First off — MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!   Hopefully you’re having fun with your favorite people today.  Also, for "Festivus" celebrators… hopefully you are not trying to heal up any "feats of strength" related injuries.  Mom and Dad sent me a hilarious video this morning of their occasionally rambunctious dog tearing the stuffing out of his favorite new toys. 

So… after reviewing the fantastic info-filled notes at the beginning of the Convict Conditioning Log Book (the PDF Ebook version is free as a gift from Dragon Door until Jan 1st, 2014!!) I’ve decided to embark on the "Lockdown" plan – slightly modifed to fit some specific workshop-based goals of course (some of which will be easily programmed in the place of "sports"). Several days in now and I am very happy with this decision. If you’re a fan of Convict Conditioning or the whole Progressive Calisthenics thing, then consider checking it out. It’s also great for people who don’t necessarily like specifically prescribed rigid programming (though if you wanted you could use it for that too) I’ve created a sort of "personal challenge" for the next 2 months — and since a lot of my goals are skill based and/or abstract these days (and NO, many times, my goals are not S.M.A.R.T. aka specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound, it doesn’t mean they’re "unsmart" either).   Which brings me to a favorite subject… breaking the rules!!!!!