No 8: Winter is coming: Have you set your throwing goals for 2024?

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If you are like me then you might love to write to do lists and long lists of goals, tasks and steps to help you stay focused.

And if you are like me, then you goals will look something like this?

1. Throw further

2. Be bigger, faster, strong, leaner

3. Become a superhuman power athlete

My throwing goals for 2024 are:

1. The Halesowen records – my current shot (15.05m) and discus PB (52.67m)

2. The AMS records – as above

3. The University of Birmingham Athletics club records – shot (14.95m) and discus (53.2m) https://www.ubsportathletic.co.uk/club-records

4. The Army records – shot (17.04m) and discus (56m)

Unfortunately, not being Olympic Standard means that the Birchfield records are probably out of reach:

• https://birchfieldharriers.com/records

• shot - 20.88m (UK) and 22.51m (worldwide)

• Discus – 66.84m

My training and physical goals:

1. Current waist is 98cm, I want to put on muscle (mass) but keep my waist <100cm

2. Current weight is 110kg, ideally, I would add 5kg lean mass (unlikely)

3. Current front squat 180kg and I want >200kg by next year

4. Current hang snatch is 95kg and I want 115kg

5. Current bench is 160kg and I want 180kg

6. Current push press is 140kg and I want 150kg

7. I currently haven’t measured my 60m sprint or broad jump but I want to measure and improve these by next year.

These goals are based on this table from Dane Miller’s Ultimate Thrower’s Guide.

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