Spring 2024 Black Belt Cycle

Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!
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New Year, New Everybody

Happy New Year! The gym is full with the "resolutioners" so finding room on the treadmill has become challenging. Good thing it's been nice outside to where it doesn't hurt to breathe while running as of late. Guess I can keep doing that until the resolutions get broken in a few weeks. 

Slow go today, didn't get my requirements in for the day. Needed to spend the day recovering. I enjoyed the day doing nothing, watching the dog show, and getting some bowl games in. I ended the day with making a traditional New Year dinner with pork chops, pinto beans (couldn't find black eyed peas), rice, and corn bread. No greens, Taylor and I don't eat them. I am ready for a food coma with all those carbs! Im actually glad the holidays are finally over, my diet needs to get back on track with 2 protein shakes and a modified version of the keto diet (low to no sugar and low carbs). Im ready to kick these physical fitness requirements into high gear. I am getting better at the run, my short term goal is to get my 1/2 mile down to 6 minutes and then I can work on getting the rest of the mile down to where it needs to be. I am glad I did the pre-cycle, it got my body ready to really take on everything else. Let's do this!

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Happy New Year