Laura and Mary powering through a WOD. You get a brief glimpse of the gym too!
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
–Pablo Picasso
So this post is to update those goals I set at the beginning of the year. So much changed just in the first three months, and since then I’ve been dealing with the snowball effect of those changes. I almost feel like a different person. When I originally wrote those goals I had no idea I would be opening my own affiliate. So here are some updated May/June goals that I recently wrote out for my MMFC group with Carey Kepler:
May:
Career:
Launch CrossFit O-Zone. (DONE, MAY 1 WAS OUR FIRST CLASS)
Find the perfect location for the gym. (DONE, BUILDOUT IS ALMOST COMPLETE)
Have 4 to 8 clients. (8 CLIENTS)
Revamp website and make sure I have the archives of the scaled WODs. (DONE)
Health:
GET and STAY hydrated, 1 gallon daily. (I’M GETTING ABOUT HALF A GALLON, BETTER THAN BEFORE, BUT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT)
90% Paleo eating, logged (IN MAY I WAS DOING GREAT, BUT I KIND OF FELL OFF THE WAGON FOR THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE. I LOST 5 LBS AND A COUPLE INCHES OFF MY WAIST AND HIPS. I AM AT 17% BF NOW, DOWN FROM 19%. I HAVE MAINTAINED, BUT I HAVEN’T CHANGED SINCE THE END OF MAY)
Begin training with a strength bias program (MY TRAINING PARTNER IS THE OWNER OF CF10, SHE IMPLEMENTED THE WENDLER STRENGTH BIAS, SO I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT TWO DAYS A WEEK. I FINALLY BROKE THROUGH A DEADLIFT PLATEAU I HAD BEEN STUCK AT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, 15# PR! DUE TO A BACK INJURY, I AM STILL TRAINING WITH THEM, SO LETS SEE WHAT THIS MONTH BRINGS)
5 chin-over-bar butterfly kipping pull-ups (I AM UP TO SEVEN NOW ON A CONSISTENT BASIS)
Work on getting back on the Rx band wagon for metcons (I HAVE BEEN DOING MY OWN PROGRAMMING FOR THE BOOT CAMPS AND I HAVE BEEN SURPRISING MYSELF WITH DOING Rx. I AM CREDITING PALEO AND THE BETTER HYDRATION.)
Personal: (HERE IS WHERE I HAVE NOT BEEN DOING AS WELL)
Get the office/paperwork/still-packed boxes purged and filed (SOME ORGANIZING GOT DONE, BUT NOT MUCH)
Re-read Getting Things Done (I’VE STARTED IT, BUT HAVE SET IT ASSIDE TO STUDY FOR THE CF LEVEL I EXAM, WHICH I AM TAKING AUGUST 1. I HAVE A SLIGHT FORM OF DYSLEXIA, SO IT TAKES ME TIME TO STUDY.)
Blog weekly (NOT SO MUCH)
Complete some long overdue knitting projects (HA! THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN.)
Plant and grow a small vege garden. (PLANTED BACK IN MARCH, IT’S BEEN DOING WELL. WE WERE ALREADY ABLE TO EAT FROM IT, AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING COMES UP! I HAVE MUCH BIGGER PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR’S GARDEN)
I too had a MUCH longer list of goals for May, but quickly found that the business, training and family life are where I need to keep my focus. When I am eating right and drinking water, I can keep my focus on what I am doing. My own training is the hardest thing to stay consistent with. Sometimes I find myself at 9:30 PM and just starting my WOD. Training with my old gym for the strength bias has helped, but it just feels like the business is all I think about. I also have my two children with me while my husband is at work. He is home by 3:30, and takes them at that time, but I still want to give them the attention they need and deserve.
The month of June has been mostly about getting the gym ready, shopping and buying equipment (very fun!), choosing paint, layout, paperwork, signing forms, staying on top of the build-out, attaining permits. When I am not working on the gym I am giving as much of myself to the kids as I can. The only time of day I have for personal developement, besides my WOD, is late at night. I usually don’t go to bed until well past 11 PM. I am usually up at 5 AM, so lack of sleep is starting to affect me.
So here are the June/July goals:
Business:
Get my client base up to 12-15 clients. Currently I only offer one class, I have three people waiting for me to open up earlier hours.
Have all painting, flooring, pull-up bar installation, etc. done two weeks after the contractor turns over the property (it should be turned over Tue. or Wed. of next week.)
Study for Level I Exam, scheduled for August 1st.
Health:
Continue with Strength Bias cycle: Goals(current PR): deadlift, 245# (220#); shoulder press, 90# (75#); back squat, 195# (175#); bench press, 115# (95#).
30 Day Paleo Challenge. – You can read up on my new WOD and Food Log blog here.
1 gallon water daily!
5 consecutive full ROM ring dips (can only do singles)
1 HSPU with no Abmat under my head.
Personal:
Really make an effort to blog weekly.
Keep working on the garden.
Read “Think and Grow Rich”
Finish “Getting Things Done” I may need to get the audio version from the library and make it my driving book
Get in bed by 8:30 PM, even if I stay up a little later reading, studying, whatever. I just need to be in bed.
Try to pull together a new schedule for the family that takes into account the gym hours. Doug has a new job MUCH closer to home which helps. I also have a neighbor who is going to watch the kids sometimes, our daughters are best friends.
These goals were shared with the group in order to help keep each other accountable for accomplishing them. Please give me feedback! And hold my feet to the fire whenever you want.
