2017 Fitness Thread

[mongers]

Thought I'd save a lot of us the effort of posting in that coming thread. 

Of course, feel free to post in this thread if you feel you're going to buck trend and the predicted outcomes.   

[alfred russel]

But it isn't 2017 yet.

I set my goals out at the start of the 2016 thread--looking forward to see how I succeeded and failed in the days to come. A great way to hold myself accountable. Will have to repeat in 2017.

[Admiral Yi]

Mongers, are you going mad? 

[Eddie Teach]

Going? 

[CountDeMoney]

Of course, feel free to post in this thread if you feel you're going to buck trend and the predicted outcomes. 

I have the uncanny feeling that I may wind up living through 2017.

So, posted.

[Ed Anger]

I plan on doing a push-up next year.

[11B4V]

I plan on doing a push-up next year.

On a fat tattooed midget.

[Ed Anger]

I plan on doing a push-up next year.

On a fat tattooed midget.

Volunteering?

[Josquius]

I stopped going to the gym halfway through the year.
It's just so damn boring

[mongers]

I stopped going to the gym halfway through the year.
It's just so damn boring

Not shit.

Go for some country walks, runs, bikes, hikes instead.

edit:
Incidentally I will retitle the thread to Fitness 2017 once the new year starts, I'll be easier to find it on page 9-10 that way. 

[alfred russel]

I stopped going to the gym halfway through the year.
It's just so damn boring

Set objective goals for yourself to hit, with a deadline. Not weight goals--but strength and cardio goals (for example, bench x amount of weight, run x distance in y time).

Then get a training routine where every exercise is a challenge to complete, and hold yourself to strict rest limits between sets. It makes it very easy to hold yourself accountable and a benchmark to measure improvement against. For example, say you are doing 5 sets of 8 reps. Last time you couldn't quite finish--the last time you got through the first 4 sets, but only 6 reps in the last set. This time: push hard to finish that last set.

It keeps things from being boring.

[Scipio]

My goal by the end of 2017 is to be able to do 5 chin-ups. I learned in 2015-6 that I can achieve my cycling goals without much difficulty; maintaining is difficult, but cycling is awfully scalable. Chin-ups are fucking hard for us fatties, though.

[11B4V]

Of course, feel free to post in this thread if you feel you're going to buck trend and the predicted outcomes. 

I have the uncanny feeling that I may wind up living through 2017.

So, posted.

Would you really want to miss the Trumpenreich shenanigans?

[Eddie Teach]

Is there a 4 year coma option? 

[CountDeMoney]

Would you really want to miss the Trumpenreich shenanigans?

At around 60 to 70 megatons, I won't be able to miss them at all.