What are your fitness goals?
lisasp4
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I've been finding it difficult to motivate myself to exercise as I'm the type of person who needs a goal to aim for.
Today I got that goal. I signed up for the Race for Life.
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I'm aiming to finish the race in good time and without feeling like I want to collapse at the finish. Plus it's also an excellent cause.
What are your fitness aims/goals and did you find that they pushed you to achieve more than thought you could?
Today I got that goal. I signed up for the Race for Life.
Justgiving.com/spencetown
I'm aiming to finish the race in good time and without feeling like I want to collapse at the finish. Plus it's also an excellent cause.
What are your fitness aims/goals and did you find that they pushed you to achieve more than thought you could?
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It's evolved. Initially it was 5Km in sub 30 minutes, then a sub 60 min 10km, and subsequently a sub 2 hr half marathon. Didn't quite get there at my last race as I picked up a knee injury less than half way through the race so landed at 2:07.
This year it remains sub 2 hr half, a sub 4:20 marathon and a sub 4 hour metric century ride.0 -
I just want to finish the 5k! I've got 2 months to work my way from zero fitness to 5k fitness. Any tips?0
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Back in fall I met my goal of running 5k no walking, but after a winter of snow and ice and temperatures too low to run outdoors I'm sure I need to work back up to that. On top of that some day I hope to get to the point of being able to finish all the requirements for the 'Iron Maiden' RKC challenge.0
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I admire people who can run. I simply can't find it in myself to put one foot in front of the other for that long! Haha....
At the moment I'm trying to grow some more muscle so that when I compete again (Bodybuilding, in a comp at the end of this year) I've made some improvements since competing last! Not long before prep starts again0 -
Admiration to you! Setting goals....sounds like a good one - wish you luck on your race!
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I signed up for a couple of races this year, including to half marathons and my first full one in September. Goal is to survive the full with a smile on my face.0
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My 1 RM on cleans is 170 Lbs...I've surpassed my initial goal of 160 Lbs...my next goal is 185 Lbs (body weight) and ultimately somewhere in the neighborhood of 270 Lbs.
I currently have a 1RM snatch of 120 Lbs...my next goal is 135 and ultimately body weight.0 -
My fitness goal is for my body fat percentage to be under 20% by August. Simple, but extremely ambitious.0
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Downloaded couch to 5k and will start tomorrow0
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There is a C25K group that's pretty active. I went from feeling the effort on day one to half marathon in about 18 months.0
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Through the Winter it was to maintain strength and endurance. Now that Spring is here, it's just to get a bit of cardio on days it's not nice enough to work outside.0
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I want to be able to wipe my own butt when I’m 105.
It is a goal that has me eating better foods, working to keep my body fat in check, gaining strength and muscle mass, and addressing my weaknesses in mobility and balance.
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I am about 3lbs off of my 100lb loss. This year, my goal is to complete a 171km bike ride from my current city to the city I was born and raised in. I also plan to get my BF% down to 20, hopefully by the end of the year.
I tried Insanity this last January and made it to the 3rd week in month 2 then gave up. I will doing Insanity again January 2016. That is all I have for goals at this time.0 -
I'm mostly with you, but also I want a big round butt. I have suffered from flat *kitten* syndrome my entire life.AllanMisner wrote: »I want to be able to wipe my own butt when I’m 105.
It is a goal that has me eating better foods, working to keep my body fat in check, gaining strength and muscle mass, and addressing my weaknesses in mobility and balance.
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I'm mostly with you, but also I want a big round butt. I have suffered from flat *kitten* syndrome my entire life.AllanMisner wrote: »I want to be able to wipe my own butt when I’m 105.
It is a goal that has me eating better foods, working to keep my body fat in check, gaining strength and muscle mass, and addressing my weaknesses in mobility and balance.
Heavy squats, deadlifts and straight leg deadlifts.
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I want to run and complete a marathon. At this time last year, if you asked me if I'd ever be able to run more than a 5k again (I'd been completely sedentary for nearly 7 years), I'd have said you were nuts. Personal events inspired me to start running late last spring. After stretching and warming up, I went for my first run...which was only around the block, I was so out of breath at that point, I thought I was going to pass out. By the end of August, I was doing 3 to 5 miles a day and felt great (albeit out of breath) afterwards, and was doing as much as 7 miles in a single run without stopping or walking by the end of December. Unfortunately, the New England winter weather caused me to not be able to run for a few months. I was finally able to start running again a few weeks ago, and I'm already back to doing 3 to 5 miles at about 8:15 pace. A year ago, I'd have struggled to walk that far in three hours.0
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Last year it was to complete a 5k without stopping. This year it's to get my 5K time under 30 minutes, and maybe by fall complete a 10k.
And to do one complete unassisted pull up (to start).0 -
How about that Bulgarian Split Squat (probably I have the name wrong but I know you know what I mean)?AllanMisner wrote: »
I'm mostly with you, but also I want a big round butt. I have suffered from flat *kitten* syndrome my entire life.AllanMisner wrote: »I want to be able to wipe my own butt when I’m 105.
It is a goal that has me eating better foods, working to keep my body fat in check, gaining strength and muscle mass, and addressing my weaknesses in mobility and balance.
Heavy squats, deadlifts and straight leg deadlifts.
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I have vertigo. My goal each day is to manage to walk down a hall without bumping into the wall. 0
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To crush my enemies
see them driven before me
and hear the lamentation of their women0 -
My goal is to run with better form to avoid injury so I can say, "yeah, that's right, I'm a runner".
My goal is to also compete in the USTA. (But, first, I gotta look good in those dinky skirts)
I add mini goals with my buddy we call "Amazing Race" or "Survivor". "AR" could be hitting a tennis ball back and forth non-stop for a count. And "S" could be balancing and hitting a target with a football. You know, if you can do it, you're on the road to a million!0 -
How about that Bulgarian Split Squat (probably I have the name wrong but I know you know what I mean)?AllanMisner wrote: »
I'm mostly with you, but also I want a big round butt. I have suffered from flat *kitten* syndrome my entire life.AllanMisner wrote: »I want to be able to wipe my own butt when I’m 105.
It is a goal that has me eating better foods, working to keep my body fat in check, gaining strength and muscle mass, and addressing my weaknesses in mobility and balance.
Heavy squats, deadlifts and straight leg deadlifts.
I’ve found that bulgarian squats or split squats tend to target my hamstrings and stabilizer muscles (that whole balance thing) and not much for the glutes.
Besides the three exercises I mentioned, probably the best glute activation I’ve gotten is from Glute Bridges with shoulder on a bench and a weight in my lap.
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AllanMisner wrote: »
How about that Bulgarian Split Squat (probably I have the name wrong but I know you know what I mean)?AllanMisner wrote: »
I'm mostly with you, but also I want a big round butt. I have suffered from flat *kitten* syndrome my entire life.AllanMisner wrote: »I want to be able to wipe my own butt when I’m 105.
It is a goal that has me eating better foods, working to keep my body fat in check, gaining strength and muscle mass, and addressing my weaknesses in mobility and balance.
Heavy squats, deadlifts and straight leg deadlifts.
I’ve found that bulgarian squats or split squats tend to target my hamstrings and stabilizer muscles (that whole balance thing) and not much for the glutes.
Besides the three exercises I mentioned, probably the best glute activation I’ve gotten is from Glute Bridges with shoulder on a bench and a weight in my lap.
Excellent! I've been doing those and a boatload of squats lately. Any day now...
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AllanMisner wrote: »
How about that Bulgarian Split Squat (probably I have the name wrong but I know you know what I mean)?AllanMisner wrote: »
I'm mostly with you, but also I want a big round butt. I have suffered from flat *kitten* syndrome my entire life.AllanMisner wrote: »I want to be able to wipe my own butt when I’m 105.
It is a goal that has me eating better foods, working to keep my body fat in check, gaining strength and muscle mass, and addressing my weaknesses in mobility and balance.
Heavy squats, deadlifts and straight leg deadlifts.
I’ve found that bulgarian squats or split squats tend to target my hamstrings and stabilizer muscles (that whole balance thing) and not much for the glutes.
Besides the three exercises I mentioned, probably the best glute activation I’ve gotten is from Glute Bridges with shoulder on a bench and a weight in my lap.
Excellent! I've been doing those and a boatload of squats lately. Any day now...
Genetics will have the most to say about this, but if you get muscle mass developed there (might be hard to do on a calorie deficit), and lose fat elsewhere, it will definitely look more defined.
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My goals are a 400lb bench, 500lb squat and a 600lb deadlift0
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I'm aiming at one pull-up or multiple chin ups. Last year we were at the local zoo, which has little parkour stops throughout it. I pointed to the pull-up bar and told my daughter "hey, next summer when we come back I'll be able to do a pull-up." My immediate thought was "crap, why do I have such a big mouth?" but now that's my goal. I can do one chin-up now and she doesn't know the difference between chin ups and pull-ups so if I can do multiple chin-ups or one pull-up by the time we go back in a couple of months I'll call it a win.
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Right now, rowing 25-30km a week. I am sitting at 24k now and will shoot for 6km more over lunch. Then maybe tomorrow 5-10km more. I need to work on pacing more than anything else. Watching the numbers go up (cals or watts) is addicting and I want to throw more and more at it. Then I have to stop for a second because I've started sprinting and ran out of steam. I row for distance, not so much time, so sprinting as often as I do is not desired.
Ideally, I'd like to be doing over 100lbs with both low row and lat pulldown in the next 6 weeks or so. I am at 90 and 80 right now, respectfully. I'd like to have my leg extension to over 100lbs. I'd like to do 20lb triceps extensions soon. I am at 15lbs right now. I can squat 60lb of dumbbell, but I've hit a wall because I don't have access to bar/rack and I can't reliably hold more weight with my hands/arms atm. They fail long before my quads do.
Need to work on that. 0 -
lolTo crush my enemies
see them driven before me
and hear the lamentation of their women
I don't really have fitness goals and maybe that's a problem.
I just want to reduce the overall circumference of my body and to strengthen my core to help my back problems.
I think if I was more focused I would probably be more productive, but I'm just struggling to stay afloat (and not eat the world)
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Learn a to do a handspring, walkover, and get down to comfortable splits without stretching for two hours first.0
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