trucks loaded (which side do they want 2 liters on versus 20 oz and what do we do with all of those gatorades?).
While, this is good for me and makes business sense, I can't help but think what this is going to do for my workouts and training. I didn't bother to bring my shoes or to call ahead to any crossfit or olympic lifting gyms. I'm going to make-do with what the Courtyard Marriott gods have bestowed upon me. The website says that they have free weights. We'll see. Worst case scenario I can do some stuff in my hotel room.
But what about my actual training. The whole "getting stronger" thing. Sure, I can do conditioning without equipment, but gaining, or even maintaining strength will be tough. Well, here's my idea. I'm going to double up on this week. It was a 4-day training week anyhow. Here's how it would look uninterrupted: Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri and below is how I'm going to do my workouts:
Mon, Tues, Thurs (on Saturday when I'm home)
Tues (on Thurs), Thurs (on Fri) and Friday (on Saturday).
This could end up being a good solution. I could use a week or two of taking it easier. In the meantime I'll figure out what I can/cannot do at the hotel gym and get my mobility on.

Carlee's Birthday

January the first is a great time for setting goals. Most people don't stick to them. I've seen a stat on this before but I'm tired and lazy this morning and I don't especially want to go look for it. The problem, that I find, is that when people set goals, e.g. I want to lose weight and be healthier, they are non-specific and there is no blue print or plan. You can't randomly decide that today's the day that I'm going to join a gym and start eating healthy (which is a big issue, because a lot of people don't know what is, in fact, healthy food) and then magically the pounds (or kilos to the rest of the world) will start falling off. It's very, very difficult, not impossible, just difficult.
The idea is to have a plan of attack. Create a system in which if you hit mini goals or a new milestone often enough to keep you interested and then the larger goal will come. To all those people with New Years Resolutions, keep at it. Keep working and whatever your goal is will come to you. But you have to do the hard work.

Mine:
285kg total in the Snatch and Clean and Jerk

Mini-Goals that will help get me there:
Squat 500#'s
DL - 600#'s
Sleep at least 7 hours a night
Eat more veggies

Happy New Year

It's December 31. Like eating on the toilet... out with the old, in with the new. Time to set or reset goals. Mine, well, I have to just keep trying. The goal of 285kg total is still a long ways off but I'm creeping up on it. I'm enjoying the journey and am happy to have my health.
Enjoy the celebrations!

XMAS EVE!

Well, well. It's been some time. Did you miss me? I missed you. Promise.
With the holiday approaching, this being my first as a married person, I have one thing to say. I hate Christmas. Well, not really. But those words did escape my lips when the tree skirt got soaked and I had to move two couches and a bunch of other things that should be classified as trash to remove the thing, put it in the dryer, clean the dryer out from the pine needles and put the tree skirt back on. To make things infinitely harder, the Missus is hosting Christmas Eve dinner this year. I'd say WE'RE hosting, but really, she's the one doing all the planning and heavy lifting. This little fact plus it's our first time hosting a holiday has put an added stress onto the day. I already get stressed enough that I am the world's worst gift wrapper. Carlee wants the dinner to be perfect, the right music, the right dinner, the right wine... But my parents are pretty low maintenance. They're probably happy that they don't have to be seen with me and my brothers at Church wearing matching outfits.

In all honesty, I love Christmas. I like my family and am glad to see them before they head off to Kansas City to see the rest of the fam. Carlee's done an amazing job and I can't wait to see what she pulls off. We will probably drink Akvavit. It will taste like Rye Bread. Yum. We will eat Salmon and a lot of chocolate and probably drink too much wine and the monetary value of the gifts that I give will be significantly lower than most. I'm cheap.
With that being said, Merry Christmas!