Goals for 2009

Hi everyone

The goals I have set with TC to complete my mission for 2009: Bigger, Stronger and Meaner start with the daily goal of eating every 3 hours and practicing visualisation and imagery. When I first started training the hardest part for me was not the weight lifting but my eating habits. I found it hard to ensure I was eating every 3 hours as before I would probably at most have only 3 meals a day. Since I have increased to 6 meals a day in smaller portions I feel healthier in myself and less tired and fatigued during the day as I did previously. It’s also important to achieve my long term goal in reducing body fat % as TC explained to me without the body receiving regular meals a day the body will store more body fat. Visualisation and imagery is the most important thing towards achieving my long term goals; as well as visualising eating healthier I have also applied it to the gym and was amazed at how by just imagining lifting so much weight how I was able to achieve it just the next day.

I also had a Kettlebell session with TC today. I find Kettlebell training to be a completely different experience then the previous training I have been doing at the gym. While it first appears like an easy workout I soon experience the results of a great workout. Exercises included Kettlebell Swing, Turkish Get Up and Kettlebell Clean & Squat. The final exercise was a Russian Kettlebell Challenge; being able to complete the same amount of reps equal to my bodyweight (84kg) of Kettlebell Snatch (24kg) within 5 mins. I still have 24 reps to go to complete the challenge but already have increased 10 reps from last week so I feel I should be able to complete the challenge by the end of the month.

Below are some videos TC took of my workout today including Kettlebell Swing and Turkish Get Up: