Phoenix Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 So how do you guys plan your life?I know, this is a huge question with too many variables.....but still...what do you sit down and think of?When I plan out- I often end up planning (setting goals) that span the liftetime.E.g.: It's not enough for me to write "Do kettlebell swings 3/week for 6 weeks"NO! I have to be more grandiose about it and look at how I can include kettlebell workouts in the next few weeks because in a few years I should be competing in Girevoy Sport or go for an RKC evaluation.Now that I think of it as I'm typing this- it's not a problem with goal setting as much as it is with the being here and now.In fact..I just changed the title. Intially when I started typing this I called this " So how do you guys plan your life?" [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/34713-phoenix/?p=640205Nuggets of wisdome from Doggcrapp Dante Trudel:http://www.intensemuscle.com/showthread.php?t=8271http://www.intensemuscle.com/showthread.php?t=9658 Link to comment
andygates Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 I don't really get motivated until the one-month-to-go dread hits, so that's my kind of timescale. I'll procrastinate until then. Cunning planning means that by breaking large goals down into 4-6 week chunks, I can do big things sometimes. Link to comment
MoFro Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 It's a good idea to set a long term goal, and then based on that goal write goals in between now and then that'll get you where you want to be. So if you're a couch potato right now and your long-term goal is "qualify for the Boston Marathon" and you know that the qualifying time is 3 hours 30 minutes, maybe you might set goals in between like "run a 10k in under 1 hour", "run a half-marathon in under 2 hours", "run a marathon in under 4 hours 30 minutes" etc. That way you can still have great long term goals and you also have a plan of action to achieve them. Level 1 Human Adventurer MoFro! STR 2 DEX 1 STA 1 CON 3 WIS 5 CHA 2 Check out my six-week quest here: http://nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?10968-MoFro-s-Quest!&p=154149 Full-size versions of my avatar which I created! For guys: http://imgur.com/Tmato For the ladies: http://imgur.com/mSoVM Link to comment
LRB Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 What MoFro said. Let's say I want to be able to do a flag some day (in the distant future). That requires a lot of strength. My strength is particularly lacking in my upper body. So I need to work on upper-body strength. So I set a goal of doing a dead-hang pull-up (easier to accomplish than a flag, but still a pretty lofty goal) and work toward that. In setting that goal, I break it down even further -- do an assisted pull-up with a smaller band by the end of the week; do 100 pull-ups with the smaller band over the course of the next week; go down another band size the following week; and so on. So, while I still have this audacious goal out there in the distant future (do a flag), I have shorter term goals that are more easily accomplished from where I am today.Make sense? LRB, Lifelong Rebel Badass || June 3 challenge thread"What I lack in ability, I make up in stubbornness" -me"Someone busier than you is working out right now" -my mom Link to comment
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