Heroes ... and Superheroes!

It goes almost without saying that training goals are useful things. Aiming high is great but sometimes it pays to be more realistic and so increase your chances of success. There are times when process goals are the way forward ... and times when only the ridiculous will do!

For now, I'm firmly on the ridiculous bandwagon :) Here's a little hint at what I'm up to:

If I consider a marathon next year as a long term training goal, that's all well and good but there's no real urgency there. I know what I'm like - if there's no immediacy, it ain't getting done! Combine that with the fact that we're firmly entrenched in the long school holidays so any training I can do is fairly haphazard and squeezed in wherever I can make it fit and what we have is me hitting the training doldrums. That's a big no no for me.

So I needed a new goal and a new training plan. The goal had to be something that was reachable with mostly short, intense training sessions. It also had to be something that would inspire me and I needed the end result to be within the realms of possibility but not too easy to reach.

I also needed it to be a different kind of goal from ones I've used in the past, just to get the excitement flowing. Running for x number of miles wouldn't do it and while increasing my deadlift would be nice but it doesn't strike me as an end goal. I've already done the six-pack challenge and while I liked the way my abs looked, I didn't particularly like what happened to the rest of my body. So I started to think about what I think is attractive body-wise and my mind kept coming back to the images that I liked as a child. Images like this:

What I like about them is that they look both undeniably strong and feminine. I particularly like the way their lower bodies look: small waist, curved hips, a nice round strong ass and serious quads. I love strong looking legs!

So I set my mind to working out a plan that would get me into superhero shape. Up till this point I haven't delved too deeply into the world of body sculpture so I've been doing my research. I'm lucky that I've got a good base to start from - my body is the right shape, it just needs exaggerated (though I will be giving the gigantor boobs a miss - haven't got the budget or the desire to equip myself with those!)

I will be taking progress pics but might wait till the end of the challenge to post those. More details on training and, very importantly, eating to follow.

In the mean time, I leave you with this little lady:

No discussion of hot superhero bods would be complete without a mention of Catwoman - total hottie!

And finally, just a word of thanks to a certain Batman (you know who you are) for encouraging me in this endeavour :)