way back in the nascent time of August 2024 I set out to achieve strength goals by the far-off futuristic date of June 2025.
And like the crashing of waves over so many fields of ducks, that time has come.
the goals were! bench 200lbs, squat 250lbs, run 11.9 seconds for 100m, hang +70lbs on a 20mm hangboard edge for 10 seconds, do a one arm pull-up.
here's the breakdown
bench 200lbs- I did this! I did it on March 14th! Hooray!
squat 250lbs- Current best sits at 225lbs. This was a shoot for the moon, land among the stars type goal. Or shoot for the stars, land on the moon. If you think about it, from a practical standpoint, it should be shoot for the stars, land on the moon. Because the moon is way way closer. But if you didn't know anything about space travel and were just looking at the night sky I can see why you'd say shoot for the moon and land among the stars. Because of their relative sizes. But anyway, I set a big goal and I went from not really being able to squat properly to squatting two plates and that's really exciting and I'm proud of that. 250 doesn't seem too far off and I've decided that my ultimate goal is 300lbs which would be roughly 2x bodyweight and I think I could hang my squat-hat on that and try other stuff.
run 11.9 seconds for 100m. On August 18th, 2024 I ran a new personal best of 12.59 for 100m and then on May 4th 2025 I improved by exactly one one-hundredth of a second and ran 12.58 and that's where my PR stands. So, in some ways, sub-12 is pretty far off. BUT! Also on May 4th I ran a new 50m best of 6.14, which if you double that you'd run a 12.28. I also broke 27 seconds for 200m for the first time on May 11th. All of this is to say that I made improvements but that 11.9 is more of a long term goal than a medium goal. And I'm making progress. Sprinting is funny though. You can be stuck for months and then have a day where you feel good, loaded up with caffeine, good temperatures, and the right wind and you can run way better than you ever have before. Sprinting is a bit like fishing. You gotta be in the right place and the right time and your training helps you be ready to capitalize on it. Lifting is a bit more like, uh, building a barn. Just do it. Affix lumber to lumber. Board by board.
the hangboard goal.- I did this one! back in January. And then I upped that goal to +50% bodyweight. And then I did that on March 9th. And then I started moonboarding! And that's been fun.
One Arm Pull-Up- Through the Fall and Winter I made some decent progress towards this goal and then at some point I really stalled and plateau'd and kinda gave up entirely on pull-ups once I started moonboarding. And then on Sunday I almost did a one-arm pull-up out of nowhere. It was like I could just do one. I'd say like 80 to 85% of full range of motion. Probably I was just fatigued and resting allowed me to actually pull my hardest. But that was a nice surprise because I'd kind of given up on that goal and it was nice to be rewarded both for the hard work I'd put in and also for giving up.
Overall, a really successful season of training.
Goals for August 2025.
+90lbs for 10s on 20mm, one-arm pull-up, 250lbs squat, 300lbs box squat, 135lbs overhead press, 100m in 12.40
what did we learn last summer? climbing and camp don't mix so we're back to hangboarding! another thing I've learned is that my fingers can handle about a month of moonboarding 3 times a week and then the fatigue builds and doesn't go away so a rest seems necessary. maybe I'll try climbing once a week. maybe. also bench has now been replaced with barbell overhead press. because we love shoulders.
if you made it this far then lots of bisous for you xxxxxxx
2 comments:
dang I been playing my french rpg and didn't know what bisous was, so I couldn't claim them at checkout. My rpg has only taught me two words and they are both curses.
haha! I learned you something. you just got francophone'd!
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