I'm doing 30 things
Brain Bucket
3 months ago
Bought my helmet last weekend. Got a deal on a Shoei RF-1000.
Mark's Life List
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1. Be a better Dad.
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2. Complete 12 weeks of Mark Rippetoe's Starting Strength.
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3. Deadlift my bodyweight.
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4. Bench Press my bodyweight.
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5. Overhead Press my bodyweight.
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6. Power Clean my bodyweight.
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7. Lose 15 pounds.
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8. Reduce my bodyfat percentage to 20% by September 14, 2009.
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9. Reduce my bodyfat percentage to 15% by January 25, 2010.
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10. Run a half marathon in under 1:45:00.
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11. Get my motorcycle license.
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12. Run 10K in under 48 minutes.
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13. Do the 100 Day Burpee Challenge
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14. Run 5K in under 22 minutes.
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15. finish my bachelor's degree
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16. Practice my kata three times a week.
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17. Travel across the country by train.
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18. Get hosed in an English Pub ... in England.
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19. Walk up Mt. Fuji
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20. Backpack Ellesmere Island
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21. Learn to play the piano
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22. Learn to play the guitar
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23. Join a volunteer mission to Mars
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24. Buy a motorcycle
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25. Learn Spanish
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26. Learn the C programming language
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27. Learn Java
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28. learn ruby
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29. Learn Japanese
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30. learn parkour
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: Easy as pie. I just took out a membership at the GoodLife gym a couple blocks away and started going there almost daily, alternating resistance training and spin classes, with a day off here and there. It only costs me about $40/m with unlimited access to all their resources and facilities. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: Slow and easy wins this race. I went through a number of cycles of easy base training and novice 5K training programs. Limited myself to one 5K race per year, and kept my race goals very conservative. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: This was a complete lark. I was in Miami visiting a friend. He was running the ING Miami Marathon. I was still working on 5K distances. I ran a 10K back in 2006 but have since struggled with Achilles/Plantar Fascia problems. So I trained for the 5K, ran it, and set a new PR for myself (23:34). My friend convinced me to try the Half on the basis of my 5K result. If I could run 5K in 23:34, I could manage a slow and easy Half. So I threw my… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
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3 months ago
Going in to week 8, I’ve injured my elbow. Nothing major. I believe I stressed my wrist flexors doing power cleans, not during the lift, but in dropping the bar from the rack position to the hang clean position. “Halting” the bar in the hang clean position before putting it back down on the floor seems to have been the problem. Taking some time off. No reason not to do my squats though …
Currently:
Squats: 3×5x180lbs
Bench: 3×5x145lbs
Overhead Press: 3×5x100lbs
Deadlift: 1×5x175lbs
Power Clean: 5×3x95lbs
