August Exercise Challenge
 

Last blast for summer! Let's finish strong!

State your exercise 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.

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

As always, thanks for keeping us going gardenerjoy!!

I am going to stick to what has been working. :)

Weights 3X/wk
Cardio 3X/wk
One rest day

Let's have an amazing August!!

Alright, I am ready to get back into it! I did over 40 miles running in June, moved in July and did just over 10, so I am setting a goal of 30 miles for August. I think that allows me to slowly acclimate and get back to where I was, plus I'm doing so much biking and walking just to get around, I don't want to burn myself out! Who knows what will happen when I'm no longer unemployed, too...

I'm still tracking workouts in another challenge thread so I probably won't update often but I did want to set a shorter term goal here. :)

August Goal: 30 miles running

I am so excited for this challenge! Three months ago I was literally doing zero for exercise. Now I'm setting my goal for 1000 minutes. I can do it! :carrot:

gardenerjoy I really appreciate your dedication in restarting this thread each month. It has helped me so much.

My goal for August is 100 miles!

Welcome, everyone!

Like iDream, I'm going to stick with what is working for me:

• 1300 minutes
• 8 Strength Training Sessions
• 21 days with at least 8000 steps

August Goal: 100 miles
August 1 (sat): 3h - 10.1 miles (89.9 miles to go) <== WOW what a good start!

I haven't been to the gym as much as I would like (or need) in the past two months. With no visitors in the near future and with work schedule changes, here's my chance to develop a STABLE workout routine. I'm going for 3 workouts per week or 12 for the month...but I know I can (and would like) to do more.

Welcome, everyone! I'll try to get the list set up tonight -- there's still time to join and be on the initial goal list!

August goals: 1300 min, 21x 8K steps, 8x Strength Training

1: 45 dance & stretch; 45/1300

August Goal: 100 miles

Aug 1 (sat): 3h - 10.1 miles (89.9 miles to go) <== WOW what a good start!
Aug 2 (sun): 1h 30min - 5.3 miles (84.6 miles to go)

Tabbycat here.

Seven months after losing my brother to leukemia, I need to get back into shape (advanced hip osteoarthritis is taking its toll on me).

My goal is 1500 minutes of exercise in any form (swimming, biking, machine, yoga).

Aug 1: 100 m slow swimming (am and pm)
Aug 2: 60 m swimming; 40 m walking
Aug 3: 30 m swimming
Aug 4: 60 m am swimming; 30 m pm swimming
Aug 5: 60 m swimming
Aug 6: 45 m swimming
Aug 7: 85 m swimming or walking in pool am; 30 m swim pm
Aug 8: 50 m swim am
Aug 9: 40 m swim
Aug 10: 60 m swim; 25 m walk am; 35 m swim/walk pm
Aug 12: 75 m swim/walk am; 45 m swim pm
Aug 13: 55 min swim/walk am
Aug 14: 85 min swim/walk am; 55 min swim pm
Aug 15: 115 min swim/water walk am
(these lovely long sessions will end next week when school starts!)
Aug 16: 60 min swim/water walk am
Aug 17: 75 min swim/water walk am
Aug 18: 45 min swim/water walk am
Aug 19: 55 min swim/water walk pm
Aug 20: nothing (back to school night plus rainstorms!)
Aug 21: 30 min bike ride; 60 min swim/water walk pm

subtotal: 1505 minutes

Aug 22: 105 min swim/water walk (while doing laundry) am; 55 min swim pm
Aug 23: 75 min swim/water walk am
Aug 24: 40 min swim/water walk pm (first day of school!)

total 1780 minutes


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Good morning all!

Goal - complete weeks 5-8 of 12 week plan

Thanks for the thread GardenerJoy it helps me immensely!

My plan:
Abs and yoga and/or stretches 5 times a week
Cardio 6 times a week
Strength (Dumbbells) 3 times a week

Wishing everyone success :sunny:

The first step towards success is setting a goal :D

Goal 1000 minutes

8/1: busy day, no exercise
8/2: 2 hours English Country Dance 120/1000


Good luck everybody! :goodluck:

Tabbycat: that's a tough loss -- glad you're back with us.

August goals: 1300 min, 21x 8K steps, 8x Strength Training

1: 45 dance & stretch; 45/1300
2: 50 dance & ST & stretch; 95/1300

iDream: Weights 3X/wk, Cardio 3X/wk, Rest 1X/wk
nonameslob: 30 miles running
magistra17: 1000 min
unwanted37lbs: 100 miles
gardenerjoy: 1300 min, 8ST, 21 days with 8K steps
SeeMyFeet: 12 workouts
Tabbycat: 1500 min

August Goal: 100 miles

Aug 1 (sat): 3h - 10.1 miles (89.9 miles to go) <== WOW what a good start!
Aug 2 (sun): 1h 30min - 5.3 miles (84.6 miles to go)
Aug 3 (mon): 1h - 3.7 miles

August Goal: 100 miles

Aug 1 (sat): 3h - 10.1 miles (89.9 miles to go) <== WOW what a good start!
Aug 2 (sun): 1h 30min - 5.3 miles (84.6 miles to go)
Aug 3 (mon): 1h - 3.7 miles (80.9 miles to go)

August goals: 1300 min, 21x 8K steps, 8x Strength Training

1: 45 dance & stretch; 45/1300
2: 50 dance & ST & stretch; 95/1300
3: 40 walk; 135/1300

SeeMyFeet - Yes! Keep up the swimming! Do you go to an indoor or outdoor pool?

Tabbycat, *hugs* and welcome back.

unwanted - Wow, 10 miles Saturday? What did you do?

I know my goal is 30 miles running, but I hope you don't mind for my own sake I'm going to track all my exercises as well. Last night I went on a 10 mile bike ride with my boyfriend. The weather was glorious and I just can't get over these Colorado skies. Its so beautiful. The sun was setting as we were headed home.

My big goal this week is to be able to ride 1.5 miles to the park, run the 2.5 mile loop, and ride home. I'm aiming for Thursday! I haven't run over 2 miles since the move.

8/2: 5 mile hike
8/3: 10 mile bike ride
8/4: 2.04/30 miles running, core workout

Goal 1000 minutes

8/1: busy day, no exercise
8/2: 2 hours English Country Dance 120/1000
8/3: 20 minutes, abs, jumping on tramp 140/1000

1 (sat): 3h - 10.1 miles (89.9 miles to go) <== WOW what a good start!
2 (sun): 1h 30min - 5.3 miles (84.6 miles to go)
3 (mon): 1h - 3.7 miles (80.9 miles to go)
4 (tue): 50 min - 3.3 miles (77.6 miles to go)

I haven't joined the exercise challenge in a long while, because I never know what kind of exercise I'm going to be doing each day or for how long. I like to switch it up to keep my body guessing. However, I do need help sticking to a certain form of exercise, so this thread may be perfect for that!

I read an article a while back about how sitting (or standing) uninterrupted for too long each day can have a very negative effect on your health, even if you exercise regularly: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...ing-kills.aspx. I spend a lot of time at my computer, so upon reading this article, I set up my computer's task scheduler to send me a message every 15 minutes telling me to stand up. That's all I have to do: stand up. I don't have to move around. I just have to defy gravity by standing up. However, recently I've gotten into the habit of ignoring that message, telling myself, "I'll stand up in a few minutes," or" I'm too tired to stand up now," or "It's too much trouble with my computer and cat on my lap." The thing is I'm working really hard at the gym each day for good health. I don't want all that hard work undermined because I can't be bothered simply to stand up! According to the article:

"It’s not how many hours of sitting that's bad for you; it’s how often you interrupt that sitting that is GOOD for you!”

AND

"Standing up once every hour was more effective than walking on a treadmill for 15 minutes for cardiovascular and metabolic changes,"

AND

"Sitting down and standing up repeatedly for 32 minutes does NOT have the same effect as standing up once, 32 times over the course of a day. To get the benefit, the stimulus must be spread throughout the day."

So my GOAL is to stand up multiple times throughout the day by following computer prompts which I've set up (or if I'm not on the computer, going by the chimes of my grandfather clock, etc.). I may not do it perfectly. I'll probably still hesitate when I have a cat sleeping on me, but my ignoring those prompts needs to change!

Thanks Joy!

Good afternoon ladies! This past weekend was busy which turned into a busy Monday so it's only now that I'm able to post! Whew!

8/1: Walking 63 mins
8/2: Rest
8/3: UBST
8/4: Walking 63 mins

Hope everyone is having a great week so far! Let's make August a great one!

Goal - complete weeks 5-8 of 12 week program

Week 5 - complete
7/27- stretches, abs, cardio (c25k)
7/28- yoga, abs, cardio, strength
7/29-stretches, abs, cardio (c25k)
7/30- abs, strength, cardio
7/31- cardio
8/1- off
8/2- yoga, abs, cardio (c25k), strength

Best to all :sunny:

Goal - complete weeks 5-8 of 12 week program

Week 5 - complete

Week 6 -
8/3- stretches, cardio
8/4- yoga, abs, strength, cardio (c25k w5d1)
8/5- cardio, yoga, abs

Tabbycat, I just read your post. I'm so sorry for your loss. And the fact that you are here, setting goals, and pushing yourself to exercise through advanced hip osteoarthritis, wow, you have my respect! :yes:

Yesterday, I did really well, but today I'm already forgetting, so if I don't pick it up a little more, I'm not going to be able to claim goal this month already! My little reminder message dings, but I need it to ding louder, lol!

Goal: Stand up multiple times throughout the day

8/4: Completed
8/5:
8/6:
8/7:
8/8:

8/2: 5 mile hike
8/3: 10 mile bike ride
8/4: 2.04/30 miles running, core workout
8/5: 4 mile bike ride

Rode to Whole Foods today! Its a great two mile ride each way but it did kick my butt. Lots of hills and I have a bag of food on my back. My bike basket should be here soon. Going to yoga tonight. That's a first for me! Tomorrow is the big day - attempting the ride to the park and 2.5 mile run.

Welcome, Jacqui_D!

iDream: Weights 3X/wk, Cardio 3X/wk, Rest 1X/wk
nonameslob: 30 miles running
magistra17: 1000 min
unwanted37lbs: 100 miles
gardenerjoy: 1300 min, 8ST, 21 days with 8K steps
SeeMyFeet: 12 workouts
Tabbycat: 1500 min
Jacqui_D: stand up multiple times throughout the day

Jacqui_D I was thinking of you this morning, there's a Bob Marley song that goes "get up, stand up, stand up for your right; get up, stand up, don't give up the fight"

Hope everyone has a great day! :sunny:

August goals: 1300 min, 21x 8K steps, 8x Strength Training

1: 45 dance & stretch; 45/1300
2: 50 dance & ST & stretch; 95/1300, 1/8 ST
3: 40 walk; 135/1300, 1/21 8K
4: 40 walk; 175/1300, 2/21 8K
5: 30 dance & stretch; 205/1300, 2/8 ST

Lol, Keli, that needs to be my theme song! :lol:

Thanks for adding me, Joy! :thanks:

So yesterday turned out well after I got on the ball. If it hadn't been for the fact that I kept getting up for other reasons yesterday morning though, I don't know if I could have counted it since I need to stand up "throughout" the day! Luckily, I'm doing much better at noticing the computer prompts this morning, so so far, so good today! :cp:

Goal: Stand up multiple times throughout the day

8/4: Completed
8/5: Completed
8/6:
8/7:
8/8:

8/2: 5 mile hike
8/3: 10 mile bike ride
8/4: 2.04 miles running, core workout
8/5: 4 mile bike ride, yoga (it was a very relaxing spinal exercise)
8/6: 2.7 mile HIIT run, 5ish mile bike ride

Run total so far: 4.74/30 miles

1 (sat): 3h - 10.1 miles (89.9 miles to go) <== WOW what a good start!
2 (sun): 1h 30min - 5.3 miles (84.6 miles to go)
3 (mon): 1h - 3.7 miles (80.9 miles to go)
4 (tue): 50 min - 3.3 miles (77.6 miles to go)
5 (wed) 2h10min - 8 miles (69.6 miles to go)

8/1: Walking 63 mins
8/2: Rest
8/3: UBST
8/4: Walking 63 mins
8/5: LBST, walking 30+ mins (:lol:I can't remember)
8/6: Walking 63 mins

Goal: Stand up multiple times throughout the day

8/4: Completed
8/5: Completed
8/6: Completed
8/7:
8/8:

August goals: 1300 min, 21x 8K steps, 8x Strength Training

1: 45 dance & stretch; 45/1300
2: 50 dance & ST & stretch; 95/1300, 1/8 ST
3: 40 walk; 135/1300, 1/21 8K
4: 40 walk; 175/1300, 2/21 8K
5: 30 dance & stretch; 205/1300, 2/8 ST
6: 40 walk; 245/1300, 3/21 8K

8/2: 5 mile hike
8/3: 10 mile bike ride
8/4: 2.04 miles running, core workout
8/5: 4 mile bike ride, yoga (it was a very relaxing spinal exercise)
8/6: 2.7 mile HIIT run, 5ish mile bike ride
8/7: 1.06 mile run, core workout

Run total so far: 5.8/30 miles

Goal - complete weeks 5-8 of 12 week program

Week 5 - complete

Week 6 -
8/3- stretches, cardio
8/4- yoga, abs, strength, cardio (c25k w5d1)
8/5- cardio, yoga, abs
8/6- cardio (c25k, w5d2)
8/7- yoga, abs, strength

August goals: 1300 min, 21x 8K steps, 8x Strength Training

1: 45 dance & stretch; 45/1300
2: 50 dance & ST & stretch; 95/1300, 1/8 ST
3: 40 walk; 135/1300, 1/21 8K
4: 40 walk; 175/1300, 2/21 8K
5: 30 dance & stretch; 205/1300, 2/8 ST
6: 40 walk; 245/1300, 3/21 8K
7: 30 walk; 275/1300, 4/21 8K