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Mundane Fitness Goals (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What are some mundane goals you can recommend to someone trying to improve their fitness? For example, after watching a video while sitting down on the floor with my knees bent, I realised I could stand up without using my hands or resting my leg on the floor. It's indicative of core strength, right? I often do push-ups. So what else are some day-to-day actions that should become easier when improving fitness and what exercises can you do achieve them?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Touching your toes.

Achieve it by stretching and just trying to touch your toes more often.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Second this. After you’ve achieved this, start working your way to getting your palms on the ground. Just keep stretching

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mundane goal to accompany this: get flexible enough that you can put your foot up anywhere and tie your shoe laces without bending over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I'm gonna start training this!!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Recently, I traveled by air for the first time since I started strength training and handling my luggage felt so easy. I didn't have to ask for help putting my roller into the overhead bin :D

Also I can now carry all my groceries in one trip.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Increasing your step count. It's a pretty simple thing, but has been shown to reduce rates of all cause mortality.

I found that incorporating single leg exercises into my lifting routine greatly helped with some hiking that I did last week. It felt much easier.