There's a saying that goes "Never start your day until you've finished it". Planning in advance... it makes the difference between your succeeding or failing. The dawn of another new year is upon us. With that in mind I decided its time to put perfect planning into action. What use is there in waiting. Serious goals require serious action.
The first thing I did was outline my weekly goals. They included:
Strict adherance to diet with 1 Cheat Meal included (achieved)
Morning cardio 3X this week minimum (achieved)
Pre-planning strength training workouts. Giving 100% effort without fail. No short-cuts (achieved)
Reaching the aforementioned goals called for planning. The first thing I did was set up and print my workout templates for each day of the week. The night before I filled in the template with the exercises to be completed, including the weight to be used and number of reps.
At the end of each workout I evaluate myself in terms of: 1)Strength or how I physically felt(weak/strong/exceptional); 2) Concentration (distracted/good/intense); 3) Rest intervals (long/medium/intense); and 4) Total Workout Summary (fair/good/or excellent).
With this information in hand I know where I need to improve going forward. I also know where I need to progressively improve by increasing the weight load and/or repetitions and intensity levels.
I also created a Cardio Sheet for the entire week. I just plug in the date, equipment used, time and duration, and calories burned. There is no second guessing here. I know whether I held strong to cardio commitment. It's right there in black and white.
So, with all that said, to sum it up, as of Friday I burned a total of 9,684 calories. 5,516 of those calories were expended from Cardio and 4,168 from Strenth Training.
As of Friday total pounds lost was 4.6 Pounds. 1 Friday cheat meal.
Information is Power! Plan ahead, set your goals now. What use is there in waiting until 2K11 to improve. If you have no roadmap, how do you propose to get to your destination.
Happy Planning!
