What can you do now that you couldn't 30 days ago

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  • agirlscamaro
    agirlscamaro Posts: 175 Member
    I can finish a 5k. I wouldn't have thought I could finish it a month ago. I just completed my first this part Saturday. I was 18/22. I ran/walked. It was a trail run in the mountains to boot!!
  • femmefae
    femmefae Posts: 65 Member
    I can run two miles on the treadmill...I could MAYBE do 1/2 a mile 30 days a ago
  • Lt_Starbuck
    Lt_Starbuck Posts: 576 Member
    Bench Press 50 pounds - now Im at 65x5
    Squat 55 pounds - now Im at 125
    Lat Pull 80 pounds - now Im at 100x3
    Incline Dumbbell Bench press 25 pounds - now Im doing 50
    get the barbell over my head for OHP - guess what I can do now
    Deadlift in a trap bar now
    Inverted Bodyweight Rows

    and a half chin up, b-words

    BAM
  • Lt_Starbuck
    Lt_Starbuck Posts: 576 Member
    Increased my deadlifts and squats by about 40% during the strength phase of my bulk :love:

    :love:
  • bookworm_847
    bookworm_847 Posts: 1,903 Member
    I can get nearly all the way down when I'm doing squats. About a month ago, I was just bending my knees a little and calling it good. A couple weeks or so, perhaps I'll be able to get the a** to the grass thing that people talk about? :wink:


    ETA: Congrats to you all on your achievements. You're amazing!
  • CharityGC
    CharityGC Posts: 499 Member
    20 regular pushups. I do 50/day (I'm in a monthly challenge and that's part of it) and I do them all regular but I do 10, five second break, 10 more. Then I usually wait a bit before finishing.
  • KassLamb
    KassLamb Posts: 98 Member
    I can now wear whatever top I want with whichever pair of jeans I want. I used to pair only loose, flowy tops with my tighter jeans to hide my lumpy muffin top. No more muffin top in any of the jeans I own, and my bigger ones will soon need a belt.
  • dhiammarath
    dhiammarath Posts: 834 Member
    Get up at 7am without snoozing the alarm to 8am (resetting my "internal" clock).
    Deadlift anything, much less over 100 pounds
    Squat anything, much less almost 90 pounds!
    Shoulder presses with 17.3 lb weights. Before, I could barely get 5's going.
    Do rows and lateral pull downs at 80 pounds.
    Not being too scared to go to the gym (BY MYSELF) and lift weights when my gym partner was otherwise unable to go. This is big.

    Weight lifting with confidence: 30 days ago, I was just really getting started with the NROLFW and I was timid. But the gym is mine now and I've learned so much that it is hard to encapsulate in a single message.

    What I can say I've learned the most is when the motivation is gone, when it's the hardest to feel like you're going anywhere, I still go to the gym and still lift through grit and determination and sheer willpower. I've made this decision to work on strength, and by golly, nothing's standing in my way. Not even demotivational factors in my life.

    I'm not entirely sure I could have said that a month ago. So I suppose this is also emotional/non-quantifiable strength.

    Today's no different -- I've got nothing propelling me forward. No BF% change, no happy rah-rah moment, no 'I'm feeling GOOD' feelings. The motivational well is dry; so it's with grit and sheer will that I'm slogging through today. I'm taking no crap from Life today!! I REVEL IN IT. I EAT STRUGGLING FOR BREAKFAST.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    I couldn't even finish 30DS Level 1 thirty days ago...and yesterday I started Level THREE, with (almost) no rests!
  • ElizabethKG1983
    ElizabethKG1983 Posts: 76 Member
    I can complete my one hour kickboxing class and for the most part keep up with the people that have been doing it for years. When I first started two months ago I could barely get through a class and couldn't do most of the things!
  • tjsoccermom
    tjsoccermom Posts: 500 Member
    Thanks for all the posts...everyone has such awesome achievements. I look forward to reaching some of your points myself!! I had one more achievement yesterday...I did 20 minutes on the stair machine...after doing my 5k training. I hate that machine with a passion and the first few times I was lucky to get to 8 minutes. I will eventually get to 30 and then ramp the speed up but I'm glad to have done 20!
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    Flirt like a pro. Really, I didn't know how much of a novice I was until I made it to MFP.
  • Sparlingo
    Sparlingo Posts: 938 Member
    Run 5 k

    Do 5 real sit-ups

    Do ten modified push-ups.
  • flava90
    flava90 Posts: 3
    I can run 2.06 mles in under 30 mnutes..I use to struggle wth running period but now I feel I have a second wind
  • braciatrice
    braciatrice Posts: 9
    I can do a 60 second plank and two 30 second side planks. 30 days ago I couldn't do a 15 second plank and side planks just make me fall over. I'm proud of myself! :-)
  • kelcileigh
    kelcileigh Posts: 23 Member
    When I started working out February 15 I was doing 4 miles in an hour on the elliptical. Now I'm doing around 4.8 miles in the same time :) It's the little things...
  • kelcileigh
    kelcileigh Posts: 23 Member
    I can do a 60 second plank and two 30 second side planks. 30 days ago I couldn't do a 15 second plank and side planks just make me fall over. I'm proud of myself! :-)

    THESE KILL ME! Congrats on your progress! I will keep trying
  • DVaughan1975
    DVaughan1975 Posts: 158 Member
    There is this horribly annoying hill on my route when I jog. Yesterday, it was much easier and my legs felt so much stronger. It was awesome. I could just keep going now. Also, when I started jogging....I was at about a 14 minute mile. Now it's about an 11 minute mile. Took a while to get there but the trick is to keep at it : )
  • kiannarb
    kiannarb Posts: 42 Member
    I can run a longer distance at higher speed on the treadmil (about 1.5 miles at 4.2 speed), I can do more sledge hammer slams to a tractor tire, and I can do pushups easier. my next challenge is to work more w/ the battle ropes, flipping the tractor tire, muay thai bag, and bosu ball. sorry if my spelling is off. :blushing:
  • ellemuise
    ellemuise Posts: 34
    run 25 mins straight without stopping, a little over a month ago i could barely make 1 minute!
  • Lt_Starbuck
    Lt_Starbuck Posts: 576 Member
    BENCH 70X3
  • sophayz
    sophayz Posts: 592 Member
    front squat with 110 lbs (i am 118 myself so its quite a balance challenge)
  • gpizzy
    gpizzy Posts: 171
    chatarunga in yoga - and actually hold my dolphin plank for a minute.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    - Run 3 miles without stopping to walk

    - Dead-lift my body weight (185) (small milestone)...goal is at least 375Lbs

    - Sprint 3 stories of stairs without getting winded
  • Ramberta
    Ramberta Posts: 1,312 Member
    I have a much easier time at my job lifting the 45-pound boxes of nails and screws and walking up and down ladders with them. I get less easily winded, and catch my breath faster. It's still nooby, but I can now run for up to 5 minutes at a stretch, instead of not at all, lol.

    I also walked 3.5 miles in an hour the other day. :)
  • Brianna716
    Brianna716 Posts: 303 Member
    I ran for 22 minutes straight. That's the first time in my life I've done that.
  • EjaneK11
    EjaneK11 Posts: 209 Member
    I can do push-ups so much better now! :tongue:
  • jenns1964
    jenns1964 Posts: 384 Member
    I no longer wheeze when exercising.
  • IowaJen1979
    IowaJen1979 Posts: 406 Member
    Wear old jeans that used to be too tight.
  • krithsai
    krithsai Posts: 668 Member
    I can do standing sprints in my spin class. I can sit without adjusting my pants to feel comfortable against my tummy.

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