For January my goal is to cultivate the habits I will need to get the results I want. My goals are to weigh 180 or less by May (today I weigh 204); be able to easily run the "misery mile" (a very nasty one-mile circuit in my neighborhood; there's a huge hill at the 2/3 point); 100 push-ups/sit-ups/squats on demand; knockout power on the fundamental kicks; perfect the forms I already know; and memorize the forms and techniques I still don't have down cold. I don't want to squeak by on my master test; I want to kick its ass the way I did on my 2nd-dan test.
Today's routine: ADAPT "integrated" class this morning (one hour of alive cardio/flexibility/mobility training); forms and nunchucks for 30 minutes (yup, I still hate nunchucks, but I'm gonna kick their ass too); and a nice TKD sweat-fest at 8:15 this evening. Those college-boy masters don't seem to know how to deal with me; they think I'm gonna clutch my chest and drop dead or something. Koreans my age don't do TKD unless they're professionals, and the 50-year-old pros are 7th dan or higher. Guess I'm just gonna have to show 'em what I'm made of.
My eating plan is pretty simple: five small meals a day, kind of a lazy man's Zone diet (I don't measure stuff, but I know what 3-4 ounces of protein looks like). I've eliminated all liquid calories; no Cokes or Starbuck's calorie-bombs for the old man. One day a week is free day; I can eat whatever I want. I'm also taking a buttload of vitamins & minerals (Universal Nutrition Animal Pak), DHEA, and a lot of fish oil capsules. Nothing weird or dangerous; I'm pretty conservative about supplementation (at least I think I'm conservative about supplementation). Years ago I took creatine, but I've come to the conclusion that it just makes me hold water, plus it upsets my stomach. For breakfast I have a protein shake because it's easy and digests well. I'll re-evaluate my eating in about a month to make sure the fat is coming off at a decent pace.
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