*** January New Year Exercise Challenge ***

  • Nothing like the start of a new year to incorporate a little movement into our lives! Remember how good you feel after a work out. How kinder the scale and clothes can be when you move a little each week. Who is with me???
  • In 129 days the 4 day bike tour to DC will be here. I need this thread to help me reach this goal. I slacked off at the end of last month, but managed almost 1000 minutes in the saddle. So this month my goal is 1000+ minutes

    1. 70 min indoor cycling (930 min to go)
    2. 70 min indoor cycling (860 min to go)
    3. 3 hrs 35 min indoor cycling (645 min to go)
    4. 60 minutes cycling (585 to go)
    5. 75 minutes cycling (510 to go)
    6. 30 minutes cycling (480 to go)
    7, 8, 9, 10 traveling
    11 45 minutes cycling (435 to go)
    12. 45 min cycling 30 min hiking (360 to go)
    13. rest
    14. 1 hr 10 minutes cycling (290 to go)

    15 walked over 4 miles at work today. My legs are feeling it!! But I am not counting this towards my goal. I am wiped!
    16 another active day at work!

    17 rest
    18 lazy
    19 forced myself to ride 1.5 hours (200 minutes to go)

    20-22 work got home way too late

    23 1 hr cycling (140 to go)
    24 1 hr 10 min cycling (70 min to go)
    25 1 hr 10 min cycling. (monthly GOAL met)
    26 1 hr 20 min cycling (80 min over goal)

    27, 28, 29 work

    30 1 hr 30 min cycling (170 min over goal!!)
  • January goal: get to the gym ONCE a week.

    Week of January 1 - DONE! 1/5/13
    Week of January 6 -
    Week of January 13 -
    Week of January 20 -
    Week of January 27 -
  • I'm back in and I mean it this time
    I'm doing a 30 in 30 hooping challenge so 900 minutes there plus some extra. My goal is 1200 minutes and I hope to do better than that.

    1162/1200
    1 - 30m hooping,
    2 - 30m hooping, 20m yoga
    3 - 30m hooping,
    4 -
    5 - 45m hooping, 45m walking
    6 - 30m walk 20m hooping

    7 - 15m walk, 30m hooping, 10m weights
    8 - 20M hooping
    9 - 60m walking
    10 - 30m bike
    11 - 10m weights
    12 - 30m walk, 20m Wii Fit
    13 off

    14 - 30m hoop
    15
    16 - 30m bike, 30m Wii Zumba Core
    17 - 10m weights
    18 - 30m Let's Dance
    19 - winter hike, 82m
    20 - 10m weights

    21 - 45m Zumba and dancing
    22 - 20m dancing
    23 - 45m Zumba and dancing
    24 night off
    25
    26 - 20m hooping
    27 sick

    28 - 200m walking, 40m dancing
    29
    30 - 20m hooping, 25m dancing
    31 - 30m walking, 30m Wii Fit
  • I would like to join this challenge. Being new here, I'm not sure exactly what I am supposed to do. Since I haven't been working out at all, any movement will be an improvement for me. I intend to follow the plan in the book for Phase 1.

    1/2 - 1/5 - Met my exercise goal
    1/6 - 1/12
    1/13 - 1/19
    1/20 - 1/26
    1/27 - 1/31
  • I want to do the 30 Day Shred for 30 days in January!

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  • Back to being accountable....

    January goal: 1200 minutes
    Minutes so far: 285

    1-50 min cycle
    2-0
    3-35 min elliptical
    4-0
    5-35 min elliptical

    6-35 min elliptical
    7-35 min elliptical
    8-35 min bike
    9-30 min elliptical, 30 min weights
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  • I slacked off last month too, did some but not as much as I wanted. I sure hope Jennifer meant 1000 minutes and not 1000 hours!!

    1 - 45 min bike
    2 - nope
    3 - 40 min bike
    4 -
    5 - 4.1 mile run
    6 -
    7 - 4 mile run
    8 - 30 min bike
    9 - 40 min treadmill
    10-
    11 - 40+ min Wii (Dance 4, Fit)
    12 - 1 hour treadmill
    13 - 30 min bike
    14 - 5.25 mile run
    15 -
    16 - 30 min xc skiing; snow shoveling
    17
    18 - 60 min bike
    19-
    20 -
    21 - 35 min treadmill
    22 -
    23 - 45 min treadmill
    24 - 60 min bike
    25 - 45 min treadmill
    26 - sick
    27 - really sick
    28 - are you kidding?
  • I am in for this month. Goal will be 1350 minutes

    Minutes so far: 1365 minutes

    1 - 30 minutes of walking
    2- 180 minutes of skiing
    3- 30 minutes of walking
    4- 90 minutes of sledding
    5- 30 minutes of walking
    6- 30 minutes of walking

    7- 30 minutes of Wii Dance
    8- 30 minutes of Weights/sculpting/ 30 minutes of Walking
    9- 20 minutes of Interval training
    10- 30 minutes of Weights/sculpting/ 30 minutes of Walking
    11- 30 minutes of Interval trainings/ 50 minutes of Walking
    12- 0
    13- 0

    14- 30 minutes of Interval training
    15- 30 minutes of Weights/Sculpting
    16- 30 minutes of Wii Dance
    17- 30 minutes of Weights/Sculpting/ 30 minutes of Walking
    18- 30 minutes of Interval training
    19- 20 minutes of Wii Dance
    20- 30 minutes of Walking

    21- 30 minutes of Wii Dance/ 15 minutes of Walking
    22- 30 minutes of Weights/Sculpting/ 30 minutes of Walking
    23- 30 minutes of Interval training
    24- 30 minutes of Weights/Sculpting/ 30 minutes of Walking
    25- 30 minutes of Wii Dance/ 30 minutes of Walking
    26- 70 minutes of Interval training
    27- 0

    28- 30 minutes of Wii Dance
    29- 30 minutes of Weights/Sculpting/ 30 minutes of Walking
    30- 30 minutes of Interval training
    31- 30 minutes of Weights/Sculpting/ 30 minutes of Walking
  • I'm with Jenne! I will be aiming to go to the gym once weekly!

    12/30-1/5:
    1/6-1/12:
    1/13-1/19:
    1/20-1/26:
    1/27-2/2: