Fitness Bucket List for Women

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  • my_bleu
    my_bleu Posts: 12
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    Not attained:

    1. The pull up also is a bit beyond my reach. I trained really hard and *almost* got there one year but I never quite made it. Stupid pull up.

    2. A straddle-split. I can split frontwards but my muscles don't like to stretch the other way.

    3. To be able to grasp my hands behind my back during a tricep stretch on BOTH sides. Now I can only do one and I feel lopsided.

    Attained:

    1. hiking into and out of the crater on Haleakala- 4 miles and 3000 feet of elevation change

    2. 300 consecutive jumping jacks

    3. Plank for 60 seconds

    4. Tree for 60 seconds

    ***I have no desire to run a marathon- my knees are not up to it. I can do 5 push ups (like real-life boy pushups) and I think that makes me pretty badass***
  • shammxo
    shammxo Posts: 1,432 Member
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    1. Ten unassisted pull-ups. (currently able to do 2)
    2. Run a half-marathon
    3. Do more push-ups. I can only do about 35 before my arms give out.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
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    Women should also add:

    Squat body weight
    Deadlift 1.5x body weight
    Done and done.

    On my bucket list I have

    Do one full pull up
    Deadlift 185 pounds
    Bench 100 pounds
    Do a sprint triathlon
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
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    Hmmm.....

    I've done most of the things people have listed, (except Q's Axel and the softball stuff)

    MUSCLE UPS!!!
    double body weight squat and deadlift.
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
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    Women should also add:

    Squat body weight
    Deadlift 1.5x body weight

    Done (185 BS) and Very Close to done (245 DL)

    10 Pull Ups
    1 Muscle Ups
    5 handstand push ups
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
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    Yeah. I don't run.
  • amswanson3
    amswanson3 Posts: 37 Member
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    1) Do a pullup (preferably multiple but I'd be happy to do 1)



    ME TOO!! LOL
  • Captain_Spatchcock
    Captain_Spatchcock Posts: 136
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    I think all women should be judged by their snatches.
  • NikkiCastagneto
    NikkiCastagneto Posts: 6
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    I'm not so sure about that bucket list. I can do the plank and yoga poses, working on pushups but I never plan to do a half marathon. I did to a 10k though so at least I'm close :happy:

    Personally I don't have specific goals, just to look sexy in a bikini for my future honeymoon (which was postponed) and to stay looking good for my husband :heart: and myself of course.
  • mgmlap
    mgmlap Posts: 1,377 Member
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    1. run a marathon
    2. hike a 14er
    3. squat my weight (140)
    4. dead lift my weight( 210)
    5. 10 pull ups
    6. 20 pushups


    ..ummmmm......
  • anna0478
    anna0478 Posts: 505 Member
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    run 1.5 miles in under 12:30
    40 push ups in a minute
    45 crunches in a minute

    Once I can do that continuously, I'm ready to go back into the AF Reserves :)
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
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    I think all women should be judged by their snatches.

    YES!

    Wait, no.
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
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    Recently MSN printed an article on the 4 Fitness Goals that every woman should try to reach :
    1. Hold a plank pose for 60 seconds
    2. Run a half-marathon
    3. Pull off 10 push-ups
    4. Hold the yoga tree pose for 60 seconds

    Previously, my fitness goals included wanting to learn how to swim, completing a 5K and running a 10 minute mile.....but nothing really beyond that. However, after reading the article, I realize that I should really challenge myself to set longer term fitness goals...but I gotta start somewhere, right? lol~

    So ladies.........what's on YOUR fitness bucket list????

    Btw, here is the link to the article: http://innovationforendurance.msn.com/articles/detail/fitness/253236719

    1. Check
    2. Check, doing my second in about a week
    3. Check
    4. Check, on either leg

    Guess I'm done. :laugh:
  • IndigoVA
    IndigoVA Posts: 164 Member
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    Compete in a triathlon. I just learned how to ride a bike 3 weeks ago (at age 40), so I still have a ways to go.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,843 Member
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    I can do all of the three mentioned -- ran a half marathon a few years ago. I actually held a plank for 7 minutes. It was a contest and I won. :smokin:

    My Fitness Bucket List:

    Bench what I weigh right now (120. My 1 rep max is 90 as of this week)
    Do 10 unassisted pull ups (used to be able to bang off 7. Then I stopped doing them)
    Do 3 unassisted 1-arm pull ups
    Finish the Litchfield Hills Road Race -- which is a brutal 7.1 mile race -- in 50 minutes (or less)
  • thedreamhazer
    thedreamhazer Posts: 1,156 Member
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    1 - Run a 6 minute mile.
    2 - Squat 1.5x bodyweight.
    3 - Deadlift 300 lbs.
    4 - Bench press bodyweight.
    5 - Do a frickin' pullup already.
  • sweetsungirl
    sweetsungirl Posts: 94
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    I think all women should be judged by their snatches.

    YES!

    Wait, no.
    Lmao...but srsly...
    1. Bench 150lbs
    2. DL x2 my bodyweight
    3. Squat my bodyweight or more
    4. Build 15in. biceps
    5. Incorporate ballet cross training cuz it makes me feel pretty ;)
  • Mama_Mila
    Mama_Mila Posts: 511 Member
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    I would def like to be able to squat my bodyweight or more!
  • kekl
    kekl Posts: 382 Member
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    Mine:
    Multiple unassisted pullups
    Kipping pullups
    Climb a rope (in pants and boots... I can do it in shorts and sneakers, just not the other way... weird, I know)
    Get under a 7 min mile (I'd be happy with 6:59 honestly, I just want to see that 6!)
    Complete a Tough Mudder race
    Max a PT test
    Swim a mile (possibly could do this now... I get bored in the pool tho...)
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
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    I saw that article too. I wasn't too keen on the fact that they made the items so..........attainable. Bucket list? Isn't that supposed to be like lifetime achievement level stuff?

    I also wasn't too fond of the fact that the men's list had several lifting benchmarks to hit, but the women's list did not. :huh:



    I did jump up off my couch and test to see if I could hold tree pose for a minute. I can! :bigsmile:
    Plank- not yet....but I will get there. Ditto with pullups.
    Half-meh. Not interested.

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