April Goals!
tameko2
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This thread will be stickied through the month of April, so we can find it to refer to later. It will be replaced by a May thread in may.
Post your April goals here so you have a single quick place to come back and reference them later.
I know its a pain but please try to keep chatter on this thread down - we have the check in and chat thread for that - so that people can re-visit their goals easily throughout the month.
Post your April goals here so you have a single quick place to come back and reference them later.
I know its a pain but please try to keep chatter on this thread down - we have the check in and chat thread for that - so that people can re-visit their goals easily throughout the month.
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My only goal is to get a bit more cardio in this month. I usually let it go entirely and I'd really like to burn a little fat down, and since I can't eat a deficit of any significance I think its the only way to go for me.0
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my goal is to do Anti-March where I had a bunch of mediocre workouts.... it showed in my March results where I lost 8 pounds but more importantly didnt lose much in the way of inches....basically 1 of my hips, NADA from waist and a half inch off my already too small boobs
Goals: Swim 3-4 times a week before work
Strong Lifts or Body Pump Class 3 Evenings
Lose 10 pounds
Get into size 10 jeans (current size 12)
Stick to Saturday morning ONLY weigh-ins0 -
I´m a completely newbie, my first day lifting is tomorrow (the 2. of april.)
My goals:
Consistency! To show up for work every workout through the month.
To learn proper form. I want to learn the basics and improve it as much as I can.
To read all of Starting Strength "A simple and practical guide for coaching beginners". Maybe twice.
To raise my calorie level (wich is a little transboundering for me...) from 1350-1600 (Final goal 1800)0 -
OHP: 45 for 3x5 if not 5x5 (currently bouncing between 35&40)
Bench: 65 (currently 50)
Squat: 130 (currently 88)
Row: 75 (currently 60)
Deadlift: 145 (currently 132)
Do Pilates x1hr once a week
Do Sun Salutations 4x week before breakfast
Lose some weight (2lb?) and/or drop 1.5% body fat
Run twice a week and make it fun, not a chore0 -
Get 7 hours of sleep at a minimum per night.
Leave the scale in the closet.
Eat over TDEE in a one month trial "bulk". Would like to see +5-10 lbs.
As for weights:
Squat: 150 (currently @ 125)
Bench: 115 (currently @ 95)
Row: 125 (currently @ 100)
OHP: 75 (currently @ 65/70)
Deadlift: 175 (currently @ 135)
I'm going to keep up with moderate cardio at least twice a week, but no more than 20-30 min per day.0 -
Goals:
-Stick to my calorie allotment. I'm really tired of being fat and I'm tired of my lack of will power. This is going to be the hardest for me; I didn't get fat because I hate food.
-MOAR CARDIO! As much as I've grown to hate it, it's a necessity, especially with my genetics.
-Weight wise, I'm not sure what to do. I guess just keep doing what I'm doing for now and reevaluate when it gets to be too much. I'm thinking 3x5 on squats in the near future.0 -
1. Reduce my waist measurement from 38 to 36.
2. Cut my added sugars down to 20g a day (this will be the hardest - I love my chocolate).
3. Squat 125 (currently @80)
4. Bench 85 (currently @60
5. Deadlift 145 (currently @115)
6. OHP 75 (currently @55) - this may be too ambitious
7. Row 105 (currently @80)
8. Get 8 hours of sleep every night.
9. Get at least 2 hours of cardio in every week - I've fallen off quite a bit since I started lifting, but I still have a lot of fat to get rid of, so I need to find my way back.0 -
I did pretty decent last month with goals. I was almost binge free until hubby brought home a damned cookie cake from the grocery. My weakness. But after getting really sick from a blood sugar spike, dont think those things will be an issue any more. And I had only 4 more days to go in the month. I have cut waaaaay back on Clif/Powerbars. And I only b!itched once about hubby and the trash but that was due to a wonky blood sugar because of previously mentioned cookie cake.
Soooo April Goals:
1- Binge free
2- Add cardio back in. Have really slacked, ok I completely stopped doing cardio when I started lifting except for warmup on bike.
3- Decrease diet soda intake. Once again this is way out of hand and leads to wanting to eat junk and not drinking my water.
4- Continue to work on my form before anymore weight increases
5- Get more sleep. In bed by 9:30. Seems if I stay up later than this it is after midnight before I go to sleep.
6- Weigh less often. I dont think I can go completely cold turkey. After the 7th (pic progress day) I am only going to weigh if I feel a change in my clothing, ie pants feeling snug or too loose.
7- Clean out my friends list. There are people on there that do not have like minded goals as me and I really dont want to know that you work out every 2 hrs. OVERKILL!! Or that you are insane enough to get up at 4am to workout when you are going to workout 4 more times before bedtime. /end rant
8- KEEP LIFTING!!! I love it. Going to keep on with my 3x8 routine for the next 6 weeks while I am also doing a trial run of calorie cycling.0 -
Wow, some of you are *really* ambitious with your goals! Makes me feel a bit, um, wussy LOLOLOL.
There are potentially 14 workouts for me in this month. My parents will be visiting and I will skip one workout while they are here.
1. Lose 7 pounds (This is aiming high. The truth is that in my long-term plan I only expect to lose 5) and measure at 44.5% body fat. That would mean weighing around 200 pounds and no loss of LBM. 201 will be very exciting for me since that would mark 1/3 of the way to my goal.
2. 14 SL workouts. This shouldn't be hard to do, I am very consistent with my exercise.
A. Squat 100 pounds Current 85
B. Bench 73 pounds Current 66
C. Row 94 pounds Current 80
D. OHP 50 pounds Current 47.5
E. DL 175 pounds Current 145
I have never set lift-so-much-within-a-certain-time-frame goals before, so this is new for me. I have no earthly idea if these are too easy or too hard or reasonable. So we'll just have an adventure this month!!
Elaine
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1) Not miss more than 3 SL workouts this month. It'll be a little difficult with the traveling, but I think I can manage it. I will be missing a lot of my cardio, so that's going to kind of suck. And I know when I travel I don't eat well. :grumble:
2) Fit into the next size down for work pants. I can get some of them on, but they're way too tight still. I'd like to work on dropping some inches so I can get them on.
3) Diet break!! Looking forward to this. I'm planning on starting April 21. The hard part will be going to Scotland and not eating above maintenance. Especially since I know I'll be drinking a lot. However, this will make goal #2 more difficult...
4) Lifting goals:
Current.......Goal
Squats 95....110
Bench 80......92.5
Rows 65.......75
OHP 60.........67.5
DL 180..........190 (I'm going to have to deload, and even 190 might be too ambitious of a goal)0 -
My goals this month are....
1. Deadlift 125 without lifting hooks
2. Lose 3-4 lbs
3. Eat 1700 cals everyday
4. Not die doing the Warrior Dash I am doing in 3 weeks:)
5. Run 6mph for 5 minutes straight0 -
Successfully switch to the 5/3/1 (using the triumvirate template to start) and not kill myself. I need to incorporate more cardio too.0
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Since I just switched to stronglifts from NR and the weights are really low for me my goals are
1. make sure form is 100%
2. increase the amount of cardio I'm doing (I've been slacking)
3. incorporate yoga0 -
Hello all. As some of you may know I have been stalking/lurking this group for a while.
My goal is to start stronglifts Monday, April 8. Was doing NROL original but as some of you have mentioned, too involved and stronglifts is sweet and simple. Really looking forward to it and corresponding in this discussion along with all the feedback and advice I can get.
Happy lifting, ladies.0 -
OK, for me:
1. Form, form form!
2. Increase weight and don't be scared if I fail
3. Oh ok get some boring boring cardio in..
4. Eat properly and log it! Being at or around maintenance it is easy to take my eye off this one!0 -
Okay April Goals
1. Not increase weights too fast and re-injure myself. >.>
2. Hill sprints 2x/week
3. Stick to a deficit unless it significantly slows down the last bit of healing.
4. 30+ minutes of cardio on lifting days. (Can include hill sprints.)0 -
Hey guys,
My April goals are:
- Get at least 7 hours of sleep
- Incorporate at least 2 days of cardio a week
- Lose 2 inches of my waist and hips
-Continue maintaining weight
-Continue lifting more weight, and not lose good form0 -
Let's see. I would like to squat my body weight (155) currently at 115.
Would like to have a better grip and form with my deadlifts. I can DL my bw but I can feel my grip failing on the last rep or two. I want to solidly pick it up, and have control when putting it back down.
More cardio through a big hike or two this month. Weather is finally turning. Maybe more HIITs if I have time.
Continue eating intuitively.0 -
Well summer and shorts and bikinis are fast approaching!!!! Ahhh!! So my April goal is to up my cardio again.
1. Planning to run 3-4 times a week and lift 3 times a week. I'm know I won't be able to see huge gains in lifting doing this, but I've gotta melt off some fat so my hard work will show this summer. Goal is to MAINTAIN my muscle and lose fat.
2. STAY WITHIN MY CALORIE LIMIT!!! And log every last bite.0 -
I would like to lose a bit more on the scale and less inches if that's possible. I am losing my butt and boobs - not happy! I hit my goal weight of 125, but I would like to go down to 120 since I'm 5'1". I'm still doing cardio 4 times a week in addition to other weight machines. Doing S/L only was not enough for me, so I had to add more to it.
squat - 175 (currently 160)
deadlift - 150 (currently 135)
OHP - 65 (currently 55)
Row - 65 (currently 55)
Bench 500 -
My goals:
Be compliant to my whole30 I started today
Lift at least twice a week, preferably thrice, every week
Fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans with no muffin top (almost there)
I'd like to reach 5x5 of my body weight in squats and deadlifts, and half my body weight in bench, and make some progress, even if only 1 kg, in OHP.
Sleep better (never go to bed past 10:30 PM, always be UP before 7:00 so I can have breakfast and never have to wait til my daughter is done with her bottle to eat (I am SOOO hungry!)
Do at least 3 sun salutations every morning0 -
I just started SL this week, so I don't really know what to expect as far as increasing weight goes. Hopefully I can have a better idea for this next month
I want to lose 5 lbs.
I plan to bring at least 30 min x2 of cardio back in, I've slacked some in my cardio. I want to get in at least 2 runs a week, would love to get to 3 most weeks.0 -
As far as pound per lift goals, I don't dare set any this month, given the back injury. It will be the middle of the month before I can resume regular lifting, with a deload to bar, so that said, I am setting the following:
-Not miss a lifting day-I can still work my legs with the extension/curl attachment and still bench, and just bar squats.
-Take two real rest days per week, and on the other days that aren't rest days, put in at least thirty minutes of cardio. (More than likely the elliptical, because its calorie burn is freaking WONDERFUL)
-Eat all of my calories with HEALTHY food rather than empty food.
-Take the time to care for myself.
Yeah, I don't think that's unattainable. The eating all calories is probably going to present the biggest challenge, but the taking care of myself part should alleviate a LOT of the stress that results in a zero appetite.0 -
* To not miss a lifting day except for 1 perhaps 2 sessions right after my birthday while I am in Vegas. The casino has a smith machine, but no power rack. I was already ambivalent, but now I believe that I will just count it as a planned break for extra muscle recuperation. This will be after 6 weeks of SL.
* To not beat myself up about strength stalls. Patience.
* Shift one more baby step closer to healthy eating. More vegetables in particular. More crockpot, homemade meals
* Take more/better progress pics and measurements0 -
I am just to dang tired. I have seen this topic in the group for the last few days.
But when I looked at it just a few minutes ago I swear I saw
April GOATS?? What the heck?? LOL0 -
starting Monday, im giving 5/3/1 a go. My last stronglifts workout is tmrw.
April goals - MORE PROTEIN and some more cardio - in the form of walking my dogs spring is finally here on the east coast. 0 -
Oooh. Let me get this down here so I can refer back...
Goals for this month -
Lose fat and get to 153 lbs.
Keep lifting heavy until end of April in order to decrease bodyfat percentage.
Do one day of cardio (hill sprints or a run)
Rest more (need more sleep the weekends) so recovery is better.
Take some action pics in the gym (everyone else looks so cool in theirs!)
Have body composition measured as start point at the university gym.0 -
Im new to lifting;
1. Not touch the scale for the whole month of April.
And by the end of April;
2. Squat my body weight 145lbs
3. Dead lift 220lbs
4. Lose 5% body fat0 -
Squat my body weight 145 lbs (current 105)
Bench 90 (current 75)
Rows 110 (current 95, but may not increase for a session or two to work on form)
OHP 85 (current 70)
DL 175 (current 145)
30 min of Cardio 2-3 times a week consistently; yoga once a week
Drink more water0
