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18 weeks until the big day when I turn 40, that's 126 days, 42 of them are in this challenge and I'm gonna make them count. Main Challenge Goal Cut 1.5% Body fat Goal 1 (DEX 2, CHA 1) Track calories more than half the days this challenge (22 or more), aim for a calorie deficit of 750 a day. Goal 2 (STR 5) No more than 3 alcoholic drinks at one time. I've tried lots of methods to be able to drink during a challenge without going over the top. The main one that works is zero alcohol but I'm trying again with a new variation. This is a based on an article that says research shows that 3 beers doesn't affect strength gains or recovery, so backed by some logic hopefully I can stick to it. Goal 3 (DEX 5) 10 mins mobility every day this challenge. No excuses, it's only 10 minutes. Side goal (DEX 2) Swim 3 times during challenge ---------------------------- Every time I try to get my pullup and overhead work progressing I do really well for about 2-3 weeks then I get injured. I've finally strung these events together and learnt my lesson that I must do some mobility work and settle for some slow progress if I want to make gains on overhead work without getting injured. It's only taken me 18 months to realise that I'm coming into this challenge with some problems with nerves in my neck and some weird tingles in my hands at times. All a result of taking on too much snatching and kipping too fast. So I've done no overhead work for a week now and just been cleared by the physio to do some strict press at 20-30 kilos as part of my rehab. I still find it weird that I got really excited when he said that. Since I started crossfit 2-3 weeks ago I've realised that I can't be good at everything all the time. I've been mulling over dropping one class and using the time for something I want to improve for myself. But what to focus my efforts on? I was thinking hey I'm good at squats and I like squats, maybe that's the thing to do....but finally I think I need to confront my weakness and do some slow progression on strict press and general shoulder mobility. It's pullups and overhead work that are holding me back from getting competitive beginner times in crossfit benchmark WOD's and I want that to change. I've also been secretly coveting a muscle up before I turn 40 but haven't told anyone. There I said it. Yikes! Lower body fat means less lard to get up above that bar so I have plenty of motivation to track calories, let's get to work.