Fitness Junkie

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ~ T. S. Eliot

In Tim Ferriss’ best selling book, The Four Hour Work Week, he explores the concept of dreamlining.  What is dreamlining?  It is a way to establish written goals by thinking of all the things we want to have, be, and do in 3, 6 or 12 months time.  It doesn’t matter how vein, how impossible or even how outrageous these dreams may be.  The point is to write them down.  Here is mine..

In the next 3 months, I dream of:

Having:                       6 pack abs and defined triceps

Being:                          able to do 10 pull ups with ease

Doing:                         attend the Can Fit Pro Conference in Toronto

Now that I know what I specifically want to accomplish in three months, I need to define 3 actionable steps, for now, tomorrow and the day after to get closer to actualization.

Steps NOW:

1. Read 3 articles on getting 6 pack abs in 12 weeks
2. Take measurements and pictures of abs/triceps for baseline
3. See how many pull ups I can do now (likely negative zero!!)
4. Check Can Fit Pro website for registration information and costs

Steps TOMORROW:

1. Prepare 12 week nutritional plan
2. Work with Coach V on developing core and tricep workouts
3. Bikram for strong back development, more pull up practice with assist
4. Check Toronto for hotels and cost of flight

Steps DAY AFTER:

1. Record daily intake of food on twitter
2. Record daily workout and thoughts on fitnessjunkie
3. Practice 5 pull up with assist from Coach V
4. Choose sessions to register for

   ***  NOTE:  Here is a worksheet you can download to do your own dreamlining exercise and here is another article that goes into more detail about how to dreamline.