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December Exercise Accountability
It's the holiday month! Lets all bring in our A game and aim to workout each week, and push ourselves a little out of our comfort zone - to make up for and plan for the little indulgence over the holiday season ;) Bring It for December! :elf::gift2::xcheer::wreath::rudolph::snow4::tree: :ginger::clause::snowball: :snowglo::candy::coolsnow::present: In addition to declaring your daily exercise achievments, there will be a smilie competion each week, which you're more than welcome to join in! Allocate a holiday smilie of your choice for each workout you complete. At the end of the week, count up your smilies and see how you fair against the competition! Feel free to copy the format below and then each day you can edit your own post and add your workout(s!) for each day and week. Remember this is completely optional, and you don't have to do this if you dont want to. ---Week 1 1st tues 2nd weds 3rd thurs 4th fri 5th sat 6th sun Total Smilies = Total minutes = ------ Week 2 7th mon 8th tues 9th weds 10th thurs 11th fri 12th sat 13th sun Total Smilies = Total minutes = -------- week 3 14th mon 15th tues 16th weds 17th thurs 18th fri 19th sat 20th sun Total Smilies = Total minutes = ---------- week 4 21st mon 22nd tues 23rd weds 24th thurs 25th fri 26th sat 27th sun Total Smilies = Total minutes = --------- week 5 28th mon 29th tues 30th weds 31st thurs Total Smilies = Total minutes = ------- |
Echo's December Exercise Challenge
Week 1 1st tues: none 2nd weds: none 3rd thurs workout I: biggest loser boot camp (resistance training): level 1, 2 and 3: 57minutes. 350calories burned :wreath: workout II: exercise bike (cardio): level 13: 31minutes 242calories burned :ginger: 4th fri Jillian Michaels boost metabolism dvd (cardio): 53 minutes: burned 472calories :tree: 5th sat Tae Bo (tae Bo platinum dvd plus Tae BO II basic workout and half of advanced workout) 74 minutes: burned 463 calories :rudolph: 6th sun: rest day Total calories burned = 1527 calories [0.44lbs] {44% lb} Total Smilies week 1 = 4 : :wreath: :ginger: :tree: :rudolph: Total minutes = 215 minutes ------ Week 2 7th mon:none 8th tues: p90x chest shoulders and triceps. plus extra resistance training (Jillian Michaels fitness plan (tricpes and biceps exercises only - thanks Mercy!)Total minutes 76 minutes. Burned 419 calories :present: 9th weds: plyometrics (p90x) 57 minutes. 464 calories burned. (plus bonus round - jumping jacks and steps 8 minutes. 52 calories burned. Total calories burned = 516 calories burned :snow4: 10th thurs: rest day 11th fri: Last chance workout dvd biggest loser. all 3 workouts. cardio and resistance training. 64 minutes. burned 450 calories :wreath: 12th sat none: ab pain (strained my ab muscles) 13th sun none: taking a recovery day off Total calories burned = 1385 calories [0.40lbs] {40% lb} Total Smilies = 3 :present: :snow4: :wreath: Total minutes = 205 minutes. ------------ week 3 14th mon : none 15th tues 16th weds 17th thurs 18th fri 19th sat 20th sun Total Smilies = Total minutes = ---------- week 4 21st mon 22nd tues 23rd weds 24th thurs 25th fri 26th sat 27th sun Total Smilies = Total minutes = --------- week 5 28th mon 29th tues 30th weds 31st thurs Total Smilies = Total minutes = |
Week 1
1st tues 30 min cardio:) 2nd weds:30 min strength:) 3rd thurs30 min cardio:) 4th fri :devil: 5th sat:devil: 6th sun:devil: Total Smilies =3 Total minutes =90 min:devil: Goal for week one- 30 min cardio, 30 min strength and/or stretching. I smile given for each goal met:D Thanks for the challenge Dr. Echo! |
Heya Echo & Mercy! :hug:
I prefer to just add a new post for each time I exercise, that way the thread doesn't get lost or buried. ;) Today: WATP's 2 miles w/Weights:D |
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p.s. Miss you:hug: |
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I am improving! I was able to get 3 in with the dogs with little pain today. Have a great month....I am keeping my goal low because I hope to be back to work soon and it will be out of town....cutting into my walking :( 3/50 MILES :clause: |
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Ummmmm, I like chopped liver:p |
I will keep up my daily workouts throughout December, in spite of after-hour holiday parties and some of my exercise classes going on hiatus for a few weeks. When others are lamenting overindulging and swearing they must start a program, I'll just be doing what I always do, whatever the season, because exercising is a non-negotiable part of my daily routine, like washing my face or brushing my teeth. (I hope that if I keep telling myself that, it will be true. ;-)
Week 1 1st tues: 45 minutes bike, 15 minutes rowing 2nd weds: One hour elliptical, weights 3rd thurs: One hour elliptical, one hour Pilates class 4th fri: One hour elliptical, weights 5th sat: One hour elliptical, one hour Pilates class 6th sun: One hour swimming class, weights. This was not my finest hour in swim class. I'm somewhere beyond the intermediate class but I am the laggard in the advanced class. I really need to work on my breast stroke & butterfly. Total Smilies = How do I earn a smilie? Is it like a teacher giving a sticker to a student's paper? Total minutes = Probably just under nine hours. (I don't time my work with weights -- I just do the sets.) So maybe 535 minutes for the week. ------ Week 2 7th mon: One hour bike, abs work 8th tues: One hour elliptical, weights 9th weds: One hour bike, abs work 10th thurs: One hour bike, weights 11th fri: One hour elliptical, abs work 12th sat: 30 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes on treadmill, one hour Pilates class 13th sun: One hour swimming class, weights Total Smilies = I'm giving up on the smiley thing. Total minutes = Probably about eight and a half hours. I could have done more, had I also taken a yoga class & a second Pilates class during the week, but I need that downtime after work. That's 510 minutes for the week. -------- week 3 14th mon: One hour bike, abs work. Boy did this feel good after a hectic day. 15th tues: One hour elliptical, weights 16th weds: One hour bike, abs work. Barely made it through this, as I picked up a cold over the past few days & feel out of it. 17th thurs: 45 minutes elliptical, 45 minutes Pilates class 18th fri: One hour elliptical, weights 19th sat: 30 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes treadmill, one hour Pilates class 20th sun: One hour on the arc trainer, weights. After eight & a half inches of snow fell, my Sunday morning swimming class at the local community college was cancelled. But the gym down the street still opened this morning & lots of people were in there at 10 AM. There are so many big co-op apartment buildings around here that people just have to walk a block or two or three, at most. Total minutes = 6 hours & 45 minutes of cardio, one hour & 15 minutes' worth of Pilates classes, probably two & half hours of mat work & weights, for a total of about 10 and a half hours. A new high for the month: 630 minutes. ---------- week 4 21st mon: One hour bike, abs work 22nd tues: One hour elliptical, weights 23rd weds: One hour elliptical, abs work 24th thurs, Christmas Eve: One hour bike, weights Christmas, fri: One hour arc trainer, abs work 26th sat: One hour elliptical, one hour Pilates class 27th sun: One hour bike, weights Total minutes = 10 hours, or 600 minutes. Which won't make up for my nibbling at nuts & eating prime rib on Christmas Day, but has kept me in a good, consistent habit, which will help when I eat more regular, day-to-day meals. --------- week 5 28th mon: One hour elliptical, one hour Pilates class 29th tues: One hour arc trainer, weights 30th weds: One hour bike, abs work. Today I secretly went down to the spinning classroom when no one was there & got on a spin bike, to see how it felt. I am preparing myself mentally to try a spinning class. I do a lot of solitary hours on a stationery bike, but have never tried a spinning class. I am a bit of lone wolf as far as exercising goes & I am shy of crowds (due to deep-rooted gym class traumas from my youth ;-) so this will be a big thing for me. 31st thurs: One hour elliptical, weights. Snow began falling rather prettily while I was on the machine, then got thicker & faster. I walked home through a snowstorm. Goodbye to 2009. Good wishes for 2010. Total minutes = Five hours & 45 minutes. 345 minutes for the week. Done & done. 2,620 minutes for the month. |
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Miss you too. Hopefully life will get back to "normal" after the move. All this stress is doing a number on my Blood sugar. :dizzy: Gary, my Dear friend, you are Prime Rib babeeeee!!!!:hug: |
You ladies are killin' me :D
I was able to get 3 in with the mutts this morning w/o much pain. I will see the doctor later this morning. 6/50 MILES :clause: |
:gift2:Always looking for something new to "shake it up" so I'm game to play!
Week 1 1st tues : none 2nd weds: 60 minutes spin class :present: 3rd thurs: 50 minutes latin dance class :brr: 4th fri: 30 minutes running on treadmill:elf: 5th sat: 60 minutes (45 elliptical, 15 weights):snowfight 6th sun: 42 minutes cross trainer :hohoho: Total Smilies = 5 Total minutes = 242 minutes ------ Week 2 7th mon: 70 minutes boxing boot camp class:coolsnow: 8th tues: none 9th weds: 60 minutes spin class :snow4: 10th thurs: 60 minutes latin dance class 11th fri: none (surgery) 12th sat: none 13th sun: 60 minutes (45 walking on treadmill, 15 upper body) :mrsclaus: Total Smilies = 4 Total minutes = 250 minutes -------- week 3 14th mon: 60 minutes (50 treadmill, 10 crunches):stardav: 15th tues: none 16th weds: 38 minutes crosstrainer:snowglo: 17th thurs: 50 minutes Latin dance class:xcheer: 18th fri: none 19th sat: 60 minutes (tried out a new gym! approx 35 min on elliptical and 25 weight training):shocksn: 20th sun: 45 minutes elliptical :wreath: Total Smilies = 5 Total minutes = 253 minutes ---------- week 4 21st mon: 60 minute cardio tai box class (whooped my behind!!):ginger: 22nd tues: 60 minute belly, butt and thigh bootcamp class :gift2: 23rd weds: 45 minutes cross trainer :han: 24th thurs: none 25th fri: 37 minute run/walk :xcheer: 26th sat: 35 min run/walk:snowball1 27th sun: 35 min run/walk: :snowglo: Total Smilies = 6 Total minutes = 272 minutes --------- week 5 28th mon: 25 min run :hohoho: 29th tues: none 30th weds: 35 min run :newyear: 31st thurs: 50 min (45 crosstrainer, sit-ups) :ginger: Total Smilies = 3 Total minutes = 110 minutes Total for the month: Smilies: 23 Minutes: 1127 |
Three again with the mutts...
9/50 MILES |
Cold out there this morning...mutts brought me in after 2.5 to warm up...tomorrow I take a sweatshirt!
11.5/50 MILES |
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great job everyone!-- |
Week 2 goal modified!
I joined Jiliian Michaels site yesterday, as my motivation and fitness training has been waning(bad time of year for me), plus I have had some weight gain:devil:, so she has set up a fitness plan for me 5 days a week, with Sun and Wed off. I will use that as my goals, plus 30 min walking on my days off as my other goals. 7 smile possible! Week 2 7th mon Completed Jillians workout:) 8th tues Completed Jillians workout:) walked a mile:D 9th weds:) walked 2 miles at work 10th thurs completed Jillians workout:) 11th fri completed Jillians workout:) 12th sat 30 min cardio :D 13th sun walked a mile my rest day:) Total Smilies =7:) Total minutes =210 Dr. Echo, if you like, I can copy and paste her fitness plan to you, as I know you lurve her:D Good luck this week! |
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