Look past over the last year and the list the Top Ten things that have improved. Or, have separate lists for training, personal, and professional. Compare lifts or photos from last year. Then, write out a list of training goals for the upcoming year. Give yourself the full 365 days to lose the inches off the waist or twenty pounds to the bench.
Spring is the time of rebirth, the time to renew.
It is also the time to get injured. After months of heavy training, many people want to sprint outside on the first flower filled day and snap. Yes, all that heavy training led to wonderful improvements in muscles mass. The extra layers of body fat, to keep a cold lifter warm, also change the dynamics of movement. The extra strength and size are wonderful, except that the body needs a few days to adapt before all out sprinting.