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- - January Exercise Challenge (https://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chicks-up-challenge/318390-january-exercise-challenge.html)

gardenerjoy

12-30-2019 10:12 AM

January Exercise Challenge

Let's dance into the new year with determination for our exercise goals.

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: January Weight Loss Challenge

gardenerjoy

12-30-2019 10:17 AM

I want to step it up a bit for January, so I'm adding 100 minutes to my goal.

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

Tabbycat

12-30-2019 11:25 AM

Tabbycat here.
I've fallen off the wagon after two hard falls during outdoor walking/jogging in October and November.
I'll set a goal of 900 minutes of intentional exercise in January.
That will include Leslie Sansone DVDs, Miranda Esmonde-White Classical Stretch DVDs, outdoor walking, and riding on the exercise bike.

Jan1: two Classical Stretch routines 45 min AM; 1 mi Leslie Sansone walk 20 min PM; 30 min exercise bike
Jan2: 30 min exercise bike AM; 45 min CS AM; another 30 min on bike
Jan3: 25 min exercise bike AM; 45 min CS PM
Jan4: 30 min exercise bike AM; 20 min CS AM
Jan5: 20 min exercise bike
Jan6: 25 min exercise bike
Jan7: 15 min bike AM
Jan10: 20 min bike AM
Jan11: 20 min bike AM; another 20 min bike late AM
Jan12: 20 min bike AM
Jan15: 15 min bike AM
Jan16: 15 min bike AM
Jan17: 15 min bike AM
Jan21: 15 min bike AM
Jan22: 20 min bike AM
Jan24: 5 min bike
Jan25: 20 min bike AM; 25 min bike PM
Jan26: 20 min bike AM; 20 min bike PM
Jan27: 20 min bike AM
Jan28: 20 min bike AM
Jan29: 10 min bike AM

680 min TOTAL

etherbunny

12-30-2019 12:17 PM

I haven’t done an exercise challenge but I should. I do better with weight loss when my exercise is consistent. So I’ll plan on 5 days/week either treadmill, elliptical or yoga. I’ll check in with whatever I managed to do for the day. Treadmill I usually go for 3 miles, elliptical for 30 minutes and I just checked out the online yoga program that I should be able to do hopefully daily on the beginners level anyway.

VermontMom

12-30-2019 04:12 PM

I will stick with my modest 600 minutes a month. I usually do youtube videos of cardio and/or weights. If I shovel snow, I usually count that at half minutes, unless it's very high intensity. Thanks for keeping us motivated, gardenerjoy!

etherbunny

12-31-2019 12:15 AM

So I jumped on the bandwagon early. No time like the present to start good habits. 2 miles on the treadmill (chest cold, couldn't breathe), 40 min beginners yoga video (darn I'm not flexible!). 74 minutes total

VermontMom

01-01-2020 01:35 PM

way to go etherbunny! It's so hard to make yourself do some sort of exercise when you have a cold!
and way to go gardenerjoy, for upping your already admirable goal!!

Jan. 01 - 90 min. shoveling/pushing back snowbanks; 30 min. Pahla B. cardio; 120/600

etherbunny

01-01-2020 02:19 PM

Yesterday 20 minutes treadmill. Today 40 minutes beginners yoga. Still can’t do cardio with this cold.

gardenerjoy

01-02-2020 12:00 PM

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST

VermontMom

01-02-2020 04:08 PM

Jan. 01 - 90 min. shoveling/pushing back snowbanks; 30 min. Pahla B. cardio; 120/600
Jan. 02 - 30 min. Pahla B. cardio; 150/600

gardenerjoy

01-03-2020 10:48 AM

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST
2: 30 walk, 15 qi gong; 90/1300, 2/8 stretch

gardenerjoy

01-04-2020 09:27 AM

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST
2: 30 walk, 15 qi gong; 90/1300, 2/8 stretch
3: 35 walk; 125/1300

VermontMom

01-04-2020 01:55 PM

gardenerjoy

01-05-2020 01:47 PM

I found a 30-day yoga for weight loss video series on Amazon Prime. I think I'll do it every 2nd or 3rd day because I'm feeling it in my glutes after all the chair poses in yesterday's workout.

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST
2: 30 walk, 15 qi gong; 90/1300, 2/8 stretch
3: 35 walk; 125/1300
4: 30 yoga; 155/1300; 3/8 stretch, 2/8 ST

VermontMom

01-05-2020 03:50 PM

gardenerjoy

01-06-2020 10:15 AM

VermontMom

01-06-2020 07:24 PM

gardenerjoy

01-07-2020 09:21 AM

VermontMom

01-07-2020 04:45 PM

gardenerjoy

01-08-2020 10:00 AM

gardenerjoy

01-08-2020 10:14 AM

Welcome, everyone! Looks like we're off to a great start!

Here are our January goals. There's still time to join us to get your new year started off with energy!

etherbunny: 5 days/week
gardenerjoy: 1300 minutes
Tabbycat: 900 minutes
VermontMom: 600 minutes

VermontMom

01-08-2020 05:03 PM

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Jan. 01 - 90 min. shoveling/pushing back snowbanks; 30 min. Pahla B. cardio; 120/600
Jan. 02 - 30 min. Pahla B. cardio; 150/600
Jan. 03 - 0
Jan. 04 - 30 min. hi intense shoveling; 25 min. weighted cardio; 15 min low intense shoveling; 220/600
Jan. 05 - 20 min. Pahla B cardio, 40 min. shoveling/snowbank work; 280/600
Jan. 06 - 30 min. low intense shoveling; 295/600
Jan. 07 - 60 min. medium shoveling :D ; 325/600
Jan. 08 - 45 min. intense shoveling; 370/600

I feel like an exercise imposter just using shoveling as my workouts! :tantrum: but it is exertion, I can feel my heartbeat stepping up, I am using my muscles, and balance. Here is a pic of the length of our path and driveway that is done by hand.

gardenerjoy

01-09-2020 09:24 AM

VermontMom: Snow shoveling can be a great workout!

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST
2: 30 walk, 15 qi gong: 90/1300, 2/8 stretch
3: 35 walk; 125/1300
4: 30 yoga; 155/1300, 3/8 stretch, 2/8 ST
5: 50 walk; 205/1300
6: 30 walk; 235/1300
7: 40 walk; 275/1300
8: 25 yoga; 300/1300, 4/8 stretch, 3/8 ST

gardenerjoy

01-10-2020 10:08 AM

gardenerjoy

01-11-2020 09:51 AM

gardenerjoy

01-12-2020 10:03 AM

etherbunny

01-12-2020 07:55 PM

Obviously, I'm not keeping up with my exercise! Miserable cold and the inability to breathe has kept me sidelined for almost 2 weeks. I did 2 miles yesterday and thought I was going to die at the end. So, although I'm trying to get back on track, I think for this month and this challenge, I'm tapping out. Good luck everyone!

gardenerjoy

01-13-2020 09:35 AM

Hope you're feeling better soon, etherbunny!

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST
2: 30 walk, 15 qi gong: 90/1300, 2/8 stretch
3: 35 walk; 125/1300
4: 30 yoga; 155/1300, 3/8 stretch, 2/8 ST
5: 50 walk; 205/1300
6: 30 walk; 235/1300
7: 40 walk; 275/1300
8: 25 yoga; 300/1300, 4/8 stretch, 3/8 ST
9: 40 walk; 340/1300
10: 25 yoga; 365/1300, 5/8 stretch, 4/8 ST
11: 15 walk, 15 yoga; 395/1300, 6/8 stretch
12: 10 stretch, 20 yoga Day 4; 425/1300, 7/8 stretch, 5/8 ST

VermontMom

01-14-2020 05:18 AM

Jan. 01 - 90 min. shoveling/pushing back snowbanks; 30 min. Pahla B. cardio; 120/600
Jan. 02 - 30 min. Pahla B. cardio; 150/600
Jan. 03 - 0
Jan. 04 - 30 min. hi intense shoveling; 25 min. weighted cardio; 15 min low intense shoveling; 220/600
Jan. 05 - 20 min. Pahla B cardio, 40 min. shoveling/snowbank work; 280/600
Jan. 06 - 30 min. low intense shoveling; 295/600
Jan. 07 - 60 min. medium shoveling :D ; 325/600
Jan. 08 - 45 min. intense shoveling; 370/600
Jan. 09 - 30 min, low intensity shoveling; 385/600
Jan. 10 - 0
Jan. 11 - danced at my org's Harley Raffle but not enough to sweat :D
Jan. 12 - 0
Jan. 13 - 30 min, Pahla B weighted cardio; 415/600

etherbunny, sure hope you feel better soon! "common colds' can make you miserable for days :(

gardenerjoy

01-14-2020 10:39 AM

Today, I'm celebrating the easiest of my goals to meet. I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't set this goal and my winter body definitely likes it when I keep up with stretching.

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST
2: 30 walk, 15 qi gong: 90/1300, 2/8 stretch
3: 35 walk; 125/1300
4: 30 yoga; 155/1300, 3/8 stretch, 2/8 ST
5: 50 walk; 205/1300
6: 30 walk; 235/1300
7: 40 walk; 275/1300
8: 25 yoga; 300/1300, 4/8 stretch, 3/8 ST
9: 40 walk; 340/1300
10: 25 yoga; 365/1300, 5/8 stretch, 4/8 ST
11: 15 walk, 15 yoga; 395/1300, 6/8 stretch
12: 10 stretch, 20 yoga Day 4; 425/1300, 7/8 stretch, 5/8 ST
13: 10 stretch, 30 yoga; 465/1300, 8/8 stretch

gardenerjoy

01-15-2020 11:02 AM

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST
2: 30 walk, 15 qi gong: 90/1300, 2/8 stretch
3: 35 walk; 125/1300
4: 30 yoga; 155/1300, 3/8 stretch, 2/8 ST
5: 50 walk; 205/1300
6: 30 walk; 235/1300
7: 40 walk; 275/1300
8: 25 yoga; 300/1300, 4/8 stretch, 3/8 ST
9: 40 walk; 340/1300
10: 25 yoga; 365/1300, 5/8 stretch, 4/8 ST
11: 15 walk, 15 yoga; 395/1300, 6/8 stretch
12: 10 stretch, 20 yoga Day 4; 425/1300, 7/8 stretch, 5/8 ST
13: 10 stretch, 30 yoga; 465/1300, 8/8 stretch
14: 30 walk, 10 stretch; 505/1300, 9/8 stretch

gardenerjoy

01-16-2020 10:29 AM

gardenerjoy

01-17-2020 10:46 AM

Day 6 of the 30-day yoga program that I'm doing was a HIIT workout. Who knew you could do HIIT with yoga? I don't imagine it was as intense as when using other methods, but it definitely got my heart rate up and used lots of muscles.

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST
2: 30 walk, 15 qi gong: 90/1300, 2/8 stretch
3: 35 walk; 125/1300
4: 30 yoga; 155/1300, 3/8 stretch, 2/8 ST
5: 50 walk; 205/1300
6: 30 walk; 235/1300
7: 40 walk; 275/1300
8: 25 yoga; 300/1300, 4/8 stretch, 3/8 ST
9: 40 walk; 340/1300
10: 25 yoga; 365/1300, 5/8 stretch, 4/8 ST
11: 15 walk, 15 yoga; 395/1300, 6/8 stretch
12: 10 stretch, 20 yoga Day 4; 425/1300, 7/8 stretch, 5/8 ST
13: 10 stretch, 30 yoga; 465/1300, 8/8 stretch
14: 30 walk, 10 stretch; 505/1300, 9/8 stretch
15: 60 walk; 565/1300
16: 30 yoga; 595/1300, 10/8 stretch, 6/8 ST

gardenerjoy

01-18-2020 09:55 AM

VermontMom

01-19-2020 04:54 PM

Gardenerjoy, belated CONGRATS :cheer2: on accomplishing the 'easiest' of your goals! You are really a shining star for us to follow :)

I have been having a hard time keeping to my very easy goal. I caught a cold on Dec. 17th and I am STILL stuffed up/running nose/cough/goop/sinuses/teeth pressure. I'm pretty sure it's a sinus infection at this point. I will give it a couple more days and then see a doctor/urgent care facility.

I have not been able to do ANY non-essential workouts! Just shoveling/snow throwing. But I will doggedly still add it to my list.

VermontMom

01-19-2020 05:00 PM

Jan. 01 - 90 min. shoveling/pushing back snowbanks; 30 min. Pahla B. cardio; 120/600
Jan. 02 - 30 min. Pahla B. cardio; 150/600
Jan. 03 - 0
Jan. 04 - 30 min. hi intense shoveling; 25 min. weighted cardio; 15 min low intense shoveling; 220/600
Jan. 05 - 20 min. Pahla B cardio, 40 min. shoveling/snowbank work; 280/600
Jan. 06 - 30 min. low intense shoveling; 295/600
Jan. 07 - 60 min. medium shoveling :D ; 325/600
Jan. 08 - 45 min. intense shoveling; 370/600
Jan. 09 - 30 min, low intensity shoveling; 385/600
Jan. 10 - 0
Jan. 11 - danced at my org's Harley Raffle but not enough to sweat :D
Jan. 12 - 0
Jan. 13 - 30 min, Pahla B weighted cardio; 415/600
Jan. 14 -0
Jan. 15 - shoveled 30 min,; 445/600
Jan. 16 - shoveled 30 min. 475/600
Jan, 17 -0
Jan. 18 - 30 min. pushing back snowbanks; 505/600
Jan, 19 - 120 minutes snow shoveling, snow throwing. pushing snowbanks; 625/600; hollow victory :rofl:

gardenerjoy

01-20-2020 09:24 AM

VermontMom: Hope you're feeling better soon! I think we should be giving ourselves credit for our January victories, hollow as they may seem. So, here's our list:

etherbunny: 5 days/week
gardenerjoy: 1300 minutes, 8x stretch, 8x ST
Tabbycat: 900 minutes
VermontMom: 600 minutes

gardenerjoy

01-20-2020 09:27 AM

I tried Day 8 of the 30-day yoga program that I'm doing and it was way too challenging. So, I went back to Day 1, which is challenging enough. I think I'll repeat the first week a couple of times until I'm less shaky in the poses and, then, tackle Day 8 again. I am feeling stronger. That was a New Year's goal, so that's good! And, we're only three weeks in. I don't have to be in a rush about this. Avoiding injuries is the fastest path to getting stronger.

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST
2: 30 walk, 15 qi gong: 90/1300, 2/8 stretch
3: 35 walk; 125/1300
4: 30 yoga; 155/1300, 3/8 stretch, 2/8 ST
5: 50 walk; 205/1300
6: 30 walk; 235/1300
7: 40 walk; 275/1300
8: 25 yoga; 300/1300, 4/8 stretch, 3/8 ST
9: 40 walk; 340/1300
10: 25 yoga; 365/1300, 5/8 stretch, 4/8 ST
11: 15 walk, 15 yoga; 395/1300, 6/8 stretch
12: 10 stretch, 20 yoga Day 4; 425/1300, 7/8 stretch, 5/8 ST
13: 10 stretch, 30 yoga; 465/1300, 8/8 stretch
14: 30 walk, 10 stretch; 505/1300, 9/8 stretch
15: 60 walk; 565/1300
16: 30 yoga; 595/1300, 10/8 stretch, 6/8 ST
17: 30 yoga; 625/1300, 11/8 stretch
18: 15 walk; 640/1300
19: 10 walk, 45 yoga; 695/1300, 12/8 stretch, 7/8 ST

gardenerjoy

01-21-2020 09:41 AM

gardenerjoy

01-22-2020 09:58 AM

Yay! I met my strength-training goal! January motivation plus a power yoga series on Prime have been good for me.

January goal: 1300 minutes, including 8x stretch + 8x ST

1: 15 qi gong, 40 walk; 45/1300, 1/8 stretch, 1/8 ST
2: 30 walk, 15 qi gong: 90/1300, 2/8 stretch
3: 35 walk; 125/1300
4: 30 yoga; 155/1300, 3/8 stretch, 2/8 ST
5: 50 walk; 205/1300
6: 30 walk; 235/1300
7: 40 walk; 275/1300
8: 25 yoga; 300/1300, 4/8 stretch, 3/8 ST
9: 40 walk; 340/1300
10: 25 yoga; 365/1300, 5/8 stretch, 4/8 ST
11: 15 walk, 15 yoga; 395/1300, 6/8 stretch
12: 10 stretch, 20 yoga Day 4; 425/1300, 7/8 stretch, 5/8 ST
13: 10 stretch, 30 yoga; 465/1300, 8/8 stretch
14: 30 walk, 10 stretch; 505/1300, 9/8 stretch
15: 60 walk; 565/1300
16: 30 yoga; 595/1300, 10/8 stretch, 6/8 ST
17: 30 yoga; 625/1300, 11/8 stretch
18: 15 walk; 640/1300
19: 10 walk, 45 yoga; 695/1300, 12/8 stretch, 7/8 ST
20: 70 yoga; 765/1300, 13/8 stretch
21: 30 walk, 25 yoga; 820/1300, 14/8 stretch, 8/8 ST

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