# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/121 "2013-05-25T18:13:30Z")
It’s 55 degrees, misty and drizzling, and I went for a bike ride. I may have crossed over the line from “dedicated” to “stupid”. > [@Telemark](#): > > The race is Sunday, wish me luck. Good luck, dude; push yourself but don’t hurt yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/122 "2013-05-25T19:22:17Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Good luck, dude; push yourself but don’t hurt yourself. Yeah, the forecast has deteriorated. It’s going to be an interesting day. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/123 "2013-05-25T20:00:58Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Yeah, the forecast has deteriorated. It’s going to be an interesting day. Deteriorated which way, hot and dry, or cold and wet? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/124 "2013-05-27T01:36:08Z")
Muddy quagmire from all the rain this week and the races held on Saturday. But the rain held off for the majority of the time today. I finished the 50K but there were long stretches where no one could run. I went in up to my knees in mud and water a few times. One item checked off my list 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 27, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/125 "2013-05-27T02:46:05Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/126 "2013-05-27T03:18:55Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Muddy quagmire from all the rain this week and the races held on Saturday. But the rain held off for the majority of the time today. I finished the 50K but there were long stretches where no one could run. I went in up to my knees in mud and water a few times. > > One item checked off my list 🙂 Congratulations. If it makes you feel any better, my cycling shoes were still wet from yesterday. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/127 "2013-05-27T12:59:11Z")
I haven’t been hiking in close to a month and it’s driving me nuts. It’s just been one of those crazy months where the schedule is messed up - work retreat, local college graduation traffic, Mother’s day… then I hurt my knees. I’d go out today but it’s Memorial Day and the traffic will be nuts - the closest place is 40 minutes from here, but that can double on a bad traffic day.\* \*These are excuses. I am going to try to make it out today. Nevertheless, I have continued with daily exercise. I bought a medicine ball (mostly to replace my home-made slam bag, which broke) and did my first workout with that yesterday. That’s a whole different kind of challenge. My Coach is celebrating Memorial Day with a 120-mile bike ride followed by a 30 mile run. I just don’t even… [QUOTE=Telemark] Muddy quagmire from all the rain this week and the races held on Saturday. But the rain held off for the majority of the time today. I finished the 50K but there were long stretches where no one could run. I went in up to my knees in mud and water a few times. [/QUOTE] You are also humbling. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/128 "2013-05-27T13:14:28Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > You are also humbling. And hurting. But it’s a good hurt. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/129 "2013-05-27T20:59:33Z")
I am happy to report that I ditched the excuses and went hiking today, and it was great. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/130 "2013-05-27T23:50:44Z")
I did my first “formal” CrossFit class (been doing the workouts without a group), and I was the only woman in the class. It was good, humbling (which is good). Improved my clean and jerk. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/131 "2013-05-27T23:59:22Z")
I’m hopefully going to stop smoking, and stay that way. What’s the word? yes, here it is: Quit ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/132 "2013-06-02T21:00:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m hoping to do 2,000 miles on my bicycle this summer, and drop 15 pounds. 39 days, 752 miles, 2.6 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/133 "2013-06-30T23:55:27Z")
Been under the weather, so I missed a couple weeks. 67 days, 1005 miles, 5.6 pounds. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/134 "2013-07-01T00:42:40Z")
Maintained good fitness throughout my vacation, went hiking and for several walks in addition to daily workouts assigned by my fitness coach. I feel like I’m reaching new levels of physical fitness. I have a long way to go, but I’ve come an extremely long way. Earlier last week, for example, I did 84 ground release push ups. When I started in December, I could only do 13. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/135 "2013-07-01T01:48:56Z")
Ground release push-ups? I’m curious(though I might know them by a different name). ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/136 "2013-07-01T06:36:43Z")
Mainly a CrossFit thing, though I have seen rare references to them elsewhere as “hand release pushups”: lower chest to ground, shrug shoulders back so hands are no longer in contact with ground, put hands back on ground, push back up to plank position with straight arms. If arms are bent at extension, or hands do not leave the ground at bottom position, rep does not count. I think they started them to make push ups easier to judge in competitions. You can’t “cheat” the movement by snaking, necking, etc. to make some arbitrary lower limit, and bent/not bent arms are very obvious. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/137 "2013-07-01T06:40:16Z")
Thanks, **Sleel** , that’s a new one to me. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/138 "2013-07-12T01:04:55Z")
This has been a hard group to impress so far. 78 days, 1,259 miles, 8.8 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![stoplight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@stoplight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stoplight)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/139 "2013-07-12T01:37:26Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > This has been a hard group to impress so far. > > 78 days, 1,259 miles, 8.8 pounds. just curious Robot Arm were you expecting more weight loss over 78 days? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/140 "2013-07-12T02:06:27Z")
> [@stoplight](#): > > just curious Robot Arm were you expecting more weight loss over 78 days? I was expecting a little more weight loss over 1,200 miles. I’ve been keeping a log over the past few summers; three years ago I lost about 18 pounds by the time I’d ridden that far. I was heavier at the start that year, and didn’t hit that many miles until mid-August. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691.md?page=8)