What Is A Fitness Goal You Have That You Don't Typically Share?
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I'm not sure you can be a triathlete, even a weekend age-grouper, without at least some obsessive tendencies.
Says the guy who was up at 4:45 this morning to get in some base miles on the trainer...1 -
Stan: I'm so going to attempt this pose when I go back to the gym, later.
Any advice? ;p
(ps- I fall well)
1. How long can you do static 2 hand hold
2. be patient, walk your hands in and feet out.... Keep shoulders as packed as possible
3. for your first attempt, use a doorway or pillar if available to get a feel for how the balance feels and to side brace. For second attempt/subsequent, do navel tap, and progressively tap slower until you're holding the pose
4. if you fall, it will be sideways, or straight down(fail/injury)
5. be careful, be patient0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »
I don't really do New Years resolutions, but that was essentially my 2018 resolution. For me, it's more about having more balance and not getting hung up on XXX miles per week, doing different things, etc...
Makes perfect sense. I almost feel like you'd have to engage in a long taper, and congratulate yourself for reductions.
It hasn't been too bad since one of the reasons was just cramming too much in..or trying to cram too much into life. With both of my kids in school now, they need help with homework and projects...they're both involved in youth athletics as well and I help coach my 2nd graders flag football team, so I've had things to keep me busy and I'm not feeling so obligated to get out there and do that 20 mile ride or whatever.
I decided I wasn't going to do anything more than 1/4 century events this year either...they're fun and easily doable with a good base of general fitness...I've long loved to ride, but the last bit of 2017 a lot of rides started feeling like a chore...I'm enjoying them more again and bought a rower to supplement and do something else from time to time. My dog is also getting walked more which is good for her.1 -
I'm not sure you can be a triathlete, even a weekend age-grouper, without at least some obsessive tendencies.
Says the guy who was up at 4:45 this morning to get in some base miles on the trainer...
Ha,ha. Very true. I'm now a slave to both Garmin and Training Peaks. Any day's workout(s) that are not completed and synced to TP will turn RED the next day in the TP calendar. I just CANNOT let that happen.
It's sad, really.
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For my legs and hips not to be so sore during.... errr.... couples excercises? with my husband
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To do a push ups without knees on the floor. So far I can do 1 wobbly one.
Incorporate burpees in my strength training.
To have back muscle definition, that vertical line.5 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »It hasn't been too bad since one of the reasons was just cramming too much in..or trying to cram too much into life.
I think this is the grand irony of human life - there is so much to experience that you want to try to do it all, but in order to enjoy those things you have to slow down and relax.
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stanmann571 wrote: »
1. How long can you do static 2 hand hold
2. be patient, walk your hands in and feet out.... Keep shoulders as packed as possible
3. for your first attempt, use a doorway or pillar if available to get a feel for how the balance feels and to side brace. For second attempt/subsequent, do navel tap, and progressively tap slower until you're holding the pose
4. if you fall, it will be sideways, or straight down(fail/injury)
5. be careful, be patient
2-3 seconds on a good day
(with feet together)
Trust me, I will definitely be using a wall
And I'll do my best not to fall straight down.
And if I'm looking any better than I'm currently feeling, I'll try to take a picture at some point
Thank you!1 -
stanmann571 wrote: »rosebarnalice wrote: »Okay, so maybe my standards are a little lower than ya'll, but:
* to walk up the stairs to my third floor office without my knee giving outTo do a push up
To do a pull up
To do a split
Just one of each is fine with me.
Ok, I want to call out both of you.
While possibly lower than some of the other goals on this thread, yours are the ones that are the most meaningful and far reaching. Lofty goals are admirable, but simple goals that truly make life and you more healthy and effective are inspiring.
Thanks
Aww why you so sweet tho?0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »
It hasn't been too bad since one of the reasons was just cramming too much in..or trying to cram too much into life. With both of my kids in school now, they need help with homework and projects...they're both involved in youth athletics as well and I help coach my 2nd graders flag football team, so I've had things to keep me busy and I'm not feeling so obligated to get out there and do that 20 mile ride or whatever.
I decided I wasn't going to do anything more than 1/4 century events this year either...they're fun and easily doable with a good base of general fitness...I've long loved to ride, but the last bit of 2017 a lot of rides started feeling like a chore...I'm enjoying them more again and bought a rower to supplement and do something else from time to time. My dog is also getting walked more which is good for her.
That makes perfect sense. You should be really proud about that choice It's important to remind ourselves of non-fitness goals (and the added benefit to the lives of ones we care about).
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cbohling1987 wrote: »I think this is the grand irony of human life - there is so much to experience that you want to try to do it all, but in order to enjoy those things you have to slow down and relax.
1000 lifetimes wouldn't be enough.0 -
I just want "my" body back. Unfortunately, thanks to a desk job, my way of getting there is going to be dramatically different than it used to be when I was there before.4
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1. Learn to swim (almost 40 and I still don't know how)
2. Be able to do a pull-up and a chinup
3. Increase my flexibility
4. Fit into a dress my husband bought me about 7 years ago17 -
I'm a cyclist and am very self-competitive so Strava is a big motivator for me to beat my previous times.....
There's a nasty local one and a half mile hill climb that has a hold on me and even though climbing is the weakest aspect of my cycling it drives me to distraction that I haven't even broken into the top half of the leader board for this segment.
It sounds a pretty pathetic goal to aim to be 10,817th fastest so that's why I haven't shared it until now !!
Currently in 13,574th place of 21,635 and this had better be the year I do it as time is running out.
https://www.strava.com/segments/628859?oq=staple5 -
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A fitness goal I don't typically share... Hmmm, I don't think there is one. LOL Maybe I'm an over-sharer?
400 lb deadlift
250 lb squat
170 lb bench6 -
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Regularly keep my resting heart rate <50
Move my Vo2 max up higher than 54 (current max)
Complete a sprint and Olympic Triathlon this year
If I shared those goals with my friends and acquaintances I would just get blank stares in return, lol.4
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