December Exercise Challenge

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  • I'm going to miss my 24 days of 8K steps goal (but I'll see how close I can get!). The good news is that I met my strength-training goal yesterday! Since I had to do my workout indoors again, I figured that I might as well get that done.

    December goals: 1200 minutes, 8 ST session, 24 days of at least 8K steps

    1: 40 walk; 40/1200, 1/24 8K
    2: 40 walk; 80/1200, 2/24 8K
    3: 30 walk; 110/1200, 3/24 8K
    4: 40 walk; 150/1200, 4/24 8K
    5: 40 stretch & ST; 190/1200, 1/8 ST
    6: 40 walk; 230/1200, 5/24 8K
    7: 40 walk; 270/1200, 6/24 8K
    8: 40 walk; 310/1200, 7/24 8K
    9: 55 yard work; 365/1200, 8/24 8K, 2/8 ST
    10: 40 walk; 405/1200
    11: 40 walk; 445/1200, 9/24 8K
    12: 30 walk; 475/1200, 10/24 8K
    13: 30 stretch & ST; 505/1200, 3/8 ST
    14: 30 walk; 535/1200, 11/24 8K
    15: 30 walk, 40 stretch & ST; 605/1200, 12/24 8K, 4/8 ST
    16: 40 walk; 645/1200, 13/24 8K
    17: 60 walk; 705/1200, 14/24 8K
    18: 30 walk; 735/1200
    19: 25 stretch & ST; 760/1200, 5/8 ST
    20: 40 walk; 800/1200, 15/24 8K
    21: 65 walk, 15 ST; 880/1200, 16/24 8K, 6/8 ST
    22: 15 walk; 895/1200
    23: 40 walk; 935/1200, 17/24 8K
    24: 40 walk; 975/1200, 18/24 8K
    25: 40 march, dance, stretch & ST; 1015/1200, 19/24 8K, 7/8 ST
    26: 35 dance; 1050/1200, 20/24 8K
    27: 30 stretch; 1080/1200
    28: 30 stretch & ST; 1110/1200, 8/8 ST
  • Joy awesome job completing your strength training goal! I see you are close to meeting your minutes too. Keep it up! You set a lot of goals and meeting 2 out of 3 is great.
  • Way to go Joy!!!
  • Thanks, Izzie and Nici! I'm still going!

    December goals: 1200 minutes, 8 ST session, 24 days of at least 8K steps

    1: 40 walk; 40/1200, 1/24 8K
    2: 40 walk; 80/1200, 2/24 8K
    3: 30 walk; 110/1200, 3/24 8K
    4: 40 walk; 150/1200, 4/24 8K
    5: 40 stretch & ST; 190/1200, 1/8 ST
    6: 40 walk; 230/1200, 5/24 8K
    7: 40 walk; 270/1200, 6/24 8K
    8: 40 walk; 310/1200, 7/24 8K
    9: 55 yard work; 365/1200, 8/24 8K, 2/8 ST
    10: 40 walk; 405/1200
    11: 40 walk; 445/1200, 9/24 8K
    12: 30 walk; 475/1200, 10/24 8K
    13: 30 stretch & ST; 505/1200, 3/8 ST
    14: 30 walk; 535/1200, 11/24 8K
    15: 30 walk, 40 stretch & ST; 605/1200, 12/24 8K, 4/8 ST
    16: 40 walk; 645/1200, 13/24 8K
    17: 60 walk; 705/1200, 14/24 8K
    18: 30 walk; 735/1200
    19: 25 stretch & ST; 760/1200, 5/8 ST
    20: 40 walk; 800/1200, 15/24 8K
    21: 65 walk, 15 ST; 880/1200, 16/24 8K, 6/8 ST
    22: 15 walk; 895/1200
    23: 40 walk; 935/1200, 17/24 8K
    24: 40 walk; 975/1200, 18/24 8K
    25: 40 march, dance, stretch & ST; 1015/1200, 19/24 8K, 7/8 ST
    26: 35 dance; 1050/1200, 20/24 8K
    27: 30 stretch; 1080/1200
    28: 30 stretch & ST; 1110/1200, 8/8 ST
    29: 30 stretch; 1140/1200
  • Quote: Good morning all!

    I seem to have no problem with the cardio, so this month my goal is just for yoga and strength, some weights and crunches.

    December goal - yoga 12x, strength 12x

    Best to all
    Hello all,
    Well I'm not going to make my goal, but did find out splitting off the yoga and weights didn't work for me, I didn't do them at all until the day before yesterday...so I have restarted my exercise program and learned a valuable lesson so next month, back to completing however many weeks of my program.

    So I restarted at week 17 (week 1)
    12/15-yoga, strength, cardio (ex. Bike 30)
    12/16-abs, cardio bike 30
    12/17-yoga, strength
    12/18-cardio (rail trail 4 miles)
    12/19-off
    12/20-cardio (rail trail)
    12/21-strength, cardio (walk at work, 1 mile)
    12/22-cardio (rail trail)
    12/23- off travel day
    12/24- cardio (walk at Busch Gardens ChristmasTown)
    12/25- cardio (3 mile walk on beach)
    12/26- cardio (walk at Jamestown NP)
    12/27- cardio (3.3 mile hike at Pocahantas SP)
    12/28- cardio (3.1 mile walk at Antietam NP)
    12/29- cardio (rail trail)
    12/30- yoga (finally completed the week!), abs, plan cardio, rail trail this afternoon
    12/31-

    Best to all
  • Congrats Izzie and GardenerJoy on making goals!!
  • Joy, congrats on making your strength training goal.

    08 - walked 60 min
    11 - walked 105 min
    25 - walked 75 min
    27 - walked 40 min
    30 - walked 45 min

    Total: 325/1000
  • Are you thinking ahead to 2016 exercise goals? Here's the January challenge thread:

    http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chic...challenge.html
  • Well done to those who met their goals!

    I managed it - 2km a day under 20 minutes. Made 100km in December for cardio ( mostly walking, a little running and cycling).
  • I'm going to say I made my goal of running 4x/week. This week is only half in December, and I've run 3x, with a plan to run again on Saturday.

    Week 1 of Nov/December: 4 days running completed
    Week 2 of December: 4 days running completed
    Week 3 of December: 4 days running completed, + 1 extra day!
    Week 4 of December: 4 days running completed
  • Way to go, noshoes and HereIStand !

    bonnie2009: 15 min 3x per week
    dcapulet: week's planned workouts
    flower1: 1000 min
    gardenerjoy: 1200 min, 24x 8K steps, 8 ST
    GettingFit: 4x per week
    HereIStand : 4 runs per week w/ increased mileage
    Jacqui_D: gym 3x per week
    Jb1975: 12 hrs Workout/C25K
    kelijpa: yoga 12x, strength 12x
    Izzie: 950 min
    mars735: 15min walk per day (starting 12/3)
    MumofMany: 15 row & 30 walk per day
    Nici: 1200 min
    noshoes: 2 km per day
    SeeMyFeet: 3x per week (1K each time) + flip turn
    Tabbycat: 750 min
  • I managed a real walk yesterday and it felt great!

    December goals: 1200 minutes, 8 ST session, 24 days of at least 8K steps

    1: 40 walk; 40/1200, 1/24 8K
    2: 40 walk; 80/1200, 2/24 8K
    3: 30 walk; 110/1200, 3/24 8K
    4: 40 walk; 150/1200, 4/24 8K
    5: 40 stretch & ST; 190/1200, 1/8 ST
    6: 40 walk; 230/1200, 5/24 8K
    7: 40 walk; 270/1200, 6/24 8K
    8: 40 walk; 310/1200, 7/24 8K
    9: 55 yard work; 365/1200, 8/24 8K, 2/8 ST
    10: 40 walk; 405/1200
    11: 40 walk; 445/1200, 9/24 8K
    12: 30 walk; 475/1200, 10/24 8K
    13: 30 stretch & ST; 505/1200, 3/8 ST
    14: 30 walk; 535/1200, 11/24 8K
    15: 30 walk, 40 stretch & ST; 605/1200, 12/24 8K, 4/8 ST
    16: 40 walk; 645/1200, 13/24 8K
    17: 60 walk; 705/1200, 14/24 8K
    18: 30 walk; 735/1200
    19: 25 stretch & ST; 760/1200, 5/8 ST
    20: 40 walk; 800/1200, 15/24 8K
    21: 65 walk, 15 ST; 880/1200, 16/24 8K, 6/8 ST
    22: 15 walk; 895/1200
    23: 40 walk; 935/1200, 17/24 8K
    24: 40 walk; 975/1200, 18/24 8K
    25: 40 march, dance, stretch & ST; 1015/1200, 19/24 8K, 7/8 ST
    26: 35 dance; 1050/1200, 20/24 8K
    27: 30 stretch; 1080/1200
    28: 30 stretch & ST; 1110/1200, 8/8 ST
    29: 30 stretch; 1140/1200, 21/24 8K
    30: 35 walk; 1175/1200, 22/24 8K
  • I'm at 650 minutes with less than 12 hours left in the month...

    Probably won't make it this month.
    But I'll try to get a 30-45 minute walk in.
  • Met my minutes goal! Who else met a December goal?

    December goals: 1200 minutes , 8 ST session, 24 days of at least 8K steps

    1: 40 walk; 40/1200, 1/24 8K
    2: 40 walk; 80/1200, 2/24 8K
    3: 30 walk; 110/1200, 3/24 8K
    4: 40 walk; 150/1200, 4/24 8K
    5: 40 stretch & ST; 190/1200, 1/8 ST
    6: 40 walk; 230/1200, 5/24 8K
    7: 40 walk; 270/1200, 6/24 8K
    8: 40 walk; 310/1200, 7/24 8K
    9: 55 yard work; 365/1200, 8/24 8K, 2/8 ST
    10: 40 walk; 405/1200
    11: 40 walk; 445/1200, 9/24 8K
    12: 30 walk; 475/1200, 10/24 8K
    13: 30 stretch & ST; 505/1200, 3/8 ST
    14: 30 walk; 535/1200, 11/24 8K
    15: 30 walk, 40 stretch & ST; 605/1200, 12/24 8K, 4/8 ST
    16: 40 walk; 645/1200, 13/24 8K
    17: 60 walk; 705/1200, 14/24 8K
    18: 30 walk; 735/1200
    19: 25 stretch & ST; 760/1200, 5/8 ST
    20: 40 walk; 800/1200, 15/24 8K
    21: 65 walk, 15 ST; 880/1200, 16/24 8K, 6/8 ST
    22: 15 walk; 895/1200
    23: 40 walk; 935/1200, 17/24 8K
    24: 40 walk; 975/1200, 18/24 8K
    25: 40 march, dance, stretch & ST; 1015/1200, 19/24 8K, 7/8 ST
    26: 35 dance; 1050/1200, 20/24 8K
    27: 30 stretch; 1080/1200
    28: 30 stretch & ST; 1110/1200, 8/8 ST
    29: 30 stretch; 1140/1200, 21/24 8K
    30: 35 walk; 1175/1200, 22/24 8K
    31: 25 dance & stretch; 1200/1200