Fitness 2025

[mongers]

Just on the off-chance anyone planning to do much next year.

[celedhring]

This year - after many attempts and struggles - finally managed to drop under 100Kg for the first time since I was 30 or so. 

I'm currently hovering at 98-99, and the goal for 2025 is to stabilize around 96-97. Nothing super ambitious after dropping nearly 5kg this year.

[Tamas]

Managed to drop 7 kgs since late September (well, 8 at some point) mainly thanks to the myriad of viruses I have caught through my son's nursery :p I haven't been this light (79kgs) since I don't know when, definitely not in the past 19 years.

[Grey Fox]

Back in November, I had to replace my treadmill belt because I worn it out after 6 years of heavy use (story told in the OTT).
I look forward to not be doing that in 2025.

[crazy canuck]

I hit my weightlifting goals of for 2024 of a pb of 315 bench press and deadlift.

This year I want to increase my reps at those weights and drop my body weight about 20lbs to get down to 275.

[Josquius]

Maybe? The youngest should be approaching 2 so I might start to get some free time back to be able to do stuff.
I've also got the garage door fixed so thats no excuse for taking the bike out...
I really should.

[mongers]

So how are people doing, pushing back against the inevitable decline? 

[Norgy]

I have a fairly effective routine. I walk, at a brisk pace, around 15-18 kilometres a day. I do kettlebells.
Admittedly, it is not easy to keep this going through winter all the time, but shovelling snow is good exercise.
I've had high blood pressure for some years now, so I have been changing my diet quite a bit incrementally. It helps, and I've managed to go from hypertension to high blood pressure at 130/80 (with +- 4-5 in each direction) since December.

Decline is, as you say, inevitable. So this is more like pushing towards Stalingrad than D-Day.

And there is the cost-benefit of quality of life vs longevity. I already put in about 4 hours a day of exercise and get up at ungodly hours to get some exercise in before work. So I am at my limit.

[mongers]

I have a fairly effective routine. I walk, at a brisk pace, around 15-18 kilometres a day. I do kettlebells.
Admittedly, it is not easy to keep this going through winter all the time, but shovelling snow is good exercise.
I've had high blood pressure for some years now, so I have been changing my diet quite a bit incrementally. It helps, and I've managed to go from hypertension to high blood pressure at 130/80 (with +- 4-5 in each direction) since December.

Decline is, as you say, inevitable. So this is more like pushing towards Stalingrad than D-Day.

And there is the cost-benefit of quality of life vs longevity. I already put in about 4 hours a day of exercise and get up at ungodly hours to get some exercise in before work. So I am at my limit.

 

Wow Norgy, that's some accumulation of daily exercise.

I should really do more walking, as I'd guess there's only a handful of days in the whole year that I equal your daily 10-11 miles of walking. 

And it is the most accessible for or exercise available to most of the human race, available across nearly all of our lifespan.

[Norgy]

Riding a bike is better for your joints. Believe me. 

[Grey Fox]

I walk 5 km twice on weekends and do about 4 km of treadmill 4 times a week for cardio. I have bad knees, can't run.

I also do daily weights and stretching.

It has taken a small setback this week and next since my basement is being rebuilt has taken my gym away.

[celedhring]

So far so good, I'm down to 97. This is the trimmest I've been since my 20s.

My lifts have regressed, but not too much. Overall I'm quite happy

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Was going to try and go from swimming 4 to 5 km a week to 7 or 8, but instead I've come down with guillain barré,  throwing plans out of the window.

Atleast it can be treated so I'm looking at a temporary setback.

But first I'll get the traitors.