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		<title>Setbacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I had two goals this year: First to learn to use and own a gun, and to meet minimum selection criteria for Marine corps (it&#8217;s better than some arbitrary weight goal). Well, I&#8217;ve had some setbacks. I&#8217;ve been sick last few weeks (not to mention some ankle problem) so I haven&#8217;t been able [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know I had two goals this year: First <a href="http://byungkyupark.com/2009/11/06/why-i-want-to-learn-to-use-a-gun-and-carry-it-too/">to learn to use and own a gun</a>, and <a href="http://byungkyupark.com/2009/10/25/strive-for-adequacy/">to meet minimum selection criteria for Marine corps</a> (it&#8217;s better than some arbitrary weight goal).</p>
<p>Well, I&#8217;ve had some setbacks. I&#8217;ve been sick last few weeks (not to mention some ankle problem) so I haven&#8217;t been able to &#8230; work towards the 3-mile-in-28-minute goal. I think I had one day when I could &#8220;run&#8221; 3 miles in 27 minutes, but, well, given that running on treadmill is probably easier than actual running (I <em>think</em> it must make some difference that most of your body remains stationary above treadmill), I should be able to do it more consistently by wider margin. And after 2, 3 weeks of not doing any aerobic exercises, I&#8217;m sure my progress in the weeks before have been wiped out.</p>
<p>And, well, the classes at Chabot Gun Club fill up easily (only 8 spots, only one class per month), so the next class I am signed up for is in January, which, evidently is in next year.</p>
<p>So, it doesn&#8217;t look like these goals will be realistically met within this year, but, well, better luck next year (with a lot more time to accomplish them in, too)?</p>
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		<title>Strive for adequacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a new resolution for this year: meet the minimum standard for Marine Corps. The criterion listed at about.com seems a bit more lenient than others I have seen before, but, well, it would be a good start to be able to run 3 miles in 28 minutes, do 50 crunches in 2 minutes, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a new resolution for this year: meet the <a href="http://usmilitary.about.com/od/marines/l/blfitmale.htm">minimum standard for Marine Corps</a>. The criterion listed at about.com seems a bit more lenient than others I have seen before, but, well, it would be a good start to be able to run 3 miles in 28 minutes, do 50 crunches in 2 minutes, and do 3 pull-ups. At the moment, I am at the bottom rung of mediocrity: less than 3 miles in 30 minutes, too tired after 20-some crunches, and I don&#8217;t ever remember being able to do a pull-up in my life.</p>
<p>As far as personal development goes, if I could accomplish adequacy here and do my other resolution (um, learn how to use and obtain a gun, probably a handgun), I would have had the <em>best</em> year so far in my life.</p>
<p>Professionally speaking, of course, that&#8217;s a different matter, but I&#8217;m working on that. <img src='http://bkpark.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><em>Update</em>: Um, I forgot to mention: I am mainly motivated by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594032238?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=byunkyuparksp-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1594032238">this book</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=byunkyuparksp-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1594032238" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. I know, it has <em>nothing</em> to do with exercise (and given that it&#8217;s published under a pseudonym, I am not sure if I &#8230; trust everything in the book), but it was &#8230; very inspiring.</p>
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