April Exercise Challenge
 

All right It is time to start our monthly count over!! Regulars and newbies alike, make an exercise goal: minutes accumulated, number of days. . . . you create it yourself!! Post your Goal then come here to keep yourself accountable and motivated!!!

Good luck to all!

My exercise goal will be 1200 minutes. I made last months goal, but this month is starting out rough (yes already) also my schedule changes toward the end of the month.
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My goal for April is 1000 minutes

4-1 Treadmill 38 minutes, Stationary bike 14 minutes, Eliptical 11 minutes, Strength Training 15 minutes

dustcatcher

Okay I am in for 1200 minutes!

April 1 - 30 min walking trails w/ dogs
April 2 - 60 min treadmill and weights
April 3 - 60 min elliptical and weights
April 4 - 50 min treadmill
April 5 - 50 min bike and weights
April 10 - 60 min treadmill and weights
April 11 - 45 min elliptical and weights
April 13 - 50 min treadmill
April 16 - 60 min treadmill and weights
April 17 - 60 min elliptical and weights
April 18 - 60 min treadmill and weights
April 19 - 60 min elliptical and weights
April 20 - 60 min treadmill and abs
April 21 - 60 min slow walk on the beach...that's exercise right?

765 down / 435 to go!

May I join? I am new here. I used to be a part of one of these at another site and it helped me stay fit so.........
My goal is 1000 minutes for April.
My intro is in the intro forum if anyone wants to "meet" me.

Goals: 30-45 min. cardio 6x/week
strength workout 3 x/week

April 1- 4 hours softball (light/moderate intensity)
April 2- Nothing (I'm sick :-/)
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hi, so happy to see the thread up :) bb soon to post my goals and exercise.

My goal for April is 1000 minutes

4-1 Treadmill 38 minutes, Stationary bike 14 minutes, Eliptical 11 minutes, Strength Training 15 minutes
4-2 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 18 minutes, Elilptical 12 minutes

dustcatcher

HI everyone : ) I have decided on 1400 minutes for this month. THe weather is good now (except for this week!) so I plan on doing more walking outdoors for this month. MY exercise will consist of mostly walking, as well as aerobics, all over body toning (inc. some stretching), and upper bod strength training. I'm shooting for a weekly average of walking (200min), aerobics + toning (120 min.) and u.b.s.t (30 min).

nice to see you all , let's keep truckin ladies. THis is my 3rd month! I am so excited. I went to the park for the first time this year yesterday (some of the trails are rigorous) and I could see a vast improvement in my fitness level versus last spring! :) no huffing and puffing this time, no sore muscles, n othing! I am very thankful for this thread.


4/1 - 60 min. walk/hike (b.p park)
4/2 - 15 min. u.b.s.t

My goal for April is 1500 minutes

April 1st = 60 min of weight training _ 60 min of dance class
April 2 = 30 min of walking

Ok, I'm in this time too! Back on track, recommitted to new ME.

My goal will be 1000 minutes, hopefully that will be easy for me achieve. My secret goal will be 1300, but I'll be happy to hit 1000.

April 1- Sunday, worked Saturday night and sunday night...so nothing formal
April 2- 60 minutes, cardio/lower body/abs/cardio60
April 3- 90 minutes, cardio/upper body/abs/cardio = 150
April 4- does poker tournament count? running errands? okay okay ZERO 150
April 5-Woohoo did aerobics class today...60 min=210
April 6-WOW I thought aerobics ^ was hard but today my trainer kicked my LBWO waaaay up 60 min=270
April 7-YAY! Got my UBWO kicked up now too!!! 90 more minutes.....360
April 8-Easter Sunday, probably ate my way out of all the last 360 minutes?
April 9-LBWO....abs, cardio, 70 minutes.....430!!!!
April 10-welllll, none today. work tonight, kids today...tomorrow I PROMISE
April 11-Oh for goodness sake, todays 60 min felt like AT LEAST 90 but ok 60...490
April 12-well posting this on the 13th I can't remember! Probably an hour...60= 550
April 13-Kicked it up....80 minutes, SO glad I felt like another 15 min cardio...630!!!
April 14-Saturday morning walking club, week 1, 90 minutes! YAY ME! But I'll be back, I think I'm going to the gym after DS's bowling banquet this morning, but for now.....720
April 15-none today, and I did not get to the gym Saturday after the walk either.
April 16-no exercise today..grrrrrr
April 17-60 minutes so.....780
April 18-60 min, LBWO, feelin GREAT....840
April 19-oh the agony none today DH had to go help a "friend in need" and took my gym time!
April 20-oh no NONE
April 21-crap crap crap NONE
April 22-<SIGH> none again....I MISS IT! Tomorrow for sure!
April 23-Thank goodness, got to the gym, 80 minutes....920
April 24-oooh boy, a killer workout this morning, 80 minutes.....1000!!! I MADE IT!
April 25-DH b-day so celebration no exercise
April 26-work tonight so none today either...boooo
April 27-90minutes today...yay me! 1090
April 28-80 minutes today....1170
April 29-none today!
April 30-60 minutes...GRAND TOTAL! 1230 WOW!

Well I finally got some ME time today.....no easy task with a busy 3 yr old and sick 7 yr old AND husband all at home.

April 3-45 minute power-walk and 5 minute weights/situps=50/1000 minutes:carrot: :D

Tuesday
 

:o Sorry I am a day late this is Tuesday's work out

Full Body Step up to DB Shoulder Press 4 X 15 3 kg Fast
Legs Horizontal Leg Press 4 10 X 100 kg Mod
DB Stiff Leg Deadlift 4 10 X 5 kg Mod
Chest/Back DB Bent over Row 4 10 X 4 kg Mod
DB Incline Bench Press 4 10 X 4 kg Mod
Cardio Treadmill 1 20 mins 1 min level 6 - 1 min level 8 - 10
Cycle 1 20 mins Do the cardio programme
Core DB Oblique Twist 4 10 60s
I must admit I could not do the walk/run on the treadmill. My legs were just so sore after Monday. So I did a 1/2 hour walk on level 6. And I could kill the so & so who invented the stepper. It belongs in a torture chamber.Had a good day food wise, stuck to my plan (mostly) which is good for me!
Well. off to work. Have a great day people:scooter: :scooter:

Sorry I cut and copied my plan out ot spread sheet it is suppost to be 20 mins treadmill and 20 on the bike that looks like 120 mins.

4-1 Treadmill 38 minutes, Stationary bike 14 minutes, Eliptical 11 minutes, Strength Training 15 minutes
4-2 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 18 minutes, Elilptical 12 minutes
4-3 Walked in neighborhood 21 minutes
dustcatcher

HI ladies, as for exercise today, nada! Darn ankle acted up again! I have been off my feet all night, feel better already so I should be okay for tomorrow. I have kissed my heels goodbye for quite some time now, afraid that any ankle irritation will impede my exercise goals. Tomorrow is a new day. Keep on truckin.

4-1 Treadmill 38 minutes, Stationary bike 14 minutes, Eliptical 11 minutes, Strength Training 15 minutes
4-2 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 18 minutes, Elilptical 12 minutes
4-3 Walked in neighborhood 21 minutes
4-4 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 17 minutes, Eliptical 13 minutes

dustcatcher

4/1 - 60 min. walk/hike (b.p park)
4/2 - 15 min. u.b.s.t
4/3 - nada, sore leg
4/4- 52 minute walk (feel so much better)

10 minutes today (not including usual chaotic running around!) of elliptical & weights/situps

60/1000 minutes:carrot:

Hi there,

I'm doing LA weight loss, and I am looking for exercise motivation. Can anyone join in? Please let me know as I am definetly intrested...thanks

can some one help me. I am new to this internet thing and have been trying for about a month to find a support group an I can't seem to get into one until I accidently came across this one and I really like it. I like how you guys post and the decorations, and all of the inspiration. I too would like to join the 1200 minutes in April. My user name is beautiful4me. Thanks

Hi ladies, I came in to post my shedule and saw your posts. jcatron is the lady kind enough to have started this great thread! It has helped me tremendously. Along the lines of what jc posted, all are welcome! THose from previous months as well as those people joining in. Everyone just sets their own goals, regardless of what they are, our goals vary. Anyways, just wanted to say hi and welocome : ) Hope everyone has a great Easter :)


4/1 - 60 min. walk/hike (b.p park)
4/2 - 15 min. u.b.s.t
4/3 - nada, sore leg
4/4- 52 minute walk ( 2.80 , feel so much better)
4/5 90 min. (aerobics-30 min., walk-30 min. 1.75mi., toning-30 min.)
4/6 60 min. (aerobics-30 min, walk-30min, 1.72mi.)

My goal for April is 1500 minutes

April 1st = 60 min of weight training _ 60 min of dance class
April 2 = 30 min of walking
April 3 = 60 min kick boxing
April 4 = nothing
April 5 = 60 min kick boxing + 60 minutes weight training
April 6 = 60 min weight training
April 7 = 0
April 8 = 0
April 9 = 60 minutes kick boxing

= 450/1500 minutes

Slow and steady gets it...at least I hope...Easter brought far too many chocolates but I am managing...;)

10 minutes elliptical and weights/situps = 70/1000:o

beautiful4me, you can go to tickerfactory.com to make a weightloss ticker, they have lots to choose from and welcome!

Testing, testing. I am trying to insert my weight tracker

testing testing! lol

Full steam ahead. Thanks for the information. A friend came by and helped with the inserts. We can all meet our goals this months ladies. Lets not quit and when we feel like we don't want to excercise that is when we really need to do it. Completing it is the reward itself. I committed to 1000 minutes this month and I am down 200 (I think, I have to look at my calendar) sooooo 800 or so to go. I am doing a combination of walking, situps, cardioglide and will start punching the punching bag (great stress reliever). Have a great day everyone and I hope you like my inserts.

4-1 Treadmill 38 minutes, Stationary bike 14 minutes, Eliptical 11 minutes, Strength Training 15 minutes
4-2 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 18 minutes, Elilptical 12 minutes
4-3 Walked in neighborhood 21 minutes
4-4 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 17 minutes, Eliptical 13 minutes
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4-9 Aquacize class 55 minutes
4-10 Eliptical 15 minutes, Treadmill 15 minutes

dustcatcher

My goal for April is 1500 minutes

April 1st = 60 min of weight training _ 60 min of dance class
April 2 = 30 min of walking
April 3 = 60 min kick boxing
April 4 = nothing
April 5 = 60 min kick boxing + 60 minutes weight training
April 6 = 60 min weight training
April 7 = 0
April 8 = 0
April 9 = 60 minutes kick boxing
April 10 = 60 minutes kick boxing
April 11 = 60 minutes walking + 60 minutes Body Attack Class

= 570/1500 minutes

4-1 Treadmill 38 minutes, Stationary bike 14 minutes, Eliptical 11 minutes, Strength Training 15 minutes
4-2 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 18 minutes, Elilptical 12 minutes
4-3 Walked in neighborhood 21 minutes
4-4 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 17 minutes, Eliptical 13 minutes
4-5
4-6
4-7
4-8
4-9 Aquacize class 55 minutes
4-10 Eliptical 15 minutes, Treadmill 15 minutes
4-11 Aquacize class 55 minutes

dustcatcher

My goal for April is 1500 minutes

April 1st = 60 min of weight training _ 60 min of dance class
April 2 = 30 min of walking
April 3 = 60 min kick boxing
April 4 = nothing
April 5 = 60 min kick boxing + 60 minutes weight training
April 6 = 60 min weight training
April 7 = 0
April 8 = 0
April 9 = 60 minutes kick boxing
April 10 = 60 minutes kick boxing
April 11 = 60 minutes walking + 60 minutes Body Attack Class
April 12 = 60 minutes weight training class + 60 minutes kick boxing
= 690/1500 minutes

Hi all, hope everyone had a nice Easter :) Beautiful4me, that's great! I like your inserts, very nice : ) keep up the great work everyone.


4/1 - 60 min. walk/hike (b.p park)
4/2 - 15 min. u.b.s.t
4/3 - nada, sore leg
4/4- 52 minute walk ( 2.80 , feel so much better)
4/5 90 min. (aerobics-30 min., walk-30 min. 1.75mi., toning-30 min.)
4/6 60 min. (aerobics-30 min, walk-30min, 1.72mi.)
4/7 no exercise

4/8 Easter Sunday
4/9 - 80 min. (walk-45 min. 2.55mi., aerobics-35 min.)
4/10- 85 min. (walk-40 min., toning-30 min., u.b.s.t-15min.)
4/11 64 min. (walk-34min. 2.00mi., aerobics-30 minutes)

Hi Everyone, Yesterday I did not excercise was kinda feeling a little sluggish. I think I am in the premenopause stage. I did do great on my eating and started to incorporate the points system from weight watchers. I did my 20 minutes of walking to work and will finish up the 40 minutes later in the day. Soon to be thin. How do you get so much kickboxing in? I would love to that. Do you go to a gym?

Full Steam Ahead, if it wasn't for your guidance and my friend knowing about the internet, I would still have a plane post. How do you get the ticker to move though when you lost weight?

Have a great day and keep on moving...:hug:

I'm IN
 

My goal for the month is to be able to walk from The FOster's Business Library on the UW campus to home (about 1/4 mile) without running out of breathe. It's a fairly wasy walk though I do have some stair climbing and a slight (easy) uphill walk for a short minut or two. So far since I've started I can now do the walk without having to sit down about half way home though I still am breathing hard but I'm not as completely out of breath as when I started at the beginning of the month. I have to say the the walk to the library is much much easier...I've worked up a small sweat but not breathing all that hard. For me that is-lol

WOW you girls are all doing GREAT! (check me out~I'm at the bottom of page one!)

B4Me I know how to move your ticker! (pick me! pick me! ::::hand waving wildly in the air:::::) Just click on user CP in the upper left corner. Then you can pick TWO places....edit PROFILE so you can change your s/c/g then/or you can go to edit SIGNATURE and scroll down and where you see the S/C/G you just backspace and change the number of the "current"....um I hope that was clear enough :D

Oh and I found that editing tickers from other sites were not as successful as changing the ones from here on 3fc? I had a cute one from tickerfactory? but it wanted me to go back and redo the whole ticker instead of just fixing it. Anyone else? So I just stick with the cute ones on here.

4/1 - 60 min. walk/hike (b.p park)
4/2 - 15 min. u.b.s.t
4/3 - nada, sore leg
4/4- 52 minute walk ( 2.80 , feel so much better)
4/5 90 min. (aerobics-30 min., walk-30 min. 1.75mi., toning-30 min.)
4/6 60 min. (aerobics-30 min, walk-30min, 1.72mi.)
4/7 no exercise

4/8 Easter Sunday
4/9 - 80 min. (walk-45 min. 2.55mi., aerobics-35 min.)
4/10- 85 min. (walk-40 min., toning-30 min., u.b.s.t-15min.)
4/11 64 min. (walk-34min. 2.00mi., aerobics-30 minutes)
4/12 65 min. (walk-50min. 2.88, u.b.s.t-15min.)
4/13 60 min. (walk-30min.1.73, aerobics-30min.)

4-1 Treadmill 38 minutes, Stationary bike 14 minutes, Eliptical 11 minutes, Strength Training 15 minutes
4-2 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 18 minutes, Elilptical 12 minutes
4-3 Walked in neighborhood 21 minutes
4-4 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 17 minutes, Eliptical 13 minutes
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4-7
4-8
4-9 Aquacize class 55 minutes
4-10 Eliptical 15 minutes, Treadmill 15 minutes
4-11 Aquacize class 55 minutes
4-12 Treadmill 31 minutes, Stationary bike 14 minutes, Eliptcial 10 minutes
4-13
4-14 Treadmill 30 minutes, Stationary bike 18 minutes, Eliptcial 12 minutes

dustcatcher

HI ladies,

I am sorry that I missed the posts yesterday, I came in rather quickly to plug in my numbers before logging out and somehow overlooked them.

Beautiful4me, I am glad I was able to be of some help : ) I didn't work out yesterday as my ankle was bothering me but today it feels fine so I have to do it and boy am I lazy to start! lol Often times, it's just a matter of givng myself a good push to get going.

NurseMichelle, I checked you out! lol : ) your doing great too! Your all doing great, let's keep up the good work ladies.

Teresa, I think that's wonderful that your walking, it's always such a great way to start...keep up the awesome work. : ) walking is still the mainstay of my program and I enjoy it the most, especially when I am able to do it outdoors.

Hope you all having a great weekend :)

4-1 Treadmill 38 minutes, Stationary bike 14 minutes, Eliptical 11 minutes, Strength Training 15 minutes
4-2 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 18 minutes, Elilptical 12 minutes
4-3 Walked in neighborhood 21 minutes
4-4 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Treadmill 17 minutes, Eliptical 13 minutes
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4-6
4-7
4-8
4-9 Aquacize class 55 minutes
4-10 Eliptical 15 minutes, Treadmill 15 minutes
4-11 Aquacize class 55 minutes
4-12 Treadmill 31 minutes, Stationary bike 14 minutes, Eliptcial 10 minutes
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4-14 Treadmill 30 minutes, Stationary bike 18 minutes, Eliptcial 12 minutes
4-15 Treadmill 25 minutes, Stationary bike 20 minutes, Eliptical 15 minutes

dustcatcher