300+ Don't be Spooked by Exercise in October...
 

..To the October exercise thread! We're trying to make exercise a habit, give ourselves some accountability, and get healthier in the process!

In this thread, we track the number of MINUTES we exercise for the month
-- whether it's walking or swimming or sweaty housework! Most of us set goals for ourselves (I personally will not exercise much without a goal). If you are a goal-setter, early in the month set your own goal! If you're just getting started, feel free to start with a smaller number of minutes (I did!), maybe just a few hundred. It seems easier for many of us to build on the habit rather than meet a very high goal right away. However, you can also just jump right in without a goal, and you can join us anytime in the month!

And you want to jump in, because one of the main reasons to be here is to track how many minutes we exercise as a group! In 2006 we came close to 200,000 minutes. I'd love to see us surpass that goal this year. Here's where we stand!

Jan 19,532 min
Feb 14,818 min
Mar 20,190 min
Apr 18,336 min
May 16,343 min
June 21,703 min
July 23,253 min
Aug 19,941 min
Sept --coming soon
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154,116 MINUTES thru Aug

Finally, if you're new to this, pay attention to how to add your minutes to the group... people get confused if they can't easily see our new total. I recommend showing the previous total, then your minutes, then the new total (which should be the sum of the other 2 numbers). For example, if the group had done 500 minutes already and you did 30, here's what you would do:

Group total ~ 500 + 30 = 530 minutes

Let's continue to make 2007 great by more moving and shaking!!

Letsee.. 800 min for October for me!

I didn't meet my goal in Sept but there is an extra day in Oct so I'll try again.

1500 for me

Okay-
I am going to set a goal of 900 minutes for Oct..

New here so hi everyone!

I'm going to try for 620 again. My foot seems to be healing, so hopefully I can get back to some walking. I'm also starting a yoga class next week--but just once a week.

Bronchitis is getting better so hopefully I'll be good to go soon...going to test it out with some racquetball tomorrow.

I'll set my October goal at 1,250 minutes.

:haphal: everyone!

900 minutes is my goal.

1,500 for me, approx 70mins x 5 times a week x 4 weeks
xxxxsharon

My goal for October is 120 aka 30 minutes a week.
Gotta start somewhere.......again. :-(

Ok, I'm going to commit to 1000, or should I commit myself cuz I must be crazy for commitng to that many? :rofl:

I'm in for 1000, like this month. There an extra day, so it will hopefully be a squidge easier...

Ok, starting the counting for October! I just did 45 minutes of TurboJam.

Group: 45
Me: 45/1250

I'm taking mine down 100 less for Oct since I barely hit the 1,700 mark this month and next month is busy pre-art show season for me.

HI everyone, I'm new on this board but I checked out last month's board.

I'll aim for 700 this month.