Okay, this is going to be a two-part challenge. First you are going to choose how many minutes for the week you think you can workout - think big! Then you are going to pick a "trouble spot" and select 3 strength exercises you will do each day to work on it.

For example, you can choose 45 mintues per day x 7 days = 315 minutes and then choose thighs/hips as your trouble spot and from the links below pick three exercises to do each day.

If you are a beginner, best to do about 25 of each exercise. More if you are more advanced. Oh I totally forgot, these are to be done every other day, not every day. You need rest!

Here are some websites with strength training exercises. Remember you don't necessarily need weights!

http://exercise.about.com/cs/exbegin...egstrength.htm - more on a few links there as well

http://www.strength-training-woman.c...exercises.html - has LOTS of info there!

http://www.better-exercise-fitness-f...exercises.html - scroll down to see exercises

http://fitness.ygoy.com/upper-body-s...ing-exercises/ - upper body specific

http://fitness.ygoy.com/lower-body-s...ing-exercises/ - lower body specific

Have fun with this - go for big numbers and pick an area you hate working on - it'll be worth it!

Ok, let's see how many minutes...... I will do 45 minutes for 6 days.

Mon 0/45
Tue 0/45
Wed 0/45
Thur 0/45
Fri 0/45
Sat 0/45

My trouble spots are thighs and glutes. I will add an extra set to my lunges, squats, plies and leg curls on my weight lifting days. So that will be an extra 15 reps of each exercise for 3 days.

0/45--Lunges
0/45--Squats
0/45--Plies
0/45--Leg Curls

So I am going to choose 50 minutes of cardio each day, total 350 minutes. I am also going to work shoulders and arms. I will do 32 reps of each exercise each day. Total will be 32 x 4 = 128 reps of each exercise.

100/350 minutes
0/128 bicep curls
0/128 tricep extensions
0/128 shoulder presses

Okay, I really overestimated myself last time, so I am going to be a little more conservative this time so I don't disappoint myself!

15 minutes of cardio (walking) per day for a total of 105 minutes. I will be working on my abs and hips. So I will do 25 reps every other day each of crunches, squats, plies, and bicycling legs.


105/105 walking
25/100 crunches
70/100 squats
90/100 plies
100/100 bicycling legs

OK. I haven't been doing any strength training and I really need to. I will do 120 min. of Cardio(4 days x 30 min.) and 60 min. strength training (3days x 20 min.).

30/120 Cardio
50/75 Squats
50/75 leg curls
40/75 lunges
50/150 crunches

Aiming for 600 minutes exercise - mixture of cardio, strength and flexibility training.

Trouble spots? Well how to narrow that one down LOL! My bingo wings are annoying me just now so i will hit some bicep curls and tricep dips.

Jan 26 -
Jan 27 -
Jan 28 -
Jan 29 -
Jan 30 -
Jan 31 -
Feb 1 -

Okay, I'm going to go for at least 60 mins for 6 days, so 360 mins total.

My trouble spot is my core, so I'll go for planks, 30 bird dogs, & 50 situps on Monday, Wednesday & Saturday.

Monday - 60 mins Circuit, 3-30sec side planks, 30 Bird Dogs & 75 situps
Tuesday - 60 mins Circuit
Wednesday - 1 hr hauling broken limbs
Thursday - 1 hr hauling broken limbs
Friday - 30 mins hauling broken limbs
Saturday - 5 hrs hauling broken limbs
Sunday - Rest Day

Okay, I'm not doing too well this week, but I do have a sort of excuse. We just got hit by a massive ice storm, and things are a little crazy. I'll do better next week.

My goal is to do 400 minutes of workout.

My troublespot right now is my abs and my arms. So I'll do
300 / 300 - 3 x 100 Crunches
300 / 300 - 3 x 100 Crossover Crunches (50 each side)
150 / 150 - 3 x 50 Biceps Curl
150 / 150 - 3 x 50 Tricep Press

400 / 400 min Done

Mon - Day off
Tue - 30 min C25K, 15 min strength-workout
Wen - 90 min circuit workout
Thu - 30 min C25K, 30 min strength-workout
Fri - nothing, to much work, been gone from home 9.30 AM until 23.30 PM
Sat - 30 min C25K, 30 min strength-workout, 45 min walk
Sun - 100 min walk

I completed it

420/360 minutes

Core
DONE -Monday - Plank, Bridge, Bird/Dog
DONE - Wednesday - Plank, Bridge, Bird/Dog
DONE - Friday - Plank, Bridge, Bird/Dog

Okay, I'm going to concentrate on my upper body a lot this week I think since that arm flab is annoying! Will most likely do some other stuff as well though.

160/250 minutes of cardio

40/60 Shoulder Press
40/60 Front Raise
40/60 Upright Row
40/60 Curls

Planning on steppin it up this week. Weight loss has stalled BIG TIME so it's time to push myself again. So 200 minutes of cardio, my trouble spot is also my core. I'm going to go with 4 different core exercises doing 2 everyday. Going to add this goal into my journal so it's in my face!

125/200 cadio

25/Plank (Mon, Wed, Fri)
15/Side Planks (Mon, Wed, Fri - each side)
25/Bridge (Tues, Thurs, Sat)
25/Bird Dog (Tues, Thurs, Sat)

I am just posting minutes of total exercise right now. Then I will go research which strength moves I want to do. I will do 45 min/day, 6 days this week. So, that's 270 min.

Mon.- 55 min. BL Bootcamp
Tues.- 30 min. of BL yoga and a quick mile jog 15 min.
Wed.- 60 min. P90x Legs and back
Thurs.- 30 min. Jillian's kickboxing, then 15 min. walk
Friday- 40 min. BL Bootcamp
Sat.-

245/270

I'm going to do an hour of cardio a day for 6 days. So that's 360 for the week. I don't have one specific trouble area. So if it's okay I will BL Yoga (which works all my trouble areas) for 6 days as well.

Cardio 120/360
BL Yoga 0/210

*sigh* Not doing good as I expected. It's been a crazy week. Going to have to double time it.

OK, so I'm a little late, so I am going to track things that I already track. I have the hardest time keeping up with these challenges!

This is all at 5.0 incline and 4.0 speed on the treadmill.
Mon 30/30
Tue 40/30
Wed 60/30
Thur 40/30
Fri 80/30
Sat 90/30
Sun 65/30
TOTAL: 405/210

I struggle to focus on my tummy, so I've been trying to do my Ab Workout tape everyday. I've been trying, but have only gotten it once so far this week.

Mon 0/1
Tue 0/1
Wed 0/1
Thur 0/1
Fri 1/1
Sat 1/1
Sun 0/1
TOTAL: 2/7 Dang! I just can't get into videos!