As I said in my last post I am really trying out an unresolution – BE HAPPIER (because really I’m already a fairly happy person). However, I am setting some pretty specific fitness goals for myself – along with a few other goals. Do you make fitness goals for a new year? I really can’t remember if I did last year – but I know I had different priorities coming into 2013. I really wanted to be a runner – I’ve since decided running stresses me out, causes knee pain and is generally not enjoyable. If something doesn’t feel good – why do it? OK the one exception to that is the dentist – I never like the thoughts of sitting with my mouth opened for an hour while I get my teeth cleaned but I always feel amazing after. 😉
I work in Corporate America and we like to use the acronym “SMART” to describe goals – I figured the same principles apply to fitness goals so I kept those in mind when forming my to-do list! What is a smart goal?
Keeping that in mind – here are my 5 fitness goals for 2014!
1. Log 300 hours of Zumba (yes I realize this one is LOFTY). This means doing Zumba 6 days a week most weeks. Here’s the thing – if I was going to be a runner I would need 4-5 running days a week. I’m replacing those with Zumba and of course I made myself a cute calendar to track! Now of course I travel for work (and for fun). How am I going to accomplish this? Two ways – Zumba DVDs I bought ages ago and “THE ULTIMATE ZUMBA PLAYLIST” I just made in my iPod. It’s a collection of all my favorite Zumba songs from all 5 teachers I take from!
I love color-coding and I like organization. I know I’ll be away next week so I’m already accounting for it and planning. Also, Thursday and Friday classes may switch depending on my work busyness!
Dying to see this kill mix of mine? Feast your eyes and ears on this! This is a combo of Stef, Kerri, Danielle and Ogechi songs! I don’t quite know Laura enough to know her music yet. 🙂
2. Try one new fitness DVD a month. Originally I said one per week but with my Zumba obsession that just won’t work. Haha. I have a ton DVDs I’ve stockpiled that I need to work through – I’m really looking forward to these two:
3. Complete 10 real push-ups by the fall! I can do the kind on bent knees but I want to do legit, straight out push-ups! Since you know I love a funny:
4. Hold a plank for 3 mins by December! I’ve done several plank a month challenges and I always fall apart at the 2 min mark. I want to hold a plank for 3 mins this year. 🙂
5. Jump rope by the summer. I used to LOVE doing this when i was little and I really want to get a jump rope now as an adult. Along the same lines I want to do legit jumping jacks – instead of the ghetto side step side things I do now. LOL. Of course, this cracked me up so I had to share:
There you have my fitness goals for 2014! What are yours?
Have you ever considered making a fitness bucketlist? I saw this while searching for funny graphics and loved it!
Check out the list here: http://www.eatchicchicago.com/blog/2009/09/28/my-fitness-bucket-list/
Definitely a project for a rainy day. 🙂
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I cracked up over the jump rope image. So funny! 🙂 When I started Muay Thai I could not make it over the rope more than 2 times without the rope hitting my feet. It was a disaster. It took me quite a while (almost a year), and a LOT of practice, but I can now go strong for over 6 min. It’s the small things. 🙂
right?! I was laughing when I posted it. Thanks for sharing your progress – so awesome!
These all sound like SMART goals and I totally believe you can rock all of them! (: One of my fitness goals it to be able to do unassisted pull ups by the end of the year and to lower my body fat percentage (: Cheers to 2014!
Ooh pull ups are BAD ASS! Go you!
Great goals! Wall pushups and coffee table pushups are a great way to build strength and work up to real pushups. Since these 2 variations put you in a plank position, it will also help strengthen your core so you can rock your 3-minute plank goal faster. Two birds, one stone! 🙂