2025 Fitness Goals Accountability Thread

[mtbraun]

2,500 total miles, approx. 80% running, the balance rucking as I work up to my Brooks range grizzly hunt in May.

A couple trail hundos.

Progress through the first 7 weeks of the year. Completed the LOViT 100 this weekend which brings total mileage to 520 and 75k of vert. Taking this week off to let the body soak up that training. Will now transition to my run/ruck strategy for the next 8 weeks before my spring hunt. I could not be happier how things have gone so far, I'm very blessed. I also transitioned to a paleo diet in early January and it has made a tremendous difference on my training and recovery.

I would also highly recommend this race. Hands down the best organized and run trail ultra I've been part of. And the central Arkansas scenery is fantastic.

 

[Uncle Goonie]

New guy jumping in late...
44 years old 5'11"/215 pounds
Goals...get down to 200 pounds, 3 lifting/crossfit days/week, 3ish hours of zone 2 per week (ruck/hike/stairs), sub 7 mile (I'm close), drink a few less IPA's and eat a few less cookies.

 

[Ross]

Goal achieved 6 mill steps in 12 monthsnext goal call in 3 bulls for my friends and more days out with Odin

 

[mtwarden]

February in the books; 144 miles and ~ 20,000' of gain/loss. I missed 10 days without strength training; had a good excuse, we were in Kauai for a little over a week I was midway through a Wendler cycle, so when I got back home I just started the cycle over.

I'm just a few miles behind on my goal pace for the year, mostly due to a couple of 0 days traveling back and forth to HI; confident I can make those up in the next couple of months.

Kauai had some nice hiking (along with a shit ton of picturesque beaches!); was a lot more rugged hiking than I was expecting—everything started at sea level and quickly (very quickly) climbed and the footing was pretty sketchy in a lot of stretches. One of the hikes had a dozen plus ropes to get you down/up, that's pretty steep when they put ropes in

 

[twall13]

Nice @mtwarden & @Ross you guys are always impressive with your consistency.

I'm at 631 biking miles for the year and 52 for hiking/rucking. Totals at 683 miles and 54,500 ft. of elevation gain for the year. I have a few trips planned this year where training will be difficult at best so it's good I'm ahead of schedule for now.

My body is feeling pretty good overall, but I wouldn't mind improving my recovery/sleep. It's sometimes rough to fit everything in with 4 kids so I end up training in the early morning hours and that often means sacrificing sleep to get it in. I'd like to be getting closer to 7 hours a night than I'm getting right now so I may have to make some adjustments to prioritize that.

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[mtwarden]

Had to cross a 0 out for my gain/loss; 200,000' would be a lot of climbing in a month!

 

[mtbraun]

Had to cross a 0 out for my gain/loss; 200,000' would be a lot of climbing in a month!

Ha! I saw that and was seriously impressed!

 

[mtbraun]

Nice @mtwarden & @Ross you guys are always impressive with your consistency.

I'm at 631 biking miles for the year and 52 for hiking/rucking. Totals at 683 miles and 54,500 ft. of elevation gain for the year. I have a few trips planned this year where training will be difficult at best so it's good I'm ahead of schedule for now.

My body is feeling pretty good overall, but I wouldn't mind improving my recovery/sleep. It's sometimes rough to fit everything in with 4 kids so I end up training in the early morning hours and that often means sacrificing sleep to get it in. I'd like to be getting closer to 7 hours a night than I'm getting right now so I may have to make some adjustments to prioritize that.

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Sharing my sleep improvement experience. I've always been a poor sleeper (5 kids, stressful job, etc.), waking up multiple times per night, sometimes staying awake for an hour or more. I decided that good sleep was the most important thing for me and invested in an 8 Sleep. It's not cheap but has been a complete game changer for me. Also started supplementing Mag Glycinate and Glyciene at bedtime. Seems to also help. Now I find myself really noticing how poorly I sleep when traveling for work or vacation. There's just nothing like the 8 Sleep. I've convinced a couple co-workers to try it and they share similar experiences.

 

[Ashy Larry]

17 pounds down so far.

Strength was improving but I feel like the last couple weeks I’ve hit a wall. Having some knee pain too that’s making nervous to squat heavy. Not sure what my next step is but I may need to take some time off and get this knee feeling better.

 

[crabcreekhunter]

I guess I’ll jump on here, mostly a backpack hunter in WA/ID (36 years old) and have let my habits slip after having two daughters in the last 3 years. A couple easier terrain elk hunts didn’t help the last couple years either. Started Jan 15th at 225 lbs and down to 203 as of Mar 1st. Goal of 175 by sept. Mainly just switched my diet up and lots of airdyne mixed with simple free weights. When I was playing baseball I sat around 200-205 so feeling a lot better already.