{"id":8305,"date":"2015-12-31T07:05:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T12:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=8305"},"modified":"2015-12-29T21:06:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T02:06:01","slug":"resolution-progress-2015-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2015\/12\/31\/resolution-progress-2015-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution Progress 2015: End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, the year is completely\u00c2\u00a0done, so here is where I am with each resolution.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/728\/23668668712_e2a15d852c.jpg?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Yoda the weighlifter smack talk resolution\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bro lift even, do you?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Read 52 books.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0The goal was 52.\u00c2\u00a0I read\u00c2\u00a070. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user_challenges\/1851760\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"true\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"0\">My Goodreads user challenge<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0Looking at pages, I managed to read\u00c2\u00a019,669 compared to an average of\u00c2\u00a021,815 for the prior four years. So while the number of books is good, they were lighter. (I think my bar was highest with something like 33,000 in a 9 month window in 8th grade, so I could do much better.)\u00c2\u00a0<strong>SUCCEEDED.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read at least 50% by female authors.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Of the 70\u00c2\u00a0books read, 49\u00c2\u00a0are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/767304-ezra?page=1&amp;shelf=goal2015%2Cauthor-female\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"true\" data-slimstat-callback=\"true\" data-slimstat-type=\"0\">by female authors<\/a>, so I am on well above with 70%. There at the end, it slid by 5%. (4 by males in the first quarter, 2 in the 2nd, 6\u00c2\u00a0in the 3rd, and 6 in the 4th. So I started off strong but trailed off once it was clear the goal was in hand.)\u00c2\u00a0<strong>SUCCEEDED.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Weightlifting:\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Bench 185\u00c2\u00a0pounds (1RM equivalent).<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0My best during the past month or so is 192.5\u00c2\u00a01RM. <strong>SUCCEEDED.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Squat 245 pounds (1RM eq).<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0My best during the past month of so is\u00c2\u00a0250.83.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<strong>SUCCEEDED.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Deadlift 300\u00c2\u00a0pounds (1RM eq).<\/strong> My best during the past month of so is\u00c2\u00a0289.83. <strong>FAILED.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0I started at\u00c2\u00a0151.66 about 3 months in and improved by\u00c2\u00a0138.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drop to\u00c2\u00a0about 15% body fat.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0No progress. A monitor thingy says 24.7% which is down from calipers saying the\u00c2\u00a0suprailiac is\u00c2\u00a025.6%.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>FAILED.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bring HIIT up to about 50-50.<\/strong> No progress.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>FAILED.<\/strong> I did not put enough priority on as I thought I would in setting the goal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Take a trip at least 300 miles away from home.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Completed first quarter with a trip to Amelia Island and Jekyll Island. And a second trip to Mexico Beach at 378 miles.\u00c2\u00a0<strong>SUCCEEDED.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Declutter Part II.<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0No progress. <strong>FAILED.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Resolution Conclusions<\/h2>\n<p>On the whole, there were more\u00c2\u00a0resolution successes than failures. Of the failures, the deadlift\u00c2\u00a0resolution was 6.7% shy which at the rate of 11.5 improvement a month, I might hit the mark in another month. According to my trainer, deadlift is my most disadvantaged\u00c2\u00a0lift because I am so tall. So, the resolution might have been too ambitious despite choosing something lower than 305 off that random blog that inspired the resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, the year is completely\u00c2\u00a0done, so here is where I am with each resolution. Read 52 books.\u00c2\u00a0The goal was 52.\u00c2\u00a0I read\u00c2\u00a070. My Goodreads user challenge.\u00c2\u00a0Looking at pages, I managed to read\u00c2\u00a019,669 compared to an average of\u00c2\u00a021,815 for the prior four years. So while the number of books is good, they were lighter. 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