{"id":8111,"date":"2015-01-01T08:34:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T13:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=8111"},"modified":"2014-12-31T15:56:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T20:56:00","slug":"resolutions-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2015\/01\/01\/resolutions-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolutions 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTo rise above little things\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/43560.John_Burroughs\">John Burroughs<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Read 52 books.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Yeah, I know. In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, I read more than this same exact amount. I like the number because it is a book a week.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read 50% by female authors.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0After reading &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2014\/nov\/25\/readers-prefer-authors-own-sex-goodreads-survey\">Readers prefer authors of their own sex, survey finds<\/a>&#8220;, I did an analysis of my own books for the past 2012, 2013, and 2014. My best year was 17% female authors. So I&#8217;ll push for at least 50% this year. Ideally, I would do even 90% female but that might mean buying a lot more books. That best year? Most of the books by female authors came from participating in a book club with most female members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Biking was an abysmal failure last year. Weight lifting is my new health and exercise thing.\u00c2\u00a0Based on some stuff I&#8217;ve read, these should be reasonable achievements for someone who has reached novice level. As I understand, someone who is my height takes longer to reach them, so with three months now adding another year, I think I can reach these by the end of next year.\u00c2\u00a0Looking to do something like a 4 day rotation of chest, back, legs, cardio (bike).\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Bench 185\u00c2\u00a0pounds (1RM equivalent).<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Benchmark lift Tuesday was 80 at 10\u00c2\u00a0reps which by my phone app was a 107 1RM equivalent. This puts the goal at 78 more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Squat 245 pounds (1RM eq).<\/strong> Benchmark lift Saturday was 80 at 10 reps which by that calculator was 107. This puts the goal at 138\u00c2\u00a0more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deadlift xxx\u00c2\u00a0pounds.<\/strong> Do not have a benchmark lift yet. According to one resource this should be 305, but I should probably look to see what I can do before committing to something.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drop to\u00c2\u00a0about 15% body fat.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0I think I am closer to 25-30% at the moment. Setting a specific target weight seems like a bad idea because I&#8217;ll need to add several pounds of muscle in order to achieve the above, so I will likely gain weight even while dropping fat. Setting the body fat target should achieve the real purpose.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bring HIIT up to about 50-50.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Muscle is good, but I think I have been so lazy for so long that I have major stamina issues. Bike day is\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.active.com\/cycling\/articles\/high-intensity-interval-training-for-beginners\">high intensity interval training<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(HIIT). Right now, I am struggling with 30 seconds high with 120 seconds slow. This goal is to get this closer to 60\u00c2\u00a0seconds high with 60\u00c2\u00a0seconds slow.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Take a trip at least 300 miles away from home.<\/strong> Work conference does not count. It might be to visit family, but the distance ensures my home town does not count. Yes, this is the same as last year&#8217;s failed. I use up my vacation time for work and this seems like a good way to encourage that.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Declutter Part II.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Continue the progress made from last year. Shred and trash more unneeded paper. Get all statements to be kept in folders. One last closet is still a mess and needs to be emptied of stuff.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Old resolutions: <a href=\"\/wplog\/2014\/01\/01\/resolutions-2014\/\">2014<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"\/wplog\/2013\/01\/01\/resolutions-2013\/\">2013<\/a>, <a href=\"\/wplog\/2012\/01\/01\/resolutions-2012\/\">2012<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Edit \u00e2\u20ac\u01532011 Resolution List\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\" href=\"\/wplog\/2011\/01\/01\/2011-resolutions\/\">2011<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"\/wplog\/2010\/01\/01\/ny-res-2010\/\">2010<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"\/wplog\/2009\/01\/02\/resolutions-for-2009\/\">2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTo rise above little things\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u2022 John Burroughs Read 52 books.\u00c2\u00a0Yeah, I know. In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, I read more than this same exact amount. I like the number because it is a book a week. 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