April Exercise Challenge
 

It's spring! An excellent time to sprout new exercise goals. On this thread, we set exercise goals for the month and track them together. See our sister thread, April Weight Loss Challenge for tracking the non-exercise goals that lead to weight loss.

I'll post a list of our goals as we set them at the beginning of the month. When you meet a goal, it gets turned red in our list.

Want some ideas for goals to set? Take a look at what we did in the March Exercise Challenge!

My goal for April is 1500 minutes of exercise.

Today is my first day of my life style change :)
my goal this month will be at 1000 minutes but i will try for 1500

I did well with my March goal, so my goal for April is another 2000 minutes.

I'm back after a couple of weeks rest following my accident. Three cracked ribs which will take six weeks to heal but I've been gradually re adding activities. Cardio is ok but resistance is a problem. Anyway, I'm gona try for 1200 this month and see how I get on!

1300 again this month - and a vow to actually track it here this time!!

I added up my exercise minutes from last month, and I was at 1000. So, my goal for April will be 1200 minutes. I also really am going to get new shoes and the arm strap for my iphone this month, I swear!

I lost track of my exercise last month, so my first goal this month is to track it! I'm also going to set a time related goal of 1000 mins this month, see how easy/hard that is to achieve and then I can make my May goal more challenging/realistic. A lot going on this month, so I don't want to set a challenge too high.

1) Log exercise for the whole month on here
2) 1000 minutes

My goals are simple:
1. Do C25K with my son (he wants to start running with me, so I agreed to train him) 3 days/wk
2. Add some kind of strength activity 1 day/wk

April 1 - 55 minutes on the treadmill

Total: 55/1200 minutes

I finally bought the arm band for my iphone! Edit: And I'm going to return it, lol. I don't like the way it makes my arm fat look! And it will get in the way when I'm doing certain exercises (not sure why I didn't think of that before). I'll have to find a different solution.

April 1st and 2nd - 0 minutes. Not good enough, but at least I'm tracking it! Feeling poo with TOM and (hopefully not!) a cold brewing, HAVE to get onto it tomorrow.

0/1000

Welcome to the newbies, the returnees, and especially to CardboardCutoutCat, our walking wounded!

Here's our list so far. We have room for more! Let me know if there are any errors or I missed anything.
Ms Perception: C25K with son, strength activity 1 day/wk
takingcontrol: log exercise, 1000 minutes
chicadee32: 1200 minutes
dcapulet: 1300 minutes
CardboardCutoutCat: 1200 minutes
surrendertolis: 2000 minutes
ImHereToChange: 1000 minutes
gardenerjoy: 1500 minutes

takingcontrol: I got a big fat 0 for April 1, too. Oh well, we have a whole month to make up for it! Time to get moving.

The * means I did a different workout than the previous day
4/1: 0*

April 1 - 55 minutes on the treadmill
April 2 - 2.5 mile walk outside (45 minutes)

Total: 100/1200 minutes

I'm in also doing the weight loss challenge :)

Here's my routine I've set up for myself :)

Every Day:

50 regular crunches
50 side cruches (50 each side)
100 bicycle crunches (50 to each side)
60 second plank
100 push ups (the girlie ones I can't do the real ones just yet :S)

Monday - Friday

15-30 minutes on the elliptical 5 days a week
1 hour of Zumba 1 day a week
1 hour of a fitness class 1 day a week

Everyday

30 minutes of walking

Welcome candylove!

Ms Perception: C25K with son, strength activity 1 day/wk
takingcontrol: log exercise, 1000 minutes
chicadee32: 1200 minutes
dcapulet: 1300 minutes
CardboardCutoutCat: 1200 minutes
surrendertolis: 2000 minutes
ImHereToChange: 1000 minutes
gardenerjoy: 1500 minutes
candylove: follow daily routine

The * means I did a different workout than the previous day
4/1: 0*
4/2: 20 min gardening, 50 min treadmill; 70/1500*

4/1: On my feet all day @ work
4/2: Rest
4/3: 60 min walk

Okay, so DS and I did day one of C25K yesterday. All went well. I think he's gonna like it. :D

Hopefully its not to late to join!

1. Strength training 3/week
2. C25k
3. 1000 mins

4/3 - 0
4/4 - 0
4/5 -

MsP - Glad your son seemed to like the start of C25K!

April 1 - 55 minutes on the treadmill
April 2 - 2.5 mile walk outside (45 minutes)
April 3 - 3.2 mile walk outside (55 minutes)

Total: 155/1200 minutes

Welcome, kneed2lose!

Ms Perception: C25K with son, strength activity 1 day/wk
takingcontrol: log exercise, 1000 minutes
chicadee32: 1200 minutes
dcapulet: 1300 minutes
CardboardCutoutCat: 1200 minutes
surrendertolis: 2000 minutes
ImHereToChange: 1000 minutes
gardenerjoy: 1500 minutes
candylove: follow daily routine
kneed2lose: strength training 3/week, C25K, 1000 minutes

The * means I did a different workout than the previous day
4/1: 0*
4/2: 20 min gardening, 50 min treadmill; 70/1500*
4/3: 60 min WIO; 130/1500*

Alright for April my exercise challenge is

24miles & 450 minutes strength/cardio

I am back to the interval training programs on the ellpitical & armed with a heart rate monitor :carrot: Had a hard time last month getting workouts in but I ready to take a stab at April :D

I didn't do anything today which I'm pretty annoyed at myself for >.<

But I'm going to bed right now so I'm up bright and early, Hoping that my sleep pattern will sort itself out soon because it's a big factor to why I don't exercise as often as I should.

I've arranged to do an hours zumba class with my cousin this Friday so that gets that out the way with.

So so far,

01/04 - 0
02/04 - 0
03/04 - 0
04/04 - 0

4/1: On my feet all day @ work
4/2: Rest
4/3: 60 min walk
4/4: 20 min elliptical, on my feet all day @ work

April 1 - 55 minutes on the treadmill
April 2 - 2.5 mile walk outside (45 minutes)
April 3 - 3.2 mile walk outside (55 minutes)
April 4 - kickboxing video (20 minutes)

Total: 175/1200 minutes

Not much today, but I was sweating and breathing hard, and some exercise is better than none. :)

The * means I did a different workout than the previous day
4/1: 0*
4/2: 20 min gardening, 50 min treadmill; 70/1500*
4/3: 60 min WIO; 130/1500*
4/4: 40 min Wii boxing, 40 min yoga; 210/1500*

Did day 2 of C25K with DS, still going well. He even asked to do an additional day in between, but I cautioned him to start slowly to avoid injury and/or burnout. Instead he just took the dog for a walk which they both enjoyed. :)

4/1: On my feet all day @ work
4/2: Rest
4/3: 60 min walk
4/4: 20 min elliptical, on my feet all day @ work
4/5: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill)

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2 - 30
3 - 60
4 - off
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April 1 - 55 minutes on the treadmill
April 2 - 2.5 mile walk outside (45 minutes)
April 3 - 3.2 mile walk outside (55 minutes)
April 4 - kickboxing video (20 minutes)
April 5 - abs, upper body, lower body (45 minutes)

Total: 220/1200 minutes

April 1 - 55 minutes on the treadmill
April 2 - 2.5 mile walk outside (45 minutes)
April 3 - 3.2 mile walk outside (55 minutes)
April 4 - kickboxing video (20 minutes)
April 5 - abs, upper body, lower body (45 minutes)
April 6 - 50 minutes on the treadmill

Total: 270/1200

The * means I did a different workout than the previous day
4/1: 0*
4/2: 20 min gardening, 50 min treadmill; 70/1500*
4/3: 60 min WIO; 130/1500*
4/4: 40 min Wii boxing, 40 min yoga; 210/1500*
4/5: 0*
4/6: 60 min gardening; 270/1500*

4/1: On my feet all day @ work
4/2: Rest
4/3: 60 min walk
4/4: 20 min elliptical, on my feet all day @ work
4/5: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill)
4/6: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill)
4/7: 100 min @ gym (elliptical, bike, treadmill, strength training)

Hey all, I would like to join - i used this forum before a year and a half ago or so and it really helped! I started to do it a couple months ago and got sidetracked and never followed through, but I vow to post regularly this time!!! Through dieting and running, I'm at my goal weight, but still feeling flabby so I want to tone up, and exercise is the only thing that's going to work. My goal for the month is 1000 minutes. I've been doing C25K but that's all - need to add in strength/circut training.

April 1: -
2: -
3: C25K W6D1 & Walk - 35 min
4: Walk (pushing stroller to grocery store) - 2-1/2 miles - 30 minutes
5:
6: C25K W6D2 & Walk - 35 min
7: ExTv Pilates Fit - 30 min
8: C25K W6D3 & Walk - 35 min
9: -
10: -
11: Run/Walk - 25 minutes; Calisthenics: 25 min
12: -
13: Run/Walk - 25/12 minutes (37 total)

Running Total: 252 min

Welcome ShrinkingAmy!

Ms Perception: C25K with son, strength activity 1 day/wk
takingcontrol: log exercise, 1000 minutes
chicadee32: 1200 minutes
dcapulet: 1300 minutes
CardboardCutoutCat: 1200 minutes
surrendertolis: 2000 minutes
ImHereToChange: 1000 minutes
gardenerjoy: 1500 minutes
candylove: follow daily routine
kneed2lose: strength training 3/week, C25K, 1000 minutes
ShrinkingAmy: 1000 minutes

The * means I did a different workout than the previous day
4/1: 0*
4/2: 20 min gardening, 50 min treadmill; 70/1500*
4/3: 60 min Wii Walk It Out (WIO); 130/1500*
4/4: 40 min Wii boxing, 40 min yoga; 210/1500*
4/5: 0*
4/6: 60 min gardening; 270/1500*
4/7: 60 min WIO; 330/1500*

Did day 3 of C25K with DS while we were out of town Wednesday. Today begins week 2. We have to do it separately since I'm out of town without him this weekend. We'll see how he does without mom giving directions and pointers.

P.S. did strength workout Wednesday also :)

C25K W6 Complete! I need to do something else today, but my legs are killing me - the pilates last night really did a number on me! Maybe I'll just do extra tomorrow.