To answer a question: What are my goals for working out?
What they are not: Weight and inches.
While I have some general goals in terms of my waist, my main goal is to simply get back in shape. Weight is not a good goal for anyone, IMO; and inches can be an illusion of a different sort. It is very easy to lose both inches and weight, and still be in lousy shape. What I want to do is:
1. Get the lowest possible percentage of body fat I can
2. Build some significant upper body strength; and, in so doing, rebuild and safeguard my shoulders and upper back.
3. Improve overall muscle tone and strength
4. Maintain and improve flexibility, range of motion, and balance
5. In so doing, improve cardio conditioning and kick my metabolism back towards what it was when I was around 20
Ultimately, I would like to be able to pick up a 100 pound pack and easily cover 20 or more miles in a day, at somewhere around 10,000 feet ASL. Oh, and have a resting pulse of about 50 and blood pressure on the low end even when stressed.
LW
