May Exercise Challenge
 

Let's move in the Merry Month of May! Join us this month, and every month, to track your exercise goals.

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: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chic...challenge.html

Okee, I think I will aim for another 3000 minutes.

5/01: 4.7 mile pup walk 75 min; weights 45 min; swim 45 min; 165
5/02: Nada
5/03: 4.2 mile pup walk 75min; weights 45 min; swim 45 min; 330
5/04: 4.2 mile pup walk 65 min; treadmill 60 min; 455
5/08: 4.0 mile walk with a friend 75 min; 530
5/09: 4.7 mile pup walk 75 min; step aerobics 60 min; 665
5/10: 4.2 mile pup walk 65 min; weights 45 min; 3.5 mile pup walk 60 min; 835
5/11: 4.2 mile pup walk 65 min; step aerobics 60 min; 3.5 mile pup walk 60 min; 1020
5/12: Nada
5/13: 4.7 mile treadmill walk 60 min; weights 45 min; 1125
5/14: 4.7 mile pup walk 75 min; 1200
5/15: 4.7 mile pup walk 75 min; 4.7 mile treadmill walk 60 min; weights 45 min; swim 45; 1425
5/16: 4.2 mile pup walk 65 min; step aerobics 60 min; 1550
5/17: 4.2 mile pup walk 65 min; 1615
5/18: 4.2 mile pup walk 65 min; step aerobics 60 min; 1740
5/19: 4.7 mile treadmill walk 60 min; 4.7 mile pup walk 75 min; weights 45 min; 1920
5/20: 4.7 mile treadmill walk 60 min, swim 45 min; 2025
5/21: 4.7 mile pup walk 75 min; step aerobics 60 min; 2160
5/22: 4.7 mile pup walk 75 min; 4.7 mile treadmill walk 60 min; weights 45 min; 2340
5/23: 4.2 mile pup walk 65 min; step aerobics 60 min; 2465
5/24: Sore knee
5/25: Sore knee
5/26: 4.2 mile pup walk 65 min; weights 45 min; swim 45 min; 2620
5/27: 4.7 mile pup walk 65 min; 4.7 mile treadmill walk 60 min; swim 45 min; 2790
5/28: Sore knee
5/29: 3.3 mile pup walk 60 min; 2850
5/30: 4.9 treadmill walk 65 min; weights 45 min; 2960/3000
5/31: 4.2 mile pup walk 65 min; 4.7 mile treadmill walk 60 min; swim 45 min; 3130/3000

I didn't do horribly in April, considering I was waylaid by a knee issue and the flu and distracted by spring break. But I want to do better this month.

My goals for May are to complete weeks 4-7 of C25k and work out 22 out of 31 days.

So i ran a mile today! woo hoo.

So challenge for May - to run 1.5 miles.

In for 1500 exercise minutes this time.

Week 1
01:
02:
03: 20 minutes walking 20/1500

Week 2
04: 30 minutes walking, 45 minutes strength, 20 minutes yoga/stretching 115/1500
05:
06: 20 minutes walking, 75 minutes yoga/pilates/stretching 210/1500
07:
08: 30 minutes walking, 45 minutes strength, 15 minutes yoga/stretching 300/1500
09:
10: 25 minutes strength 325/1500

Week 3
11:
12: 30 minutes walking, 25 minutes strength 380/1500
13:
14:
15: 45 minutes walking 425/1500
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Week 4
18: 20 minutes walking 445/1500
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Week 5
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May Exercise Goal: 25 jogging miles; 7 heavy lifting sessions

I've got three goals for May: finish Couch to 5k, run 45 miles, and FINALLY start lifting weights.

May Goals
1270 - Crunches
1150 - Minutes (combining 2 programs)
30 Miles - Walk

(I kept miles walked and minutes separated)

I will fill them in once I map out my month :) I will be shooting for minutes, crunches, and miles walked!! First time doing one of these in a LONG LONG time! :carrot:

Week 1
01: Pilates (30 minutes), 10 crunches
02: Cardio (30 minutes), 15 crunches
03: Dirty Thirty (30 minutes), 25 crunches

Week 2
04: 10 minutes strength training, 3 miles walked, 15 crunches
05: 4 miles walked, Start it Up (33 minutes), 50 crunches
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Week 3
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Week 4
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Week 5
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Crunches: 115/1270
Miles Walked: 7/30
Minutes Exercised: 133/1150

I'm in for another month. My goal: 1200 minutes.

Well, I had a very under-whelming April so I'm really looking forward to May.

May goals:
1500 minutes
10 heavy lifting sessions

Week One:
May 1
May 2
May 3

Week Two:
May 4
May 5
May 6
May 7
May 8
May 9
May 10

Week Three:
May 11
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17

Week Four:
May 18
May 19
May 20
May 21
May 22
May 23
May 24

Week Five:
May 25
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29
May 30
May 31

My goal for May is 1500 minutes.

Exercise at least 27/31 days, even if it's just 10 min/day :)


4/27-- .55 mi, 10 min 15s (approx) + overhead presses 4x2@40 lbs, 10 push-ups
4/28-- .50 mi, 11 m, 149.2 lbs, 10 push-ups.
4/29- .76 mi, 16 m
4/30

5/1
5/2
5/3

5/4
5/5
5/6
5/7
5/8
5/9
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This is my first attempt at this....so I am going to make 1500 minutes my goal for May!! :carrot:

I'm going to join the 1500 min club, plus do arms 3 x a week, don't want to lose my teeny muscles :lol:

1500 mins + arms 3x/week

Thanks Joy, this challenge really makes me focus on getting in my exercise on those days I feel like skipping!

:sunny:

Hmm.... maybe if I hold myself accountable to someone other than myself, maybe I'll get my butt moving more. This cold, wet spring has been hurting me in the exercise department!

Goal for May is just to do something EVERY day - no matter how big or small - just to promise to do SOMETHING! Unlike today where I'm acting like a slug! I will keep track with my body media fit. Steps and activity minutes. Aiming for minimum 8000 and 45 minutes.


Steps. Active movement time.
1. 8,303, 1:01
2. 16,403, 2:07
3. 8,064, 0:45 (It didn't count my 1.5 hours of yard debris pickup as exercise - I beg to differ!)
4. 8,107, 0:43 (only because I promised to do something every day did I actually go out and take a walk after being gone most of the day).
5. 10,167, 1:19 (mowing super tall grass)
6. 3,758, 0:14 (So much for doing something every day. I had a lot of online work to do)
7. 8,025, 0:57 (made myself take a walk in the evening!)
8. 5,688, 0:18 (errands all day, but no time for a walk! Grrr!)
9. 7,884, 0:40 (a short walk and errands)
10. 3,436, 0:00 ( was standing ALL day for an art project, but not walking).
11. 10,104, 1:09 ( teaching and a walk)
12. 4,090, 0:19 (laundry doesn't make you take many steps!)
13. 10,560, 1:14
14. 5,506, 0:35 (was on a school field trip with the kids - baseball game. LOTS of sitting)
15. 5,696, 0:30 (errands)
16. 6,184, 0:39 (short walk and housework)
17. 6,928, 0:43 (walk)
18. 4,338, 0:19 (nothing)
19. 8,916, 0:59 (walk)
20. 10,840, 0:43 (gardening for over 7 hours, but gizmo didn't count much of it)
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I will just update this first post daily, not tack on a new post daily - unless I do something I'm especially proud of!

May goals:
700 minutes movement
56 miles

Week One:
May 1 ~ 40:09 minutes; 3.13 miles
May 2 ~ 00:00 minutes; 0.00 miles
May 3 ~ idk ... found out the tracker I was using wasn't accurate deleting May 2nd minutes/miles

Week Two:
May 4 ~ 1:12:34 minutes; 4.21 miles
May 5 ~ 0:00:00 minutes; 0.00 miles
May 6 ~ 1:05:06 minutes; 4.11 miles
May 7 ~ 1:06:24 minutes; 4.02 miles
May 8 ~ 1:04:05 minutes; 3.82 miles
May 9 ~ 0:00:00 minutes; 0.00 miles
May 10

Week Three:
May 11
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17

Week Four:
May 18
May 19
May 20
May 21
May 22
May 23
May 24

Week Five:
May 25
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29
May 30 ~ 1:06:53 minutes; 3.90 miles
May 31 ~ 1:05:35 minutes; 3.78 miles

Total 7 hrs 20 minutes 46 sec = 440 minutes 46 sec: 26.97 miles

Hello again. I lasted only 15 days in the April excercise challenge and then I stoped tracking my activity. There wasn't much of it anyway. I'm starting again and this time I'm giving myself a different challenge: To burn at least 1400kcal per week with excercise (average 200kcal per day). I hope I'll do better than in the last one.

I have never made my goal yet so let's try once again.
I am going to make it easier on me and try to over achieve for a change.

So I am going to workout either at the gym or dvd at home at least 12 times this month.

May 3rd. I had other small workouts, but not one that counts towards my goal of 1 hour continuous so today I got off my behind and did it first thing. One down 11 to go!

May 4th. I walked out into the field to see what my cat was going crazy over and he had caught a snake! First time my knees reached my chin as I high stepped it to get out of that field as quick as I could. So I ran from that field, through our north field pass the barn and the garage and straight into the house! I am not going to count it since I didn't take but a few minutes, but I mowed 6 acres and hit a snake while mowing and found a huge and I mean HUGE hole that had a snake in it! I have never seen a snake in the 3 years that I have lived here!

May 6th. I finally got my Stair Stepper out and keep a stepping to Season Seven of Pysch on Netflix. Made it just enough to record it :)

1200/40/1160

Good idea, Sally. Reasonable starting goals met = getting things done!

For me, I'm feeling pretty strong from meeting last month's reasonable goal. I'm planning to do at least 18x weights sessions in May and 6x Krav Maga classes.

05/02 weights -
05/04 weights -
05/05 weights & KM -
05/07 weights & KM -
05/08 weights -
05/10 weights -
05/11 weights -
05/12 KM -
05/14 weights & KM -
05/15 weights -
05/17 weights -
05/18 weights -
05/19 KM -
05/20 weights -
05/21 weights & KM -
05/23 weights -
05/24 weights -
05/26 weights & KM -
05/27 weights -
05/28 KM -
05/29 weights -
05/30 weights -

Okee, I think I will aim for another 3000 minutes.

5/01: 4.7 mile pup walk 75 min; weights 45 min; swim 45 min; 165

Okay I'm changing my goals for May to give me more of a challenge!

May Exercise Goals:
25 straight jogging miles (the jogging miles I accomplish without stopping to walk); complete 30 day plank challenge, complete 30 day squat challenge, complete 30 day arm challenge

It's time to kick it up in May! :D

May 1: Jogging - 1.25 miles; jumping jack challenge day 1; squat challenge day 1; arm challenge day 1; plank challenge day 1

Jogging: 1.25 of 25.00 miles
Jumping Jacks: 1 of 30 days
Squats: 1 of 30 days
Arms: 1 of 30 days
Planks: 1 of 30 days

05/01: zumba class

May:

Goals:

• 60 miles
• 500 minutes in the gym

1: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 2.5/60 miles)
2: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 5/60 miles)
3: Gym workout; 30 minutes (Total: 30/500 minutes) - 5.23 miles and 3 miles walking (Total: 13.23/60 miles)
4: -
5: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 15.73/60 miles)
6: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 18.23/60 miles)
7: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 20.73/60 miles)
8: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 23.23/60 miles)
9: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 25.73/60 miles)
10: Away
11: Away - a lot of walking done, but didn't track miles.
12: Away - a lot of walking done, but didn't track miles.
13: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 28.23/60 miles)
14: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 30.73/60 miles)
15: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 33.23/60 miles)
16: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 35.73/60 miles)
17: Gym workout; 45 minutes (Total: 95/500 minutes) - 7.07 miles and 2 miles walking (Total: 44.80/60 miles)
18: -
19: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 47.30/60 miles)
20: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 49.80/60 miles)
21: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 52.30/60 miles)
22: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 55.80/60 miles)
23: 3 miles walking (Total: 58.80/60 miles)
24: -
25: 1 mile walking (Total: 59.80/60 miles)
26: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 62.30/60 miles) - Goal Reached
27: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 64.80/60 miles)
28: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 67.30/60 miles)
29: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 69.80/60 miles)
30: 2.5 miles walking (Total: 72.30/60 miles)
31: 2 miles walking (Total: 74.30/60 miles)

May goal 1500 mins+arms 3 x a week

May 1 - walked twice, 1.57 miles 28 mins, 3.24 mile hike 69 mins 97/1500 arms 1/3

Welcome to the newbies! And, welcome back to all the experts!

Sum38: 3000 minutes
KarinRose: weeks 4-7 of C25K, 22 days
maddierep: run 1.5 miles
Cattails: 1500 minutes
Olivia7906: 25 jogging miles, 30 day jumping jack & plank & squat & arm challenges
BigChiefHoho: finish C25k, run 45 miles, start lifting weights
helpmelose: 1270 crunches, 1150 minutes, 30 miles walk
tyla: 1200 minutes
curvynotlumpy: 1500 minutes, 10 heavy lifting sessions
gardenerjoy: 1500 minutes
pinkflower: 27 days
tranquilbeauty: 1500 minutes
kelijpa: 1500 minutes, arms 3x a week
berryblondeboys: something every day
love2b150: 700 minutes, 56 miles
Velvet_bean: burn 1400 kcal per week
Sally_Pineapple: 12 workouts
RVAscreenwriter: 18x weight sessions, 6x Krav Maga classes
Dreamer2012: 60 miles, 500 minutes in gym

1: 25 stretch; 25/1500

05/01: zumba class
05/02: zumba class

May goal 1500 mins+arms 3 x a week

May 1 - walked twice, 1.57 miles 28 mins, 3.24 mile hike 69 mins 97/1500 arms 1/3
May 2 - hikedw/little dog 3.18 miles 79 mins 176/1500

1: 25 stretch; 25/1500
2: 45 dance & abs & stretch; 70/1500

Hey all,

So I've decided to join the May Challenge. I wasn't sure if I was going to but I bought a bunch of prenatal workout videos and they look fun. So my May exercise goal is:

30 miles
13 workout videos

Thanks Joy!!

May Exercise Challenge

30 miles
13 workout videos

May 1: 3.0 miles (27)
May 2: workout video (12)

05/01: zumba class
05/02: zumba class
05/03: c25k w9d1 - 1/4 mile walk, 3 mile run, 1 mile walk

5/01: 4.7 mile pup walk 75 min; weights 45 min; swim 45 min; 165
5/02: Nada
5/03: 4.2 mile pup walk 75min; weights 45 min; swim 45 min; 330

5/01: nothing
5/02: nothing
5/03: (2) walks--60 minutes total 1500/60/1440

Glad you're joining us, Turtle11!

Sum38: 3000 minutes
KarinRose: weeks 4-7 of C25K, 22 days
maddierep: run 1.5 miles
Cattails: 1500 minutes
Olivia7906: 25 jogging miles, 30 day jumping jack & plank & squat & arm challenges
BigChiefHoho: finish C25k, run 45 miles, start lifting weights
helpmelose: 1270 crunches, 1150 minutes, 30 miles walk
tyla: 1200 minutes
curvynotlumpy: 1500 minutes, 10 heavy lifting sessions
gardenerjoy: 1500 minutes
pinkflower: 27 days
tranquilbeauty: 1500 minutes
kelijpa: 1500 minutes, arms 3x a week
berryblondeboys: something every day
love2b150: 700 minutes, 56 miles
Velvet_bean: burn 1400 kcal per week
Sally_Pineapple: 12 workouts
RVAscreenwriter: 18x weight sessions, 6x Krav Maga classes
Dreamer2012: 60 miles, 500 minutes in gym
Turtle11: 30 miles, 13 workout videos

1: 25 stretch; 25/1500
2: 45 dance & abs & stretch; 70/1500
3: 45 yardwork, 20 dance & stretch; 135/1500

May Exercise Challenge

30 miles
13 workout videos

May 1: 3.0 miles (27)
May 2: workout video (12)
May 3: 5.5 miles (21.5)
May 4: Off

Okee, I think I will aim for another 3000 minutes.

5/01: 4.7 mile pup walk 75 min; weights 45 min; swim 45 min; 165
5/02: Nada
5/03: 4.2 mile pup walk 75min; weights 45 min; swim 45 min; 330
5/04: 4.2 mile pup walk 65 min; treadmill 60 min; 455