Arvind Ashok: Fitness & Nutrition Simplified

Am not really one for res­o­lu­tions. But then, every year, I feel I should do a few things and then the year goes by. So, this time around, am going to put this out in a pub­lic forum and hope­fully that will spur me on to do these things. Here they are, in no spe­cific order and prob­a­bly not comprehensive

• Cross­Fit. squat 2x my body weight: Squat­ting is one of the best tests of one’s strength. I’ve long been a weak­ling, so this should be a lofty goal to aim for.
• com­plete Cross­Fit level 1 certification
• Fig­ure out my diet and see what my body responds to, what works for me and stick to it.
• com­plete a “sprint” triathlon: Swim­ming in open water, hmm. But hey, one has to try.
• run a sub-6 minute mile: This is def­i­nitely possible.
• run 10 miles in under 75 min­utes: This one’s prob­a­bly the hard­est. Con­sid­er­ing that my aver­age run­ning speed is about 9.5 mins per mile for 10k to 20k, and 8.5 for sub 10k, run­ning 10 miles/16km at 7.5 mins is going to be close to impos­si­ble. but then again, where’s the fun in run­ning slow?
• learn to surf: Another am pretty con­fi­dent about. No way am going to be doing what surfers do on TV but am def­i­nitely con­fi­dent of doing the begin­ner stuff.
• Ulti­mate: This one is a hard goal to set. A sport that I love but never play con­tin­u­ously. So, no goals for this just yet.

And hope­fully lose most of my tummy fat along the way. What are your goals this year?