Body
You only get one body. Alas, I got mine.
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I’ve lifted weights for most of my life, but need to from scratch after an MPFL reconstruction.
Rehab my MPFL reconstruction fully.
Get to 80kg, 15% bodyfat.
Squat 2x bodyweight, bench 1.5x bodyweight, Deadlift 2.3x bodyweight.
Enter a strongman competition.
A lack of flexibility has caused me loads of issues in the past. Let’s see if I can fix it.
Do the Ido Portal 30 day hang and squat challenges.
Do yoga 3 times a week for 6 months.
Qualify as a yoga instructor.
Do the splits.
I’m at increased test, gene, and family inferred risk for cardiovascular issues.
Do HIIT every day for a month.
Walk the Camino de Santiago with my Mum.
Get resting heart rate to 55bpm.
Complete an Ultra Race.
Time to go back to nature.
Cold shower every day for a month.
Take an onsen / sauna every day for a month.
Wake and sleep according to natural light for a month.
Go off grid for a month.
Growing up, I developed a fear of heights which has gotten worse over time.
Cure my fear of heights.
Name a mountain by climbing it first.
Send an ice climbing route.
Climb Everest.
I suck at swimming, but could do it when I was younger. So…
Get my swimming qualifications.
Go surfing and enjoy it.
Swim under ice in a lake.
Swim the channel.
I am a really good dancer after a few drinks. About time I practiced sober.
Learn salsa dancing.
Learn street dancing.
Enter a dance competition.
Dance in a music video.
I mean, who didn’t want to be a pirate as a kid?
Stand up surf.
Down river kayak.
Learn to sail.
Sail across the Atlantic.
Gymnastics are the pinnacle of physical capability. I’d love to be able to do, well, anything.
Do a backflip.
Do a muscle up.
Do a planche and iron cross.
Learn a rings routine.
I want to fix the things that will make my life worse as I get older.
Fix flat feet.
Fix my standing posture.
Straighten my toes.
Reverse aging.
My girlfriend is a national champion showjumper and I am… not.
Ranch ride in Argentina/Canada with my parents.
Complete in a mechanical bull/rodeo competition (I’ll take the easier one here…)
Break in a horse.
Compete in the Mongol Derby.
Some things just hang loose.
Play golf every day for a month, then enter a doubles with my Dad.
Do a water fast.
Enter the highland games.
Learn Massage.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is incredibly fun, and incredibly tough.
Train at ATOS, 10th Planet HQ, RGA NYC, and in Brazil.
Win a tournament.
Get a purple belt.
Get a black belt.