# What are your fitness goals for 2013? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691 "2012-12-01T16:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Neverender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Neverender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverender)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/21 "2012-12-01T20:38:21Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > I want to keep losing weight. I’ve lost 15 lbs since the end of September I want to keep up the momentum. Right now I don’t officially have a goal other than to keep dropping pounds. > > I also want to grow the balls to actually go to a gym. I have free access to one one campus, but I have no clue how to use the machines or what kind of routine to use and frankly I don’t know if I have the guts to find someone to show me the ropes. Can you get access to free weights, bench, and squat rack? Avoid machines if possible. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/22 "2012-12-01T20:42:09Z")
To gain about 20lbs. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/23 "2012-12-01T20:43:26Z")
Once I have access to a kitchen and refrigerator (probably in January), I am planning to start eating a greater variety of fruits & vegetables, and maybe even some meat from time to time, and making meals to take with me to work that are more involved than a sandwich, banana and can of V8. Also starting in January, I’m hoping to acquire some health benefits when I hopefully change employers, and at that point I’ll head back to the dojo and start studying Shotokan karate again. In the meantime, I’ve bought a few training DVDs from my sensei in St. Paul so I can get at least a little into shape, and remember where to put my feet. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/24 "2012-12-01T20:55:44Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > If I actually managed to do an un-assisted pull-up I think I might die. But I think that’s more on the plate for 2014. I want pull-ups so badly I can taste them. My CrossFit guy has promised I will have them, but I firmly believe if I was in as good of shape as HE says I am, I would be doing GREAT. ---
**Author:** ![Neverender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Neverender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverender)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/25 "2012-12-01T21:28:47Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > I want pull-ups so badly I can taste them. My CrossFit guy has promised I will have them, but I firmly believe if I was in as good of shape as HE says I am, I would be doing GREAT. If he tries to get you to do kipping pull ups, be careful, a lot of ex-CrossFitters that post on fito blame them for rotator cuff injuries. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/26 "2012-12-01T21:42:18Z")
My general goal most every year is to be fit enough to do 10-15 mile day hikes in the Sierras. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/27 "2012-12-01T21:44:32Z")
By the end of 2013, I will be able to walk to the beach and back, or at least the equivalent distance on flat ground. I expect to lose, from the start of my diet last month, 200 pounds. One-fifty to go… ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/28 "2012-12-01T22:00:33Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Run a 50K trail race This is my goal, too. Optimistically, I’d like to hit between 60k and 70k but that’ll be a serious challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/29 "2012-12-01T22:01:37Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Actually, they don’t. I was disabled in an accident 8 years ago and can no longer run. I use a handcycle for transport(no car) so my fitness is pretty much taken care of. Well you’ve always given me sound fitness advice so I do want to say I appreciate that. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/30 "2012-12-01T22:03:19Z")
1. Get under 200 pounds. (Currently at 214. Used to be ~280.) 2. Compete in at least two 5K races and begin running 10K on my own. 3. Some more upper body mass, although I’m not sure how to quantify that. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/31 "2012-12-01T22:17:02Z")
Sadly this will largely depend on whether I can afford to take more conditioning classes. But I _really_ want to get to the point where I can pull myself into an [upside-down straddle](http://youtu.be/zx0wvXUiu8E) on the aerial apparatus (spanish web or silks) from above the floor. This is the ONE thing that’s preventing me from advancing, and I’ve been stuck here for years. I probably can’t get there unless I can do aerial conditioning more than once a week, but as things stand I’ve only got my one class on scholarship, and can’t afford to pay for another. Bonus if I can figure out the [cross-back straddle](http://youtu.be/8egGxfSpMVQ). I just can NOT get over. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/32 "2012-12-01T22:59:40Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > I want pull-ups so badly I can taste them. My CrossFit guy has promised I will have them, but I firmly believe if I was in as good of shape as HE says I am, I would be doing GREAT. Do you do them with a band now? It’s good to practice without as much resistance so you are able to experience the full range of motion. I started on the stiffest band and worked my way up to the more slack bands until no band at all. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/33 "2012-12-01T23:12:18Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > What is your cardio program, **Jackie**? I do 45 minutes 4 times a week on the treadmill, gradually increasing my HR as my leg muscles can tolerate. got it out of a book called [Younger Next Year](http://www.amazon.com/Younger-Next-Year-Strong-Beyond/dp/076114773X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354403414&sr=1-1&keywords=younger+next+year). it’s very inspirational & meant for those over 50. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/34 "2012-12-01T23:15:50Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > - Run my second marathon > - Run a 50K trail race (before my 50th birthday next year) > - Do a Pemi Loop (32 miles, 9000’ elevation gain) in under 12 hours > [@Tarwater](#): > > This is my goal, too. Optimistically, I’d like to hit between 60k and 70k but that’ll be a serious challenge. This is so great to see! My goals in order: 20-mile trail race in February Trail marathon in April. Trail 50k some time in the summer. Go back and improve on my time from the 25k I did in September. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/35 "2012-12-01T23:53:08Z")
- I’ve signed up for an Ironman next year, which is a goal that’s eluded me in the past - so that’s the big one. - I need to figure out nutrition and how to not make eating healthily tolerable enough to do it. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/36 "2012-12-02T00:08:46Z")
I am not focused on achieving these short term goals that I will give up any variety in my mix to accomplish them, but I really would love to able to do an unsupported handstand push up, a true planche, and a front lever on the rings. My main goal these last two years has been to maintain a program without a specific goal as my target though. Sounds nutty, but it was one thing to me to put in the miles knowing I was aiming for a marathon in the Fall, or to do a half Ironman … to consistently put in the time without an event hanging over my head has been another sort of task. And another voice of props to **runner pat** for his excellent contributions to fitness threads! **RP** so your goal is to keep up what your doing without getting hit by a car? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/37 "2012-12-02T00:15:12Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > - I’ve signed up for an Ironman next year, which is a goal that’s eluded me in the past - so that’s the big one. > - I need to figure out nutrition and how to [del]not[/del] make eating healthily tolerable enough to do it. Is this what you meant? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/38 "2012-12-02T00:35:35Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > And another voice of props to **runner pat** for his excellent contributions to fitness threads! **RP** so your goal is to keep up what your doing without getting hit by a car? Pretty much, yeah. Once is enough. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/39 "2012-12-02T00:38:44Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > **Moonlitherial,** depending on how much walking you’re planning on doing, you might want to modify the C25K to include a lot of walking. > Running for 30 min does not translate to walking for hours as much as you might think. > Think how much time you’ll be on your feet. Thanks **runner pat** I’ll keep that in mind. I hadn’t considered that it wouldn’t translate. Long walks I’m less likely to quit on too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/40 "2012-12-02T00:52:39Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > - I’ve signed up for an Ironman next year, which is a goal that’s eluded me in the past - so that’s the big one. That’s awesome **amarinth** , I was training for a triathlon in 2010 before a knee injury sidelined me. Running was always my weakness of the 3 events but I am enjoying it this time around more than ever. Good luck! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691.md?page=3)