Goals for 2009

[kaioshade]

Lose 100 pounds.
Save more money.
Lose my head lumps.
Reduce stress.

 

[irishScott]

1. Get my weight below 180 (currently at 190)
2. Learn more Krav Maga (starting on that next week )
3. Exceed US Army Ranger School entry PFT minimums. Not that I'm joining the Army anytime soon, but I needed goals and I figure Ranger School standards are as good as any. That said, I am half-considering joining some branch of the military, which is up from 1/5-considering a few months ago; these standards could come in handy should that percentage grow some more. Another nice thing, I'm a backpacker and thus have a pack/ scale; I also know plenty of trails in my area. I could actually do the road-march/hike assuming I find the time.
4. Improve my diet. Learn to cook more seafood.

 

[DomS]

1. Hold weight in mid-upper 180s.
2. Flat Bench 300 lbs.
3. Squat 400 lbs.
4. Be able to dunk a basketball.
5. Have hawt abs.

 

[GenHoth]

I want to lose 10-15 lbs and then continue getting stronger. Currently at 170 lbs

 

[Capt Caveman]

Improve my running speed
Run two marathons
Get back into MTB racing
Participate in a Triathlon

 

[darkdiablo]

put on another 35 pounds (currently at 145 pounds).
squat 275 (currently at 200)
deadlift 315 (currently at 250)
bench 225 (currently at 160)

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Improve my running speed
Run two marathons
Get back into MTB racing
Participate in a Triathlon

Where do you live and do you have any races in mind (marathon and triathlon)?

 

[kalster]

get down to 155-160 pounds and decrease my body fat percentage
run a half marathon
improve my posture

2008 was a good year for me, came down from 200 to 165 pounds with cardio/strength training but slacked off in the later part of the year and stopped the weigh lifting program, going to start going to the gym from tommorow

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Improve my running speed
Run two marathons
Get back into MTB racing
Participate in a Triathlon

Where do you live and do you have any races in mind (marathon and triathlon)?

I'm in Boston. For a triathlon, I'd like to try and Monster.com Challenge in Boston. For Marathons, I'm still researching. One will be local(MA, VT, RI or ME). The other I'm looking into possibly, Vancouver BC or maybe New York.

 

[Koing]

2008 I failed horribly...

Goal was originally 125/155 and I revised down to 120/145 and failed those as well. I got in Gladiators so from Feb to May I wasn't lifting heavy or doing much volume. I got injured on Gladiators and only up until end of November I was able to 'handle' a moderate weight due to mcl and minisculous injury and shoulder problems with bearing over head weight in the Snatch.

I did manage to PC 130Kg with 7 sessions practice in PC. Back squat 160kg x 6reps, DL clean style 165kg for 5, DL Snatch style 135kg for 5.

Snatched 110/ C&J 125 on the 6th December comp also. Failed to Jerk 135 and 140. The 140 was close so not bad.

My goal for this year is 122/152.

And yeah I need to drop some weight. I was 88.7kg or so at the last comp. Some training will sort that out.

I have the English on 21st February which I hope to lift as an 85 and put a decent showing.

Koing

 

[StageLeft]

This is a rough draft; I may revise shortly.

1) 100 consecutive pushups
2) 20 full pull-ups
3) Morning weight under 170 by April 18
4) Maintain sub 170-morning weight up until Christmas/09 with no more than two days/week over that (weight can fluctuate!)
5) Place in my age group (30+) in a sprint triathlon

Impressions:

1) Fairly hard; I've never been one for high pushups
2) Not too bad; I've been up to 16-17 before, but am low teens now
3) Had this as recently as '07 (gives me a 9% bodyfat) but am 186 right now.
4) Very hard; will require constant attention and near-obsession
5) Not too bad; did this a few times in 07 when I was 29, but no racing in 08. Unfortunately, I am significantly at the behest of a long term knee injury, so I have to respect it and its impact on training. I also get the sense that the 30 age group is more competitive.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
5) Place in my age group (30+) in a sprint triathlon

Name the race (in NY) and I'll join you. I'd prefer an Oly distance but a Sprint would be fine as well.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: Skoorb
5) Place in my age group (30+) in a sprint triathlon

Name the race (in NY) and I'll join you. I'd prefer an Oly distance but a Sprint would be fine as well.

All I've done are sprints. I need to keep my running distances short, which is why I've favored them (I was going to put Olympic tri completion as a goal, but the miles do stress my knee). I am not sure which one this would be, but assuming things go well, I may do the Rochester duathlon in April (I think that's when it is), then there is a pittsford tri (it's a pool swim, but otherwise good) in May and then the various finger lake ones.

 

[JDub02]

1. Seeing as I live near the beach, my primary goal is to look good when I take off my shirt. I currently do not.

Sub-goals
a. Drop my weight from 235 to ~205.
b. Be able to do 80 pushups (best is 35. probably at 20 right now)
c. 50 situps in 1 minute (best is mid-30's. probably around 25 now)
d. Run a 5k with my wife this summer. my cardio SUCKS right now. can't even run a mile without walking.

But, if I can look good at the beach, I don't care about the other goals.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: Skoorb
5) Place in my age group (30+) in a sprint triathlon

Name the race (in NY) and I'll join you. I'd prefer an Oly distance but a Sprint would be fine as well.

All I've done are sprints. I need to keep my running distances short, which is why I've favored them (I was going to put Olympic tri completion as a goal, but the miles do stress my knee). I am not sure which one this would be, but assuming things go well, I may do the Rochester duathlon in April (I think that's when it is), then there is a pittsford tri (it's a pool swim, but otherwise good) in May and then the various finger lake ones.

There are 5 of them, I want to do at least 4 this year. I'll make a schedule of the local races and PM you with them. Are you interested in an ATH&F meetup at a tri?

 

[zebano]

Hmmm my health slipped at the end of 2008 so I'm back up to 190 pounds and weaker than I was at Thsanksgiving (but stronger than at the start of the year). No excuses, it was my fault but my goals are to get stronger, look better and improve my skills.

1. 30 min Cardio 4 days / week (can miss 2 weeks this year) : I have a bad knee so I swim most of the time
2. Restart Stronglifts 5x5 with goals of
Squat 300 lbs (2k8 max 225, currently 205)
Deadlift 300 lbs (2k8 max 245, currently 205)
Bench 175 (2k8 max 135 currently 115)
OH press (2k8 max 115 currently 95)
Rows (2k8 max 135 currently 115)
3. Tennis: Win a 3.5 tournament or play well enough in tournaments that I get bumped to 4.0 at the end of the year.
4. Swimming: 1600m consecutive freestyle only (I usually swim 50 free/50back/50breast repeat which is much easier than just free).
5. Eat well and reduce BF% each month (aka lose fat and increase LBM). I don't know my BF% right now so my first step is to figure that out.
6. Running: Run a 5k in under 20 minutes. My personal best is 20:04 but this all depends on whether my knee is in good enough shape to train.

My general plan is
Mornings: Cardio MTThF just swimming for now.
Lift after work MWF

Basketball as the guys at work want to: currently 2x/week over lunch
Work meals packed and ready to go the night before.

 

[conorvansmack]

Cuurent body weight is about 225, I'd like to get under 215 while still gaining strength. I started StrongLifts last year. My current numbers are:
Squat - 5 x 5 @ 225
Front Squat - 5 x 5 @ 185
Bench Press - 5 x 5 @ 220
Deadlift - 5 @ 280
OH Press - 5 x 5 @ 125

In 2009 I'd like to:
Squat - 345 3 x 5
Bench Press - 265 3 x 5
Deadlift - 5 @ 445
OH Press - 150 3 x 5
Do 15 consecutive pull ups
Learn to Power Clean
Learn to do a Pistol

 

[Koing]

2008 Goals:
Mine are:
126Kg Snatch Failed, did a best of 110Kg last year, down 6kg on 2007 PB(116)
155Kg Clean and Jerk Failed, did a best of 125Kg last year, down 17Kg on 2007 PB(142)
Keep bodyweight down to 84Kg, lean out a tiny bit more but to keep my weight down Failed also, bodyweight went up to 88.5Kg by the end of the year! I was at my leanest after Gladiators due to the anaerobic training I did

2009 Goals
Snatch: 122Kg
C&J: 152Kg
Bw: Get back down to 84Kg

Koing

 

[RagingBITCH]

Koing - still have those Gladiator videos anywhere?

Goals:

- Run 3+ marathons
- Beat Oprah's 4:29 time
- Run one under 4:20 (I guess if I run under 4:20 I accomplished #2)
- Run a few half marathons, one under 2 hours

Other than that, not a lot of other fitness related goals. Basically in general, run faster.

 

[dullard]

By the end of 2009, I'd like to still be on my current weightlifting schedule, or better. I would like to move from lifting twice a week consistently to three times a week consistently. I do it occasionally now, but I want to make it a regular habit. My progress in 2008 can be seen in photos here.

By the end of 2009, I'd like to be able to do these lifts:
[*]Concentration curl: 55#, 10 reps each arm (currently my max is 50# with 8 reps on the left arm and 9 reps on the right arm).
[*]Tricep dumbbell press: 90#, 10 reps (currently my max is 75# with 17 reps, I need to buy weights that go from 80# to 90#).
[*]Dumbbell press: 175#, 10 reps (currently my max is 145#, 19 reps I haven't tried heavier since I don't have the weights).
[*]Squat: 175#, 10 reps (currently my max is 145#, 11 reps).
I have other lifts, but I don't care about them much.

I'd also like to be at about 155# body weight by the end of 2009. Currently I am 152#.

One question: I've always heard that one first goal of weightlifting is to be able to bench your own body weight. Is that 1 rep of your body weight, or a set of 10 or multiple sets of 10 at that weight? I am so close now that I just want a short term goal to reach.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: dullard
By the end of 2009, I'd like to still be on my current weightlifting schedule, or better. I would like to move from lifting twice a week consistently to three times a week consistently. I do it occasionally now, but I want to make it a regular habit. My progress in 2008 can be seen in photos here.

By the end of 2009, I'd like to be able to do these lifts:
[*]Concentration curl: 55#, 10 reps each arm (currently my max is 50# with 8 reps on the left arm and 9 reps on the right arm).
[*]Tricep dumbbell press: 90#, 10 reps (currently my max is 75# with 17 reps, I need to buy weights that go from 80# to 90#).
[*]Dumbbell press: 175#, 10 reps (currently my max is 145#, 19 reps I haven't tried heavier since I don't have the weights).
[*]Squat: 175#, 10 reps (currently my max is 145#, 11 reps).
I have other lifts, but I don't care about them much.

I'd also like to be at about 155# body weight by the end of 2009. Currently I am 152#.

One question: I've always heard that one first goal of weightlifting is to be able to bench your own body weight. Is that 1 rep of your body weight, or a set of 10 or multiple sets of 10 at that weight? I am so close now that I just want a short term goal to reach.

Usually everything is put into terms of one rep max (1RM). However, I believe you should be able to bench more than that if you are to be considered fit.

 

[geokilla]

Originally posted by: geokilla
Think it's time for Koing to change it to Goals for 2009.

Anyways, my goals are to start StrongLifts and to get stronger. Now whether that actually happens or not, we'll wait and see.

That was from the 2008 thread.

Anyways, dragonboat starts this on Monday (practice to see who makes team). Deciding if I should go or not, but getting to school at 7am....uugghh

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

I'd like to run in a marathon this year. I'm going with the program listed here:
http://www.marathonrookie.com/marathon-training.html

Let's see how it goes.

 

[presidentender]

Type 80 wpm consistently (hey, it's a twitch skill).
Bench 225.
Squat 250.
Deadlift 350 with perfect form.
Compete in a martial art, preferably Judo (that is, actually compete, instead of sparring with the guys at the dojo), maybe just boxing or kickboxing.

Edit: look better, too. Not exactly quantifiable.

 

[spamsk8r]

From 2008 thread:

Originally posted by: spamsk8r
I'm 5'10", 217 lbs., currently cutting fat. Just got back into exercising in October. I'm currently doing CrossFit as my main workout. I will most likely be adding a Starting Strength variation to my workout schedule this year. These are my goals:

400 lb. deadlift
300+ lb. squat (need to get my form dialed in)
175 lb. shoulder press
20 consecutive pull-ups
185 lb. body weight at 10% body fat

My main goal is to just get healthy and fit. I've never been overall fit in my entire life, so I want to build a good solid base of strength, cardio, and speed over the next 11 months, and get my body to a healthy weight. After I accomplish that, I will focus more on specific strength or sport-specific goals. .

I'm currently at 198 pounds, around 16-18% BF, but I still want to get down to 180-185 @ 10% BF. I didn't hit any of my other goals, unfortunately, as I just wasn't consistent enough in my diet and exercise. Here are my PRs for 2008 (1RM):

Squat: 260 lbs.
Deadlift: 345 lbs.
Shoulder press: 155 lbs.
11 consecutive pull-ups

I did get bar muscle-ups this past year, but not on the rings (which was another goal I had that I didn't mention in the previous thread). I also got my blood pressure back into the healthy range (was stage 1 hypertensive before).

New goals for this year:
Squat: at least 300 lbs.
Deadlift: at least 400 lbs.
Shoulder Press: 170 lbs. (I didn't realize how hard it can be to increase this lift)
20 consecutive pull-ups
2 ring muscle-ups

Now I've just gotta get my butt back in the gym and get my routine up and running again.