Last night before bed

10 regualar push-ups
10 elbows at the sides push ups, wow were those hard
20 squats

Slept good for about 10 hours. My lats are sore, my legs feel the squats, and the arms feel the push-ups.

Pull-ups

The numbers:

5-4-3-2-1

Tried to do round 2, but failed. It was hard.

3-2-1

Gotta watch these

Top 10 Incredible Animal Videos

*Tip of the paw to cuteoverload

Pull-ups

And I want to, in almost 8 months, be able to do 10 un-assisted pull-ups?

Used the band again tonight, and the Pull Up FitDeck. Only did a couple of cards, and even at the beginner level, I would have to stop and take a break.

6 - Alternating grip
4 - 2 hand Outlaw rope pull-ups (even harder).
8 - Mountain Climber

They were not pretty. They were not easy. If other people were counting, some of them probably wouldn't have counted. I got up, but not always chin over the bar.

my arms hurt. By the way, it took about 20 minutes to do those.

Another thing I'm trying between now and then is Lat Loading. If you saw Dave Whitley's post on Engaging the Lat video, you'll know what I'm trying. Hanging from the Pull-Up bar and pulling the shoulders back into their sockets.

I miss having a house

The people that live above me love to stomp around at all hours. They love to bang on their floor / my ceiling, when the bird is freaking out. Which only makes it worse. And he's usually freaking out because they've been stomping.

Doesn't look like I'm going to work out in the mornings. The bird likes to squawk as I work out. He's right there, but I'm not doing what he wants me to, so he's noisy about it.

Was trying to get through 10 FitDeck Stretch cards, but the bird wouldn't let me.

10 2 hand swing - 16kg kettlebell
Neck rotation
10 right hand swing
hamstring stretch
10 left hand swing
calf stretch
10 right hand swing
scorpion
10 left hand swing

2009 goals

Made my goal list for 2009.

Here it is, like always it's a living document.

Finance:
Lower current debt, save more:
Use less plastic. Carry cash, leave debit card at home.

Transfer remaining checking balance to Emigrant Direct from previous pay on payday.
Create Orange Checking account. Direct Deposit rent + to it.
Learn and start using GnuCash
Look into getting a second job

Improve employability:

Xen:
Read running Xen,
Get some virtual servers working with Open Source Xen.
Upgrade the Laptop to a larger hard drive.
Get a new Server system with VT chip set and working
500g to 1tb hard drive space
8 to 64g memory
VT Chip
ATX form factor
LPI Level 1:
Brush up on shell scripting
Read Running Linux, LPI Nutshell
Perl
Read Learning Perl, all the way through. Work on scripts.

Cisco:
Read CCNA books
Practice on the lab
Need power supply, Hex tap?
Then what?
CCVP(?), CCNP(?), CCSP(?)
Resume Update – rebuild resume from near scratch

Health:
Get down to 190lbs (from 240lbs)
ETK with 24 kg. (Goal April 26 2009)
Providence one a week, until I can go all the way through with 16kg
Newport after Providence
Martial Arts 3 times a week
FitDeck schedule and stick to it.
10 un-assisted pull ups by my birthday
100 push ups by May
Get Ring System


Martial Arts:
Ready for Black belt by Christmas 2009
First Gup requirements:
Pyung Ahn O Dan
Ba Sa Hee
Bow Staff
Chil Sung Il Ro
Chil Sung EE Ro
Knife form
10 take downs
Actually make it by 6pm every week
Attend Saturday Classes

Improve Education:
Get better at math:
Schaum's Elementary Algebra
Schaum's Intermediate Algebra

Read More:
Finish Hogan's Giant Novels (2 to go).
Beyond Fear - Bruce Schneier
Kathy Reichs
Assault on reason - Al Gore
Kathy Reichs
God Deliusion - Richard Dawkins
Kathy Reichs

5x3 pull-ups

5 sets of 3 pull ups, 3 minutes rest between sets, using my 1 3/4 inch band.

The first 2 from each set, was chest to the bar. The last one each set I had a hard time getting my chin over the bar.

I could probably do more right now, a few more sets, but I did more than planed anyway.