Achievable fitness goal to work toward
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Anonymous
You have to train for and do a 5k. You will benefit greatly by challenging yourself, going outside your comfort zone and accomplishing a goal. If you are in Mo Co, MCRRC has a winter 5k training program with 5 pace groups from walkers to 11 min milers. |
Anonymous
| Mine is to do barre 3x/week and yoga every other day. I used to feel amazing in my body and that’s my goal: to feel good by summer so I can enjoy activities I missed out on last year due to injury — hiking, biking, kayaking. |
Anonymous
| I am about the same age. I would love to do pull ups. But not sure I will get there. I love doing mobility things. Just being able to move and stay active is critical for our future. If you can’t get off the floor without using your hands, work on that! |
Anonymous
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I follow Dr. Stacy Sims. She's all about lifting weights past the age of 50.
Get the FitBod app to create a program. Do a Me360 scan once a week to track results. |
Anonymous
| Working out 3x a week |
Anonymous
Anonymous
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2 pullups
25 pushups holding a plank for 2 mins |
Anonymous
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A lot of the recommendations are outcome goals (ie achieve a certain type of outcome) which will be far off in the future and may or may not happen and easy to give up if you don’t see yourself making quick enough progress towards the goal. Outcome goals also tend to require multiple smaller steps that you have to do in order to achieve them, and you may not know how to go about achieving the actual outcome.
I would recommend having process goals either instead of or in addition to an outcome goal. A process goal focuses on the multiple intermediary steps you might take to achieve a particular outcome. For example, in addition to having an outcome goal of being able to do 5 pushups, you might have your process goal be I’m going to find a personal trainer (1 goal) who can help me develop a workout routine (another goal) so that I can do 30 minutes of strength training (another goal) 3x per week (another goal). Process goals, because they lay out concrete and more actionable steps are easier to achieve. |
Anonymous
Try the library |
Anonymous
Wow. I lift, and I’m impressed! |
Anonymous
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My goal would be to find one exercise you will love and therefore stick with it. I really think any movement is beneficial.
Dr Sims is super intense and I found her overwhelming. She was completely unrealistic for me. Also, I am also old enough to know I will never be a runner or enjoy running. The best exercise is the one you will do! |
Anonymous
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Last year around this time, my family went skiing for a day and I realized that my body did not feel strong enough to join them - I was afraid of falling, injury, and not having the strength to enjoy the day. So… my long term goal was to get my shit together enough (aerobic and strength-wise) that I could ski at a moment’s notice. But “skiing” was really a proxy for having/maintaining an active lifestyle and keeping it up as I age.
I made some pretty significant changes (food, exercise) starting last spring and have already skied 3 days this winter! |
Anonymous
Thanks. It was definitely a humble-brag, and I work with a trainer, couldn't do it without him. But I would say focusing on strength goals is way more satisfying, to me at least, than focusing on restrictive diet and weight-loss goals. (Although I am working on that as well!) |
Anonymous
Why can't "run 5K" be the goal? Why do you have to do an official 5K race? |
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If you like walking or hiking, and you have access to a gym w/ treadmill, I LOVE incline walking.
It's a great way to set gradually set new goals and feel strong AF. But DO NOT HOLD ON TO THE TREADMILL. You will see people doing this, and they are doing it so very very wrong. Swing your arms, pump your arms, use your core and hike uphill. Even if you have to do slow and short intervals. Over time, you will gradually get stronger and be able to increase your incline. |