Core Commit to Health & Fitness 2016, Round One: Jan 4 - Mar 6

littleman · January 01, 2016, 11:57:10 PM

It is a new year and a time to set new goals or renew your old ones. Post in here for some accountability.

I'm in! Four workouts a week and diet adjustments to lean out by Summer.

Drastic · January 02, 2016, 04:42:45 PM

In fo sho.

I'm going to start at 3/week. I plan to ramp up to 4 or 5 by end of the session.

buckworks · January 02, 2016, 11:24:26 PM

I'm pleased to report that I got through the party season without regaining.

I want to swim at least once per week. I have to drive to the next town for that. Other exercise will happen when it happens, but that's the one I'm committing to.

My mission is another twelve pounds by spring ... which would make an even hundred pounds shed.

I've been taking in seams here and there but one of these days I'm going to go on a serious shopping binge for new clothes. :-)

littleman · January 03, 2016, 04:25:22 AM

>I'm pleased to report that I got through the party season without regaining.

Congrats! That is not an easy thing to accomplish with all the constant temptations around every corner during this time of year.

>My mission is another twelve pounds by spring ... which would make an even hundred pounds shed.

Nice! And the way you are doing it, slow and steady and a permanent lifestyle change, the weight has a very good chance of being gone for good.

So, do we get to see the progress pic in the spring?

ergophobe · January 04, 2016, 01:14:11 AM

That's inspiring Bucky! Keep up!

I'm trying to think of what to commit to. We just skied seven out of nine days, but it's hard in this weather to be consistent, but that's just lame excuses. Over the long weekend we skied 10 miles out to a hut and one of the people actually towed her 3 year-old out there. On one of the middle days, she knew she would be on mom duty all day, so she got up at 3:30 and skate skied 20 miles and was back before 6am.

I think my commit will be to ski or climb at least once during the week [edit: provided there is skiable snow and a reasonable place to climb], which these days means getting out in the dark. The weekends tend to take care of themselves.

[edit]added climbing alternative[/edit]

Rupert · January 04, 2016, 07:43:27 AM

Well, I am in.
4 workouts a week. Not sure of what, but if I can pull in a run, a cycle and a swim then that would be good.
As for diet... reduce the wine.

Had new year at a friends holiday house, with a pool 200m away, so we were there every morning. lovely. so it has started well.

Starting the year feeling very positive, and your folks being so positive helps that, thanks.

Bucky, you are a star.. keep it up!

Rumbas · January 04, 2016, 09:19:32 AM

I'm in. Starting out with 3 workouts a week. Would like to go for 4, but got too much going on for it to be realistic.

My goal is to shred 20 pounds by July 1st. From 220 to 200-ish.

ergophobe · January 04, 2016, 04:55:12 PM

>>My goal is to shred 20 pounds

My goal is to stay sane. Relatively speaking anyway.

If anything, I'd like to gain weight, but that's hard in the winter without access to a gym (er... hard to gain good weight that is).

buckworks · January 04, 2016, 05:29:02 PM

>> to stay sane

Go easy on that one.

Normal people are boring.

littleman · January 04, 2016, 05:31:23 PM

Gaining has always been extremely easy for me, all I have to do is eat regular food at quantities that feel normal for me. I am sitting at about 190 right now, all my lifting numbers are up. I went from 12% bf up to 15%, definitely time to lean back down!

simplytheresa · January 04, 2016, 07:29:14 PM

Cool!

I'm in too. After a holiday full of activity, I've managed to catch myself a nasty back spasm, so I'm in for 3 exercise or stretch sessions per week.

Buckworks - amazing! You'll soon be at a point where if you wanted to remind yourself where you came from, you could just give me a piggy back ride for a day! Yowzers!

QuoteNormal people are boring.

This doesn't seem like an immediate concern...

littleman · January 11, 2016, 04:17:35 PM

Week 1 - 4/4

It was a good week, I took my 15 y.o. daughter with me for the two weekend workouts. It is kind of fun to see her take pride in her progress -- she keeps rolling up her sleeves and checking out her biceps in the mirror.

Rupert · January 11, 2016, 05:02:16 PM

Hey Well done! Daughters can be inspirational! ....sometimes.

My 14 year old just got back from skiing without me...

But.. Sue got me training. This w/e we cycled to a 5K, ran the race, and cycled home again. tired... yup thats me.

2 other swim sessions. Both hard. so because I need pepping up, (tennis is off due to bad arm) I am going to count that as:

5/4

(not 3/4)

ergophobe · January 11, 2016, 05:46:34 PM

Quote from: littleman on January 11, 2016, 04:17:35 PM
she keeps rolling up her sleeves and checking out her biceps in the mirror.

Love that girl already. A friend's 14 year-old daughter did 14 pullups the other day and I told her I'd give her $50 when she hit 20 pullups. It took about a week. Apparently she wasn't trying that hard when she did 14.

I did my one midweek skiing or climbing session (climbing)

- plus over 4 hours of snow shoveling, including 1.5 hours of heavy, wet snow. Main fitness program: don't get my snowblower fixed.
- plus about 3.5 hours of AT skiing (think alpine skiing with no lifts or trails)
- plus an easy hike.

Decent week.

I also try to do 30 pullups and 30 pushups most mornings before breakfast, but I don't track those... and I give myself a pass on shoveling days.

simplytheresa · January 12, 2016, 03:26:37 AM

Even with ergophobe bearing the brunt of shoveling duty this last week due to this back spasm, I feel like I got more than my share. Short ski, hike and climbing sessions plus daily stretching sessions means I'm 7/3 or so... but this is always what it's like at the beginning, isn't it?