Do you feel like you're fit?
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I am fitter than I have ever been in my life, that is an undeniable fact.
But until recently I didn't consider myself fit. But then, in the span of a few weeks, people have offhandedly commented about my being "athletic". Not as a compliment, as a fact in a conversation in which they weren't necessarily addressing to me. That was jarring. Am I actually fit, now? Feels weird to think that way...0 -
MamaBirdBoss wrote: »Not at ALL.
VO2max is 31.
Not fit.
eh- I think mine's low 30's- I consider myself pretty well off.
Just totally depends on your area of expertise and where you spend your time.0 -
I'm probably stronger than I ever have been, even though I haven't been lifting weights for that long. However my fitness levels aren't anything like when I was in the pool playing water polo and swimming 8 times a week, and slightly depressingly, probably never will be again.
I want to be stronger than I am now. I also want to have better cardiovascular fitness. Short term all I want is to be fitter than I was last week.
I don't think I will ever get to a point when I will say that'll do, I'm fit enough and stay at that level of fitness. There is always something I will be wanting to improve.
But would I say I'm fit? No I wouldn't, but I also have no idea what I would need to achieve to say that I am fit.0 -
If I had to guess, I'd say I'm more fit and stronger than 90% of the people in my age range, but I wouldn't consider myself athletic. I have no skillz.0
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Like several others here, it's hard for me to answer the question as a simple yes or no. I know I'm a lot fitter than I was a few years ago when I was quite sedentary (and the job I have now is somewhat physically demanding), but I know I'm far from being at any kind of top level fitness status.0
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I am fitter than I have ever been in my life, that is an undeniable fact.
But until recently I didn't consider myself fit. But then, in the span of a few weeks, people have offhandedly commented about my being "athletic". Not as a compliment, as a fact in a conversation in which they weren't necessarily addressing to me. That was jarring. Am I actually fit, now? Feels weird to think that way...
Exactly!
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I'm not as fit as I was in my 20s or early thirties, but I'm fitter than a year ago. That's good enough for me, especially if I keep improving.0
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Yes I am fit. I try not to compare myself to others as someone will always be more fit. But I am lean and muscular, strong, flexible, with good capacity to do work and good endurance. I will always try to improve but I'm certainly happy with my current state.0
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I am fitter than I have ever been in my life, that is an undeniable fact.
But until recently I didn't consider myself fit. But then, in the span of a few weeks, people have offhandedly commented about my being "athletic". Not as a compliment, as a fact in a conversation in which they weren't necessarily addressing to me. That was jarring. Am I actually fit, now? Feels weird to think that way...
This I get0 -
I read this quote somewhere. "Fitness is not about being better than someone else....it's about being better than you used to be."0
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I'm fit because the Army says so. I pass all the required physical training tests and height/weight measurements. BUT I feel like i am the best shape of my life.
I've seen guys who were so out of shape pass what used to be the the battle fitness test...
When I was in the Canadian army we had to walk 13k with webbing/weapon and ruck then turn around the next day and walk 16k with just webbing and weapon and do a 50meter fireman carry and run 1 mile do some push ups and bam...you were fit for duty.0 -
Interesting question. I think the point when I knew I was fit was a few weeks ago when I did the Grouse Grind for the first time this season. It's a local mountain hike that is known as "nature's stairmaster" and is quite tough; many people have to be carried off the mountain each year and there's the occasional fatality from heart attack. Anyways, my best time ever has been just over an hour and last year my time averaged 1 hour 20. When I did it this season my time was 57:45! I stood at the top of that mountain and realized that I'm fitter now that I've ever been. Great feeling!0
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OP - I got this off the lean gains site…might give you something to go by:
Respective goals for women:
For women in the 115-155-lb range, the corresponding advanced strength goals are 0.9 x body weight bench, 1.1 x body weight chin-up, 1.5 x body weight squat and 1.8 x body weight deadlift. Relative to men, women have much less muscle mass around the chest area and shoulder girdle (men have much higher androgen-receptor density in this particular area), but the lower body is comparativly strong to the upper body.
A 135-lb woman that has been training consistently for 5-10 years should then be expected to:
Bench press 120-125 lbs.
Do 4-5 chin-ups with body weight or do one with an extra 10-15 lbs hanging from her waist.
Squat 200-205 lbs.
Deadlift 225-230 lbs.
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I am sore everyday.0
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Yes. I'm the fittest I have ever been in my life. In the past few years, I've started working out, lifting, quit smoking, cut back my alcohol consumption, went from vegetarian to adding seafood and fish into my diet (aka...getting adequate protein for the first time in 18 years), and am also in a better place mentally. I definitely consider myself fit.0
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Interesting question.
I am fitter than I have ever been in my life. Have muscles in my 40's that I have never seen before. But whether I actually class myself as fit or not, I do not know haha.0 -
Good question.
Some backstory, I was very fit but I took 5 solid years off and was very sporadic for the previous 5, but at least I did train. Last March I got back in the gym and I used the previous metrics of when I was very fit (25) as a baseline.
Am I fit now?
I'm about 80% of where I was once was in my physique and strength as compared to what I was when I was 25. (In some respects I am quite a bit stronger than I was in mid-90s - I didn't even leg day back then.)
Of course, when I do make that "100%" back, I'll just move the goal posts and strive upwards to new levels.0 -
I am more fit than I was but not what I would consider fit yet. I don't know. I don't really have an end point in mind or something to compare to except what I was before.
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