# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 8
**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, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/141 "2013-07-12T02:31:32Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > 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. only from my experience, maybe you find it helpful or not. I ride quite a bit, clydesdale style. I was training for a century couple years ago and read an article about heart rate monitoring. Same distance, same food plan, just monitored my heart rate as described, lost 10 pounds in 5 weeks. 😃 Be happy to share if want more info ---
**Author:** ![IgnoranceIsMyExcuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea666f/32.png) [@IgnoranceIsMyExcuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IgnoranceIsMyExcuse)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/142 "2013-07-12T02:31:47Z")
My goal is to bench press 315 lbs. Should be there by the end of October at my current pace, but we’ll see! ---
**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, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/143 "2013-07-12T02:57:21Z")
> [@stoplight](#): > > only from my experience, maybe you find it helpful or not. I ride quite a bit, clydesdale style. I was training for a century couple years ago and read an article about heart rate monitoring. Same distance, same food plan, just monitored my heart rate as described, lost 10 pounds in 5 weeks. 😃 Be happy to share if want more info I don’t have a heartrate monitor, so no need just yet, but I might take you up on it. Really, if I’m building muscle along with burning fat, I can live with that. I’m fitter, which is probably the goal I should be aiming for. How does one ride clydesdale style? ---
**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, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/144 "2013-07-12T03:04:58Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I don’t have a heartrate monitor, so no need just yet, but I might take you up on it. Really, if I’m building muscle along with burning fat, I can live with that. I’m fitter, which is probably the goal I should be aiming for. > > How does one ride clydesdale style? 200lbs and over is a Clydesdale under 200 and yer a Whippet ---
**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, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/145 "2013-07-12T03:24:00Z")
> [@stoplight](#): > > 200lbs and over is a Clydesdale > under 200 and yer a Whippet Call me a Clydesdale, then. One the trail today I was behind a pack of five riders, including a couple of wicked cute girls. (Or perhaps that’s “Whippet cute”.) It was a healthy pace, but I was keeping up. Passed a guy who had laid his bike down and was walking. I asked if he needed a hand. He said his computer had fallen off and he was looking for it; didn’t seem very optimistic. I said I’d help him look, and then I actually found it. So, that was my good deed for the day. Sorry to let that other group go, though. ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/146 "2013-07-12T03:57:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Call me a Clydesdale, then. > > One the trail today I was behind a pack of five riders, including a couple of wicked cute girls. (Or perhaps that’s “Whippet cute”.) It was a healthy pace, but I was keeping up. Passed a guy who had laid his bike down and was walking. I asked if he needed a hand. He said his computer had fallen off and he was looking for it; didn’t seem very optimistic. I said I’d help him look, and then I actually found it. > > So, that was my good deed for the day. Sorry to let that other group go, though. > **[Jon Sully](https://jonsully.net)** > > Jon Sully's personal website, blog, pictures, etc. fun site ---
**Author:** ![Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/147 "2013-07-12T12:30:41Z")
Now that I’ve gotten down to my lowest healthy weight ( which is still at the top end of recommended weights for my height, because apparently my bones are denser than lead), I want muscle. My brother loaned me his Insanity workout program, and I’ve picked up some weights, so here’s to actually being fit, not just skinny. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/148 "2013-07-12T12:51:05Z")
I completed the 18-mile run of my training program on Sunday. If things go as scheduled and I don’t get hurt (knock on wood), I’ll run a marathon three weeks after my 38th birthday. Then, it’s just maintenance until my big goal, a 50k in October. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/149 "2013-08-15T02:35:58Z")
Been travelling for the last couple weeks; got back on the bike today. 112 days, 1,512 miles, 7.4 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:** [August 15, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/150 "2013-08-15T18:00:54Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > To make exercise a daily habit, even if it’s just a walk around the block. Exercise is one of the single best things one can do for his/her health; it’s a shame I’m not taking advantage of such strong medicine. Amazing. 8 months ago I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I started working with a Coach (a friend online) just days later. I haven’t missed a single day of exercise since Christmas. I’ve lost 20 pounds. I can do 100 push-ups. I now have a pedometer so I walk at least 10,000 steps a day in addition to my regular workout. I brought my benchmark workout from 18:00 to 12:00. Today is a benchmark day so we’ll see how I do! So yeah, goal accomplished. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 2, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/151 "2013-09-02T00:14:41Z")
130 days, 1,759 miles, 8.8 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/152 "2013-09-02T00:49:34Z")
> [@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. Didn’t finish it, but I did train and I can truly say that I gave it my best shot. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/153 "2013-09-04T14:37:27Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > My goals are to get down to 200-210 and to break 1,000 for S/D/B > > I’m not far off from these goals, but it’s going to take dedication. > > I injured my back which set me back a bit, but I’m healed up now. I forgot about this - I did break 1,000 last month. The breakdown was: 335/365/315 Now I’m cutting and it sucks. That’s going to be significantly harder… ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/154 "2013-09-04T14:38:30Z")
> [@IgnoranceIsMyExcuse](#): > > My goal is to bench press 315 lbs. Should be there by the end of October at my current pace, but we’ll see! What are you currently at? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/155 "2013-09-04T14:47:39Z")
Now that we’re at the looking-back-on-our-goals phase, my goal to do some trail running succeeded. Unfortunately I didn’t finish the two long trails I wanted to hike/jog on, but I did jog up and down Guadalupe peak the first day there and not acclimated yet, doing the 2500 foot, 4 mile ascension up and back in a little over 3 hours. At Breckenridge, I jogged to McCullough Gulch only to discover that its trail was closed for maintenance. So I doubled back and completed another hike that I had wanted to do anyway. People were wondering if I was okay on that ascension because I was slower than them (having already done almost 20 miles), but on the way down I was quite faster than them because as long as the angle and ground are safe, you can use gravity to assist your speed very easily. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/156 "2013-09-11T21:58:41Z")
I’ve been looking forward to this post for a while now. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m hoping to do 2,000 miles on my bicycle this summer, and drop 15 pounds. 140 days, **2,013 miles** , 9.6 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:** [September 22, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/157 "2013-09-22T18:50:21Z")
Well, my last update was met with rounds of thunderous indifference, but I didn’t want to just leave the thread hanging. Today was the Hub on Wheels ride in Boston, which is usually the end of my cycling season. It looks like the final numbers are: 151 days, 2,275 miles, 12.2 pounds. Weight fluctuates, of course, and two days ago I hit my target; was down 15.2 pounds. I’m going to count that as a success. Bicycle computers keep lots of data, so I know I did the 2,275 miles in 160 hours, 13 minutes. The winner of this year’s Tour de France did only 2,115 miles in 83 hours, 56 minutes. Now, I’m of the opinion that the whole field went out way too quickly. Had the race been at that longer distance, I’ve no doubt that they’d have tired themselves out and I’d have easily caught and passed them over the final 160 miles. For the sake of comparison, if I’d got on Interstate 90 at Logan airport and headed west, I’d be somewhere in east-central Montana by now. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/158 "2013-09-26T02:17:20Z")
Way to go, Robot Arm!! So, what’s next on your list for Feats of Strength? Can’t say I’ve been doing much to keep my triathlon fitness going. My asthma has been scary-bad. Went for a very cautious run today. Didn’t die. I call that a win. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691/159 "2013-09-28T01:46:57Z")
My Goals for 2013 were to lose 30 pounds, learn to swim. and run a half marathon. I’ve lost 34 pounds and I ran the half in May. I can now swim a pool length. Only 2 pounds away from the goal weight I’ve been working towards for over a decade! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-for-2013/642691.md?page=7)