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.

 

[dylanvb]

Bench 350, Squat 420, Deadlift 500. These goals might increase soon considering my current bench is 345, squat is 415 and deadlift is 485. I am not a power lifter but more a power builder. Just enjoy being in the gym and hitting heavy weights. I will see about implementing more cardio in the future as hunting season comes, the gym I go to is about to get 2 stair steppers and once they do I will be on those daily. Get back to cold plunge daily and sauna when I can fit it in.

Hit 500 on my deadlift this AM. Next goal for deadlift is 595.

 

[DuckDogDr]

2025

I want to get down to and maintain between 170-175 lbs
Continue to get healthier, finally rotate off of night shift for a better sleep pattern (hopefully is going to be achievable in October )
Get a true 33” waste

No set designated amount of mile but be able to run 6 miles without stopping

Complete a triathlon
If going for numbers - bench 315 and Deadlift 315

 

[COLD SMOKE]

I’m 5’9 mid 40s and was 215 pounds and fat /daily drinker a few years ago, switched up my diet ( no sugar, no alcohol, no carbs ) started lifting weights and trail running 1 year ago.
Lost 20 lbs so far want to get down to 175 lbs end of 2025.

My goals:

Run 1k miles on trail ( completed +\-150 so far )

Complete a longer distance run DIY at elevation ( 20-26 miles ) either central sierras or North cascades

Compete in a 1/2 marathon and get under 2 hours ( if I get under 1:45 it’s a PR)

Run under a 7min mile ( shoot for 6:30)

Bench 2 plates
Squat 2.5 plates
Preacher curl 100 lbs x4
20 pull up /20 chin up

Climb sport routes 5.9-5.10 so I can improve my mountaineering in the final ascents/descents and get better at rigging.

Hike some remote mtn peaks and basins, explore and sleep bivy at elevation.
10-20 nights in 25

Swim More open water

* I’m a novice hunter ( rifle) who targets blacktail due to location mostly.

Want to scout and tag my 1st archery Muley buck in the high sierra this summer.

Good luck to all with your goals , strive and post some pics of you winning when you can

 

[mtwarden]

March is in the books. 171 miles this month (~25,000' of gain), which isn't too bad considering my longest hike is only 8 miles, BUT I didn't miss a single day . Got all of my strength sessions in as well, so overall a pretty good month.

483 miles for the year, so pretty close on track for 2025 for the year.

 

[Ross]

Odin had another good month

 

[Ashy Larry]

I survived March. Work was super busy and we took a mini vacation that threw me off track for a week. I only dropped 1.5 pounds but kept consistent workouts and upper body strength seems to be maintaining a little better than lower. Dropped a little weight on my 5/3/1 90% for squats. Ready to kick aprils ass.

 

[snowynock]

Been tough to maintain any kind of consistency with a 2 month old baby. With that said - odds are good I'm joining a BJJ gym in the next 2/3 weeks and wife and I agreed upon starting a diet and massive booze cut next week so we can both drop a few pounds - this starts this coming Monday.

Will report back with progress.

 

[COLD SMOKE]

Hit my target of bench 2 plates x1
Haven’t tried to squat 275 but think I could easily do it in the next month

300 ish miles running since new year. I don’t count vert (but i like to backcountry ski ) probably have 20k or more vert touring this winter.

If I cut I could get to 190 lbs .

1/2 marathon may 10th shooting for 1:50 or less, 30k in July
and I’ll do a 25 miler at elevation hopefully June or July.

As far as hunting I’m looking forward to scouting ( it snowed 5” at elevation today no deer in high country yet ) but the neighborhood bears are out and the high country bears will be within 2 weeks.

Not much compared to guys who run 200 milers but I’m proud of it and wanted to share .. keep grinding eventually you’ll level up in training and man that feels good .

 

[dylanvb]

I started a mini cut about a month and a half ago. Boss took a picture of me on the way home from a work lunch and that was enough for me. I have lost about 17 pounds since then. Strength has obviously dwindled a bit but was able to squat 435 for a single today. current weight is 205. Might drop to 200 or 195 just depends on how I feel. I truthfully only care about strength but if I do bulk to hit my weightlifting goals I don't want to look like a soft bag of milk while I do it.

 

[mtwarden]

April in the books. 177 miles and ~ 25,000' of gain. 660 miles for the year & ~95,000'

I started a once a week steep ruck to help get ready for the Bob Marshall Wilderness Open, which is about four weeks out. I also started a longer hike a week mid month (one 17 miles, one 15 miles) for the same reason.

I tweaked my lower back doing squats earlier in the month. Took a week off from all lifting and then did a week of use body weight stuff, back to lifting twice a week now and knock on wood, the lower back feels good.

Got a free beer and a t-shirt (had to pay for the t-shirt!) for this one