What are your short term/long term goals?
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Short term goal- to be better today than I was two days ago.
Long term- to be better next year than I am now.3 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »DamienAngelica wrote: »Short-term: Continue my strength training routine and my yoga practice.
Long-term: A squat booty and the ability to do Kurmasana (tortoise pose).
My yoga instructor just showed us this the other day. I was in AWE!
I can imagine! It's such an amazing pose. I've never seen it in person, sadly, only in videos.1 -
Just looked at a pic of the Tortoise Pose.
LOL!
Should call it the Pretzel Pose. Only women pictured doing it. A few men maybe could but they'd be the rare exception.1 -
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stanmann571 wrote: »
Seriously?
This is what it looks like:
https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/495528014.jpg?mw=700&mh=395
If you can do that, post a pic of yourself doing it and we'll all applaud you.
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Short term, I've got my first Road Marathon at the beginning of June. It's going to be marathon #14 for me, but first road. So my main objective is to finish that. I've got a trail marathon two weeks later so need to be fit for that.
Medium term I've got my eye on a 50 miler. I've got a couple in mind that I'd like to try; Liverpool to Manchester
Longer term I'd like to do the South Downs Way, the CCC and the TDS0 -
I'm working towards being able to run a 5K without stopping by the end of the year. I'm also aiming to reduce the added sugar in my diet and try more new sports or fitness activities where I can to mix it up and keep things interesting.
Longer term I'd like to be able to do a 10K or even half marathon. I was up in the Highlands recently to hike and we were based in Fort William and there was an event going to called 'Runduro' which is like an 21K endurance running race (hence the name) but in different terrains round Nevis Range. It looks really cool and I'd love to be fit enough to do it. It's also in February so I need to get acclimatised to running in minus degrees!0 -
stanmann571 wrote: »
For those curious about the pose:
I can rest my head on the floor in a wide-legged forward fold, but it's that's very flat back and shoulders/chest on the floor that will take some time to work up to.
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DamienAngelica wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »
For those curious about the pose:
I can rest my head on the floor in a wide-legged forward fold, but it's that's very flat back and shoulders/chest on the floor that will take some time to work up to.
I suffered both a lower back and a rotator cuff injury just looking at that picture....7 -
DamienAngelica wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »
For those curious about the pose:
I can rest my head on the floor in a wide-legged forward fold, but it's that's very flat back and shoulders/chest on the floor that will take some time to work up to.
I suffered both a lower back and a rotator cuff injury just looking at that picture....
Me too!!
I can absolutely guarantee that I will never ever do that ... not without surgery or serious injury.
I'd be happy to be able to lean forward and get my outstretched fingers somewhere in the vicinity of my ankles. I'll never touch my toes either, but reaching beyond mid-shin might be nice.
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Goals:
Swimming an avg of 7+hrs a week per week.
Lose weight. Be healthier. ( Happy to say that I am doing both, and I feel much better nowadays).
Get new swimsuit when I lose enough to need one. Lol
Someday, entering the local senior Olympics competition for swimming. (June). I still have much to learn before that can happen. Particularly doing a dive off a platform.0 -
Exactly. I can do the head on the floor in a wide legged forward fold fairly easy. Doing it with a flat back and with the arm bit would take more practice. That said I'm also fairly bendy, as my doctors like to say, and never lost the ability to stretch well past my toes when leaning forward in a not wide legged stance (I turn 31 in May for reference).DamienAngelica wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »
For those curious about the pose:
I can rest my head on the floor in a wide-legged forward fold, but it's that's very flat back and shoulders/chest on the floor that will take some time to work up to.
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Short Term
Drop enough weight to qualify as middleweight for a strongman contest at the end of March
Log Press bodyweight
Long Term
Load 300lb Atlas Stone
OHP my bodyweight / 2 plates (the numbers are about the same at the moment)
Deadlift 6 plates
Squat 5 plates
Bench 365 (is that 3.5 plates?)
Continue maintaining the weight I've lost since 2009
Avoid any major inuries0 -
Whoa! That tortoise pose is insane. I'd be concerned about getting stuck and unable to get out of it. (Not that I'd ever be able to get into it in the first place).
My goal for this year is to keep on enjoying my running and to get a new PB for my half-marathon time.0 -
Now that I'm getting more into lifting, I sort of have this goal of totaling 1200 and running a sub 5 mile on the same day.0
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Short / medium term: Gently progress in my strength training to reduce / prevent back pain. I sit at a desk all day, and have sciatica issues, so I've been gradually building back / core strength to mitigate this.
Long term: I want to be able to do unassisted pull-ups Even two would be fine! 0 -
Current goals
Run 5k (currently at 4.7k)
Run 10k
Do a beginner's triathlon
Squat 100k (currently at 65k)
Do press ups off the floor (currently on bar 5" off the ground)
Do burpees off the floor (currently on 12" box)
Do a pull up
Be able to jump onto a box ( haven't started jumping yet)
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Short term : keep going to gym 4 times per week
Long term : stay committed to my short term
Something like this. I get frustrated when I set goals that are based on outcomes and I can't achieve them for whatever reason. I'm happier when my goal is just to stick to the plan, whatever the plan happens to be at the moment.0 -
To run continuously for 20 minutes on treadmill.1
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National 24 hour challenge. It’s in Michigan. I did it last year but they closed to course for 4 hours due to severe storms...ended with 382 miles. 400 was the goal and still is.
My long term goal is to do 300 watts for 20 minutes at less than 60 kilograms body weight. 5 watts per kilo...it’s way harder than it seems.1 -
Short term: get down to my height from hs and college: 170.
Long term: strengthen my shoulder to get back into that shape and maintain it. I wrestled and played football - ending up tearing my rotator cuff, the connections across my neck, and my bicep and tricep on one arm. 4 surgeries in 2 years left me sitting on my butt for a while.0 -
National 24 hour challenge. It’s in Michigan. I did it last year but they closed to course for 4 hours due to severe storms...ended with 382 miles. 400 was the goal and still is.
My long term goal is to do 300 watts for 20 minutes at less than 60 kilograms body weight. 5 watts per kilo...it’s way harder than it seems.
My husband and I did the UMCA 24-hour in both 2005 and 2006, and really enjoyed them. But I don't think that one is run anymore.
I'd like to do another one, but they don't have them over here in Australia.0 -
Short term: get through the Boston Marathon without injury or crash and burn on race day.
Long term: finish a marathon under 4 hours2 -
Short term:
1) Be back to my lowest weight that I was last summer by a wedding this September (20 lbs to go).
2) Start running outside. I’ve only every been a treadmill runner, and outside is KICKING MY BUTT.
3) Finish 30DS (started day 1 this morning).
4) Stay committed to my current exercise schedule.
Long term:
1) Be at my ultimate goal weight by Christmas (28lbs to go).
2) Eat more fruits and veggies.
3) Run a majority of my 5K in July (cant run it all as there are muddy obstacles that will stop me).
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Short term: Half Marathon April 7th
Long term: After half, work on fat loss and recomp till about Sept/Oct. I have some shorter races that I do each summer as well.0 -
Short term goal is to finish achilles rehab work in time for a half marathon race on April 28th. Longer term goal is to complete the Ironman race at Mont Tremblant on August 19th.0
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Short term: 7-8% body fat
Long term: double body weight bench press0 -
Short term, lose 10-15 lbs. Long term; beat the effects of aging by staying in shape. Make my girls, my husband, and myself proud.0
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Short term: not to die during my first triathlon
Long term: train for and run my first marathon2
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