The South Beach February Take Care of Your Heart Exercise Challenge

You're on Page 1 of 2
Go to
  • We all know that exercise is good for our hearts. There's nothing like a little cardio to get
    the heart pumping. It's also great for our overall sense of well-being, something many of us up
    here in the northern areas can use a boost with through the long, gray winter days.



    It's only 28 days, what's your goal this month? Whether you are starting out with 10 minutes
    a day or are a fitness fan set a goal and join us in the monthly challenge. It's great to have exercise
    buddies, supporting one another and being accountable. If you are a Beacher join us this month!
  • My numbers are finally improving a little. My goal is still to just move almost every day, 6/7 days at least. I'm going to stick with 1000 minutes, that's at least 30 minutes a day plus a little extra.

    Goal: 1000 minutes
    Month so far: 1364/1000

    1 - 25m hooping
    2 - 45m shoveling, 25m hoop
    3 - 20m hooping
    4 off
    5 - 15m hooping

    6 - 60m treadmill, 35m hooping
    7 - 25m bike
    8 - 25m hooping & stretching
    9
    10 - 35m hooping, 10m hip exercises
    11 - 30m walking
    12 - 15m dog walk

    13 - 40m hooping
    14 - 90m walking, 25m hooping, 10m hip exercises
    15 - 63m bike
    16 - 35m hooping, 30m hip exercises
    17 - 20m bike, 25m hooping, 25m hip exercises
    18 - 15m hip exercises
    19 - 55m stepper, 15m hooping, 20m hip exercises

    20 - 25m hooping, 25m hip exercises
    21 - 32m bike, 35m hooping, 25m hip exercises
    22 - 15m hip exercises
    23- 15m hip exercises
    24 - 30m bike, 15m hip exercises
    25 - 20m hooping, 40m shoveling heavy snow, 15m hip exercises
    26 - 50m walk, 15m hip exercises

    27- 43m hooping, 30m shoveling heavy snow, 15m hip exercises
    28 - 30m bike, 41m hooping, 15m hip exercises
  • Goal: 1000 minutes
    Minutes So Far: 820

    2/1 - 65 (hooping & wii fit strength)
    2/2 - 60 (push ups & wii fit strength, shoveling snow)
    2/3 - 50 (hooping & wii fit strength and free step)
    2/4 - 40 (hooping, push ups)
    2/5 - 80 (snowshoes, hooping, wii fit strength)
    2/6 - 35 (hooping)
    2/7 - 60 (treadmill)
    2/8 - 20 (hooping)
    2/11- 45 (wii walk it out)
    2/12- 30 (hooping)
    2/13- 45 (treadmill)
    2/15 -60 (treadmill/hooping)
    I got busy and lazy and now I've got no record of the last 10 days...
    2/25 - 60 (treadmill/hooping)
    2/26 - 95 (treadmill, snowshoeing. )
    2/27 - 35 (wii fit strength)
    2/28 - 80 (treadmill, wii fit)
  • My goal is to keep up with C25K and my pushups and kettlebell exercises. I'd like to be sure I get in three sets of each during each week.

    Hopefully I'll be over my cold by the time February gets here!
  • I intend to stick to my three times a week sessions at the gym except for a week I'll be away. Even then, I'll be doing a lot of walking.
  • My goal is to workout 3x a week. Currently I'm doing none, so I figure this is a good, modest place to start. If I get the first two weeks in, I'd also like to try C25K, but I wanna get in a habit first.
  • Quote: My goal is to workout 3x a week. Currently I'm doing none, so I figure this is a good, modest place to start. If I get the first two weeks in, I'd also like to try C25K, but I wanna get in a habit first.
    This is me too. I downloaded the C25K app for my iphone and it was great. I did one run and nearly died! (I blamed the stroller for the extra exertion. HA.)

    My goal is 90 minutes/week. Starting from zero, this is big for me.

    I remember when I used to do 90 minutes per day!
  • This is great. I love fresh starts to new months. I just finished week one of P1 and am feeling terrific...and not as low-energy as I did years go while on P1 (must be the beans!).

    I used to run marathons and half marathons but it's been months since I've done any real exercise and a YEAR probably, if you can believe it, since I've been in any sort of regular exercising routine. I say "real" exercise because of course i still walk places but I don't count that since I don't sweat from it.

    For the month of February my goal is to do at least 60 min/week of strength-training-type exercise, or about 10 min most days, even if it's just bedtime yoga, or an at-home strength-training routine. In addition to that, I want to make it to Zumba and/or spin classes at least 2x a week. This seems pretty reasonable to me, moving from the bottom rung of NO exercise.


    Goal: 240 minutes ST; 8 hours of fitness classes (cardio)
    Month so far: 80/240 ST; 3.75/8 cardio

    1- 10 min morning wake-up yoga; 10 min uphill brisk walk
    2
    3
    4 - 1 hour Zumba class
    5

    6 - 20 min ST - Sparkpeople 28-day bootcamp videos, days 2 & 3 (lower & upper body 10 min each)
    7
    8
    9 - 1/2 hour Zumba cardio (i got the DVDs so can do it at home now! yay)
    10
    11 - 1/2 hour Zumba cardio
    12 - 1 hour Zumba cardio; 30 min ST (wooo!)

    13
    14 - 20 min ST video
    15
    16 - 45 min Zumba cardio
    17
    18
    19

    20
    21
    22
    23
    24
    25
    26

    27
    28

    Edit/update: Wow, I totally failed at this month. Partly because I went out of town and then got the flu and have been sick for the last week. Can we please start the March thread soon??
  • Goal: 1100 min
    Min so far: 882

    1 off
    2 off
    3 off
    4 off
    5 90 min weights/spin/cardio

    6 off
    7 off (to a bad start this month...ugh)
    8 63 min spin
    9 off
    10 63 min spin
    11 73 min spin
    12 49 min spin

    13 72 min weights/cardio
    14 off
    15 off
    16 45 min cardio
    17 off
    18 70 min spin
    19 72 min spin

    20 off
    21 off
    22 off
    23 75 min spin/cardio
    24 30 min moving
    25 60 min moving
    26 60 min moving

    27 60 min moving
    28 off
  • Goal: 1000 minutes
    So Far: 260 minutes
    1: 10 mins. pilates, 5 minutes push ups
    2:
    3: 10 mins pilates, 5 mins push ups, 30 min walk
    4: 30 min. walk
    5: 30 min. walk
    6: 30 min. walk, 10 mins. pilates
    7: 30 min. walk, 30 mins. pilates based PT
    8:
    9:
    10:
    11:
    12:30 min. walk
    13:
    14:
    15:10 mins. pilates
    16:
    17:
    18:
    19:
    20:
    21:
    22:
    23:
    24:
    25:
    26:
    27:
    28:
  • 1
    2
    3 53 minutes (yoga and just dance)
    4
    5 48 min (yoga and ea sports)

    6 40 min just dance
    7
    8 63 min (ea sports, just dance, hooping)
    9 30 min (kickboxing and pilates abs)
    10
    11 20 min just dance
    12

    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19

    20
    21
    22
    23
    24
    25
    26

    27
    28
  • @ fozen I hear ya! I used to run about 12 miles a week- but I've been out of running so long I need to just get in the habit of going outside on a regular basis...
  • Well, being one of the individuals with a heart problem, I just can't pass on this challenge so here I go again. Last November I committed to a goal of 600 minutes, then in December I increased that to 800 and in January I again increased my goal to 1,000 minutes and have met each one even though when I started I could only walk for about ten minutes max. This month I don't think I'm ready for another increase so will keep my goal at 1,000. Good luck to us all in meeting this month's goal!

    Goal = 1,000 minutes
    Actual = 262 minutes

    1 = 45 A new challenge, a new day and a new start! The gun has sounded so let's go!
    2 thru 17 - couldn't because of health problem
    18 = 25 It feels good to be back! Gonna take a while to get back to where I was though.
    19 = 37
    20 = took the day off to rest
    21 = 35
    22 = 40
    23 = 40
    24 = 40
  • Goal: Keep up with the P90X schedule.
    Minutes: 2125

    1 Cardio X
    2 Shoulders and Arms, Ab Ripper X
    3 Yoga X
    4 Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X
    5 Kenpo X

    6 rest
    7 Yoga X
    8 Core Synergistics
    9 Kenpo X
    10 X Stretch
    11 Cardio X
    12 Yoga X

    13 rest
    14 Core Synergistics, walk
    15 Cardio X, walk
    16 Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps, Ab Ripper X, walk
    17 Yoga X
    18 Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X
    19 Kenpo X

    20 rest
    21 Core Synergistics, The Firm Cardio Overdrive
    22 Cardio X, Walk Away the Pounds Super Fat Burner
    23 Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps, Ab Ripper X, walk
    24 Yoga X
    25 Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X
    26 Kenpo X

    27 rest
    28 Core Synergistics, walk
  • Last month I did 2400 minutes so it feels weird to lower my goal this month, BUT w/ there only being 28 days, I feel like it's necessary. So this month I'm going to lower my goal to 2200 minutes. I have a 5K schedule for the 12th and am considering doing another one on the 26th (my BIG goal this year is a 5K every month and hopefully a half-marathon by December).

    Goal: 2200 minutes
    Total: 2610 minutes


    1 - 5 minutes marching in place + 80 minutes at the gym
    2 - 30 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 60 minutes playing Dance Central
    3 - 5 minutes marching in place + 80 minutes playing Dance Central
    4 - 60 minutes playing Dance Central + 5 minutes marching + 70 minutes at the gym
    5 - 30 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym

    6 - 55 minutes walking in my neighborhood + 5 minutes marching in place
    7 - 30 minutes at the gym + 65 minutes at the gym
    8 - 5 minutes marching in place + 55 minutes DanceFit class + 45 minutes walking in my neighborhood + 45 minutes playing Dance Central
    9 - 30 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 3 minutes shake weight + 70 minutes at the gym
    10 - 55 minutes walking in my neighborhood + 5 minutes walking in place + 70 minutes at the gym
    11 - 60 minute pushing around 100 lbs worth of groceries
    12 - 5 minutes marching in place + 52 minutes Sweetheart Run for Sight 5K

    13 - 5 minutes marching in place + 210 minutes walking in Savannah/Tybee Island
    14 - 30 minutes playing Dance Central + 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym
    15 - 5 minutes marching in place + 60 minutes working out w/ an exercise ball + 70 minutes at the gym
    16 - 35 minutes at the gym + 15 minutes working out w/ an exercise ball + 35 minutes C25K
    17 - Rest Day. Sick.
    18 - 35 minutes C25K
    19 - 55 minutes walking in my neighborhood + 5 minute marching in place + 30 minutes working out w/ exercise ball + 70 minutes at the gym

    20 - 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym
    21 - 5 minutes marching in place + 105 minutes at the gym
    22 - 5 minutes marching in place + 60 minutes DanceFit class
    23 - 35 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 30 minutes working out w/ exercise ball
    24 - Rest Day.
    25 - 5 minutes marching in place + 35 minutes C25K
    26 - 5 minutes marching in place + 120 minutes dancing my butt off at the Rehab concert!!!
    27 - 5 minutes marching in place + 60 minutes hiking the Ocmulgee Trail + 35 minutes C25K + 50 minutes at the gym
    28 - 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym