August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance and stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch
13: 15 dance & stretch, 40 walk; 635/1400, 12/25 stretch

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch
13: 15 dance & stretch, 40 walk; 635/1400, 12/25 stretch
14: 10 dance & stretch, 30 yoga (Day 10); 675/1400, 13/25 stretch, 5/12 ST

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch
13: 15 dance & stretch, 40 walk; 635/1400, 12/25 stretch
14: 10 dance & stretch, 30 yoga (Day 10); 675/1400, 13/25 stretch, 5/12 ST
15: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 710/1400, 14/25 stretch

KStrong: 10,000 steps is a great goal to get you moving throughout the day.

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch
13: 15 dance & stretch, 40 walk; 635/1400, 12/25 stretch
14: 10 dance & stretch, 30 yoga (Day 10); 675/1400, 13/25 stretch, 5/12 ST
15: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 710/1400, 14/25 stretch
16: 10 dance & stretch, 50 walk; 770/1400, 15/25 stretch

It's good to reach the half-way point of all my goals when there's still plenty of month left to complete them.

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch
13: 15 dance & stretch, 40 walk; 635/1400, 12/25 stretch
14: 10 dance & stretch, 30 yoga (Day 10); 675/1400, 13/25 stretch, 5/12 ST
15: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 710/1400, 14/25 stretch
16: 10 dance & stretch, 50 walk; 770/1400, 15/25 stretch
17: 30 walk, 25 yoga (Day 11); 825/1400, 16/25 stretch, 6/12 ST

KStrong: I count yard work as strength-training when it involves lots of lunges and squats. I try to do them instead of bending over. It's better for my back and I get to count it as strength-training, so two motivators.

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch
13: 15 dance & stretch, 40 walk; 635/1400, 12/25 stretch
14: 10 dance & stretch, 30 yoga (Day 10); 675/1400, 13/25 stretch, 5/12 ST
15: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 710/1400, 14/25 stretch
16: 10 dance & stretch, 50 walk; 770/1400, 15/25 stretch
17: 30 walk, 25 yoga (Day 11); 825/1400, 16/25 stretch, 6/12 ST
18: 10 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 865/1400, 17/25 stretch

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch
13: 15 dance & stretch, 40 walk; 635/1400, 12/25 stretch
14: 10 dance & stretch, 30 yoga (Day 10); 675/1400, 13/25 stretch, 5/12 ST
15: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 710/1400, 14/25 stretch
16: 10 dance & stretch, 50 walk; 770/1400, 15/25 stretch
17: 30 walk, 25 yoga (Day 11); 825/1400, 16/25 stretch, 6/12 ST
18: 10 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 865/1400, 17/25 stretch
19: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk, 30 yard work; 930/1400, 18/25 stretch, 7/12 ST

KStrong: It took me a long time to get to a place where I was strong enough to protect my knees. Before then, I used a kneeling bench, like this: https://www.amazon.com/Wodesid-Folda...PG/ref=sr_1_13
When I started to get stronger, it was also a good support for lunges. I think I wrote a whole blog post on this once.... Here it is: Gardening as Exercise and my weekly checkpoint ? Joy's Book Blog The blog post is from eight years ago and, knock on wood, I still haven't had a yard work related injury in all of that time. I used to have them two or three times a year!


August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch
13: 15 dance & stretch, 40 walk; 635/1400, 12/25 stretch
14: 10 dance & stretch, 30 yoga (Day 10); 675/1400, 13/25 stretch, 5/12 ST
15: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 710/1400, 14/25 stretch
16: 10 dance & stretch, 50 walk; 770/1400, 15/25 stretch
17: 30 walk, 25 yoga (Day 11); 825/1400, 16/25 stretch, 6/12 ST
18: 10 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 865/1400, 17/25 stretch
19: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk, 30 yard work; 930/1400, 18/25 stretch, 7/12 ST
20: 10 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 12); 965/1400, 19/25 stretch, 8/12 ST

KStrong: One of the moderators reported it, but he thinks it will probably be Monday before it gets addressed.

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch
13: 15 dance & stretch, 40 walk; 635/1400, 12/25 stretch
14: 10 dance & stretch, 30 yoga (Day 10); 675/1400, 13/25 stretch, 5/12 ST
15: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 710/1400, 14/25 stretch
16: 10 dance & stretch, 50 walk; 770/1400, 15/25 stretch
17: 30 walk, 25 yoga (Day 11); 825/1400, 16/25 stretch, 6/12 ST
18: 10 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 865/1400, 17/25 stretch
19: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk, 30 yard work; 930/1400, 18/25 stretch, 7/12 ST
20: 10 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 12); 965/1400, 19/25 stretch, 8/12 ST
21: 15 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 1000/1400, 20/25 stretch

Way to go gardenerjoy and KStrong! and probably Tabbycat too :D

I missed a couple days and then didn't get back on here :( and only started recording my workouts again this past week, so I don't remember adequately to fill in my month here. I am still trying my best!! :strong:

a non-scale victory due to exercise - had a physical last month. My cholesterol is "perfect" (doctor's words!) and my sugar/glucose/whatever is normal. Doctor told me to 'maintain a healthy weight' so I wasn't lectured to lose...though I am *hovering* at the mark between normal bmi/weight and overweight. Like a 5 lb difference. And I had a mammogram on Wednesday and I was not sore the next day from my poor body parts being stretched, pulled and mashed :eek:

A great doctor's visit is a terrific NSV, VermontMom!

August goal: 1400 minutes, including 25x stretching and 12x strength-training

1: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 35/1400, 1/25 stretch
2: 35 walk, 20 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 8); 115/1400, 2/25 stretch, 1/12 ST
3: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 150/1400, 3/25 stretch
4: 55 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 215/1400, 4/25 stretch
5: 30 walk, 10 dance & stretch; 245/1400, 5/25 stretch
6: 35 walk; 280/1400
7: 10 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 310/1400, 6/25 stretch
8: 10 dance and stretch, 25 yoga (Day 9); 345/1400, 7/25 stretch, 2/12 ST
9: 15 dance & stretch, 45 yard work; 405/1400, 8/25 stretch, 3/12 ST
10: 35 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 460/1400, 9/25 stretch
11: 10 dance & stretch, 40 yard work, 10 walk; 520/1400, 10/25 stretch, 4/12 ST
12: 30 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 580/1400, 11/25 stretch
13: 15 dance & stretch, 40 walk; 635/1400, 12/25 stretch
14: 10 dance & stretch, 30 yoga (Day 10); 675/1400, 13/25 stretch, 5/12 ST
15: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk; 710/1400, 14/25 stretch
16: 10 dance & stretch, 50 walk; 770/1400, 15/25 stretch
17: 30 walk, 25 yoga (Day 11); 825/1400, 16/25 stretch, 6/12 ST
18: 10 dance & stretch, 30 walk; 865/1400, 17/25 stretch
19: 10 dance & stretch, 25 walk, 30 yard work; 930/1400, 18/25 stretch, 7/12 ST
20: 10 dance & stretch, 25 yoga (Day 12); 965/1400, 19/25 stretch, 8/12 ST
21: 15 dance & stretch, 20 walk; 1000/1400, 20/25 stretch
22: 20 yoga (Day 13 - recovery); 1020/1400, 21/25 stretch