What is your best fitness achievement to date?

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

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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!

Thehardmakesitworthit

I did not start running until 70 lbs were gone which was just recently... I can now run 4 miles... and my next best and getting better is my weightlifting... progress every week nearly... my numbers make me feel like I could really do something wildiy crazy with it like enter a contest ... idk. Whatever happened in my once idle heart had radically changed. I crave momentum and strength

__TMac__

Age 20: Completed a 2-month expedition with backpacking and canoeing (sometimes carrying the canoe on top of my pack!).

Age 30: Ran a half-marathon.

Age 45: Finished my first triathlon.

Age 46 (last month): Beat my rowing coach at a 1000m sprint!

Next month: To be determined.

JustSomeEm

Wow - I love this thread!

This is going to sound stupid, but my best fitness acheivement is the fact that I trained for my most recent half marathon without getting injured in the training process - that was a first for me...

To accomplish the injury free race training, I started resistance training for the first time... and I can real pushups now (haven't been able to since I was much younger)....

So mine are 1. Running without hurting myself and 2. Doing pushups.

Diana_GettingFit

My longest run was 11 miles. I'm now averaging something in the region of 5-7 miles with each run. I was never athletic at school and even as a skinny teen I'd never ran more than 2 miles. Now here I am, almost 49, running 11 miles!

noobletmcnugget

TmacMMM wrote: »

Age 20: Completed a 2-month expedition with backpacking and canoeing (sometimes carrying the canoe on top of my pack!).

Age 30: Ran a half-marathon.

Age 45: Finished my first triathlon.

Age 46 (last month): Beat my rowing coach at a 1000m sprint!

Next month: To be determined.

These are awesome achievements!

Was just wondering whereabouts your expedition was?

KareninLux

Planks. Every day. Yay. And no more back pain.

__TMac__

noobletmcnugget wrote: »

TmacMMM wrote: »

Age 20: Completed a 2-month expedition with backpacking and canoeing (sometimes carrying the canoe on top of my pack!).

Age 30: Ran a half-marathon.

Age 45: Finished my first triathlon.

Age 46 (last month): Beat my rowing coach at a 1000m sprint!

Next month: To be determined.

These are awesome achievements!

Was just wondering whereabouts your expedition was?

@noobletmcnugget - We spent one month on and around the Rio Grande River on the Texas/Mexico border, then flew up to the Boundary Waters area of Minnesota/Canada for the second month. Even more fun is that my son just finished the same trip this past summer, at the same age I was when I did it.

sonjaadcock

I've done a lot of things I never thought possible seeing as I couldn't run around the block in 1995:
1. qualifying for boston on my second marathon back in 1996 and going back for my fourth in 2018
2. running 100 miles
3. running 52 marathons in 52 weeks when I turned 52
4. doing an Ironman at the age of 40 and now at the age of 57 going to do my fourth

one thing I would love to do is a pull-up....I keep working on it at the gym

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

Today is my 40th birthday- Reaching it is my best fitness achievement to date and the reason I started this thread

Now that is a significant day in anyone's life but for me it is the day I have fought against for 13 years.
At the age of 14 I was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. I lived on under 800 calories a day for years. (Ramen noodles and rice cakes were my total diet.)
I was hospitalised and force pump fed via a vpn twice over the years.
Due to the lack of nutrients during my developing years I have severe bone density issues which used to be able to leave me not able to get out of bed for a week at a time. The pain was ridiculous and I lived on pain killers to get through every day.
Then at the age of 26 I met my husband. He made me see life in a different way and I started to fight against it. I started to eat the number of calories my body needed and I started to take calcium and vitamin D daily. I got stronger with every week and month that passed.
I started to exercise to help with bone density and strengthen the muscles around my spine (L1&2 C12 totally damaged). There were times I literally cried with pain to get up but get up I did.
Further down the line I was strong enough to start the couch to 5K. Running was my aim due to the way it strengthens bones.
Then from there went on to 10k and half marathon training.
Fast forward to now and I am not in a wheel chair like the Doctors said I would be by 40 if I lived that long.
I'm 40, ran 12 miles on Sunday, have very little pain and get a lot less bone cracks or breaks every year.

Don't listen to your limitations- Push it with every thing you've got. Your older self will thank you for it.

To any one who under eats calories. Don't. I look much better now with a BMI of 20 then I did as a skeleton with a clothes hanger for shoulders!

I'm going to enjoy my day (Read week, I'm the queen in my house so can have a queens length brthday ) with a smug look that I am strong and healthy.

Marcel182

Although it's by far not the longest run I ever did it felt amazing when I beat a speed record last week : 2.5 miles in 32 minutes.
And also, recently deadlifting 298 lbs after being a relative weakling most of my life.

caratayloruk

Running my first half marathon a couple of years ago, a year previously i couldn't run for more then 2 minutes without getting out of breath

35dollars

Bike distance: Increasing my longest single bike ride from 13 to 42 miles; increasing my best annual mileage from 1100 to 2800

Machka9

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

Which fitness achievement are you most proud of?

Best lift, best run, hike, climb, ride, going from not being able to walk upstairs but can now run them.
Post them all, and if you have pics please post them

Actually ... a few things come to mind.

My four 1200 km randonnees. Randonnees are timed cycling events. Cyclists have 90 hours to cycle 1200 km, including all breaks.

My first was the Rocky Mountain 1200 in 2002 in Canada. Next I did the Paris-Brest-Paris 1200 in 2003 in France. In 2004, I did the Great Southern Randonnee 1200 in Australia. And then I did the Last Chance 1200 in USA.

Riding all four qualified me for the International Super Randonneur 3 Continents 1200 award (ISR 3C)
http://www.aukweb.net/results/isr/

Of those four, the one I think I'm most proud of was the Great Southern Randonnee because I was the first woman to do it.


Also one of the best rides I've ever had was a 24-hour time trial in the US in 2006. I completed 287.3 miles (462.4 kms) in those 24 hours.

The story is here: http://www.machka.net/24_Hour/2006_UMCA24hour.htm


And more recently ... I'm just pleased I'm getting back into it again! Last August I completed a 400 km randonnee again for the first time in several years and last month (March), I cycled 1000 km including two 200 km randonnees. If all goes well I just might do another 1200 km or 24-hour race again!

neldabg

Mastering the side splits. ^^ I've always admired flexible people, and I always felt that doing the splits was one important move that demonstrated flexibility.

hmaddpear

Having been obese most of my life, I dropped 70 of the 100lb I needed to a couple of years ago. And then I started running! Having never run before, I completed my C25K in June two years ago, and last weekend ran the Lincoln 10K. The time wasn't too impressive, the distance, for 2 years in, not that great, but the fact I'm still running two years later makes me feel good about myself.

(I have horrifically low self-esteem most of the time, so anything that I can actually say "I'm good" about is hugely important to me.)

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

hmaddpear wrote: »

Having been obese most of my life, I dropped 70 of the 100lb I needed to a couple of years ago. And then I started running! Having never run before, I completed my C25K in June two years ago, and last weekend ran the Lincoln 10K. The time wasn't too impressive, the distance, for 2 years in, not that great, but the fact I'm still running two years later makes me feel good about myself.

(I have horrifically low self-esteem most of the time, so anything that I can actually say "I'm good" about is hugely important to me.)

That is a great achievement, congratulations on your 10k

BoxerBrawler

I have had a few but my biggest one to date is passing a two hour sparring and vicious stress/endurance test and earning First Rank in Muay Thai... at almost 50 years old I might add

.... oh, and deadlifting 200 LBs!

BoxerBrawler

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

Today is my 40th birthday- Reaching it is my best fitness achievement to date and the reason I started this thread

Now that is a significant day in anyone's life but for me it is the day I have fought against for 13 years.
At the age of 14 I was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. I lived on under 800 calories a day for years. (Ramen noodles and rice cakes were my total diet.)
I was hospitalised and force pump fed via a vpn twice over the years.
Due to the lack of nutrients during my developing years I have severe bone density issues which used to be able to leave me not able to get out of bed for a week at a time. The pain was ridiculous and I lived on pain killers to get through every day.
Then at the age of 26 I met my husband. He made me see life in a different way and I started to fight against it. I started to eat the number of calories my body needed and I started to take calcium and vitamin D daily. I got stronger with every week and month that passed.
I started to exercise to help with bone density and strengthen the muscles around my spine (L1&2 C12 totally damaged). There were times I literally cried with pain to get up but get up I did.
Further down the line I was strong enough to start the couch to 5K. Running was my aim due to the way it strengthens bones.
Then from there went on to 10k and half marathon training.
Fast forward to now and I am not in a wheel chair like the Doctors said I would be by 40 if I lived that long.
I'm 40, ran 12 miles on Sunday, have very little pain and get a lot less bone cracks or breaks every year.

Don't listen to your limitations- Push it with every thing you've got. Your older self will thank you for it.

To any one who under eats calories. Don't. I look much better now with a BMI of 20 then I did as a skeleton with a clothes hanger for shoulders!

I'm going to enjoy my day (Read week, I'm the queen in my house so can have a queens length brthday ) with a smug look that I am strong and healthy.

Happy birthday and congratulations on your amazing and inspiring achievements! You rock!

pdxhak

Staying consistent would be mine

sarahlifts

Today I did a plank for 2 mins. I started doing planks 30 days ago.

This is a feat for me bc in my mind I say its hard for me to get up off the floor. I'm not rolling around on the floor to get fit for anyone. I lift. That's it.

I've been planking for a month with a group on line and I never imagined I would get on the floor and get up with ease. In my mind sometimes I am still a size 16 and 190 lbs. A 2 min plank is huge for me.