I over-slept this morning so I did not do my planned strength test. I will do it Saturday. Today I will do 30 minutes on the treadmill after I get home from shopping.

My 12/31/2009 morning bodyweight is 150. I would like to be at 145 on Decemeber 31, 2010. I will make that an official part of my resolution on 1/3/2010 when I post it.

The year is coming to an end. I haven't accomplished all of my goals, but I think I made positive strides. I will recap on December 31, 2009 and on January 1, 2010 I will formalize my goals/resolutions for the next year. I am sure that they will remain similar to my usual goals.

Christmas break is almost here. I will be off the grid for a few days.

I am on life "auto-pilot" right now career-wise. I feel under-utilized at my current employer, but that is mostly my fault. I need to either work harder at being more fully engaged or get out. I need to first re-define my life goals and then sketch a plan to get there. I have succeded in getting there with my fitness so I know what to do. I just need the motivation to do it on the other areas of my life. With New Years around the bend, this is a perfect time to do it.

I have a case of DOMS this morninging from yesterday's workout. I guess that is a good thing.

Last meeting tonight. It will be sad to be sure. I will just try to get out ASAP.

Although my back still hurts a bit, I started on NROL doing the break-in program. I figure I will do this workout until the end of December and then do the Strength 1 in January.

My back is finaly healing. It really hurt because of squats on Friday. I must have had some form break-down. I think I was not sitting back in my squat. I think I will start doing NROL on January 1, so I will start the transition phase tomorrow. I will lift MWF and run TR and weekend. I bought a piece of PVC pipe and I can work on squat form nightly with my mobility work. When January comes around I can move to the strength program.

I sold a Bill Clinton autograph on ebay for 78 bucks. Pretty cool considering I was thinking about just throwing it away. I will mail it this morning.

We went to the Kiss show on Sunday. It was a good show, not great, but good.

I had a rough night on the felt last night. I just haven't been playing good. I need to tighten up my O/8 starting hands and I need to get out of the pot when I am drawing to 1/2 pots. If I make those changes, I should be ok. I know how to do it, I just have to do it.

I did make it to the gym this morning even though I did not sleep much last night as a result of my cold. I rode the spin bike, so I didn't do much, but I did do something, and that is what counts. Tomorrow I will go back to strong lifts and I will attempt squats of 165. I am 99% sure I can get 3 sets of 5. If I do, I can get right back on track next Monday. I will add a few Over Head Squats after each workout.

I have been a bit sick the last few days. It is a common cold, but I have not worked out yesterday or today. I figured it was best to rest my body. Tomorrow I will run on the treadmil and friday I will squat 165 for 3 sets of 5. It will be difficult, but I am sure I can do it.

I've got a little bit of a cold today. I am sure it is a result of staying up too late this weekend playing poker. There really is a corolation between my sickness and playing cards. I am trying to catch up on sleep. I will work on it this week.

I went to the gym last night and it appears that the highschool football team got their winter workouts. I saw a lot of young guys wearing ipods doing quarter squats and other questionable routines. I actually looked at one of the sheets from one of the players. To my surprise, legs started off with leg extensions followed by leg curls followed by squats/or leg presses. WTF, start of with extensions and curls and then be given the option of presses or squats. Also no deadlifts. I have discussed the team's training before, and I still think it is inadequate.

Deadlift 235 (1.57bw) Squat 160 (1.07bw) Shoulder Press 90 (.6bw).

Great night on the felt. I started bad in NLHE and good in O8, but ended up turning around NLHE when I hit a str8 and cracked villians AA. In O8, it was pretty much just good cards, but NLHE was well-played. I kept tight and played small ball. I will employe a similar strategy tonight at Chris's.

At the gym, I felt pretty good. My back is a bit sore, but that is to be expected with the weight I guess. My form has improved. I look to be on track to hit my goals, I am actually over my goal on deadlift, so I need to work on squat and shoulder press. My strength is really getting there. Once I finish December I will focus on maintaining strength will increasing muscle endorance and power.

I have to re-read the Mountain Bike Training Bible and re-establish my training plan for 2010. I have bought a few strength books and I will add he information I learn to my plan.

I am hungover, this sucks.

I had a rough day on the felt last night. I got stacked twice in NLHE. The first came when I had K9h and flop came Kxx with 2 hearts. So I had top pair with a weak kicker, but a flush draw. There was a bet and a call, I raised allin. I figured I might be behind, but I had a flush draw to go with it. Figuring I had some fold equity, I thought this might be a good bet, looking at it with a bet and a call, I should have just called getting the proper odds. Poor play on my part. The next time I got stacked my AA got cracked by 44. I raised PF and was called in 1 spot. I cbet the flop and checked behind on the turn. Villian bet the river and it was not big given my remaining chips so I called. He had chased me off AA earlier with a similar bet. I couldn't put him on a hand that made sense (I didn't consider the set) so I called. I won't beat myself up about this hand, as I don't think I played it too wrong.

From the workout perspective, I ran intervals on the treadmill last night 1 minute at 8 mph followed with 4 minutes at 5.5 mph for 5 intervals. I was pretty beat afterwards, it felt good. This will be my new Tuesday workout. Thursday will still just be an aeorbic fitness day.