2012-08-17_Where am I going?

Try & Fail, but do not fail to try.

-unknown to me

I'm not sure who said that and the little bit of google-ing that I did, did not seem to return any consistant results, so thus the unknown.
That short quote says so much in 9 words.


I have been struggling the last few weeks with making heads or tails of my goals and I'm going to be using the blog to help push me along with them.  It's been a while since I've posted, so let's do a little back story (sorry this post is going to get wordy).

About two months ago, 100 # of weight loss was an attainable goal.  I saw the numbers inching down on the scale and could actually feel 208 creeping.  While I know numbers on the scale are not that important, and not the end all, it's still an accomplishment I wanted.  I got within 4 lbs and decided I wasn't ready to get there.  I am not sure what my thoughts were behind that decision, but I just did not want to get there, not at that time, it would mean I had to maintain that and I don't think I was mentally ready to do what it would take to maintain.

After fighting with myself for a week over this, I decided to do another whole30.  I needed to prepare for the throwdown and that would give me the push I needed to get to that 100# mark and hopefully give me the motivation to stay there.  The last thing I wanted to do was get to that point and then go back.

Well, without weighing myself during the whole30 I don't know the exact day, but at some point I got below 208.  When whole30 was over I was at 204 and feeling great.

The Throwdown was a blast, big shout out to TrainerMolly who ran an AWESOME competition.  I grew mentally and physically during the week leading up to the Throwdown and during the actual throwdown.
I'm ready to maintain this lifestyle for real, and I can't shout enough praise about how awesome it feels to be done with that first competition.

Well, now onto the point of this entire post.  Goals.

I have set a few public goals as well as internal goals and I'm tired of them being internal, but this is not the post to discuss them.
July Goal - Muscle Ups
Got it.  That was an awesome feeling and great accomplishment, but now I want to do more, I want to get multiple in a row, I want to show everyone the techniques for getting them.  I want people to have the same feeling I had.

My August Goal is pistols with some consistency, not just one or two-

Not done yet, but the month is not over.  I have been working on my pistols and can finally get a few (while still wobbly) and even with a weighted bar over my head I got one or two.  I am not sure what I struggle with more, the flexibility or the strength.  I feel like I have enough strength, but when I was using a 45 lb empty bar I was failing on the way up.  I'm going to keep working every day on both mobility and strength and it will happen.

Got one!  

It's these small things that I have found to give me the most push and motivation to continue what I'm doing.  I remember less than a year ago, I tried my first pistol, onto a 24" box, I sat down and couldn't get up without using my hands.  I can only imagine the added stress and strain that I was putting on my knees, hips, back, everything. Ugh.  

That is enough for now.  I feel like there are several things still to discuss, but they can wait for a day or two.

This weekend, off to St. Louis to do Run For Your Lives which will be awesome.  It's why I crossfit, to stay alive when the zombie Apocalypse comes.

A couple of questions for those who actually made it this far.

Do you have any goals for this month?  What are they?  What do you want?

Do you have any regrets this month?  Just curious.