Far too many people fall into the weight loss goal mentality. Weight loss is not a measure of health, nor fitness and in many cases it could be considered to be damn right dangerous. The best goals are physical feats of Strength, Endurance and Skill. If you focus on these you will naturally have to get fit, eat the correct food, learn how to restore the body and sleep right. You then get all the other pay offs as a matter of course; more vitality, more energy and a lean body are all done deals. The issue is always with the focus.
Here are some feats of strength, endurance & skill – how many can you do?
- Walk for 10 metres on your hands
- Complete a kettlebell Turkish get-up with 50% of your body weight
- 10 x one handed push-ups
- 5 x one handed chin-ups
- Perform a yoga back dome
- Perform 5 upward circles on a bar
- Perform a gymnastic ring muscle up
- Perform 5 x handstand push-ups against a wall
- 200+ kettlebell single arm snatches in 10 minutes with a 24kg KB
- Climb to the top of a tall tree
You can progress towards all of these in your training from whatever starting point.