for some reason in 2006 (or maybe it was 2005), one of my wacky new year’s resolutions was to solve a rubik’s cube. i went to the mall, bought a cube and after playing with it for an hour or so, let it sit on my shelf for the rest of the year. i’d occasionally pick it up and figure out an algorithm or two, but never made solid progress. this last week i’d been reading a lot about how to solve the cube and have been working at it for an hour or two a day. well a year or two late, but cube solved!

speaking of past new year’s resolutions, i’ve been writing in my workout journal during this get-big process and noticed that my 2007 workout goals were to be able to pull out 4 reps of 200lbs in the lateral pull down and flat bench press. two weeks ago, i exceeded the bench press goal when i did 215lbs, and last week i barely eeked out the 200lb lat pull down goal.

since i’m talking about goals, i’m going to go ahead and reset those same goals to 4 reps of 215lbs for the lat pull down and 4 reps of 230lbs for the flat bench press. if those end up being too conservative, i’ll bump them up when i achieve them.