Happy May Day everyone!

I did my 60-min bike session today. Yes!

Group Total (as far as I can tell) = 60 minutes Please correct me if I'm wrong and missed someone's workout!

Noticed that I'm going to have to stop watching my DVD's while I ride and focus more on the workout. Now that I'm doing sprints on Mondays and a higher intensity on Wednesdays, the DVD is more distracting than not. I am putting a few playlists together for those days to keep me company as I focus on better workouts. Wish me luck!

Did my WATP's DVD for 20 minutes this morning.

GROUP TOTAL 60 + 20 = 80

Wonderful, Wyllen! I LOVE IT!!!!

25 min for me-- walked dogs and back exercises

Kayley -- glad you like the challenge, hope others do!

Group total ~ 100 + 25 = 125 min

I did 30 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes on the treadmill. Each day it gets easier - on the elliptical I was able to keep my rpm's at about 50 for most of the time, while keeping my heart rate at about 140. Maybe next time I will try setting it to level 2? I am also now consistently at 2.6 on the treadmill. Maybe shortly I can get to 2.7.

The group total is now 125 + 60 = 185

Well, I did well as far as minutes went today, but I think I may have hurt my knee just a little too much. I have been jogging on the treadmill and my knee has been a little aggravated, but not for long. Today I jogged some of the laps with the kids (walked 4 laps and alternated with jogging 4) and our oval isn't in the greatest of condition. I have a feeling that trying to avoid the potholes is a little harder on the knees than just jogging on the treadmill. I still did my exercise this afternoon, but my knee is aching now, and VERY stiff. I will have to see how it feels in the morning before I decide whether I exercise or not. I'm a little angry with myself, but I really didn't know whether to just try and work through the pain. I think I may have been OK if I'd just walked around the oval. Oh well... let's just chalk that up as another lesson, shall we?

So... 30 mins treadmill, 15 mins laps of oval, 20 mins strength training and 35 mins on bike (little slower to 'baby' the knee).

Oh, I also need to add yesterday's 30 mins on treadmill and 30 mins on bike.

Personal Goal... 1800 - 160 = 1640 mins left of May's goal of 1800

Group Total... 185 + 160 = 345

Not a bad start, but hopefully we'll see more faces in here soon.

Take care,:hug:

Zelma

OUCH Zelma! Sorry about your knee. I suggest RICE (Raise, Ice, Compress, Elevate). I hope you feel better! Oh yeah, and take an anti-inflamatory (like ibuprofen). Knee pain is so hard! :-(

I did my first round of weight lifting today. Used 5 lb (2.27 kg) weights...and feel like such a wimp! LOL I used to do all these exercises with 30 lb (13.5 kg) weights a few years ago and now look at me! ROFL. Then again, I did HAVE to build up to that. So, it's time to build up again - slowly but surely.

My totals today: 10 min warm up, 30 min strength training

Group Total: 345 + 40 = 385

Okay, so I'm on pins and needles over here cause I haven't heard from many people if they like the 100,000 min challenge idea!

I thought it would be a good extension of what we're already doing -- and I think it's fun to see these big numbers add up. PLus, I totally think we can do it! We've accumulated over 47,000 minutes in 4 months alone...

So, please tell me if you like the idea or not!

Oh, I LOVE it! Yeah, lets! :-)

And, again, THANK you so much for your consistency with the exercise threads! :-)

Hi....Posted yesterday that I would love to join the May Excercise minutes challenge, but the post didn't get onto this thread. Is it too late? I just began dieting for the first time in my life and would love the support of others to root me on as will I do that with you all.

Hope to join aboard.

Melissa

Group Total: 385 + 90 = 475

Hi!
 

Ok, I had about 40 minutes yesterday and an hour today. So... 100 minutes of exercise for May. I think my personal goal for the month of May is 800 minutes. If I keep up at this pace that should be very do-able! :D

Melissa and Andrea (hippiemomma) -- WELCOME!!!!! Of course you can join!!!

Melissa -- it can really help to set an exercise goal for the month (# of minutes exercising). If you're just getting started, I recommend starting small, for a goal you can reach. Personally, I started with about 450 minutes -- about 30 minutes every other day. Course, others like to jump in hard and bold...

Maria Lucia -- *grin* I hoped you liked the challenge!

And hey, where is Valerie???!!!!

Finally, let's add HippieMomma's (Andrea's) minutes:

Group total ~ 475 + 100 = 575 minutes!!!

Look at that, we're almost at 10 hours already! And, I'm off to the treadmill myself.

Wyllen - Sorry for forgetting to mention it, but I love the idea! The only question is who will be taking the bets on when we make the goal.

Well, tonight I not only made it to 2.7, I actually spent a few minutes at 3.0! Since I had the treadmill on hill I couldn't keep it there too long, but I did it! I wasn't sure my legs would move that fast. So I did 35 minutes on hill setting 3 mostly staying at 2.7. I was also going to do weight training when I got home, and did about 10 minutes, but felt too tired after that. That brings my total to 105 minutes.

The group total is 575 + 45 = 620