300+ Just July Exercise Thread
 

to the July exercise thread! We're making exercise a habit, giving ourselves some accountability, and getting 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 2007, we exercised over 200,000 minutes...

July Goal is 1350 mins
Break down of 45 min a day

Hi All,

I was really bored today ...Walked 50 min this afternoon.....And walked 65 minuites tonight.....Tomorrow I will be crawling ......Angels

Goal for July is 1100. I've broken 1000 for the past two months. Time to bump it up a notch. These monthly threads have been so inspirational. I started tracking my minutes in March even when I was having technical difficulties with the site. Thanks for this!

30 Elliptical and stair machine = 30 for me

Group total = Angels4u's 115 + 30 = 145

I'm not going to set a goal this month for a couple of reasons. I will log what I've done though. So 60 mins walking from yesterday.

Group total: 145 + 60 = 205

40 min swimming + 60 min walking + 20 min batting practice = 120

Group total = 205 + 120 = 325

80 mins strength training (with HIIT)

Group total: 325 + 80 = 405

The weekly hike, another 119 minutes (strange, that) + 30 = 149 for me

Group 405 + 119 = 424

tues & wed~70 min water aerobics, 40 min biking ea day

Group total~424 + 220 = 644

Personal Goal -1000 minutes

Wednesday night - 20 minutes on NuStep recumbant bike, 35 mins on weight machines. - 55 mins.

Group total - 644 + 55 = 699

60 minutes from yesterday's yard work (did more than that, but only claiming 60 + 30 minutes from biking today (8 miles) + 699 minutes (group) = 789 minutes

Thursday 50 mins water aerobics class - personal total 105 mins.

Group
789 + 50 = 839 mins

200 min for me so far. It's all cardio as I'm nursing a wrist strain. 30 min bike riding, 60 elliptical, 60 walking and today 50 elliptical.

Group total ~ 839 + 200 = 1039 min

80 minutes total for yesterday and today, a combination of elliptical/recumbent stepper and walking.

229 Total for Me.


Group = 1039 + 80 = 1119

60 mins walking, 60 mins garden work (harder stuff)

Group total: 1,119 + 120 = 1,239

32 Minutes walking for me = 261

Group total: 1,239 + 32 = 1,271

120 min of hiking and playing in the river.

Group total: 1,271 + 120 = 1391

30 min weight training yesterday.

Group total 1391 + 30 = 1421

Here is my exercise minutes total for the week. 540 minutes plus 1421 former group total = 1961 New group total.

Friday - 25 mins NuStep, 60 mins weight lifting, 25 mins swimming.
Sunday 15 mins Nu-Step, 25 mins swimming.
Personal total 255 mins.
New Group total 1961 + 255 = 2216 mins

55 min -- 15 on the treadmill and 40 weights.

Group total ~ 2216 + 55 = 2271 min

20 min -- 5.25 miles on bike

Group total ~ 2271 + 20 = 2291 min

My total 110 minutes (13.25 miles + 60 minutes of yard work)

Ugh. I couldn't do math, so I underestimated my minutes by 10 on 7/4, so adding that in today. Also, 91 walking and gym since I last posted + 10 lost minutes = making my total 362.

Group Total = 2291 + 101 = 2392

60 min for me!

Group total ~ 2392 + 60 = 2452 min

2452 min + 31 minutes (8 miles on bike) = 2483 minutes

My total 141 minutes (21.25 miles)

146 hiking today and 35 gym yesterday = 181 + 362 = 543 for me

Group total = 2483 + 181 = 2664

30 minutes riding bike (8 miles) + 2664 = 2694 minutes

My total 171 minutes (29.25 miles)

Monday - Weight lifting workout - 65 mins
Wednesday 20 mins NuStep, 45 mins weight lifting
Personal total 385 mins.

Group total 2694 + 135 = 2829 total

60 min weights yesterday

Group total ~ 2829 + 60 = 2889 min

45 at the gym (a new best!) this morning, so 588 total for me.

Group total = 2889 + 45 = 2934

60 min on the elliptical!

Group total ~ 2934 + 60 = 2994 min

30 minutes riding bike (7 miles) + 2994 = 3024 minutes

My total 201 minutes (36.25 miles)

Water aerobics class 55 mins
Personal total 385 + 55 = 440

Group total 3024 + 55 = 3079 minutes

65 min yesterday at the gym (40 elliptical and 25 weights) + 60 today on elliptical

Group total ~ 3079 + 125 = 3204 min

30 minutes riding bike (7.4 miles) + 3204 = 3234 minutes

My total 201 minutes (43.65 miles)

20 min Nu Step
30 mins weights
35 mins swimming laps
Personal total 440 + 85 = 525 mins

Group total 3234 + 85 = 3319 mins

3234 Former Group total plus my 410 minutes for this week = 3,644 New Group total

57 walking the past two days + 588 = 645 for me

3644 + my 57 = 3701 Group

Back to the lifting today - 75 mins total (15 min cardio warm-up).

Group total: 3,701 + 75 = 3, 776

45 minutes at the gym...my elliptical time is slowly climbing, and I can feel a difference already!

45 + 645 = 690 for me

3776 + 45 = 3821 Group