Damn this blog is a year old and I haven't said a word since August. Shame on me. I didn't even realize I was blogging through the summer. It's pretty sweet to see the progress I've made since then; even better to see what I've overcome in the last year when I wrote my first post. Let's summarize, shall we?
2011 in review:
Jan-March: Work to get PFT 3 mi down to get into OCS. Run a 23:31 on March 9. 282/300
March-May: Games focus- just follow EOB programming and compete in the Open.
May-August: Graduate college. Go off on my own and train the hell out of myself to prep for OCS. Lose focus of what good training is and isn't. Have entirely too much time and anger on my hands. Lose weight. Run a 276 PFT for the board on July 29ish. Know it isn't good enough. Find out I didn't get into OCS. Decide not to enlist and resubmit for Summer 2012 Class. Enlist help of positive environment and work out personal issues.
August-beginning of October: Train and get a job. Lease on car is up, have to move in with mom in Kansas for the first time since I was 8 years old.
October: Train myself and follow some Outlaw programming with the brothers of Progenex. Love training with them! Get a new job.
November: Working hard. Getting nervous about resubmitting package to OCS. Overwhelmed with being in charge of my own programming. Don't want to F it up again. Believe I have until January to get my 3 mi down. Decide to hire Nate Schrader, 14th at the 2011 CrossFit Games, former elite Army Special Forces Operator because he speaks my language when I say "I got to be good at CrossFit and everything else the Marines think I need to be good at." Give him a list of goals and he says "We'll get you there!" Love it.
December: Find out they're submitting my package Dec 9. Emergency flight to FL for PFT. Run a 22:53 3 mi, PR. 288/300. Really fucking good score. Clean out all negative influences in my life. Start Nate's programming. It's mentally and physically challenging. It's relieving and exciting and motivating having someone I trust at the helm of my training. Pay off debts.
2012 is my year. I'm no longer letting my perceptions of myself hold me back. I used to think I could never get to or maintain a body weight of 135 because I'm naturally thunderous in my thighs. F that, I'm in control of what goes in my mouth, thus what the number is on the scale. The Marines want me to weigh 135 for OCS? I'll weigh 135 for OCS. They want me to be fast; I want to be strong, so I'll be both. No more compromises. No more excuses. I've already given up everything; sacrificed everything for this. I will not shovel shit for the rest of my life because I couldn't get a little self discipline. 12 is my favorite number and this is the time to earn it all and make all of my dreams become realities.
My goal(s) this year are simple:
Ultimate: Earn my commission as a 2nd LT in the USMC on August 11, 2012.
Middle goals to get there:
Get into Summer 2012, OCS Class 210.
Qualify for the midwest regionals.
Smaller goals to get me there:
Weigh 135# for body weight
23% body fat according to the USMC
Muscle Up and improve in all other areas of CrossFit and fitness
Let's do it.
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