TEAM FIVE
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Wow - Teams 1 and 4 are cranking it out! Before the spreadsheet closed last night I looked it over a little bit - neither of those teams left any challenge points undone. We left 50 out there. Team 1 had NINE people hit 700 points, Team 4 had five. Ironically - we had six people with 700 points - but then we languished lower down.
I turned in 520 - so certainly I have a lot of room for improvement. 520 was by far the best I've ever done in this race, but I was just looking through my week trying to see if I can schedule in to hit 700. If this darn plantar fasciitis would clear up it would be so much easier - however - every time I've gone for a walk to test things - the heel flares up again - so I'll just have to suck it up and get on the stationery bike. My goal - this is going to be the week I hit 700! And get all the challenge points (the most important part!)4 -
Looking forward to a new week! I'm glad we are doing the food challenge again, because that is one that really motivates me and I see results!!
I did the balance video this morning. I had a hard time with the one where you look both ways, and also the superman on the ball! I have little balance!!
We also went out for a speed training run this morning. We did a warm up, followed by 8 x 1 min running as fast as we could with a 30 second break in between. It was hard work!
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@MiamiSeoul --- Thanks for the motivation!
@biketheworld --- glad the race is challenging you to do more, but don't push it with that injury! You have some running races coming up and you need to be healed up by then!
-- Glad the stationary bike is a good option for you!
@Mrscanmore --- great job with the speed work! I have mile intervals tomorrow. I just bought some new running shoes since my other ones have about 450 miles on them, so I think I'm going to do the intervals on the treadmill tomorrow and see how that goes.
I noticed that @Maidei is from Australia, so she should be right at home with this weeks destination... kind of ironic. Also, looks like it is only 5AM there right now, so might be a few hours before she checks in.
Happy Monday!! Let's RACE!3 -
Ahh, Austria has to be one of my top 3 places I want to visit! I seriously hope I get the chance to go sometime. It looks sooo beautiful and fun!
CHALLENGE #1: “THE SYDNEY BRIDGE CLIMB”
2 videos + 1332 stairs
CHALLENGE #2: “CRIKEY! SURF’S UP!”
Fitness Blender Beginner Balance Exercises x2
CHALLENGE #3: “NOT TOO MUCH SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE!”
Stay under Calorie Goal 5 out of 7 days
Tuesday is my son's birthday and his Scout friends are throwing a little celebration... I am taking him to the movies on Friday... and Saturday is his party with our family... so I will really have to plan ahead to try and make this happen! I'm going to use my Fitbit app instead of MFP logging since I can actually see how many calories I am burning and leave enough for the desserts (or exercise the extra calories off when the parties are over!) I'll give up my Mochas this week and stick to water to help cut down on the calories.
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If you are looking to find ways to get more minutes of exercise in during the day... try thinking about all the different types of exercise and how little chunks of minutes here and there can really add up! I use a Fitbit and it alerts me to get 250 steps each hour (I have a desk job) so I get up to walk 10-15 minutes every 2 hours... by the end of an 8 hour shift... that can add up to 40-60 extra minutes!
If walking isn't the best option for you, you could also do a few minutes of body weight exercises here and there. My favorites to do at work are chair dips, wall or desk push-ups, squats, and sumo squats. Oh, and wall sits while I'm waiting for my faxes to send.
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WEEK THREE: RACING FOR THE GOLD!
CH #1: “THE SYDNEY BRIDGE CLIMB” (10 PTS)
Completed Mon., 2/6
1,834/1,332 STAIRS
CHALLENGE #2: “CRIKEY! SURF’S UP!” (10 PTS)
FITNESS BLENDER BEG BALANCE EXERCISES (2X)
CH #3: “NOT TOO MUCH SHRIMP . . . !” (5 PTS)
STAY BELOW/AT NET CALORIE GOAL FOR 5/7 DAYS!
Completed 1/5
MINUTES/MILES
6 Feb. 138 minutes (95 minutes walking + 43 minutes days 5 & 6, Feb. challenges)
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G'day mates!
Sorry we lost @vanessa40, but totally understand. Hope all is well with her, despite us not hearing from her last week.
WELCOME @Maidei to the Fab Fives!
Hopefully, you'll take some time to introduce yourself so we can get to know you better. So since you're from Sydney Australia, I want to know if you can get us extra team points if you actually do the Sydney Bridge climb this week instead of just the step challenge. What do you think @hawkins410 ?! 
Looking forward to getting to Australia! Not only is it one of my bucket list items, I want to track down the gents from this video...Travis Grant is ranked #3 in the world in 2016 for Stand Up Paddleboard Racing, and Dale Chapman designed my new race board that I purchased late last year. I will be racing the NSP DC 12'6" / 25.5" version of these boards this year. I'm that 'general public' that they are talking about...lol. Hopefully, the boys can give me some good SUP racing tips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haQr6HURCoA
And here's a fun fact...Tampa FL and Australia have an interesting connection...I know many of you may think Outback is an Australian restaurant, but the original one is actually about 5 miles from my house in Tampa. Outback is a Tampa FL based company.
The extent of my "Australian" is..."Fosters, mate!"
ETA: @MiamiSeoul - girl, you are a beast! Well done on getting the step challenge already knocked out! And awesome minutes already!! You go girl!!3 -
I made this for supper tonight. It was really good! Thought you might be interested @hawkins410 since I think you said your partner is a vegetarian. You could also add some grilled chicken to it.
http://hapanom.com/quinoa-burrito-bowl/4 -
WEEK THREE: RACING FOR THE GOLD!
CH #1: “THE SYDNEY BRIDGE CLIMB” (10 PTS)
Completed Mon. 520 steps
CHALLENGE #2: “CRIKEY! SURF’S UP!” (10 PTS)
FITNESS BLENDER BEG BALANCE EXERCISES (2X)
CH #3: “NOT TOO MUCH SHRIMP . . . !” (5 PTS)
STAY BELOW/AT NET CALORIE GOAL FOR 5/7 DAYS!
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CHALLENGE #1: “THE SYDNEY BRIDGE CLIMB”
2 videos + 1332 stairs
200/ 1332 stairs complete
CHALLENGE #2: “CRIKEY! SURF’S UP!”
Fitness Blender Beginner Balance Exercises x2
CHALLENGE #3: “NOT TOO MUCH SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE!”
Stay under Calorie Goal 5 out of 7 days
1/ 5 days complete
Minutes
Monday: 90
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Hello Team (Fabulous Five)
I'm so glad to be here! This is my first time in the Amazing Race and am super keen to jump right in and join you guys. Thank you for the warm welcome and friend requests You guys are definitely fabulous!
My Intro:
1. Name: Maidei
2. Favourite Way To Exercise: I enjoy circuit training at the gym and exercise groups
3. Where You Are From: Live in Sydney, Australia but grew up in State College, PA - USA
4. One or Two Sentences Describing Where You Live: I live ~45mins drive from downtown Sydney in a quiet and cosy neighbourhood. It's brazing hot at the moment (been having 100+ degree weather for the last month) but aside from that Sydney has beautiful beaches, parks, hiking trails and lovely people.7 -
I FORGOT WHAT DOMS FEELS LIKE . . . but it hurts so GOOD!!!
Major reminder that to see the gains I really want, I've got to push myself. I've been exercising, but not really going beyond the comfortable! I LOVE the Amazing Race!
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I am having some issues with the spread sheet. I have been trying to change my exercise minutes from 15 minutes yesterday to 62 but I haven't been able to delete my original 15 minutes. If anyone can change that for me, I'd really appreciate it. For awhile I had 1562 minutes logged in for yesterday. I'm glad I was able to figure that out and change it back to 15. Lol The balancing exercises are right up my alley. I went for physio for a bad ankle last year and am supposed to do these kind of exercises every day.2
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jackiep248 wrote: »I am having some issues with the spread sheet. I have been trying to change my exercise minutes from 15 minutes yesterday to 62 but I haven't been able to delete my original 15 minutes. If anyone can change that for me, I'd really appreciate it. For awhile I had 1562 minutes logged in for yesterday. I'm glad I was able to figure that out and change it back to 15. Lol The balancing exercises are right up my alley. I went for physio for a bad ankle last year and am supposed to do these kind of exercises every day.
I changed it for you Jackie. I've done this balancing exercise a few times before. It always seems odd to me that the most difficult one is the one where you turn your head side to side.
I got 940 stairs in yesterday and plan on completing that today.4 -
Thanks for the intro @Maidei!! Nice to get to know you!
@MiamiSeoul - lol...you know just the right graphic to post for me too. My DOMS is kicking up today after going to the gym yesterday for the first time in about 3 weeks. However, I desperately need to get a paddle in since it's been as long since I've been on the water. And good point about pushing myself...I need to do that today...push myself to get out there and stop making excuses.
Loving that one of the challenges is balancing, since I need that for SUP. People assume you have great balance if you SUP, but frankly, it's more about the board and its stability...and I have some pretty stable boards. So, I'm hoping the balance exercises will help me. Already dreading the stairs. But hoping to get them done (or at least started) tomorrow in town where I found a decent outdoor staircase.
BTW, just looked up the prices for the bridge climb...whoa...$230US/$303AUS for one adult to climb. Yea, I think I'll just stick to my local steps.4 -
G'day mates! and welcome, welcome to @Maidei!
I'm getting a slow start this week, but I am moving a little. I've been battling a headache since yesterday so that's putting a damper on my workout schedule. I'm slowly working on the steps right now just climbing steps in my house, and I commit to getting all the challenges done. I expect to be traveling Thursday and Friday so not sure I'll get the 700 but I'll do my best.
I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I may end up having to modify some of my regular exercise, depending on her recommendations. Nothing serious, but may have to cut back on some of the heavier upper body stuff and things like push-ups, planks and burpees. (Now that would just break my heart. ) 3 -
Woo hoo! Got myself out on the water today! First time in about three weeks. Glorious day, upper 70's and initially it wasn't too choppy out there. But of course as I got going, the chop picked up, so it was a bit rough when I hit my turn around point...actually got on my knees for a little bit since I knew I was in some deeper water, and didn't want to get knocked off the board with the 1' swells that were white-capping.
Well, I clearly need to do those balancing exercises because it wasn't but 5 minutes after I stood up again and I had lost my balance and got knocked off my feet (luckily I landed on the board and not in the water). It's my first fall with this board, so that's not too bad. And I was happy to land on my butt since I didn't really want to take a refreshing swim today. So, I sat there for a few minutes and took a water break.
Got the rest of the paddling done pretty uneventfully, though I did see a couple of dolphins swimming by me near the end of my paddle. Dolphins are my favorite critters to see while out paddling.
Even got some stretching in while on the board, though my last stretch, I almost fell in again...lol. That's when you know it's time to call it a day and head for land.
I can tell I'm tired...when 1 hours and 40 minutes initially gets translated into 140 minutes instead of the correct 100 minutes...but I got it corrected...lol. Actually relieved because my times and distance were looking pretty horrendous at 140 minutes, but they actually look pretty good at 100 minutes, especially considering the water conditions and how sore I am from my weight lifting yesterday.6 -
The weather here is still supper cold! I took my dog out for a short walk this morning and then did some stairs and the balance video. We are running outside tomorrow, so hoping it warms up a bit!!3
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Once through on the balance video (terrible) and some stairs (not so terrible), plus a few other things = 45 minutes. Not so bad for a day I wasn't feeling it at all.
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WEEK THREE: RACING FOR THE GOLD!
CHALLENGE #1: Completed Mon., 2/6
CHALLENGE #2: “CRIKEY! SURF’S UP!” (10 PTS)
CHALLENGE #3: “NOT TOO MUCH SHRIMP . . . ” (5 PTS)
2/5
MINUTES/MILES
6 Feb. 138 minutes
7 Feb. 194 minutes (150 minutes walking + 24 minutes day 7, Feb. challenges + 20 minutes SworkIt stretching)
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Great job everyone!!! I completed the stair challenge today... did 940 yesterday and 780 today. Also completed the balance video once and I'm 2/2 on my under calorie challenge.4
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WEEK THREE: RACING FOR THE GOLD!
CH #1: “THE SYDNEY BRIDGE CLIMB” (10 PTS)
Completed Mon. 520 steps
Tues.364 steps
CHALLENGE #2: “CRIKEY! SURF’S UP!” (10 PTS)
FITNESS BLENDER BEG BALANCE EXERCISES (2X) 1X completed
CH #3: “NOT TOO MUCH SHRIMP . . . !” (5 PTS)
STAY BELOW/AT NET CALORIE GOAL FOR 5/7 DAYS!
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So excited! I've only been counting my steps up, but i just saw that I can count up and down!! So, now I'm almost done!! In fact only 12 steps left and I'm going to do them now!!3
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RaeBeeBaby wrote: »Once through on the balance video (terrible) and some stairs (not so terrible), plus a few other things = 45 minutes. Not so bad for a day I wasn't feeling it at all.
Great job on a day of not feeling well...much better than me on my two headache days last week! Hope you feel 100% soon!1 -
2/2 on under calories, 180 steps without even trying over the past 2 days, and won't have time for the video until... maybe Thursday night?
I have a very packed week and a weekend with 2 basketball tournaments in 2 cities (for 2 kids) and a Valentines Dance Fundraiser until 1am Saturday night.... (with bball beginning at 7 am Sunday morning ---- WAAAHHHHHH!) I have no clue how I am going to get any time for myself this weekend! Dancing is exercise, right?
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@myfeathers2 - I accidently changed your exercise number for today. Sorry!!0
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I am sorry for being out! I was so sick. I am back today. Trying to get back on the horse. Post later.3
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I really love that balancing workout - added it to my "favorites". Finished the 2nd time this morning. Calories - 2/5 done. Steps - 600 done.
Has everyone started their calories challenge? Today would be the last day to "start" to get the 5 days in. We need all those challenge points!
Don't meant to be bossy - just wanting to catch up with Team 1 and 4!!!!3
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