SWaT Team Challenge - WEEK 1

rjm8185

THIS IS IT FOLK'S !! WEEK 1.

Good luck everyone, lets do our best, push ourselves a little bit more, and we'll get there.

Please post on this thread, your effects, your ideas, your encouragement and your thoughts.

There are now 40 walkers taking on the Challenge - Walking A total of of 1721 Mles this month.

Thank you everyone- THIS IS FANTASTIC !!!!!!

jewelsb

Hi. I'm very new to Fitness Pal. What's the SWat Challenge? I can't seem to find anything out about it. Thanks.

aholly70

Hi Everyone and Good luck

Jewelsb-it's a walking challenge just let rjm8185 know how miles you will walk this month and it starts today,and welcome to the group. Holly

rjm8185

Hi. I'm very new to Fitness Pal. What's the SWat Challenge? I can't seem to find anything out about it. Thanks.
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Hi As hunIbun said, its a walking challenge to walk as much as you can this month using Leslie Sansone Walk at Home DVD's or just walking in the park etc etc.

Just set yourself a miles target for the month and let me know, thats it!

We'll all try and Encourage each other by posting on thIS thread.

We are called the SWaT Team because it stands for SANSONE WALK TEAM. ] Good Luck, Its never too late to join in!!

megamom

I am ready to start walking away the pounds. I have surgery the beginning of next month so better start trucking now.

GingerSnark

My videos are still not in from the library yet Can I do this challenge just by walking around my neighborhood??

hemcwhorter

I am joining you also and I plan on walking 100 miles in a month! I bought the 5 mile dvd and plan on doing it 5 days a week. I am excited to get home and do my first 5 miles today.

hemcwhorter

I am joining you also and I plan on walking 100 miles in a month! I bought the 5 mile dvd and plan on doing it 5 days a week. I am excited to get home and do my first 5 miles today.

Families_R_Forever

:drinker: YAY:drinker:

I have been waiting all weekend to get this thing started! I am going to the track tonight, I hope, but I will also do one of her video's! I figure in order for me to reach my 50 mile goal I have to do 12.5 miles a week...so I have to do 2. 5 a day...YIKES! Not sure what I have gotten myself into but, I am going to make this goal!!!

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!

jaxi

Morning Rob, all! Welcome to all the newcomers, what a group we have now. I will be doing my first 5-mile walk this afternoon and can hardly wait. Good luck to everyone!

Jaxi :flowerforyou:

maynard46

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! I've been looking forward to starting this challenge all weekend. I just wanted to wish everyone GOOD LUCK. Can't wait to read some of the posts.

How does the ticker from TickerFactory get updated? Do we go in daily and manually do it?

rjm8185

My videos are still not in from the library yet Can I do this challenge just by walking around my neighood

Absolutely you can, no problems, just try to keep a track of your mile.

You also watch and download a Full Leslie Sansone 1 mile walk from Youtube,com

here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndVjwkaLGDk

rjm8185

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! I've been looking forward to starting this challenge all weekend. I just wanted to wish everyone GOOD LUCK. Can't wait to read some of the posts.

How does the ticker from TickerFactory get updated? Do we go in daily and manually do it?

I was wondering the same thing, I've no idea how to update mine lol.

hemcwhorter

How do I add the ticker from tickerfactory to my page. I went there and picked out the one I wanted but did not know how to get it on my fitness pal.

rjm8185

How do I add the ticker from tickerfactory to my page. I went there and picked out the one I wanted but did not know how to get it on my fitness pal.

On page you made your new ticker is a box with a long code in it, you need to copy that code and then paste it into the box on the SIGNATURE page of this website, then save it, it will then appear at the bottom of each post you make.

It can be updated by going back to that original page, where you created the ticker and put in the new millage.

I've already updated mine, but I havn't actually walked the miles yet, but I promise I will. lol

Families_R_Forever

I am joining you also and I plan on walking 100 miles in a month! I bought the 5 mile dvd and plan on doing it 5 days a week. I am excited to get home and do my first 5 miles today.

(¯`*•.¸,¤°´`°¤,¸.•*´¯)WOW!!!(¯`*•.¸,¤°´`°¤,¸.•*´¯)100 miles that is a GREAT goal! As for me I am trying for 50 and I thought that was a lot! I have 4 kids so finding time is hard. Maybe by september I will try for 100, when the kids are back in school! I wish you the best of luck, keep us posted. (¯`*•.¸,¤°´`°¤,¸.•*´¯)

need_to_lose

Is it too late to join? If not I will like to be in the group. I plan on walking at least 5 days a week. My goal is 50 miles.

rjm8185

The more the merrier, great. Good luck Rob

megamom

Question, I did the 5 mile walk dvd minus the last half mile because my knee gave out. My pedometer only says I did 1.94 miles though but total between the aerobic and steps is 11,991. So figure 2000 steps equal a mile I should be at my 5 miles or over. How do I figure this? By the steps, the DVD or the miles measured on the pedometer?

rjm8185

The 5 mile DVD must take over an hour to complete, So if you march/walk at the same pace or beat of the DVD which usually varies between 3.5 to 4.5 mph, you should effectively walk 5 mles

1 mile DVD's are about 15 plus a cooldown
2 mile DVD's are 30 plus cooldown
3 mile DVD's are 45 plus cooldown etc, etc

I hope this helps! Are you walking to the same beat as the music and Leslie ? sorry if thats a stupid question !

megamom

my pedometer and the clock says I worked out for 56 mins

megamom

Yes, I am doing the same pace but can't do the run forward and back due to the knee. Otherwise the pace is the same. I forgot to change the time when I put down my calories burned. Oh, and I did a 5 minute warm up and 5 minute cool down plus I used 4 pound weights.

rjm8185

Could it be the pedometer is not picking up all your steps, maybe because we stand still when doing our workouts. I did once try to use my pedometer and it hardly picked up any of my marched steps. Maybe you could check it out by marching 20 steps on the spot and seeing if it picks up all your steps.

If its not that, I'm sorry, I don't know what to say, maybe someone else has some answers.

Rob

blondie76

Morning Rob

Thanks for starting this!!

Any walkers on this team feel free to add me as a friend to keep each other in check we can do this! So happy to see such a high number of walkers! And Goals!

Cheers Sherri

blondie76

checking to see if my ticker works lol!

need_to_lose

I just walked 4 mles for the day.

flwyland

1.5 miles walking the mall this morning!

rjm8185

Well done Ladies, that's great, I'm just about to do my 2 miles for today. Rob

maynard46

Im sure one of us will figure it out and pass the info on. Getting ready to do my walk now!:happy:

aholly70

Welcome everyone,I havent walked yet today but i will,i walk alot at my job so i'm going to get a pedometer to track how much i walk there.Feel free to add me if you like. Holly

Families_R_Forever

3 miles down...47 to go!