What is your best fitness achievement to date?

deputy_randolph

Benched 135lbs at body weight of 135lbs (for 4 singles)...that was a good day.

FeelsLikeAwesome

Strict pull ups! From barely able to do bent over rows to doing 5 sets of 2 strict pull ups. Next goal: sets of 3.

My mile time is down from 14+ mins to single digit mins.

JstTheWayIam

Ummm probably 24 pull ups without rest... Pull ups, not chin ups...

FatPorkyChop

My two Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fights when I was 30. I was terrified but I did it and I did not compete in the senior category.

AnnPT77

Favorite post-MFP fitness achievements?

One was discovering that at goal weight I was already strong enough to get 1 chin-up without actually training to do it (at 60 years old, for heaven's sake!).

Another was placing third in the first international World Rowing Indoor Sprints in my new age/weight class, women's 60-69 lightweight. It turned out that my new weight class was not as difficult (competitive) as my old one!

phrobbert

I've been doing workouts with British Military Fitness for nearly 2 years now and I've made pretty big improvements across the board. I can now sprint like a panicking gazelle, squat like a kangaroo with IBS and perform diamond pushups without immediately faceplanting. Doing burpees when I'm out of breath still makes me want to die however. This year has definitely been an improvement, possibly because I stopped dropping a 4-pack of beer every night.

AFGP11

Running for 45 minutes straight. Also I am now lifting heavy which has reduced the pain from my curved spine by building up the muscles around it.

Picoides

I've got 3:

1) Running 5K without stopping (could barely run 1 minute straight 6 months ago)
2) Deadlifting 100 lbs, 7 reps
3) Bench-pressing 60 lbs, 4 reps

Not huge lifts but huge for me!

richardgavel

Breaking the 2 hour barrier in the half marathon last November!

snowyne

Started running at the age of 44 in Nov. Yesterday, I ran my furthest distance yet -- 7 miles! I never thought my body was capable of doing such a thing. I've never been athletic but I just stuck with it and slowly, but surely, made progress.

DeficitDuchess

I once walked 10 miles within, a day when I was either within; my late 20's or early 30's during, 2 intervals!

Yesterday I climbed up then down my, 14 step staircase 34 times within; 2 intervals though!

beaglady

I've been swimming at least twice a week for the past 7 or 8 weeks. Hubby had been talking about joining the Y so he could walk in the swimming pool. (He had bypass surgery last September). I started going along on weekends and fell in love with being in the pool. I used to hate swimming and was never very good at it, but I've discovered that I can backstroke like crazy. I've been alternating between sets of 3 laps backstroking, alternated with treading water/aerobics in the 6' end, for an hour twice a week.

orangesandapples1

Biked from Seattle to Washington D.C!

cheriej2042

Finished 26th in a 100k One Day Hike in Washington DC
Completed the Verdaagse last year - 55k/day for 4 days
Next up - training to climb Aconcagua and Elbrus and walk the entire Camino de Santiago

ladyreva78

I love this thread!

To date:
1. Hiking 21km with 800meters altitude difference between low and high (in one day...)
2. Running 5km non-stop in 45minutes (working on slowly improving that time)
3. Deadlifting 25kg (working on form currently, but I'm hoping to double that eventually so that I can deadlift the total amount of weight I have to lose)
4. 5 push-ups

ETA: planing an alpine hike with a 1400m altitude difference sometimes this summer. It's only 11km but goes up something fierce in some places. I did it as a 5 year old and I'd be damned happy if 30 years later I could do it again

GoddessofBody

*Getting a four pack and of course I became self-conscious about that when people around me said I was just too skinny (made a post about this and now I am having another go at it without giving damn about what others say or think about me).
*Being able to do 30 proper "non-girly" push-ups consecutively.
*Completing the Super Spartan race on my own back when I had the lazy boyfriend who just wanted to watch.
*Doing 2 pull-ups consecutively (didn't train for this in particular, I just got stronger and leaner overall) and shoulders are my weakest part.

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snowyne wrote: »

Started running at the age of 44 in Nov. Yesterday, I ran my furthest distance yet -- 7 miles! I never thought my body was capable of doing such a thing. I've never been athletic but I just stuck with it and slowly, but surely, made progress.

That is awesome! I love how you did not let "starting late" be an excuse like many people would and accomplished something that even a lot of people in their teens and twenties cannot do.

kgb6days

I ran a marathon - at age 60 - having started running in my 50's

livingleanlivingclean

I don't have one.... I don't think I've done anything significant. Sure, I've won some bodybuilding trophies, but that's not really fitness related as in all honesty its a glorified dieting contest.... Standing on stage in not many clothes isn't fitness!

.... Bench pressing just more than my body weight and deadlifting 2x my bodyweight would probably be my best achievements.

rayne78

When my brother, who has been an athlete his entire life, asked me what my resting heart rate is currently (I've never been an athlete, as I have some physical limitations. I've been obese most of my life but have been working hard in the gym for 18 months and lost 105 lbs). I confirmed with my fitbit and told him my resting heart rate these days is averaging at about 53-55 bpm. He was impressed and told me doctors would consider me an athlete! That made proud and made me smile!