At the end of last year I laid out a three year plan to get myself into shape. Year one would be general weight loss and dieting, year two I would incorporate cardio, year three is bulking. So far I've lost 58 pounds and dabbled in running. Looking to lose another 25 this year and maybe run a 5k.
Great job!!! About 3 years ago I made about he same plan. I used to run/walk a 5k in 40+ min I ran one not to long ago and in like 24 minutes around maybe less I to be honest forgot.
Do more stretches and take better care of my body besides I just want to lift weights. I should not have so many things that hurt on my body at the age I am. Also do more cardio than once a month.
Had a kid early this year and fitness has mostly fallen to the wayside. I'd be pretty happy of I can get back to about 80% of my peak strength before the end of the year.
Getting a bit bored of weight lifting. Going to shift focus to train and run my first marathon and then see what I want to do from there. Shift back to lifting, keep training to improve marathon times, bit of both, something completely different?
A friend showed me symmetric strength, which is a website that can calc your potential 1RMs from your best lifts, as well as showing how you stack up in your weight class. It's not normally my kind of thing; I dont compete in PL, nor do I shoot for 1RMs but the data is very cool, and can expand on other rep ranges.
Through that, I reached a SBD total of 530 KG at 74 BW. Most importantly, I gained weight on my 5x5s. I think I could go further next year, but I'm happy to take my time with it.
SBD isn't a format I actively train for, but it's a neat little guideline for sure.
integrate more compound movements and free weight training as I'm mostly doing strength on machines
get my abs to really show (I've lost a decent amount of weight and are hovering around 18% body fat so it should be possible)
fix my running (poor feet and asthma make it harder)
get a 100k hike in 24 hours done
Fun
I picked up wakeboarding end of last season, wanna continue during summer
dabble a bit in basketball and rugby as I've always been interested in those
go on a rock climbing tour
In general all goals are just more direction giving, I'm not sweating it as long as I keep my general routine that I thoroughly enjoy (every 2nd day resistance and every other day enough steps or a little cardio).
I finally found a great and convenient gym and ending up putting on about 25lbs in muscle in 2023. It's not as impressive as it sounds because I'm a very skinny dude, but it was nice to be consistent again.
For 2024 I just want to have visible abs again and put a little more work into redeveloping good cardio habits because those were two areas I neglected more than I would like for various reasons.