2015 goals: How did I do?

Here are the goals I set for 2015 last year—how did I do?

1) Get my left split—Done

2) Front tuck on the floor (with a spring board is acceptable)—DNF
       I never really worked on this. I started flipping over my shoulder so I had to go back to basics.

3) Climb once a month—FAIL
      I haven't climbed since February :( I want to climb more, but need to find the time.

4) Keep trying new classes (once a month if I can find something new)- DONE
    Did good on this one. Tried flying trapeze, pilates, Body Shred, Walk Georgia Boot camp classes, pole, SPARC training center. 

5) Take a class at Leap Flying Trapeze school- DONE. Obsessed.

6) Try the 6 a.m. Pure Barre class. FAIL
      Never got around to this one. Oh well.

7) The the vertical pole class at Canopy. DONE

8) Hold a handstand for at least 5 or 10 second

I can definitely hold for five seconds. Not 10 yet. Going to take a handstand class in January. I really need to start practicing at home!

9) Buy something from Lululemon. (Maybe a cute top for my birthday). Done.
     For 2016, I probably need to buy less Lululemon :( Bought too much.  Pinterest says I have almost 80 pieces including socks and a lot of mark downs.) 

10) Keep working on 6-pack abs. (One day!)
   I'm pretty happy with my abs.

I added some mid year goals in this summer. How'd I do on those?

1) Bump up running to twice a week. ---DONE. I now run 3x a week.  
2) Run a 5k. Before next summer. Still to do. 
3) Run a 5k in under 25 minutes. Can do this on flat surfaces. Not hills yet. 
4) Get a fitness tracker. Apple watch :) 
5) Touch my feet to my head. (Handstand scorpion).
Still working on this. 

6) Do body composition testing. Still to do. 
7) Make a fitness plan for the fall. This changed every week. I'm not sure what I'm doing in January yet. 
8) In 2016, find some relay races to run in like the Chick Fil-A Half or the All Comers Track meet.
9) Take a class at Blast. Still to do. 
10) Try a pilates class.  Done. 

All in all I'd say I made good progress in 2015.

I completely 6 of my original 10 goals. And 5 of my mid year goals with progress towards the rest. I have a 
good baseline for 2016 goals. I'll go work on those now. How did you do? 

Year midpoint goal check

Half of 2015 has flown by. How is this possible?

But what a great time to look at my fitness goals from January and see where I am.

1) Get my left split.  Done.

Doing a split at Pure Barre. 

2) Front tuck on the floor (with a spring board is acceptable).  Haven't tried. I can't figure out run, run punch. 

3) Climb once a month. I got certified to climb in February and have climbed twice and mean to go this weekend (before even looking at this post.) I miss climbing.

4) Keep trying new classes (once a month if I can find something new).

Have tried trapeze, a new barre class, a different Pure Barre, a SPARC class, fitness class at Rush, ninja course at Rush and took up running. I'd say good progress is made on this.

Taking a class at SPARC.

5) Take a class at Leap Flying Trapeze school.  Done. Obsessed.

6) Try the 6 a.m. Pure Barre class. Have yet to do.

7) The the vertical pole class at Canopy. My goal to do this summer maybe this month. 

8) Hold a handstand for at least 5 or 10 second. I'm still working on my handstands but think I've gotten a five second hold a few times.

Handstand on the beach.

9) Buy something from Lululemon. (Maybe a cute top for my birthday). I have 20 or so pieces and am a total Lululemon addict. I've spent my lulu budget for the month and aren't allowed to buy anything else.

10) Keep working on 6-pack abs. (One day!). My abs are looking good from Pure Barre. Not six-lack, but it's a something pack when I suck in ;) 

So, four of these goals I can check off as done, with two in progress and four to work on. I'd count this as progress.

Maybe I should even add a few goals. (Not necessarily by the end of the year.) 

1) Bump up running to twice a week.

2) Run a 5k. Before next summer.

3) Run a 5k in under 25 minutes.

4) Get a fitness tracker.

5) Touch my feet to my head. (Handstand scorpion).

Working on my scorpion. I can hold my
 own weight for about two seconds! Will get this trick. 

6) Do body composition testing.

7) Make a fitness plan for the fall.
8) In 2016, find some relay races to run in like the Chick Fil-A Half or the All Comers Track meet.
9) Take a class at Blast.
10) Try a pilates class. 

Scorpion pose

This is my trick of the night: Scorpion pose against the wall

I went to open gym and one of the girls was practicing this. I thought it looked cool and tried it.

To do it:

1) It starts off a little like a headstand. Put your arms in sphinx, maybe a foot away from the way.
2) Kick up into a headstand, and you can try and touch your feet on the wall
3) Make sure to really push your hips out (away from the wall)
4) Walk your feet down towards you head
5) Try to put your knees against the wall

And you're done. You can kick out of it. Or I think I just splatted out of it.

It's fairly easy if you have a flexible back. I'm feeling it today though.

Bridge Kickover

I've been working on a bridge kick over for most of the summer. Here's one at Aerofit. This one's not especially pretty, but you get the point.

Basically you go up in a bridge and kick over. It's not the hardest skill ever. Your back has to be flexible enough to go up into a bridge. And the key to this one is keeping your arms straight—hands and shoulders should be in line, not extended. (Mine arms are slightly extended in this video.) And you have to kick hard with one leg.

I worked on these at my first tumbling class. You can start kicking over from a higher block (easy!) and gradually work your way down to the floor. Here, I'm kicking over from 2-3 inches of padding.

I can't quite do them all the way on the floor, but I've been pretty close for a while.

Up next: I'd love to do a front limber to back walk over.