October Exercise Challenge

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  • I'm going for 22 days of exercise in October.

    10/1 = Day Off
    10/2 = Day Off (My birthday)
    10/3 = Day Off
    10/4 = 30 minute bike ride
    10/5 = 22 minutes stationary bike (better than the 0 minutes I wanted to do)
    10/6 = Day Off (urgh...it's hard so far this month to push myself into it)
    10/7 = 25 minutes stationary bike
    10/8 = 30 minutes stationary bike (yay for intense biking and finally getting back into it!)
    10/9 = Day Off (so much for getting back into the exercise...)
    10/10 = Day Off (I'm doing so good at NOT exercising at the moment)
    10/11 = 32 minutes stationary bike
    10/12 = Day Off (bleh
    10/13 = 35 minutes treadmill (20 min total jogging, 15 min total walking)
    10/14 = 25 minutes treadmill (20 min jogging, 5 min walking)
    10/15 = 2 x 20 (ish) minute walks
    10/16 = Day Off
    10/17 = Day Off (silly weekends getting in the way)
    10/18 = 30 minutes stationary bike, 15 minutes rowing machine
    10/19 = 1 hour Zumba
    10/20 = Day Off
    10/21 = 2 x 20 minute walks (not sure if I should actually count these...but it was what I was going for as exercise)
    10/22 = 30 minutes stationary bike
    10/23 = Day Off (but did walk around all day shopping...not counting it)
    10/24 = Day Off
    10/25 = Day Off
    10/26 = 1 hour Zumba
    10/27 = 40 minutes treadmill (30 mins nonstop jogging, 10 min fast walking)
    10/28 = 45 minutes treadmill (35 mins nonstop jogging, 10 min fast walking)
    10/29 = 20 minutes stationary bike
    10/30 = Day Off
    10/31 = Day Off

    Didn't make my goal of 22 workouts, only did 16! Not a great effort but I made some pretty good achievements fitness-wise this month so I am not too disappointed. I think I'm going to set a more reasonable goal for November that suits me better.
  • I'm going to pledge 25 workouts this month. I'm taking a week and a half trip to California for my GF's wedding and I'm going to try and workout while I'm down there.

    10.01.2010 - 01/25 60mins: P90X - Legs & Back; 15mins: P90X - Ab Ripper X; 1 mile walk uphill
    10.02.2010 - 02/25 60mins: P90X - Kenpo X
    10.03.2010 - Rest Day
    10.04.2010 - 03/25 60mins: P90X - Core Synergistics
    10.05.2010 - 04/25 40mins: P90X - Cardio X; 3 mile walk
    10.06.2010 - 05/25 60mins: P90X - Chest, Shoulders & Triceps; 15mins: P90X Ab Ripper X
    10.07.2010 - 06/25 90mins: P90X - Yoga X
    10.08.2010 - 07/25 60mins: P90X - Legs & Back; 15mins: P90X - Ab Ripper X
    10.09.2010 - 08/25 60mins: P90X - Kenpo X
    10.10.2010 - Rest Day
    10.11.2010 - 09/25 60mins: P90X - Core Synergistics
    10.12.2010 - 10/25 40mins: P90X - Cardio X; 2 mile walk
    10.13.2010 - 11/25 60mins: P90X - Chest, Shoulders & Triceps; 15mins: P90X Ab Ripper X
    10.14.2010 - 12/25 90mins: P90X - Yoga X
    10.15.2010 - 13/25 60mins: P90X - Legs & Back; (doing abs tomorrow)
    10.16.2010 - 14/25 60mins: P90X - Kenpo X; 15mins: P90X - Ab Ripper X
    10.17.2010 - Rest Day
    10.18.2010 - 15/25 90mins: P90X - Yoga X
    10.19.2010 - 16/25 90mins: Yard work; 1 mile walk uphill
    10.20.2010 - 17/25 60mins: P90X - Kenpo X; 1 mile walk uphill
    10.21.2010 - 18/25 60mins: P90X - X Stretch
    10.22.2010 - 19/25 40mins: P90X - Cardio X
    10.23.2010 - Missed Workout: Dads Birthday
    10.24.2010 - Rest Day
    10.25.2010 - 20/25 60mins: P90X - Chest & Back; 15mins: P90X - Ab Ripper X
    10.26.2010 - 21/25 40mins: P90X - Cardio X
    10.27.2010 - 22/25 60mins: P90X - Shoulders & Arms; 15mins: P90X - Ab Ripper X
    10.28.2010 - No Workout - 13 hour drive to Cali! YAY
    10.29.2010 - 23/25 60mins: P90X - Core Synergistics
    10.30.2010 - 24/25 60mins: P90X - Kenpo X
    10.31.2010 - Rest Day
  • Aiming for 22 days.

    10/1: Boot Camp Day 20 (last day) - 60 minutes 1/22
    10/2: 5K Red October Run - 42:50 minutes 2/22
    10/3: Day Off
    10/4: Day Off
    10/5: Spinning - 60 minutes 3/22
    10/6: Body Pump - 60 minutes 4/22
    10/7: Spinning - 60 minutes 5/22
    10/8: Kickboxing - 45 minutes 6/22
    10/9: Day Off
    10/10: Day Off
    10/11: Trekking (Treadmill class) - 50 minutes 7/22
    10/12: Spinning - 60 minutes 8/22
    10/13: Off
    10/14:Off
    10/15: Off
    10/16: Gym (Kickboxing, Treadmill, Weights) - 40 Minutes 9/22 Gonna be a challenge to meet my goal..life got complicated but I will try to make it work!
    10/17: Day Off
    10/18: Kickboxing - 60 minutes 10/22
    10/19: Personal Training - 20 minutes 11/22
    10/20: Pilates - 25 minutes and Walking - 40 minutes 12/22
    10/21:Abs Video - 10 minutes and Walking - 40 minutes 13/22
    10/22: Cardio Kickboxing Video - 20 minutes and Walking - 10 minutes 14/22
    10/23: House Work - 20 minutes and Walking - 10 minutes 15/22
    10/24: House Work - 20 minutes and Walking - 10 minutes 16/22
    10/25: Rest Day
    10/26: Spinning/Yoga - 60 minutes 17/22
    10/27: Kickboxing - 60 minutes 18/22
    10/28: Spinning - 60 minutes 19/22
    10/29: Zumba - 60 minutes 20/22
    10/30: Gym - 30 minutes 21/22
    10/31: Rest day

    21 out of 22. An 'A'.
  • 22/20 30 min run (on Oct 30th - while on vacation!)

    So I did a little better than my goal! Yay! Now I have to face my weigh-in in the morning. I had way too much fast food during our vacation.