Background

I hope no one finds this thing really, but this is my daily log for my guitar practice. Anyway:

I'm a 25 year old guitarist with roughly 3 years experience under my belt and I'm kind of tired of being mediocre. I'm sure many in my boat wish they would have picked up the guitar LONG ago. Well, I must make up for lost time with dedicated and precise practice.

Goals?

My main goal is to develop rock and metal lead chops, whatever that encompasses. Alternate picking, Legato, Sweep Picking, Tapping, Advanced Theory, the list goes on.
Chops shouldn't be ones main goal, but I believe that is what will take up most of my time. I think its important to be able to play with other people and song write and stuff, but as for now my technique is very poor in my opinion.

How to achieve the goal:

Unfortunately there's no clear cut way, all I can hope for is concentrated, dedicated, and precise practice. To put a number on it: I've heard the number 10,000 hours is a good hypothetical "Excellent Guitarist" cut off. However, I believe that if you spend most of those hours in front of the TV strumming along to some chords, you're not going to get where you want to be necessarily.

I will try my damnedest to get in 40 hours of practice a week, roughly 5 years of practice. Hey I have a job... If I was in highschool I would have just played 8 or 9 hours a day all through it... hell I didn't do anything else anyway. 40 x 52 x 5 = 10400.

I will study my favorite guitarists solos and licks, and occasionally post them on here. Maybe get a video camera and share some stuff on youtube.

Good luck to myself and to all others trying to improve.