March Exercise Challenge
 

Yeah, so I'm going to try to not suck like I did in February, but again, I have a traveling issue...soo....26/31 days I shall exercise.

Mar 1: Running - 36 minutes
Mar 2: n/a
Mar 3: n/a
Mar 4: TOM you suck.
Mar 5: Running - 8 miles, 92 minutes
Mar 6: Stairmaster - 45 minutes
Mar 7: Stairmaster - 60 minutes; crunches, push ups
Mar 8: Running - 4 miles, 46 minutes.
Mar 9:

I NEED to join in on this one! Especially with all of the 'extra' time I'll have during spring break!

3/1

I need to figure out how to exercise around my absolutely insane work/school/more work schedule. I work 2 jobs and go to school full-time, so finding time for laundry is hard enough, let alone getting exercise in. Luckily for me one of my jobs requires me to be on my feet constantly moving around, so that at least keeps me active-ish.

I definitely need to find a way to get my exercise in, even if it's just walking or yoga. I NEED to do this.

I'm in! I'm going for 26/31. We'll see. I'm heading to CA in 2 weeks, so it may be tricky getting 30DS in, but I really actually have no excuse ;)

Here Goes. 20/31

Well March don't start until tomorrow for me but here goes nothing:

28/31 days for the month of March!

Count me in again!!! I am going to say 23/31 and hope to get more!

Mar 1: Walking (45 minutes)
Mar 2: Walking (45 minutes)
Mar 3: None
Mar 4: Walking (30 minutes)
Mar 5: Walked around Boston playing tourist with a friend (5 hours)
Mar 6: Shopped all day long (3 hours)
Mar 7: Elliptical (60 minutes)
Mar 8: Walking (45 minutes)
Mar 9: Elliptical and Treadmill (90 minutes)
Mar 10: None
Mar 11: Elliptical and Treadmill (90 minutes)
Mar 12: Elliptical (80 minutes)
Mar 13: Elliptical and Exercise Bike (90 minutes)
Mar 14: Elliptical (75 minutes)
Mar 15: None
Mar 16: Elliptical and Exercise Bike (105 minutes)
Mar 17: Walking (30 minutes)
Mar 18: Walking (60 minutes) and Elliptical/Treadmill (80 minutes)
Mar 19: Elliptical (80 minutes)
Mar 20: Elliptical (90 minutes)
Mar 21: Elliptical (80 minutes)
Mar 22: Elliptical (60 minutes)
Mar 23: Elliptical (75 minutes)
Mar 24: None
Mar 25: Elliptical and Exercise Bike (90 minutes)
Mar 26: Elliptical (90 minutes)
Mar 27: Elliptical and Treadmill (90 minutes)
Mar 28: Elliptical (75 minutes)

I'm in! I want to exercise 24 times in March.

3/1: cool runnings couch-to-5k week 1 workout 1 6.0/3.7 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/2: Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones
3/3: couch-to-5k w1wo2 6.2/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl; 1 hr Zumba class
3/4
3/5: Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones
3/6: couch-to-5k w1wo3 6.5/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/7: 5' elliptical warmup; "Strength Training for Busy People" from exercise.about.com 3 sets with 4 lb medicine ball or 5 lb handweights
3/8: couch-to-5k w2wo1 6.2/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/9: Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones
3/10: couch-to-5k w2wo2 6.5/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/11
3/12: Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones
3/13: couch-to-5k w2wo3 6.6/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/14: 5' stationary bike warmup; "Strength Training for Busy People" from exercise.about.com 3 sets with 6 lb medicine ball or 5 lb handweights
3/15: couch-to-5k w3wo1 (distance) 6.5/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/16
3/17: Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones
3/18: couch-to-5k w3wo2 (time) 6.5/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/19: Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones
3/20: couch-to-5k w3wo3 (time) 6.7/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/21: Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones
3/22
3/23: couch-to-5k w4wo1 (time) 6.2/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/24: Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones
3/25: couch-to-5k w4wo2 (time) 6.4/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/26: Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones
3/27: couch-to-5k w4wo3 (time) 6.5/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/28
3/29: Jillian Michaels No More Trouble Zones
3/30: couch-to-5k w5wo1 (time) 6.3/3.8 mph; leg extension and leg curl
3/31: "Strength Training for Busy People" from exercise.about.com 3 sets with 8 lb handweight or 5 lb handweights

26/31 days I met my goal!!

I'm in and my goal is 25 days in March.

Phase 2 of P90x! 24/31, not counting the rest days

23/31

This may be unrealistic, but I want to shoot for every single day of march. I made this commitment previously and started exercising everyday since last week, so I hope I can keep it up. I still need to keep my eating habits in check, though, since that's where I see the most failure.

Reach 14,000 points in President's Fitness Challenge

I'll shoot for 26/31

I'll try for 23/31

I'm going to try for 5 workouts/week...so...we'll say 22 workouts. :) And hopefully another 5 lbs!

Starting Weight: 165
Pounds Down: 1
Workouts completed: 7/22
Total Minutes: 270

3/1 - Walk/Run - 25 mins
3/2 - Dodgeball - 45 mins
3/3 -
3/4 - C25k W4D1 - 35 mins
3/5

3/6
3/7
3/8
3/9 - Dodgeball - 45 mins
3/10
3/11
3/12

3/13
3/14 - Hardcore Spring Cleaning - 60 mins
3/15
3/16 - Bike Ride-15 mins
3/17 - Walk - 40 mins
3/18
3/19

3/20
3/21
3/22
3/23
3/24
3/25
3/26

3/27
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31

Sw: 168.6
Gw: 163.6

30ds
03/01: L1 D5

I was able to meet my goal of 1800 minutes of exercise in February and since March is a slightly longer month, I'm going to go for 2000 minutes of exercise!

3/1: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)

My goal for March is 1,800 minutes of exercise.

3/1 - Treadmill & BodyPump (90)
3/2 - Rest Day
3/3 - Swim & Cycle (80) (170 total)
3/4 - Weight Lifting (30) (200)
3/5 - Missed workout
3/6 - Swimming (75) (275)
3/7 - BodyCombat (60) (335)
3/8 - BodyPump (60) (395)
3/9 - Rest
3/10 - Swim & Cycle (80) (475)
3/11 - Walked 5k Route for next weekend (60) (535)
3/12 - BodyCombat (60) (595)
3/13 - Swim (40) (635)
3/14 - Missed workout
3/15 - Treadmill (40) & BodyPump (60) (740)
3/16 - BodyCombat (60) (800)
3/17 - Swimming (80) (880)
3/18 - Rest day before race
3/19 - 5K Race & BodyCombat (100) (980)
3/20 - Missed workout
3/21 - BodyCombat (60) (1040)
3/22 - Running (15) & BodyPump (60) (1115)
3/23 - Rest Day
3/24 - Missed
3/25 - Cycle (60) (1175)
3/26 - Missed
3/27 - Missed
3/28 - Missed
3/29 - Treadmill (80) (1255)
3/30 - BodyCombat (60) (1315)
3/31 - Swimming & Cycle (90) (1405)

Oh boy, I sucked it up in Feb. Here's hoping I can do better in March.

Lets shoot for 20/31

3/1: Rest
3/7: finally! Stairclimber 15 min, weights 30 min

My March exercise goal will be 25 out of 31 days, with a total exercise time of at least 1500 minutes.

Time goal: 1835 / 1500
Days goal: 24 / 25

3/1 - Rest day
3/2 - Walking (20 min), Biking (20 min), Strength Training (60 min)
3/3 - Walking / Jogging (45 min), Biking (25 min), Rowing (15 min)
3/4 - Strength Training (90 min)
3/5 - Does 5 hours of bridesmaid dress shopping count as a workout? I was 3x as tired compared to going to the gym! ;)
3/6 - Biking (15 min), Strength Training (75 min)
3/7 - Biking (15 min), Walking/Jogging (20 min)
3/8 - Biking (10 min), Rowing (10 min), Strength Training (60 min)
3/9 - Biking (20 min), Rowing (15 min), Walking/Jogging (25 min)
3/10 - Strength Training (45 min)
3/11 - Biking (35 min), Rowing (15 min), Elliptical (10 min)
3/12 - Rest
3/13 - Biking (10 min), Strength Training (60 min), Rowing (20 min)
3/14 - Hiking (60 min), Biking (30 min), Walking/Jogging (25 min), Rowing (20 min)
3/15 - Biking (10 min), Strength Training (60 min), Rowing (10 min)
3/16 - Hiking (30 min), Walking/Jogging (25 min), Biking (35 min), Rowing (20 min)
3/17 - Biking (20 min), Strength Training (60 min)
3/18 - Walking/Jogging (20 min), Hiking (60 min)
3/19 - Cardio (30 min), Strength Training (60 min)
3/20 - Hiking (45 min)
3/21 - Stair Climber (7 min), Biking (50 min), Walking (20 min), Strength Training (45 min)
3/22 - Rest
3/23 - Walking/Jogging (20 min), Strength Training (45 min), Rowing (10 min)
3/24 - Stair Climber (8 min), Biking (25 min), Rowing (15 min)
3/25 - Rest
3/26 - Stair Climber (10 min), Jogging (10 min), Strength Training (45 min), Rowing (10 min)
3/27 - Hiking (45 min)
3/28 - Stair Climber (10 min), Biking (10 min), Rowing (10 min), Strength Training (45 min)
3/29 - Stair Climber (15 min), Rowing (20 min), Biking (25 min)

28/31 days for the month of March!

03/01/11: EA Sports (40 minutes)

Okay - I totally threw Feb out the window.. so I'm starting fresh this month.
I want to work out at least 4 times a week. Let's see how it goes..


1. rest (as if I need it)
2. 45 min cardio
3. 45 min cardio
4. rest
5. 2 miles, lower body weight training
6. 2 miles, upper body weight training
7. rest
8. 2 miles, lower body weight training
9. rest
10. 2 miles, upper body weight training
11. 2 miles, lower body weight training
12.2 miles
13. 2 miles, upper body weight training
14. rest
15. 2 miles upper body weight training
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This week is already going so much better than last week!

3/1: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)
3/2: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)

I'm already keeping a spreadsheet of my exercise for March so I might as well share it to keep me accountable! I'm aiming for 1800 minutes this month.

03/01- 30DS (25)/C25K (30)/walk (50)=105
03/02- 30DS (25)/C25K (30)/walk (60)=115
03/03- 30DS (25)/C25K (30)/walk (50)=105
03/04- 30DS (25)/C25K (30)/walk (50)=105
03/05- 30DS (25)/walk (30)=55
03/06- recovery day (heel pain)
03/07- walk (50) =50
03/08- walk (50)=50
03/09- walk (30) =30
03/10- rest day
03/11- 30DS (25)/walk (40)=65
03/12- C25K (30)/walk (50)=80
03/13- 30DS (25)/C25K (30)/walk(50)=105
03/14- C25K (30)/walk(65)=95
03/15- rest day
03/16- walk (45) =45

Total: 1005/1800

Hi im going to join in for this one, did a really good exercise in FEB but have gone slightly off track in the last week..
So here goes.. i pledge to do 25 days exercise in March.. woohoo now its in print i gotta succeed :)

Sw: 168.6
Gw: 163.6

30ds
03/01: L1 D5
03/02: L1 D6

28/31 days for the month of March!

03/01/11: EA Sports (40 minutes)
03/02/11: EA Sports (30 minutes); 1 mile walk

Sw: 168.6
Gw: 163.6

30ds
03/01: L1 D5
03/02: L1 D6
03/03: L1 D7

3/1: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)
3/2: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)
3/3: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)

Ugh Feb was TERRIBLE for me as far as exercise goes..completely inconsistent...so here's to March being workout month!! Especially since April's my 25th birthday..I don't want to be a chunk on my birthday!!

3/1- ran 5k in 29:30..time to beat!
3/2- walked at work 20 min/ 30DS LVL 1 30 min
3/3- walked at work 20 min/ 30DS LVL 1 30 min

3/1: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)
3/2: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)
3/3: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)
3/4: 45 min walk home from work; on my feet all day @ work

28/31 days for the month of March!

03/01/11: EA Sports (40 minutes)
03/02/11: EA Sports (30 minutes); 1 mile walk
03/03/11: EA Sports (30 minutes)
03/04/11: EA Sports (15 minutes)

Sw: 168.6
Gw: 163.6

30ds
03/01: L1 D5
03/02: L1 D6
03/03: L1 D7
03/04: L1 D8

28/31 days for the month of March!

03/01/11: EA Sports (40 minutes)
03/02/11: EA Sports (30 minutes); 1 mile walk
03/03/11: EA Sports (30 minutes)
03/04/11: EA Sports (15 minutes)
03/05/11: EA Sports (31 minutes)

Sw: 168.6
Gw: 163.6

30ds
03/01: L1 D5
03/02: L1 D6
03/03: L1 D7
03/04: L1 D8
03/05: L1 D9
03/06: L1 D10

3/1: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)
3/2: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)
3/3: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)
3/4: 45 min walk home from work; on my feet all day @ work
3/5: 60 min walk
3/6: Rest
Total for week: 405/2000 minutes

28/31 days for the month of March!

03/01/11: EA Sports (40 minutes)
03/02/11: EA Sports (30 minutes); 1 mile walk
03/03/11: EA Sports (30 minutes)
03/04/11: EA Sports (15 minutes)
03/05/11: EA Sports (31 minutes)
03/06/11: EA Sports (31 minutes)

March Exercise Goal: 3 hours/week -or- 10 hours/month

3/7: 20 min TBL Cardio Max

Sw: 168.6
Gw: 163.6

30ds
03/01: L1 D5
03/02: L1 D6
03/03: L1 D7
03/04: L1 D8
03/05: L1 D9
03/06: L1 D10
03/07: L2 D1