December Exercise Challenge
 

Let's de-stress during the festive season with exercise!

State your goal and track it throughout the month with this supportive group of fellow exercisers. We'll compile our workout goals into a list. As each goal is met during the month, it gets turned RED in celebration. Join us for a great month of fitness!

This thread is for fitness and exercise goals. For other weight loss goals, be sure to see our sister thread: December Weight Loss Challenge.

I am going for 20 videowalks to Leslie Sansone again. That seemed to work out just right for me in November. Thanks Joy! :D

I am going to have a very aggressive goal for December. I slacked off all November and need to make up for it :)

- Walk 110 miles
- Gym 12 visits
- Swim 8 times
- 2800 minutes
- Wear my Fitbit daily

12/01: 4.5 mile walk (70 min) 4.5/110, Weight Lifting (45 min) 1/12, Total Minutes 115/2800
12/03: 3.5 mile walk (55 min) 8/110, Weight Lifting (45 min) 2/12, Total Minutes 215/2800
12/04: Sick
12/05: Sick
12/06: 3.5 mile walk 11.5/110 (55 min), Total Minutes 260/2800
12/07: 4.5 mile walk 16/110 (70 min), Total Minutes 330/2800
12/08: Weight Lifting (45 min) 3/12, Total Minutes 375/2800
12/12: Weight Lifting (45 min) 4/12, Total Minutes 420/2800
12/13: 3.5 mile walk 19.5/110 (60 min), Step aerobics 5/12 (60 min), Total Minutes 540/2800
12/15: 3.5 mile walk 23/110 (60 min), Step Aerobics 6/12 (60 min), Total Minutes 660/2800
12/16: Rest Day
12/17: 4.5 mile walk/hike 27.5/110 (75 min), Weight Lifting (45 min) 7/12, Total Minutes 780/2800
12/18: 3.5 mile hike 31/110 (60 min), Step Aerobics 8/12 (60 min), Total Minutes 900/2800
12/19: 4.5 mile hike (75 min) 35.5/110, Weight Lifting (45 min) 9/12, Total Minutes 1020/2800
12/20: 4.5 mile hike 40/110 (75 min), Step Aerobics 10/12 (60 min), Total Minutes 1155/2800
12/21: 4.5 mile hike 44.5/110 (75 min), Total Minutes 1230/2800

December Challange
 

Hi All I am new here but would love to get in on the decemner challange.

Goal
week 1 to do some sort of exercise for 20 minutes 3 days a week
week 2 to exercise for 20 minutes 4 days a week
week 3 to exercise for 30 minutes 4 days a weeek
week 4 not to blow my diet out of the water over christmas and exercise 3 days for 30 minutes.

I need to get on track and lose some of this weight! I can't wait to see how far we all come

Dec. goal - 30 mins. of an activity (i.e. Exercise bike, treadmill, exercise video, hike) 26 of the 31 days of Dec.

By the end of December I would like to finish week 7 of C25K

I have struggled for the last 6 weeks or so. In particular in November. I reached none of my goals. I'm going to set one goal for myself for December. I really want to get back into the swing of things, get my eating back on track and my exercise and going to the gym. My new job is proving to be so difficult to work around. My only goal will be to finish my 800 miles in 2013 - 75 miles to go. Anything else I will do will be a bonus.

December:


1: Gym workout - 5.55 miles & 2 miles walking. (Total miles:7.55/75 miles)
2: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:10.05/75 miles)
3: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:12.55/75 miles) Tonight, after work I was going to go to the gym! Had so much motivation and planned it since Sunday but since then I've developed an awful cold and sore throat. Hope I'll start to feel better, I've plans during the week and weekend!
4: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:15.05/75 miles)
5: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:17.55/75 miles)
6: 3 miles walking. (Total miles:20.55/75 miles)
7: 3 miles walking. (Total miles:23.55/75 miles)
8: -



9: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:26.05/75 miles)
10: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:28.55/75 miles)
11: 3.5 miles walking. (Total miles:32.05/75 miles)
12 :hb: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:34.55/75 miles)
13: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:37.05/75 miles)
14: -
15: -



16: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:39.55/75 miles)
17: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:42.05/75 miles)
18: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:44.55/75 miles)
19: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:47.05/75 miles)
20: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:49.55/75 miles)
21: -
22: -



23: 2.5 miles walking. (Total miles:52.05/75 miles)
24: 3.5 miles walking. (Total miles:55.55/75 miles)
25 :gift2: -
26: -
27: 4 miles walking. (Total miles:59.55/75 miles)
28: 4 miles walking. (Total miles:63.55/75 miles)
29: 3 miles walking. (Total miles:66.55/75 miles)



30: - Unless I do anything tomorrow, I will just fall short of my overall 800 miles in 2013 and my goal for December. Will this be enough motivation for me to get moving and do something tomorrow??
31 :newyear: -



Nearly made it to my 800 miles, ready to finish in 2014!

Hey all, so I finally ordered the next JM workout video, but it isn't here yet!! I also need to scale down a very little bit with some of the workouts due to a change in my work.

December Goals
Workout Videos: 16 times
Running 250 minutes @ 5mph
Distance 60 miles

Welcome to the new ones joining us! And good to see the rest of you!

Goal: Videowalk 20 times

12/1: 2-mile videowalk/ 19 times to go
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I'm in again. I'm going for 1000 minutes this month.

Dec. goal - 30 mins. of an activity (i.e. Exercise bike, treadmill, exercise video, hike) 26 of the 31 days of Dec.

Dec 1 - 5k snow hike, 1 hr 20 mins (1)

December goal: 1800 exercise minutes

12/01: 25 minutes walking 25/1800
12/02: 40 minutes walking 65/1800
12/03:
12/04:
12/05: 45 minutes walking, 40 minutes resistance 150/1800
12/06: 30 minutes walking, 50 minutes yoga/pilates 230/1800
12/07:
12/08: 30 minutes walking, 75 minutes yoga/iron yoga 335/1800
12/09: 40 minutes walking 375/1800
12/10: 35 minutes walking, 80 minutes resistance 490/1800
12/11: 40 minutes walking, 70 minutes yoga/pilates 600/1800
12/12:
12/13: 25 minutes walking 625/1800
12/14: 60 minutes walking 685/1800
12/15: 25 minutes walking 710/1800
12/16: 30 minutes walking, 60 minutes strength 800/1800
12/17: 35 minutes walking, 55 minutes yoga/pilates 890/1800
12/18: 25 minutes walking 915/1800
12/19:
12/20: 15 minutes walking 930/1800
12/21: 40 minutes walking, 60 minutes resistance 1030/1800
12/22: 45 minutes walking, 50 minutes yoga 1125/1800
12/23:
12/24:
12/25: :tree: 25 minutes walking 1150/1800
12/26: 30 minutes walking, 115 minutes iron yoga 1295/1800
12/27: 60 minutes walking 1355/1800
12/28:
12/29:
12/30: 30 minutes walking, 70 minutes strength, 20 minutes yoga 1475/1800
12/31: 40 minutes walking, 40 minutes yoga 1555/1800

- Walk 110 miles
- Gym 12 visits
- Swim 8 times
- 2800 minutes
- Wear my Fitbit daily

12/01: 4.5 mile walk (70 min) 4.5/110, Weight Lifting (45 min) 1/12, Total Minutes 115/2800

Welcome, everyone! I'll make the challenge list in a couple of days, so there's still time to join us and put your goal on the initial list.

1: 30 min walk, 15 stretch & abs; 45/1400

1: W4 D1 of C25K complete

My goal is to walk my dog at least 4 out of 7 days a week this month.

12/1...walked
12/2...walked though not as long as normal. We didn't get home till 10:30 at night, and it was really dark. I want to get her something glow in the dark for night time walks.
12/3...didn't walk
12/4...walked
12/5...walked
12/6...didn't walk
12/7...didn't walk

Week 1: 4/7 days woo!

I've been sidelined with pain since Nov 11. Yesterday I figured it might be IT band. I have started doing the stretches to help relieve it. My goal for December is to do IT band stretches and exercises every day.

Dec. 1 - 1100/25/1075
Dec. 2 -

It's good to see all these great goals! :cp:

Goal: Videowalk 20 times

12/1: 2-mile videowalk/ 19 times to go
12/2: 2-mile videowalk/ 18 times to go
12/3:
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December Goals
Workout Videos: 16 times
Running 250 minutes @ 5mph
Distance 60 miles

Dec 1: Distance 2.5 miles(57.5), Run 20 min(230), workout video(19)

I will try again. Sickness got the best of me for November.

Goal: 1000 minutes
12/1- 15/15/1000
12/2- 40/55/1000
12/3- 80/135/1000
12/5- 50/185/1000
12/16- 30/215/1000

Dec. goal - 30 mins. of an activity (i.e. Exercise bike, treadmill, exercise video, hike) 26 of the 31 days of Dec.

Dec 1 - 5k snow hike, 1 hr 20 mins (1)
Dec 2 - 1 mile snow hike 35 mins (2)

I need to go back and update November's stats, but I wasn't as successful as I would have liked to have been. My December goal is average of 60 minutes of exercise per day.

I have been side-stepping joining this challenge every since I entered 3FC. So it is time to take another step towards dropping 99 lbs. Weight loss has really slowed down for me so I have to do more, and exercise is it. Besides I need to be more active.

And (I am saying "AND" rather than "but," going to try to not make my disabilities an excuse to not do anything anymore) ---- My right knee is going out, have to watch very close to not twist it in any way, a couple of months ago it did go out and I was practically immobilized for two weeks.

My feet hurt very bad if on them very long or walk much. Bursitis in my shoulders made it impossible for me to do push-ups or chin-ups, and makes it very difficult to raise my arms over my head. So running is out, very much walking is out, and most weight exercise is out. UGH

Today I tried a walk, walked half a mile, was afraid to venture further than a 1/4 out from house, did not want to become unable to walk back. Cannot crawl as I cannot get on my knees due to the extreme pain in my right knee. My feet and knees made it ok, however to my surprise my hips were hurting by the time I got back.

Regardless, I will start walking that half mile a day as long as I am able to, and if possible increase it later.

I do not have a name for it, but I will start laying on my back and raising my legs 30 times each both sideways and up four times a week. That is all I can commit to at this time.

Turned 73 today.

B F R

Happy Birthday, B F R! I'd call your leg exercises "leg lifts." You've got a great plan for exercise!

Tabbycat: I self-diagnosed IT Band Syndrome. Once I figured it out, stretches and leg exercises (including B F R's leg lifts) helped. I still can't run, though. I hoped getting the weight off would make a difference, but every time I try to run, the IT pain comes back. Fortunately, there are other ways to get in shape.

1: 30 min walk, 15 stretch & abs; 45/1400
2: 30 walk, 15 stretch & legs; 90/1400

Epic fail on November challenge. My MIL came home on hospice last week. So I haven't exercised in 8 days now. I am going to shoot for 1000 minutes for the month of exercise.

12/1 none
12/2 none

December Goals
Workout Videos: 16 times
Running 250 minutes @ 5mph
Distance 60 miles

Dec 1: Distance 2.5 miles(57.5), Run 20 min(230), workout video(15)
Dec 2: Distance 2.5 miles(55.0), Run 20 min(210), workout video(14)

Dec. goal - 30 mins. of an activity (i.e. Exercise bike, treadmill, exercise video, hike) 26 of the 31 days of Dec.

Dec 1 - 5k snow hike, 1 hr 20 mins (1)
Dec 2 - 1 mile snow hike 35 mins (2)
Dec 3 - 2 mike walk, 42 mins. (3)

- Walk 110 miles
- Gym 12 visits
- Swim 8 times
- 2800 minutes
- Wear my Fitbit daily

12/01: 4.5 mile walk (70 min) 4.5/110, Weight Lifting (45 min) 1/12, Total Minutes 115/2800
12/03: 3.5 mile walk (55 min) 8/110, Weight Lifting (45 min) 2/12, Total Minutes 215/2800

BFR Happy birthday! We recently purchased a recumbent exercise bike, it's pretty low-impact on the feet and shoulders, maybe not so good for your knee though...I remember doing those leg lifts, good exercise, may have to add some in.

Carma Hi, I'll be thinking of you :hug:

Grey day here, at least things are melting, was able to get outside for a walk so that was good.
Best to all :sunny:

BFR, :bday2you:!!!

I wish the best for everyone on your December goals! :crossed:

Goal: Videowalk 20 times

12/1: 2-mile videowalk/ 19 times to go
12/2: 2-mile videowalk/ 18 times to go
12/3: 2-mile videowalk/ 17 times to go
12/4:
12/5:
12:6:
12/7:

12/1 0 minutes
12/2 0 minutes
12/3 40 done out of a 1000

I did it I got out and exercised. Hoping the diet will follow. I am hoping to get right up in the morning and exercise too.

Dec. 1 - 1100/25/1075
Dec. 2,3 - 1075/20/1055

Goal: Videowalk 20 times

12/1: 2-mile videowalk/ 19 times to go
12/2: 2-mile videowalk/ 18 times to go
12/3: 2-mile videowalk/ 17 times to go
12/4: 2-mile videowalk/ 16 times to go
12/5:
12:6:
12/7:

Welcome, all! Did I get everyone? Did I state your goal correctly?

Jacqui_D: 20 videowalks
Sum38: walk 120 miles, gym 12 visits, swim 8x, 2800 min, Fitbit daily
amandaf33: week 1: 3x20 min, week 2: 4x20 min, week 3: 4x30 min, week 4: 3x30 min
kelijpa: 30 min on 26 days
Dreamer2012: 75 miles
Turtle11: video 16x, run 250 min @ 5mph, 60 miles
tyla: 1000 minutes
Cattails: 1800 minutes
gardenerjoy: 1400 minutes
envelope: C25K
PhantomPanda: walk dog 4x a week
Tabbycat: IT stretches & exercises every day
princesshiccup: 1000 minutes
curvynotlumpy: average 60 minutes a day
Big_Fat_Rooster: half mile walk a day, leg lifts 4x a week
soon2beskinnyCarma: 1000 minutes

soon2beskinnyCarma: so sorry about your MIL -- that's a tough time to get through. Take care of yourself.

1: 30 min walk, 15 stretch & abs; 45/1400
2: 30 walk, 15 stretch & legs; 90/1400
3: 65 walk; 155/1400

Dec. 1 - 1100/25/1075
Dec. 2,3 - 1075/20/1055
Dec. 4 - 1055/45/1010

December Goals
Workout Videos: 16 times
Running 250 minutes @ 5mph
Distance 60 miles

Dec 1: Distance 2.5 miles(57.5), Run 20 min(230), workout video(15)
Dec 2: Distance 2.5 miles(55.0), Run 20 min(210), workout video(14)
Dec 3: Distance 2.5 miles(52.5), Run 22 min(188)

Im a little late but here nonetheless

12/3 20 mins legs 60 mins step sculpt

Welcome, Matilda08! Are you setting a goal for December?

1: 30 min walk, 15 stretch & abs; 45/1400
2: 30 walk, 15 stretch & legs; 90/1400
3: 65 walk; 155/1400
4: 30 walk, 15 dance; 200/1400