Short-term and Long-term Training Goals

[japantv1210]

I thought that it would be cool if people posted some of their short-term and long-term goals for training. Then hopefully, more experienced members could give them advice on how to rapidly improve, give them exercises specifically adapted for what they're trying to accomplish, motivate them to train harder, etc. I'll start since I made the thread haha.

Short-term Goals:
1. Improve my vertical leap from a pathetic 12 inches to a much more impressive 24 inches.
2. Do one one-arm chinup with a full range of motion.
3. Climb my fifteen-foot rope in seven seconds.

Long-term Goals:
1. Continue with plyometrics after recently starting it to improve speed and agility.
2. Work my way up to 30 pushups, 12 pullups, and 12 dips with my 40-pound weight vest attached.
3. Achieve victory on Sasuke ;D.

[bigblind168]

Short term:
lose weight
be able to do a pull up (yes im THAT weak)
be able to do a good push up (yes im really THAT weak)
improve of my parkour (i can atleast do that)
be able to hold a spider walk position w/o adhesive spray
build a sextuple steps, warped wall, spider flip, and final stage (5M ladder, 7M rope)


long term:
be a good freerunning
be able to beat akiyamas pushup record
be able to do all the obstacles i just said to build
get on Sasuke
be able to cliff hang

[The Chief]

Short term:
Be able to hold the spider position
Be able to do 20 push-ups w/o a break
Same as last with sit-ups
Climb a rope in less than 1.5 feet per second.

Long Term:
SASUKE!
be able to pass first stage
be able to pass second stage
be able to pass Cliff Hanger
be able to pass Final Stage

[Oti]

Short Term:
- Finish my Ninja Warrior book and game.
- Decide on a good workout routine that I can keep for the next 3 or so weeks.
- Balance my crappy factory job with all my workout goals.
- Stop acting like a know-it-all a*****e and express myself more clearly.

Long Term:
- Do fifty pull-ups non-stop.
- Jog a mile in six minutes.
- Conquer Sasuke.

[TCM]

Mar 2, 2009 18:36:23 GMT -5 bigblind168 said:

Short term:
lose weight
be able to do a pull up (yes im THAT weak)
be able to do a good push up (yes im really THAT weak)
improve of my parkour (i can atleast do that)
be able to hold a spider walk position w/o adhesive spray
build a sextuple steps, warped wall, spider flip, and final stage (5M ladder, 7M rope)


long term:
be a good freerunning
be able to beat akiyamas pushup record
be able to do all the obstacles i just said to build
get on Sasuke
be able to cliff hang

You're not alone there. Though I probably could do a better pushup than you (ROTC does that).

Short Term:
Lose some weight
Increase upper body strength (in layman's terms do a f*&%ing pullup I can't even do monkey bars; only that push-off track thing) and stamina (don't burn out before half-mile)
Find time to exercise other than the once-a-week thing

Goal I should really commit to: Better Diet Plan

Long Term:
Get on SASUKE (even if I crash on first obstacle, ultimate goal is 1st stage conquer, will be surprised after that) or Wipeout
Build an obstacle and train
Post a video and show you all of my progress

[supersheep]

My goal right now is to try to finish my indoor stage 3. I found that i can do many mini-replicas just with what i have in my house.

1: Inverted pull ups: Hang off a rail push self up 10 times, this is my "immpossible to fail, but can wear you down" obsticle
2: Body Prop: Feet on on a stair, hands go on a wall, back and forth each way 4 times
3: Cliffhanger: Hang off balcony cliffhanger down, stack of books to represent gap
4: Jumping Bars: Hang off balcony, jump up in air 1 foot and catch self 4 times
5: Hang Climbing: Start at bottom of about a 60 degree inclining balcony, climb up and back down
6: Spider Flip: Hold self up on a ledge with hands (touch floor = DQ) and floor is only a few feet off ground, this is about 10-12 feet, then do the jump from small ledge facing a square beam onto a platform.
7: Couch Slider: Never tested this, never gotten far enough. Hold right arm on balcony left arm on a couch, must slide the couch until it runs into the fireplace, feet touch ground = DQ. Jump to final zone again, touch ground out of safe zone = DQ.

So with that said, my goal is to someday have my feet touch down in this final safe zone.

Am thinking about getting a blanket to hang on a long area for a curtain cling, but not sure how safe that would be.

I just tried out obsticle #7 right after I posted this. Granted I am tired cause i just got the Hang climbing a few minutes ago and fell, then did push ups and spider walking, but I could not even get it to move. I might need to rearrange the room and use something else! lol

[Oti]

You could get some of those awesome gliding pad things that you put under your furniture and they let you supposedly push the furniture around with one hand.

Or... yeah, like you said. Try something else.

[supersheep]

I think the problem is that it keeps running into a thick rug, i'll try tomorow when i'm back to full strength with the rug pushed back. My arms were pretty much dead by that point.

[Badalight]

Short Term
1. Build a Salmon ladder
2. Jog a mile in under 5:30
3. Be able to complete my cliffhanger on a regular basis (I can do it on a good day granted it's not slippery)

Long Term
1. Jog 2 miles in under 11:30
2. Be able to complete my cliffhanger, and then do it agian but backwards without stopping.
3. Bench Press my weight.

[Oti]

Jog a mile in under 5:30?

I... I want to say that's not jogging. More like... running?

Anyway, if you need any help with the Salmon Ladder, I can help.

[bigblind168]

well bada's a soccer player, he can prob jog a mile in 6, 6:30, maybe 7. Depending on what he plays

[Oti]

It also depends on how good of a player he is, though. Or, more specifically, what kind of shape he's in.

I know that where I live, just because you play a sport doesn't mean anything. We have obese football players who can't run a quarter mile without, well, dying.

[talledega7]

But that's because those football players train specifically for a position that doesn't emphasise running (or much forward/backward movement past a few yards).

Soccer, on the other hand, pretty much requires extensive, near continuous running for every position outside of Goalkeeper. And speaking as a former soccer player myself who has seen Bada's training videos, he doesn't look the type to be a Keeper. He looks more like a Halfback to me.

[Oti]

I guess he'll tell us the next time he gets on.

[Badalight]

Actually you're right, I'm a defender and sometimes midfielder depending on where my team needs me.

And yes, Soccer requires running for every posistion. I'm not the best soccer player skill wise, but defenders don't need much fancy footwork anyway. My speed more than makes up for it. Since I'm a great defender, I play full games all season. For 3 years in a row I havn't been taken out.

I also ran track a few times, didn't this year though.

And my mile last year before my extensive running conditiong and coming out of winter when I was out of shape, was just over 6 minutes.

Like 6:02.

That was a year ago, and I've improved a lot, so 5:30 shouldn't be too hard as long as I push myself.

Over 6:00 is bad for a varsity soccer player though, so if I hope to make the team I'll have to improve it to the low 5 minute range.

5:30 is the first benchmark in doing so.

[The Chief]

Another long term goal for me i to run a mile in 4:00 minutes. Yes, its nearly imposible, however, that's why you train.

[Badalight]

Going for a world record? lol

I have friend who can get under 5:00. But I don't know anybody who can get in the low 4 minute range. Fastest I know is like 4:32.

Considering an average 400 time is around the minute mark, or 50 second mark, and it's a full out sprint, you'd have to keep that pace up for 4 times that length.

I'd get tired after the first lap and a half doing a full sprint.

[Oti]

I'd say try HIIT for cardiovascular endurance, a lot of long sprints and stationary bike riding for lower body endurance and, of course, running a lot of miles. Only one or so at a time, but yeah, lots of miles.