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Wow, just did the Rockettes workout, and yep, it's going to take three sessions. I loved the last exercise because I felt like a toy soldier in their Christmas performance. The lunges were a little tough, but do-able.
BTW, if you haven't seen them, you must add the Rockettes Christmas Show to your bucket list. I was able to see them about 5 years or so (or was it 10 years?) ago when they came to Tampa (they used to have a touring show, but it looks like it might have been dismantled last year). It was amazing to see them live!2 -
Yay!!!! I have been registered for Madison's Turkey Trot 5K for months!!!
I"m thankful for
1- My best friend; my husband. He is such a great partner, I can't say enough good about him!!!
2- My 2 wonderful kids; age 8 and 11. They are growing up into such wonderful people, they amaze me.
3- My health, since dropping 75ish pounds, everything else is so much better.
4- Clean air and water, nature soothes my soul and I'm glad we live someplace that values our natural resources
5- My friends, in recent years I've befriended some of my daughters' mothers and they fill my cup (usually a wine glass), but friends make me feel rich beyond measure!
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There is no Turkey Trot where I live but I will do my own 10 km on the treadmill this week. I haven't had a chance to try out the videos yet but I do have my alarm set a half hour early tomorrow so I will try them out.
I am also thankful for my family. I have 2 grown kids who although they live far away (1 is in England and the other is in Calgary), we have stayed really close and talk on the phone, webcam, etc. almost every day. I am also grateful to all of you for being such awesome motivators.3 -
That's kind of depressing that we're succeeding in exercise minutes, but it comes down to the challenge points more.
At least the exercises I'm doing are helping me in the real world and I'm not just wasting my time.
(That sounded a little snarky, but I am competitive. The challenges aren't difficult and they don't take very much time when you consider you're given a full week to get them done.)6 -
316 minutes for Monday
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Monday exercise mins-2003
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Challenge 1: Turkey trot/5k/10k/marathon
Hoping to complete this tonight.
Challenge 2: Train like a Rockette x 3
1. Heel Flick Walks
2. Butt Kicks
3. Power-Up (Lunge Knee-Up and Step)
4. Kick Start (Hamstring Scoop):
5. Back Pedal
6. Soldier Walks (Monster Walks)
1/3 Complete
Challenge 3: Be Thankful
Complete
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Monday: 75
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
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Good morning and Happy Tuesday!!
Yesterday I completed the walk 5K and this morning I completed the Rockette challenge. I didn't do all 3 sets at once, but spread it out over the course of my workout... did 1st set before, 2nd set in the middle, and the last set after my workout. My gym has an exercise room that is about 25' wide, so I considered down and back once across the room. It took me a little over 8 minutes for each set.
I am Thankful for my family, who has been so supportive of me in my weight-loss journey. I am thankful for MFP and the fit friends I have made during these challenges and along the way. I am thankful for my country that dedicates a day for being thankful for our blessings! I am thankful for my good health and my family's good health.
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Challenge 1: Turkey trot/5k/10k/marathon
Walked my 5k last night... in the dark... in the cold... in the....snow (lol...just flurries!)
DONE
Challenge 2: Train like a Rockette x 3
1. Heel Flick Walks
2. Butt Kicks
3. Power-Up (Lunge Knee-Up and Step)
4. Kick Start (Hamstring Scoop):
5. Back Pedal
6. Soldier Walks (Monster Walks)
nothing yet..
Challenge 3: Be Thankful
I'm really grateful to everyone on MFP that keeps me going! I'm grateful to ALL of the posters on the Fab 5 board - I enjoy reading everything! I'm grateful to Hawkins who puts these amazing adventures together! I love the variety.(and MissionEnforcer who puts together the spreadsheets!) I'm grateful to our Team Captain, Rus -- thanks for all your effort to round us up each week. I'm also grateful for all the grit and sweat the Fab 5 team puts forth every week -- man, have we got heart! (((hugs to you all)))
DONE
Minutes:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
And, I'm grateful, again, to MzManiak who helps me so much by summarizing what needs to be done!
Also, B3achy, thank you for putting together the summary of points. Interesting! (and not the least bit annoying)5 -
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MiamiSeoul wrote: »My turkey trot+ is done. Beautiful day in South Florida.
Great job! Looks like a nice park/path that you walked! Soooo glad I did mine yesterday as it is misty and dreary here today, so doubt I will be getting my lunch walk in today... but not sure when I will get my steps in today
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Didn't mean to open a can of worms regarding minutes exercised. I didn't realize we weren't achieving all the challenge points. Thanks for the info.1
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That's kind of depressing that we're succeeding in exercise minutes, but it comes down to the challenge points more.
At least the exercises I'm doing are helping me in the real world and I'm not just wasting my time.
(That sounded a little snarky, but I am competitive. The challenges aren't difficult and they don't take very much time when you consider you're given a full week to get them done.)
The previous version of this game was almost totally weighted towards the challenges, with very little being awarded to teamwork and exercise time. With this incarnation, we tried to come up with a more balanced approach. This is where the 600 point legs, 50 point bonus and 10% came from. Mere exercise time can be applied to many of the other challenges on MFP. As some people posted "over the top" exercise time, we added the 1000 min cutoff this time to try and level the field.
The challenges (love them or hate them) are what force people to stay focused on this race and their team. Part of the purpose of this game is to try to provide exposure to different parts of the world and their cultures. This leads to some challenges that are a little more "unconventional" than others. An interesting side-effect of this, is the intra-team bonding that takes place through the "discussions" afforded to various challenges....
To try and satisfy the "uber-competitive" needs of some, I threw in the Power Rankings. This has also been called into question, as not everyone has the time to exercise 40 hours per week....
This whole process is experimental and evolutionary; and I'm sure that IF we do it again, there will be even more tweaks.
-Have a Happy Thursday everyone!
(Attn @My_Butt: This is not directed at you, your quote was merely convenient; and thank you for pointing out that the challenges aren't really that difficult, nor do they involve a lot of time.)
(Attn @b3achy: Yes, you can be a PitA
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Ahh, well said @MissionEnforcer and as some said last race and again in this one, some of the challenges have become incorporated in our normal exercise practice! Thanks to you and Clarice @hawkins410 for providing this group challenge and have a great Thanksgiving!
@biketheworld -- you didn't open a can of worms and hopefully you didn't think we were attacking your suggestion to get more minutes, just wanted to clarify 4 -
@MissionEnforcer I am a newbie and I LOVE THIS CHALLENGE! I used to wake up at 5a.m. to work out, but because of this challenge, I get up at 4a.m. to get in more minutes/miles. I know I can't keep this up indefinitely, but I love pushing myself.
We appreciate all that you both do!5 -
Decided to do a walk today, just in case later in the week things go off the rails. Got in 3.35 miles (or so), which means I finished the 5K walk challenge today. Thought about making gobbling noises so it'd be a "Turkey Trot", but had more fun making squirrel noises to scare the ones hunting for dropping acorns...hmmm, does that make it a "Squirrel Stroll" instead? Still more of a leisurely pace since I'm not at a 100%, so my time was way slower than @rusgolden or @MiamiSeoul.
Glad to see my reputation has been verified by @MissionEnforcer.
And yes, while I might be a PiTA, I am really enjoying this challenge too. I'm impressed at all the hard work that @hawkins410 and @MissionEnforcer have put into it. Glad to be a guinea pig in this happy little experiment, and very hopeful there IS a next one!!
Had a picture to post of my walk, but can't get it off my phone right now...so instead I'll post this...
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WEEK SIX: “NEW YORK, NEW YORK!”
CHALLENGE #1: “Turkey Trot Time!” (10 points)
Completed Tues., 11/22
*** CHALLENGE #2: “PERFORM WITH THE ROCKETTES”
Nothing yet
*** CHALLENGE #3: “Freedom From Want” (5 POINTS)
I am thankful for having had the friendship of two beautiful souls, Shannon & Sheryl. I am thankful for having had 10 wonderful years to get to know my biological mother, Yon Cha. I am thankful for life and the ability to get better, stronger, healthier & happier every day. I am thankful for this app & all the tools & resources I use on this journey and I'm thankful for the beautiful souls I've met during the MFP challenges.
MINUTES/MILES
21 Nov. 60 minutes walking
22 Nov. 196 minutes (Two walks totaling 156 minutes + 40 minutes days 20 & 21, 30 Day Abs + Legs + Glutes Challenge)4 -
@rusgolden Thanks for the clarification. I really do appreciate this group!
I'm loving the Rockette challenge. It's a great leg workout!
Challenge #3 - Freedom From Want - I have thought long and hard about this. My obvious choices would be my 3 grown daughters, 5 1/2 grandchildren, and 1 amazing husband. But I'm also so so very thankful for a core group of 5 friends who "do life" with me. We carry each other's burdens, celebrate the good times, weep at the bad. They kept me sane in 2009 when I had a car crash and my mom was killed. They kept me from imploding in 2010 when my 32 year marriage ended. They let me cry, they let me yell, they never told me "you shouldn't feel that way" and they gave sound advice. When one of my daughters got married, they did something for me that was above and beyond the call of duty - my daughters wept when they learned what these friends were doing for me. I honestly pray that my daughters will have a group of friends that are as wise, loving, funny, and accepting as these friends are. I don't have any sisters - but they are sisters to me.
Well that was certainly mushy, wasn't it. But true. I really am so thankful for those 5 friends.
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I did the rockette thing last night and this morning (start and end of morning session). I use most of those moves in warm up for fencing anyway.
Booked a Saturday morning walk with a friend as we don't do Thanksgiving here.
Although I missed it, another challenge prompted me to start skipping so I should be getting more of that into my routine!
I am back at work today, so back in normal routine and will be getting in all the challenge points again as well as aiming for some high exercise minutes every week. I'm done with holidays for the year as we are heading into peak season. I have a wedding in mid-December but that is just one night away so won't affect my schedule much.4 -
I've been debating what to say that I'm thankful for...I've always been bad at these even as a kid. I always ended up giving generic answers.
After some thinking, I guess I'd say I'm thankful for my relative health. Sure, I have my issues, but I can still do things. And I've gone ahead and taken preventative measures (losing weight!) to keep from getting a lot of the issues my mother had while I was growing up.
I'm thankful for my friends and my husband for being so supportive of me in life, even through some pretty difficult times, and for sticking around.
And I'm thankful for MFP, for the advice and knowledge I've found here, and for groups like this that appeal to my competitive side, but also just for keeping me accountable to someone other than myself in this journey.3
