New Year, New Plans

Wow...2015 was one hell of a year. I faced major personal issues and although they are not resolved yet, some aspects of them will be closed soon. I am figuring out who I am, how I want to parent my kids and how to provide for them.

I started taking my certified personal trainer course last year and I will test out of it in 2 days. Then I can be hired at a gym as a trainer, build my business and provide for myself and my kids. I have a very strong desire to be my own boss, decide my own hours and be completely independent. It will take awhile to build my own business as a trainer but I am not afraid of hard work and sharing my passion about fitness and health with other people.

Archery is by no means going by the way side. But I learned some hard lessons. I learned after I had already been strength training awhile that I was on the wrong track for archery strength training. My upper back started getting much too built for my comfort, while I shook and struggled at a draw weight I had been shooting prior for months comfortably. It seriously freaked me out that I was building muscle that didn't help me shoot better. So I am training myself and doing pilates to help build long and lean muscle. I focus a lot on core and back strength. I will be working with much lighter weights than before so as to prevent my back muscles from getting any bigger. I will also be using my bow and hopefully a bow trainer once I can swing it, to gain the strength I need to increase draw weight. The weather is much warmer than normal for my area but still too cold to shoot outside. (Hey I'm not Korean and not on the Korean team!)

The most important lessons I learned last year is that success takes time, independence and skill take time to achieve and build. But there's nothing to be afraid of. I will stick with my crappy 30# limbs till I have mastered them and save and work my butt off to provide for my kids and save for these limbs at 68, 34#, mediums. The best deal brand new is on alternativess.com. But I will keep my eyes out for deals on used ones. I will also be on the hunt for a better stab set and then of course i will have to budget for new arrows along with the 34# limbs. I am already researching for indoor arrows to have at ready for competition next indoor season.

I joined tumblr recently! I found a bunch of other archers on it. It's a great way to share bits and spurts of info with pics quickly. It's very cool to see fellow recurve archers in other countries work hard to achieve their archery dreams too. My color scheme looks revolting but I am waiting on better pictures to update it.

Here's to a year of super hard work and hustle; this year I can be whom I choose to be!