As part of a drunken New Year’s Eve conversation, I have decided to try 52 new things this year. Some easy, some less so.
Here’s how I’m getting on:
100 press ups
01/01/14 – Bench mark set at 38 reps
07/01/14 – Up to 50
150k bench press
10/03/14 – Up to 120kg
03/14 – 125kg
05/08 – 130kg
50 pull ups
01/01/14 – Bench mark set at 8 reps
07/01/14 – Up to 12
12/04/14 – 20 body weight, 50 with 25kg assist
05/08/14 – 40+10 with 10kg asssist
Appear in a film
Arrange a flash mob
Be interviewed on TV
Break a world record
01/01/14 – Tornado press ups attempt submitted to Guiness (see here)
10/02/14 – Attempt denied
05/08/14 – Was part of the largest crowd to ever witness a live sporting event – Day 2 2014 Tour De France, 1.5m people
Build an amazing sand castle
To do on summer hols
Bungee jump
Done
Bury a time capsule in the garden
Carve something with a chain saw
Ruth Pollard’s husband has been volunteered to teach me
Cycle the track at the velodrome
Do a backflip
12/04/14 – Working on it
Do a stand up comedy routine
Arranged for Tuesday 7th January at 8pm at the Snow Goose in Macclesfield
07/01/14 – Done – see the video
Donate blood
27/01/14 – Done
Don’t speak for a whole day
Fire breathing / eating
Heather Broadbent kindly going to teach me at some point
Get to 6% body fat
12/04/14 – 8%
Go a weekend without using anything electrical
Camping with the family
Go to a festival
Go to a Grand Prix Tour De France
Outdoor swimming event
Salford Quays – 9th August
Have my portrait done
07/01/14 – Done – see here
Hit a springboard RKO in a match
Hold breath for over 2 minutes
10/01/14 – Done
Keep a diary for the year
01/01/14 Successfully started
12/04/14 – Still doing
05/08/14 – Still doing
Knit something
Learn a ballroom dance
Learn a new language
Learn a new word every week
Week 1 – Abecedarian – A person who is learning the letters of the alphabet
Week 2 – Homophone – Words that sounds the same, but have different meaning
Week 3 – Isochrine – A line joining objects or people of equal age
Week 4 – Pococurante – An indifferent or nonchalant person
Week 5 – Imbricate – Lying lapped over each other in regular order
Week 6 – Rutilant – Having a reddish glow
Learn an amazing magic trick
Learn sign language
Learn to pick a lock
Learn to play something on the piano
Alex is teaching me
Make a stop motion film
Half Marathon
Doing Macc Half Marathon on 28th September
Send birthday cards
12/04/14 – Doing
Sit in on a trial
Ski
Done – April
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5DqGtq_BJw
Skydive
Voucher bought for birthday – needs booking
Spend a whole day with my eyes closed
Sprint triathlon
Done
Stilt walking
Surf
Tough guy type event
Doing September ‘Born Surivor’
Volenteur in a soup kitchen
Doing Macc one when have time
Walk on my hands for 5m
12/04/14 – Up to 7 steps
Watch Usain Bolt run live
Tickets bought for Men’s 200m at Glasgow Commonwealthy Games
Failed – Bolt didn’t do 200m 🙁
Although the kids did pose with his wax work 😉
Write a haiku
Write a book
Write my auto biography
12/04/14 – First draft complete. Needs editing.
Zombie Experience
Done on 6th April