Don't be a Fool - Set April Goals!
krokador
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Didja really think I wasn't going to set goals? Bahaha! Riiight.
No but seriously, this month's goals, for me, will be things I can attain without too much effort. I've been failing so hard lately I need the boost. And I'm limiting myself to 5 to avoid stretching out too far.
1. Walk/run 50 miles total.
2. Do 20+ minutes of yoga at least once a week
3. Sit down to write for 30 mins at least once a week
4. Give my 110% in the gym
5. Spend time outside!
So, as you can see, no food or sleep-related goals, and it's mostly stuff that I don't have to perform at because, as a Nike ad would read, I get to Just Do It. It'll be a nice change of pace
No but seriously, this month's goals, for me, will be things I can attain without too much effort. I've been failing so hard lately I need the boost. And I'm limiting myself to 5 to avoid stretching out too far.
1. Walk/run 50 miles total.
2. Do 20+ minutes of yoga at least once a week
3. Sit down to write for 30 mins at least once a week
4. Give my 110% in the gym
5. Spend time outside!
So, as you can see, no food or sleep-related goals, and it's mostly stuff that I don't have to perform at because, as a Nike ad would read, I get to Just Do It. It'll be a nice change of pace
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I stalk the goals thread every month and get so inspired, but I have never set any. That’s changing this month. So, here are mine:
1. Lose 7 lbs
I am sooo freaking tired of counting calories, so this month I want to finally get rid of this last 7 lbs. (yes, I know I’ll still have to count to maintain but at least he number will be higher!)
2. Stop hitting snooze on my alarm clock.
Seriously, it’s a real problem. I hit snooze for an entire hour in the morning. And this would lead to me accomplishing so many other things – like getting in cardio and yoga in the morning.
3. Get in 10000 steps a day
Even if it means just walking in place at my desk
I won’t set any lifting goals because I want to focus on dropping the last few lbs. Next month when I’m no longer cutting I hope to crush it! But I will definitely continue to lift, just not worry too much about not increasing.
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1) Lose 2 lbs (it would get me down to my original arbitrary goal)
2) Weekly deficit of 1750 kcals. I am hoping it will be easier to avoid binging with the higher allowance and with not looking at it daily so much.
3) Long run of 8.5k this was a hold over from last month, I just want to cross 10k off of my list sooner rather than later
4) 5k in 28 minutes, with my 5k race in just over a month I need to get more comfortable with pushing pace with 5k. I always start out slow because I worry about not finishing and I need to get passed that.0 -
OK! GOALS!
April 6th - Start SL again (oops I got lazy) - Deload by 5-10% and get back in there M W F!
Start running - prepare for the marathon relay. 20-30 minutes 3 times a week, just try to get faster but don't stress the muscles too much because SL is better - Tues, Thurs, Sun.
Start having enjoyable lunch time walks with my friends a few times a week. They've already agreed!
Cut ends on April 23! Maintain my weight (or dimensions only, that's fine) after that!
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Lifting goals are flexible as I am a little clueless now that newbie gains are pasts for me.
Squat - 145
OHP - 60
DL - 175
Bench - 77.5
Row - 95
Lose 3 lbs. 4 would be ideal, but I know I have my hubby's big birthday party in there which will probably wipe out my deficit that week with snacks and booze.
Not kill my husband now that he is laid off and home all the time :P
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I am in to month 5 of lifting now. I definitely feel stronger and although my form isn't perfect I am getting better. I also am seeing lots more definition in upper body --some in lower body but this needs to improve.
This month I would like to incorporate foam rolling into my routine. Maybe 3 times a week would be good. I got a foam roller a few days ago and am eager to get started.
-I still can't do a pullup but I'll continue to work on it.
-My OHP is up to 52 lbs [finally passed 50]. Maybe this month I will work towards 55 lbs.
-My DL goal is 120 (currently at 105).
-I will also be incorporating more running and biking into my workouts as the days get nicer. This will require me to figure out how to do what I want to without "killing" myself :-)
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I love these threads! I haven't posted yet but I've been reading through them from time to time and you all are such awesome inspirations!! I've been doing SL for about a month now and am starting to feel comfortable with all of the lifts except for the squat. I'm having troubles getting parallel so my goals are:
1. Lift 3 days per week (M/W/F or T/Th/Sat or Sun)
2. Work with my physio to improve my flexibility in my hip and achilles to help improve my squat form
3. Walk 16 times on my lunch break with a co-worker & improve our pace from 3.5 mph to 4.0 mph consistently
4. Incorporate 1 extra cardio session per week
5. Lose 2 lbs but heavier focus on losing inches before leaving for Arizona on May 7th
6. Re-activate my gym membership so I can start lifting barbells again, not dumbbells
7. Lifting goals: current/goal
- Squat 70/75lbs (depending on if I can improve my form)
- Bench Press 50/60
- Row 60/70
- OHP 40/50
- DL 70/90
8. Fill the air in my bike's tires so I can start going for bike rides again since the weather is getting so nice!
9. Continue eating an average of 1575 calories/day0 -
1) Get to that 100lb squat! Yeesh!
2) Average 10k steps per day each week
3) Lift 3x weekly
4) Lost 2.5 pounds
5) Get comfortable riding my new bike and take some rides!0 -
Hi all. May I join? I'm currently training for a 10 miler (it's taper week thank god) and am on the 3d week of SL. I can definitely feel my legs as I've increased weights so I'm glad the running training will be over soon. My goals for the month are:
1. Increase weight for my overhead presses from 45 lb. to 50lbs. I'm on week 3 and tried 50 lbs. but could barely finish the 4th rep /first set (kept arching my back) so I'm still stick on the 45lb. bar.
2. Increase weight on my barbell rows. Currently lifting 80lbs. and felt I was losing form this last round so will stay at 80 lbs for now.
3. Run my 10-miler on April 12
4. Control my eating habits. Is it me or does StrongLifts make you hungrier? I can't seem to curb my hunger and trying to add more protein. I feel like I'm gaining weight and I don't want that to happen.
5. Lose either weight or inches? I should measure myself now and see what my measurements will be by the end of the month.0 -
Well, I am finishing off week two of Stronglifts. I'm new to heavy lifting, after losing almost all of my weight from running! So every successful lift is a PR. However...
1.) To improve my lifting form...I feel like my DL is better but my barbell row is a lost cause.
2.) To not have failure while doing overhead lifts. My upper body is so weak! I almost wonder if I should be doing secondary work to work on my upper body strength outside of SL5x5...I struggle with the bar!
3.) I am currently 43 pounds down. I'd like to at least get to my 45 lb mark by the end of the month. My weight loss has drastically dropped, especially since I'm getting so close to my goal weight.
4.) Clean up my eating, increase water intake, and start tracking macros better (I have been very lenient with my food intake, basically CICO).
5.) To consistently do 3 days of lifting and 3 days of running. I joined a running club this week!0 -
I'm having a hard time figuring out a reasonable goal to lift without me spazing and killing my form to get there - I guess as long as I stay honest!
1. Squat 200lbs/ OHP 75lbs/ Deadlift 185lbs/ Bench 100lbs.
2. Figure out rows, ugggg. I'm just slopping through so far.
3. Continue my streak on MFP of tracking my calories and macros
4. Work in some negative pull ups.0 -
Now that I'm back from my mini vacation, I should come up with my goals for April.
1. Get down to 157 - That means I need to lose about 5 lbs from pre-vacation weight. Still hard to believe I'm almost in the 150's.
2. Do stage 2 of NROLFW and start stage 3 - stage 2 is just 8 workouts.
3. Make it through weeks 5 & 6 of C25K - Getting to the change ups and long runs, but have until mid-June to get through the whole program.
4. Keep up with A to Z blog challenge on both blogs - Have to post almost every day, following the alphabet (day 2 I did a post about Bacon cause it starts with
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5. Start organizing schedule more and plan food at least 2 days ahead.
6. Write 20,000 words in story and keep up in other writing challenge.
7. Start packing and donating stuff I don't need as plan to move in the near future.
Okay, that should be enough for one month.0 -
Not kill my husband now that he is laid off and home all the time :P
hah. you're not afraid of a real challenge, are you?Is it me or does StrongLifts make you hungrier?
pardon me while i laugh myself blue. um, no. it isn't
me:
- get through another month of this job. that will put me at 5 down, 8 to go. one more after that and i'll be close to halfway.
- not sleep on my left side for the whole of this month. it's so bad for that shoulder.
- 2x60sec plank. every. day. morning and night.
- investigate pushups while i'm down there.
- journal at least every couple of days. bleh. i keep hold of my life so much better when i do it, and yet it bores me so much.
- try to log food, which i hate and find boring past all belief, but now that i'm eating all kinds of random-type things i think that it would be good.
sl goals are pretty much all about form:
- squat: 90lbs. shoulders and symmetry more important than weight.
- maybe quit benching if i can't clean up my form soon, and find an alternative. dunno; i have a workshop in two more weekends that might fix it all up.
- ohp just keep working to get the form right.
- rows: 75lbs? today i did 70 but it may be a fluke so we'll see how that goes.
- deadlift: find a good pattern for strong form again. mine's all disassembled and scattered all over the place. i'll set 110 or so as my baseline for this, but i won't set a new weight goal as that makes me skip the form parts.
also, i'll try to ride more tits-up more of the time instead of hunching and i'll keep on with the left-handy thing. and finally, i'm pretty sure i'll be due for a rest week at some point in april.
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April Goals
-StrongLifts 3x a week.
-Stay at current working weight (or add 1# plates) until I master form. Invest in mirror. Take video.
-Start tracking full body measurements. Take full shot photo to track with measurements.
-Lose a minimum of 3% body fat.
-Stop second guessing my macro/calories.
We'll see about the last one, with all the information out there, it's really difficult!0 -
- I really, really need to stay closer to my calorie goals. I'm usually at or below maintenance (but still quite far off the 1600/day mark). I know I'll see some changes quicker if I just buckle down and do it.
- Continue working on form with SL - rows are stupid and I hate them. I also hate squats. I like the other stuff, though
- I'd like to get under 170, but that's about a pound a week, so it's a stretch.
- Get out of bed at 5:30 instead of 5:50 so I'm not rushing to get out of the house at a decent time to make it to work.
- Focus on my kids more
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Hi, all, can I join in? Weight lifting goals are something I've been struggling with, as I don't really know how to set reasonable goals, and I've been doing NROL with more of a focus on higher volume 8-12 and moving up when it feels easy at 12 plus some additional Olympic lifting (I have a class), which has not been paying off with as much progress/strength gains as I should be getting as a newbie. I finally buckled down and read the program in Starting Strength (which seems really similar to the SL 5x5 program) and downloaded the SL app, and am thinking of spending a month really focusing on trying to increase my strength and weights.
The goal for April will be to see how much I can improve on back squat, deadlift, OHP, bench, and power clean in one month following the Starting Strength program.
(I'm torn because I also want to focus on losing these final 5 lbs that seem to love me so much they won't leave, but I am more excited about strength gain possibilities, I think.)0 -
Hello All,
This is the first time I'm posting in the goal threads. I only joined last month. My April goals are:
1 Lift without deloading (I now have my squat rack so this will help)
2 Grow my business
3 Lose 2lbs
4 Be consistent with my taekwondo training (I have a black belt exam at the end of May)
5 Do 15-30 minutes of jogging a week (build up endurance for exam)
6 Keep on sharing, smiling and loving
Is there ever a review of the previous month's goals?
All the best everyone!
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We usually revisit the thread at the end of the month and check in 0
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Ok and I'll be sure to do that. I can't wait to see the results.0
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Lose 5 lbs.
Do SL 3x a week consistently.
Get to 55 on OHP, 70 for rows/bp. I don't have as much trouble making progress on squats or DLs so I don't worry too much and let the app guide me.
Make a decision about grad school.
Make progress on cleaning our apartment.
Start revising my novel.0 -
Over a week since I posted the goals, might as well check to see how things are trending.
1. Get down to 157 - 162 last weigh in though around 161 now (checked but not listing it yet as measurement day is coming up) Down after vacation so progress thus far.
2. Do stage 2 of NROLFW and start stage 3 - 4th workout done of stage 2 with 4 more to go.
3. Make it through weeks 5 & 6 of C25K - started week 5.
4. Keep up with A to Z blog challenge on both blogs - I got way behind on commenting on other blogs so am catching up but have posted every day, though some in the middle of the day.
5. Start organizing schedule more and plan food at least 2 days ahead. - not made much progress yet.
6. Write 20,000 words in story and keep up in other writing challenge. - Keeping up in other challenge but haven't written in the one story yet.
7. Start packing and donating stuff I don't need as plan to move in the near future. - Slight progress but need to cement move plan first.
On my way towards the goals but a lot to do still in the next less than 20 days.0 -
digging this thread up for bump. and also an interim check because i'm feeling feisty and sassy right now. pretty sure i can do 90-pound squats and probably 70 bench by the end of the month. and ohp's looking GREAT. i'm going to re-set my ambitions for it at a whole 50 pounds.
on the other stuff, well.
- job can bite me. it'll either get worse or get better or stay just the same and it changes all the damn time so it's not worth keeping daily tabs on the mood. i spend about 2 days out of every 5 with my toes hanging over the edge of 'i quit' and so it's mostly about just learning/continuing to function while i've got that as the norm.
- journal, pfeh. SNORE, although i did do a little of it.
- logging, i don't really have any plan about what my real calorie level should be, so i don't care all that much. although i guess it would be good to do it since the only way i'll be able to correlate calorie intake to gain/loss/strength level is by keeping some kind of notes on what i'm actually inhaling each day.0 -
1. log more accurately and make certain it fits my macros
2. Don't let bad lift days get to me
3. Use bad days for other reasons to help me lift.
4. Hit 70 on OHP with no grinds.
5. Get my garden in.
6. Finish the course of brick around the fire pit.
7. clean the gravel mess.
8. get benches made and start looking at making concrete fire bowls. (maybe even make it a thing to sell at some point)
These should all be doable by the end of April. Pretty certain I won't be at 200 for weight, but it should be really close if I don't out eat my workouts.0 -
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Just over a week left, should see how I'm doing and what needs focused on next.
1. Get down to 157 - Last official was 160 but may have reached 159, gonna give it a couple of days to see.
2. Do stage 2 of NROLFW and start stage 3 - One more to do in Stage 2 (the 21st) then well start Stage 3. I checked ahead on some of them and shouldn't be too difficult as I'm familiar with some of the lifts, like rows.
3. Make it through weeks 5 & 6 of C25K - started week 6. May even start week 7 before month ends.
4. Keep up with A to Z blog challenge on both blogs - still behind on commenting on other blogs, I will also do blog comments in May to see what I missed and find new blogs I'd never checked out before. I have gotten posts up each day as needed though.
5. Start organizing schedule more and plan food at least 2 days ahead. - not made much progress
6. Write 20,000 words in story and keep up in other writing challenge. - I have a few thousand words so far on novel and am keeping up in the writing challenge.
7. Start packing and donating stuff I don't need as plan to move in the near future. - Meeting someone tomorrow about potential move, rest pends how that goes.
Not bad. Some writing I need to do, along with editing, blogging and such. The fitness end is going well and I've done good at keeping protein up (it's my goal in a different group), so overall a pretty good month.0 -
_______________________________________________________________________________________sarah_K_parker wrote: »Well, I am finishing off week two of Stronglifts. I'm new to heavy lifting, after losing almost all of my weight from running! So every successful lift is a PR. However...
1.) To improve my lifting form...I feel like my DL is better but my barbell row is a lost cause.
2.) To not have failure while doing overhead lifts. My upper body is so weak! I almost wonder if I should be doing secondary work to work on my upper body strength outside of SL5x5...I struggle with the bar!
I have been stuck on 60 pounds for the past few workouts. I happened to do this mini FB competition where I needed to film myself doing different lifts. On Wednesday, when I lifted, I did some bench press before my overhead lifts. I should have done my OHP! I had much more energy by staying at 60 lbs, but due to exhausting my muscles on bench, I ended up failing a few reps on my OHP. Lesson learned: preserve your energy! Do your important lifts first!
3.) I am currently 43 pounds down. I'd like to at least get to my 45 lb mark by the end of the month. My weight loss has drastically dropped, especially since I'm getting so close to my goal weight.
4.) Clean up my eating, increase water intake, and start tracking macros better (I have been very lenient with my food intake, basically CICO).
5.) To consistently do 3 days of lifting and 3 days of running. I joined a running club this week!
#1 RECAP: I think I'll forever struggle on BR, but I finally did a form check on BR and when I wasn't too focused on the fact that I was being filmed, or when I stopped overthinking it, my reps were good. I can tell when I started to overthink it during other sets/reps and my form was shotty. I also have filmed myself doing other lifts for the first time. My bench form is fine. My squat @ 135, my max, I needed more depth.
#2 RECAP: I have been stuck on 60 pounds for the past few workouts. I happened to do this mini FB competition where I needed to film myself doing different lifts. On Wednesday, when I lifted, I did some bench press before my overhead lifts. I should have done my OHP! I had much more energy by staying at 60 lbs, but due to exhausting my muscles on bench, I ended up failing a few reps on my OHP. Lesson learned: preserve your energy! Do your important lifts first!
#3 RECAP: Well, I lost 1 lb this month so far. TOM will be here any day now, so water weight & bloat is awful. I had a health screen at work and it said that I was up 7 pounds...uh, no. No I'm not. I'm lifting heavy/heavier and I drink way more water now! I have 6 more days to hopefully lose that last pound to make it to my 45 lb mark, but if it doesn't happen, so be it. I've only lost 1 pound but I've lost 2.5 inches off my stomach, 1 inch off my chest and 0.5 inches off my thighs!
#4 RECAP: My eating hasn't been the greatest
But I'm drinking more water! I've been able to mainly maintain my current weight.
#5 RECAP: Due to being short staffed at work, and due to limited hours at my school's gym, there has been two Fridays that I haven't been able to make it into the gym to lift for my "day three". I normally get 3 runs in. However, last week, I injured my left hip flexor (later in the week) and decided to rest last weekend.
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Time for the final update as April ends soon. Had a pretty busy month and didn't quite get all that I wanted done. Looks like work will be busier in May but probably good cause hours were a bit short lately. I may need to limit my goals for May though cause have to also do things like prepare to move. Still making progress and that is the great part.
Results for April:
1. Get down to 157 - Not quite. Scale says 158.8 and has all week pretty much, even during a couple random mid-day after jog weighing. Maybe after ToM ends it will go down a little. Either way, I finally made it into the 150's, so yay. Plus, I can fit into a few size 12 pants and shorts.
2. Do stage 2 of NROLFW and start stage 3 - Yep, easy one. After tonight I will be halfway through stage 3. Already looking forward to moving on beyond the program though and getting back to a more strength main lift focus.
3. Make it through weeks 5 & 6 of C25K - Middle of week 7 with one last 25 minute jog to go. Next is week 8 and 28 minute jogs.
4. Keep up with A to Z blog challenge on both blogs - same as before. I have one last post to write and that part will be done but I didn't comment on people's blog posts and need to do a little of that in May.
5. Start organizing schedule more and plan food at least 2 days ahead. - didn't make progress here. I still end up piecing together my day one meal at a time but get my protein so that's good.
6. Write 20,000 words in story and keep up in other writing challenge. - Other writing challenge yes, 20k in novel is a no. I got almost 5k and that's about it. Still, I've done some writing and a tiny bit of editing. May will be more edit focused though.
7. Start packing and donating stuff I don't need as plan to move in the near future. - Little bit but will need to do a lot in May as I move at the end of the month.
Not bad overall. Some success, some minor setback and I kept busy. Hope everyone else had a good month too.0 -
me in april:
- 5 months of job down, 7 to go. i'll be free at the end of november. holding steady . . . i think. more and more sure i'll be desperate to get back to the normal software-shop forms of insanity after this.
- shoulder rehab much better. not sleeping on it as much and not as badly affected when i do. also big improvements in joint stability and strength.
- planks: not 2x60 per day but a consistent part of my life anyway.
- pushups nah. journal nah. food logging pretty much nah.
sl:
- squats: up to 95 for a while, now on big deload to work lower-body form. monster shoulder improvements with them.
- bench: huge improvement, weight the same. consistently benched 65lb with about 50% less front-delt pain afterwards, every time. will move up when it's been at 0 for a few times.
- ohp: hard to tell. much much better than on april 1st though. pressing 45 without much trouble.
- rows: 70lb and feel as if this will increase. form finally comfortable.
- deadlift: no progress. i'll make new goals for this one for may.
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awkwardsoul wrote: »I'm having a hard time figuring out a reasonable goal to lift without me spazing and killing my form to get there - I guess as long as I stay honest!
1. Squat 200lbs/ OHP 75lbs/ Deadlift 185lbs/ Bench 100lbs.
2. Figure out rows, ugggg. I'm just slopping through so far.
3. Continue my streak on MFP of tracking my calories and macros
4. Work in some negative pull ups.
April Goals check in!
2. Check! Up to 210lb squats, Bench 105lbs, Deadlift 195lbs and just barely squeaked out OHP 75lbs
3. I think i've figured out rows lol!
4. Yessir 79 day streak!
5. Derp. I did negatives like twice, so no.
Now, what to do for May...
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Llamapants86 wrote: »1) Lose 2 lbs (it would get me down to my original arbitrary goal)
2) Weekly deficit of 1750 kcals. I am hoping it will be easier to avoid binging with the higher allowance and with not looking at it daily so much.
3) Long run of 8.5k this was a hold over from last month, I just want to cross 10k off of my list sooner rather than later
4) 5k in 28 minutes, with my 5k race in just over a month I need to get more comfortable with pushing pace with 5k. I always start out slow because I worry about not finishing and I need to get passed that.
1) I think I did this but I am holding on to a lot of water weight right now
2) I made progress on that, still a couple of binges this month.
3)Got in a 9k run 2 weeks ago
4) No, got 28:30 is a couple of weeks ago but that was as close as I managed (today's was more than 29 minutes0 -
April Goals
-StrongLifts 3x a week.
-Stay at current working weight (or add 1# plates) until I master form. Invest in mirror. Take video.
-Start tracking full body measurements. Take full shot photo to track with measurements.
-Lose a minimum of 3% body fat.
-Stop second guessing my macro/calories.
We'll see about the last one, with all the information out there, it's really difficult!
April Goal Assessment
-Averaged 2+ a week
-Form has improved, got my groove back! Mirror is finally arriving tonight. No video.
-Forgot this, will include (additional measurements) with May goals. But did take full body pic (already grabbed phone out of people’s hands, so afraid someone will see them).
-Didn’t happen
-Found calories/macro that work for me!!! Even if I didn’t meet any other goal this month - this is *HUGE* for me!0
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