TEAM TWO
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I live in a single story castle and there aren't any buildings nearby that I know of that have multiple stories (except the local hospital and I don't want to get arrested for doing inappropriate workouts in the stairwells) so I will be doing my stair challenge at the gym. Kinda looking forward to it, because it's such awesome exercise! It's definitely a challenge! It's what I do when I don't have a lot of time, but want a big calorie burn.
That snacking thing will be difficult because I am a night owl and just getting started after 10 pm. I'm also on maintenance so snacking is not a bad thing for me. It's just part of my daily routine. But I can do this for 5 days. I'm gonna get ALL the challenge points this week!
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@jenilla1 You can do it. I just did the stairs at my work (5 whole stairs going up) I did them 60 times. Talk about getting your heart going.
@twinmom_112002 I noticed you put points in for challenge 1 but no minutes in for exercise. The time you spent doing those videos count towards your exercise minutes.1 -
@twinmom_112002 I noticed you put points in for challenge 1 but no minutes in for exercise. The time you spent doing those videos count towards your exercise minutes.
I am planning on adding the 34 minutes to my run minutes later today. I was going to run right now but a thunder cell just popped up overhead
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Just did the 13 step staircase going from lower level to 1st floor of my home 60 times over 25 minutes to get my steps done. I was huffing, puffing, sweating, and hurting, but it is done! I am glad I chose these steps with a handrail on one side and a wall on the other to keep my balance. The no snacking 2 hours after supper meal and/or 10 p.m. shouldn't be a problem. Now if you said no chocolate or ice cream at all this week it may be a problem
Will get in more minutes during the Voice tonight. My goal is to get videos done tomorrow after work.
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Great day today. Actually made it to the gym at lunch, then when I got home, husband was still busy doing stuff so I decided to do some steps and was able to get them all done. Getting ready to have my after dinner snack within the next hour and then no more food!! Lol.
@DebbieNeedham1 and @Joanna2012B - I've been looking some up on pinterest...do you guys have any certain areas you want to focus on in November?2 -
Ok so I have a conundrum. I work from home and my home is only a single story so I don't readily have access to stairs. I went to the gym today and worked on the stair stepper. My problem is that the stair stepper does not count actual stairs climbed, it only does floors climbed. I know that the number of stairs in a floor can vary depending on the ceiling heights. I am lucky enough to be married to an architect and he said most average ceiling heights are 8ft. and that would be approx. 15 stairs per floor, 9ft would be 16 stairs. I wanted to see if I just went with the 9ft/16 stairs if that would be ok.
So what would you suggest in my case? Is their any # of stair per floor standard we could use???
I did 21 floors on this machine, I just don't know how I can calc the stairs part of it.
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Bri - I would suggest asking it in the Q&A thread and tagging hawkins410 and mission enforcer. They said use of the stairs climber was allowed, so they should be able to say what they would accept. 0
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Ok so I have a conundrum. I work from home and my home is only a single story so I don't readily have access to stairs. I went to the gym today and worked on the stair stepper. My problem is that the stair stepper does not count actual stairs climbed, it only does floors climbed. I know that the number of stairs in a floor can vary depending on the ceiling heights. I am lucky enough to be married to an architect and he said most average ceiling heights are 8ft. and that would be approx. 15 stairs per floor, 9ft would be 16 stairs. I wanted to see if I just went with the 9ft/16 stairs if that would be ok.
So what would you suggest in my case? Is their any # of stair per floor standard we could use???
I did 21 floors on this machine, I just don't know how I can calc the stairs part of it.
I just read somewhere that the average number of stairs per flight is 12-15. So when I do the stair stepper at the gym at it says I've done 10 floors, I'm just going to assume I've done 120 steps/stairs. That's just over 64 total floors on the stair stepper machine in order to meet the goal, so I will round up to 65 floors. My rear-end is gonna be sore. But that's a good thing.
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Sorry guys. Stairs tired me out so I only got 30 minutes in today.
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Great morning, Team 2 Beat!! We are already almost halfway to Transylvania!! This week we should get lots of bonus miles points. Every 208.1 minutes over the destination will get us 10 points, so once we get these challenges in, all the minutes we can get in will really count. Hope everyone has a fantastic Tuesday!! 3
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I am so proud of myself! Yesterday instead of my lunch walk I did stairs/walking at work. I got in 300 stairs. Then at home I made so many trips up the stairs I was at almost 500. Last Amazing run when we had this challenge I was only able to do 125 stairs a day and it killed me. Today, I have no problems and will probably complete it today. The no snacking was out the window yesterday. The Broncos were playing and the BF brought home Oreos. The snacking (besides the Oreos) were planned and I stayed under calories. I only had 2 cookies. Go me! Those are my kryptonite. The rest of the week should be easier. I usually can say no to snacks.3
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Great job Jen!!! It is so awesome to see these kinds of improvements, isn't it??
I was just thinking how because of these challenges I have been parking further away at work and grocery stores and I have made it habit to walk up the stairs at work. These are little changes that you can make but they help increase your overall health and when they are habit, they are so much easier to do each day. Without these Amazing Race challenges, I never would have made these changes on my own.5 -
ATTENTION ALL PLAYERS:
The 10 Points for CHALLENGE #1 IS FOR DOING THE 5 DANCE VIDEOS 2x EACH.
Not for watching the 2 Romanian videos (which you may count as 10 minutes of exercise,
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This week sounds great! I love the dance routines... I want to do them right now but I have maintenance guys in my backyard repairing the fence and my computer is right next to the sliding glass door. I'm not trying to put on a show for them, Lol Guess i'm gonna have to wait. I think i'm gonna use the stair machine at the gym to get my steps in. I wish I had a cool out door staircase like Joanna somewhere in town but I don't believe I do. As for the late night snacking, this is a really good challenge for me. I work late so I tend to be hungry when I get home. I have been trying to take a healthy snack to work with me though so I can have that a hour or so before clocking out so it has time to digest before I go to bed. Good luck this week everyone! 4
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I just googled outdoor stairs... nothing within an hour drive for me but this link has a list of lots of them in the US, Canada,UK, and a few more countries if anyone is interested.
http://publicstairs.com/index_000002.htm1 -
I finished the stairs!!!! Woo hoo. I am going to try to do the dancing tonight. We will see how motivated I am. I either have to do them in front of my my BF's mom in the living room (The only time she gets up from the couch is to go to the bathroom, and possibly get something to eat., with the kids "helping" Or move the bed in my room and borrow daughters head phones.... Hmm
@lbenson2006 I am amazed everyday by how much more, easier and less dread when it comes to moving. I love the challenges it is a little bit more motivation.
@Aprilstar480 I love the maps, The Red Rocks Amphitheater, in CO is an awesome place to do stairs. There are groups, and people there any time there isn't a concert running the stairs. They even do a memorial stair climb for 911 every year. It is awesome all these firemen, police in full gear and just other people running them in honor of everyone.4 -
Funny thing @Aprilstar480 the stairs I am going to aren't even on there. They are about 4 sets of stairs in the city that I am going to. They are great!! Sorry to hear there is nothing near you!0
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Ok so I only did the stirs twice! 326 up and down twice! I know I can only count the up
so 652 stairs DONE tonight! My asthma got the better of me so I will finish at the arena sometime this week. Or if I am adventurous I will visit these stairs again!!! 7 -
We shoulda gone to Machu Picchu for some serious stair steppin'.
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@jenilla1 don't give @hawkins410 any crazy ideas!! Lol2
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Great job Joanna! Those look like they would have been fun. Way better than just going up and down the staircase. 0
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Awesome getting the stairs done, Jen. Good luck getting the videos in. I can't imagine if I had to do them in front of anyone. I have like 0 rhythm when trying to follow moves though!!1
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Kasi - that would have been hilarious...the maintenance guys would have had quite the show. You would just look like you are so ready for Halloween!! Good luck on the snacking part for you. Sounds like you have a pretty good plan to try to accomplish that one. 0
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Trying to keep up with these stairs! Over last two days I've gone up my stairs at home 10 times, at 16 steps a piece --> 160 steps. Tonight I did 30 flights of stairs at the gym which I will take at 15 steps a flight --> 450 steps, so I've done 610 steps. Getting close! I've missed tracking a couple of flights but oh well I should meet the step goal soon, hopefully tomorrow!2
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motivatedsister wrote: »Trying to keep up with these stairs! Over last two days I've gone up my stairs at home 10 times, at 16 steps a piece --> 160 steps. Tonight I did 30 flights of stairs at the gym which I will take at 15 steps a flight --> 450 steps, so I've done 610 steps. Getting close! I've missed tracking a couple of flights but oh well I should meet the step goal soon, hopefully tomorrow!
Yeah!! Getting so close! It will feel good when you have that behind you!!0 -
The idea of doing the math ahead of time seemed daunting to find out how many flights I actually had to climb so I decided to wing it and sort of periodically check in to see if I hit the mark which resulted in going over. Just finished going up and down 50 times at 17 steps. counting only up that 850 steps! Pretty pumped although I am sure my legs will be sore tomorrow.4
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Hi Team 2 , how are you doing
these days i'm very busy , no time to read everything in our thread , but i'm trying to follow you as much as i can , in another side i'm doing my best in challenges , no night snacks till now , 331 stairs , about the videos i did'n see them yet but i will by Friday inshallah
Good Luck Team 2
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well done @Joanna2012B !!! Amazing job!!! Getting there on mine - snacks easy - steps half way there - done the videos...0
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Awesome jobs, Brittany, Sabreen, and Debbie!!5
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