Since 2021 I’ve had an annual goal to hit 200 workouts in that year. It’s 4 workouts per week. If you’re a user of the Apple Health app, it’s hitting 16 workouts on the rolling 28 days view.

That first year I reported on my goal I went into some depth on why I chose 200 workouts and what counts as a workout. I won’t rehash that here because it hasn’t changed too much. The one addition I’d make is that as a parent, showing your kid that fitness is important is important and sets them up for success with their own fitness life.

I did hit my goal that first year, but only by the smallest of margins. December was a rush to push through and see me reach the target. Deadlines!

In 2022 I hit 237 workouts.

In 2023 I hit 246 workouts.

In 2024 I’m happy to report I hit 249 workouts. Somehow this past year was easier to just keep on ticking them off, week after week.

I don’t know that I’ll get higher than 249 workouts in a year. It’s a bit tempting to try to exceed 250, but only really because that seems like a demarcation point. Not because of anything else.

Except maybe the social angle? Every year I challenge my brother to do 200 workouts, and he does them too. So maybe we’ll make it to 250 in 2025. We’ll see!

(PS: Science agrees the best way to do something like 200 workouts in a year is to break them up and track by week: The Secret to Accomplishing Big Goals Lies in Breaking Them into Flexible, Bite-Size Chunks. Good luck with your own goals!)