How's everyone doing with their fitness goals?
We don’t have a ton of activity in this community, so it seemed like a good time to ask everyone how they’re doing with their fitness goals. * What are your current fitness goals? * When did you set these goals? * How has progress been towards those goals? * What has been helpful in making progress? * What kinds of setbacks have you seen?
I recently set a powerlifting total of 1100 lbs (499 kg, just shy of 500 kg) between squat, bench, deadlift. In September, I decided to de-emphasize the powerlifting main lifts (dropping to 2 sessions per week) and just try to maintain those the best I could while I pursued other goals:
Now, 2 months in, I’ve made some slight progress:
Later this winter I might try to focus in a bit more on one of these specific goals, but it’s nice to try to be a bit more well rounded instead of just lifting for strength.
My current goals are to feel healthier and build more muscle.
I go to the gym 3-4 times a week, walk almost everywhere, and occasionally hike on weekends. I have periods when I do more and when I do less. This I don’t monitor because my goals are for my own general wellbeing and not strict or competitive.
Making a routine has been helpful and so has getting dedicated workout clothes that are flattering.
Main setbacks are a hectic schedule and getting enough protein and calories. A large part of fitness is nutrition and while I eat a balanced diet, well, I can’t be arsed to track macros. Maybe I’ll look into personalized meal plans or supplementation.
How about you, how are your goals coming along? :)
Not great :(
Pretty bad. The whole summer I was pretty depressed from job searching and at the same time trying to get as far as possible on a big renovation that I only ran like 1x per week max and got violently ill.
Now I started a new job, but the weather was bad so I only got through the first week and a half of my fitness schedule goal. Now I haven’t run or lifted for another 3 weeks.
Every time I start back up, I get sick immediately, right now my throat has had razor blades in it for 4.5 days such that all I can eat is soup.
Now that I go to work when it is dark and come home when it is dark, there is even less motivation and I have to find my headlamp or it is just dangerous.
First half of the year was great. I ran a marathon and was just 2 minutes off my goal time - that’s both awesome and annoying.
However, I’ve lost some fitness and endurance over the last 5 months… Trying to get it back. Running a half marathon in December, but my training suggests I’m nowhere near my PR. Baby steps… It’ll come back if I can keep up on the training.
I set a goal to lose about 75lbs but only lost 50. That’s about 15 months ago. I’d say it’s a good try.
Next goal is strength. So I’m starting at the very bottom which feels embarrassing. Have only moved up in reps very slowly.
The one thing I learned about setbacks from dieting is that if you have a very emotional reaction to failure, you will have to train yourself out of self destructive behaviour to get anywhere. It has to be nothing but a speed bump from a mental resilience point of view.
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