August Exercise Challenge

  • Let's rock August!

    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: August Weight Loss Challenge
  • I seem to have established some decent habits -- lower body on T-Th-Su, upper body on M-W-F, abs most days, cardio most days. I also do stretches most days, but one of the things that I've learned from PT is that I have a lifetime of stretching and natural flexibility such that stretches usually aren't the solution to any problem that I'm having. Careful, PT-style, gentle strength-training is more effective for me. The other thing that I've learned in the last couple of months is that focusing on exercise at least twice a day makes my body happy and makes it easier to hit an average of close to 60 minutes a day.

    Tracking overall exercise minutes, here, should be enough to prime the engine and keep all of those habits going.

    August goal: 1800 minutes

    1: 60; 60/1800
  • I think I'll aim for 70 minutes today to get my average back to 60.

    August goal: 1800 minutes

    1: 60; 60/1800
    2: 60; 120/1800
    3: 60; 180/1800
    4: 60; 240/1800
    5: 60; 300/1800
    6: 50; 350/1800
    7: 70; 420/1800
    8: 60; 480/1800
    9: 50; 530/1800
    10: 60; 590/1800
    11: 60; 650/1800
  • I've got a busy day, today. Fortunately, I'm close enough to my goal that I don't need many minutes today to be confident that I can finish my goal tomorrow.

    August goal: 1800 minutes

    1: 60; 60/1800
    2: 60; 120/1800
    3: 60; 180/1800
    4: 60; 240/1800
    5: 60; 300/1800
    6: 50; 350/1800
    7: 70; 420/1800
    8: 60; 480/1800
    9: 50; 530/1800
    10: 60; 590/1800
    11: 60; 650/1800
    12: 70; 720/1800
    13: 50; 770/1800
    14: 70; 840/1800
    15: 60; 900/1800
    16: 60; 960/1800
    17: 60; 1020/1800
    18: 60; 1080/1800
    19: 70; 1150/1800
    20: 60; 1210/1800
    21: 60; 1270/1800
    22: 45; 1315/1800
    23: 60; 1375/1800
    24: 65: 1440/1800
    25: 60; 1500/1800
    26: 50; 1550/1800
    27: 60; 1610/1800
    28: 60; 1670/1800
    29: 60; 1730/1800
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  • I completed the goal. I was glad to have some padding with a couple of challenging days at the end of the month.

    August goal: 1800 minutes

    1: 60; 60/1800
    2: 60; 120/1800
    3: 60; 180/1800
    4: 60; 240/1800
    5: 60; 300/1800
    6: 50; 350/1800
    7: 70; 420/1800
    8: 60; 480/1800
    9: 50; 530/1800
    10: 60; 590/1800
    11: 60; 650/1800
    12: 70; 720/1800
    13: 50; 770/1800
    14: 70; 840/1800
    15: 60; 900/1800
    16: 60; 960/1800
    17: 60; 1020/1800
    18: 60; 1080/1800
    19: 70; 1150/1800
    20: 60; 1210/1800
    21: 60; 1270/1800
    22: 45; 1315/1800
    23: 60; 1375/1800
    24: 65: 1440/1800
    25: 60; 1500/1800
    26: 50; 1550/1800
    27: 60; 1610/1800
    28: 60; 1670/1800
    29: 60; 1730/1800
    30: 30: 1760/1800
    31: 45: 1805/1800