Leslie Sansone April 2020 Walk Challenge
texasgardnr
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WELCOME to all walkers!
Happy April Fools Day
Yes, it really is true that it is time to start a new monthly challenge for April 2020!
Even though it is already "officially" Spring by the calendar, it could still look a bit like winter with some snow falling or hanging around for some of us. And for others there might be much to see on our walks outdoors as the seasons change. Getting out to walk 🏃♀️ your miles will ensure that we don't miss the signs of spring like 🌼 and 🌳 and 🦋🐞 or🐛🐦.
Cold or Raining??? Then having Leslie's, or other exercise or walking DVDs, to pop in the player continues to be a great alternative to walking outdoors. Walking outdoors can still be an important part of fitness walking this month, when possible, for those who enjoy walking some miles or minutes walking outdoors whatever the weather might be outside.
This group is open to any and all walkers. Many of us use Leslie Sansone as well as other favorite instructor's walking or workout DVDs, as well as those great walks or hikes outside on the trails or pathways that are available to us, or a walk in our neighborhood, or on the treadmill. All of these many options count toward our miles, steps, or minutes.
However you get your walk in, come on in and join us! Whenever you are posting what you have accomplished please remember to also share any strength training or other types of workouts that you are doing. We all benefit greatly by learning from one another and getting new ideas.
The goal that you choose is your own personal goal for this month 👟📅.
If you find this group in the middle of the month it doesn't matter which day of the month that you join in. Just set your goals to reflect what you hope to accomplish during the remaining days of this month. It is never too late to join in , you are always welcome!
Let's tie up our shoes and get some water, and walk strong, together 😃😉😄,
texasgardnr :flowerforyou:
Happy April Fools Day
Yes, it really is true that it is time to start a new monthly challenge for April 2020!Even though it is already "officially" Spring by the calendar, it could still look a bit like winter with some snow falling or hanging around for some of us. And for others there might be much to see on our walks outdoors as the seasons change. Getting out to walk 🏃♀️ your miles will ensure that we don't miss the signs of spring like 🌼 and 🌳 and 🦋🐞 or🐛🐦.
Cold or Raining??? Then having Leslie's, or other exercise or walking DVDs, to pop in the player continues to be a great alternative to walking outdoors. Walking outdoors can still be an important part of fitness walking this month, when possible, for those who enjoy walking some miles or minutes walking outdoors whatever the weather might be outside.
This group is open to any and all walkers. Many of us use Leslie Sansone as well as other favorite instructor's walking or workout DVDs, as well as those great walks or hikes outside on the trails or pathways that are available to us, or a walk in our neighborhood, or on the treadmill. All of these many options count toward our miles, steps, or minutes.
However you get your walk in, come on in and join us! Whenever you are posting what you have accomplished please remember to also share any strength training or other types of workouts that you are doing. We all benefit greatly by learning from one another and getting new ideas.
The goal that you choose is your own personal goal for this month 👟📅.
If you find this group in the middle of the month it doesn't matter which day of the month that you join in. Just set your goals to reflect what you hope to accomplish during the remaining days of this month. It is never too late to join in
, you are always welcome!Let's tie up our shoes and get some water, and walk strong, together 😃😉😄,
texasgardnr :flowerforyou:
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I’m in. My goal is walk every day with Leslie, whether it’s 1, 2, or 3 miles5
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I ended March with 78.75 Miles tracked. From the sounds of it Michigan will still be shut down through most of April but hopefully, the weather will be nice so I can at least walk the "trial" behind my house.
April Goals
Miles tracked: 80
Apple Watch: Burn 14,600 calories. ( that's ruffly 485 calories a day ) 😳🤦🏼♀️2 -
Can we all just admit that this was the craziest March on record????? :frown: I do not think I have ever seen anything like it!! I started the month thinking the only thing I had to worry about was a couple of surgeries my husband was having and handling the emotions of my last face-to-face classes before retirement and then all HE double hockey sticks broke loose!!! :huh: I even had to change my workout routine to deal with it emotionally!
So for April! My goal is to walk 30 minutes every day. Most of these will be walking in my neighborhood because I have to have some fresh air, but I know we will have some rainy days so I will walk with Leslie as well. I am not going to worry about mileage this month, but just getting away from the computer and putting one foot quickly in front of the other for 30 solid minutes. I think this is the best I can do right now!
April Goal-Walk Outside or with Leslie, 30 minutes every day!
4/1-Neighborhood walk-30 minutes=2 miles total4 -
@zichab, I wish I could click on all the little icons at the bottom of your post, except Disagree, of course. Yes we CAN agree that March 2020 was the craziest on record!
It's good to come here and get away from the craziness for a bit. I'm counting on walking to keep me sane. Well, at least not any crazier than I already was before any one heard of Coronavirus.3 -
Hi everyone. I completely agree with March being crazy. The only thing that has kept me half sane is getting my workouts in. I've been transitioning to working at home 5 days a week instead of my normal 2 days and also trying to monitor a 17 year old to make sure he is doing his online school work. I live in Wisconsin but work in Illinois but both states have stay at home orders now until the end of April so this month will be much like the last couple weeks.
My plan for this month is to work out 6 days per week with 1 rest day. I'm hoping weather will be nicer and I can get outside for more walks and maybe even a hike. If weather doesn't cooperate or I'm short on time I will workout with Leslie or Jessica Smith. I also try to get out at least daily with my old pooch. He doesnt walk that fast anymore but still enjoys a neighborhood stroll. Still trying to get consistent with strength training. Can anyone share ideas of how you work that in? Do you use strength training dvds? Or do your own routine?
Here's to a great April!1 -
@Fernella13 - Welcome to the monthly challenge. 0
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anname9203 wrote: »Hi everyone. I completely agree with March being crazy. The only thing that has kept me half sane is getting my workouts in. I've been transitioning to working at home 5 days a week instead of my normal 2 days and also trying to monitor a 17 year old to make sure he is doing his online school work. I live in Wisconsin but work in Illinois but both states have stay at home orders now until the end of April so this month will be much like the last couple weeks.
My plan for this month is to work out 6 days per week with 1 rest day. I'm hoping weather will be nicer and I can get outside for more walks and maybe even a hike. If weather doesn't cooperate or I'm short on time I will workout with Leslie or Jessica Smith. I also try to get out at least daily with my old pooch. He doesnt walk that fast anymore but still enjoys a neighborhood stroll. Still trying to get consistent with strength training. Can anyone share ideas of how you work that in? Do you use strength training dvds? Or do your own routine?
Here's to a great April!
Hi anname9203.
Sounds like a good plan to me.
My suggestion would be to shoot for 2 strength workouts each week. I have never done Leslie's Tone Every Zone, but people here have and it seems to me they said it was a good workout. In other words, they felt it the next day. On the other hand, Jessica Smith has some really good strength workouts and a lot of her stuff is on youtube. I mostly use DVD's but sometimes I just do it "freestyle". I start with overhead presses and work my way down to legs.
I do the strength workouts first, then any aerobic activity later. That way you are fresh and not tired from the aerobic activity.
Hope this helped,
Ann2 -
Goal: 7 miles a week and 2 strength workouts.
4/1.....3 Fast and Fun Miles
4/2.....2 miles1 -
Got out into the yard for some spring clean up today. Tomorrow, 10min with Jessica SMith for some Arm work and a walk too.1
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April Goal: 150 miles plus daily strength training
April 1: 5 Boosted Miles + 20 min HASfit strength biceps w/dumbbells
April 2: 6 Miles ~ 4 Fast Miles + 2 Miles WATP Brisk Walk + 15 min HASfit strength legs w/dumbbells
11 of 150 miles2 -
anname9203 wrote: »Hi everyone. I completely agree with March being crazy. The only thing that has kept me half sane is getting my workouts in. I've been transitioning to working at home 5 days a week instead of my normal 2 days and also trying to monitor a 17 year old to make sure he is doing his online school work. I live in Wisconsin but work in Illinois but both states have stay at home orders now until the end of April so this month will be much like the last couple weeks.
My plan for this month is to work out 6 days per week with 1 rest day. I'm hoping weather will be nicer and I can get outside for more walks and maybe even a hike. If weather doesn't cooperate or I'm short on time I will workout with Leslie or Jessica Smith. I also try to get out at least daily with my old pooch. He doesnt walk that fast anymore but still enjoys a neighborhood stroll. Still trying to get consistent with strength training. Can anyone share ideas of how you work that in? Do you use strength training dvds? Or do your own routine?
Here's to a great April!
Hi anname9203.
Sounds like a good plan to me.
My suggestion would be to shoot for 2 strength workouts each week. I have never done Leslie's Tone Every Zone, but people here have and it seems to me they said it was a good workout. In other words, they felt it the next day. On the other hand, Jessica Smith has some really good strength workouts and a lot of her stuff is on youtube. I mostly use DVD's but sometimes I just do it "freestyle". I start with overhead presses and work my way down to legs.
I do the strength workouts first, then any aerobic activity later. That way you are fresh and not tired from the aerobic activity.
Hope this helped,
Ann
Thank you! I'll check out Tone Every Zone and look up some Jessica Smith on YouTube.2 -
Hi. Just signed in. Wanna do 5 miles a day. Let me see how that goes. In Spain in lockdown cant go out so this is my only chance. Love to allof you. God bless.
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shefali230673 wrote: »Hi. Just signed in. Wanna do 5 miles a day. Let me see how that goes. In Spain in lockdown cant go out so this is my only chance. Love to allof you. God bless.
You can do it!!0 -
Goal: 7 miles a week and 2 strength workouts.
4/1.....3 Fast and Fun Miles
4/2.....2 miles
4/3.....Rest day1 -
April Goal: 150 miles plus daily strength training
April 1: 5 Boosted Miles + 20 min HASfit strength biceps w/dumbbells
April 2: 6 Miles ~ 4 Fast Miles + 2 Miles WATP Brisk Walk + 15 min HASfit strength legs w/dumbbells
April 3: 7 Miles ~ 5 Mile Advanced Walk + 2 Miles PM Walk + 30 min HASfit strength arms w/dumbbells
18 of 150 miles2 -
@Fernella13, welcome! Happy that you are here 😁
@VeggieGirlforLife, thanks for the encouragement and suggestions. I certainly appreciated it 💖. Upper body boxing moves is a possibility that I'll need to explore.
@Deeder522, that is an amazing calorie burn you will get with your April goal!
@zichab, your walking goal will certainly help you with EVERYTHING going on in your life now. Bless your heart 💝. Thank you for your encouraging words! 🤣 Jillian Michaels workouts 🤣 That's too funny. Been there and done that already... back in another lifetime 😅.
@anname9203, great plan ideas to cope with working at home more days now!
@AnnofB, I just 'eavesdropped' on your strength/exercise advice. I'm going to take yours as well as everyone's suggestions and ideas and figure out how to incorporate it into my current fitness situation. And stop being sad over what I can't do currently that I used to do. As soon as this rain goes away I'll be able to get back into the garden. That helped me the other day. We really needed rain so I'm grateful!
@shefali230673, welcome to our walking group! WAH is a really good alternative when we can't be outdoors for some reason.
Goal: Exercise each day and explore how to add additional fitness into my day, stay positive, and log in here at least nearly every day, especially when it seems like I don't have much to log. I have a tendency toward isolation and dealing with things by myself when things go badly or are unusually stressful. Especially now with the mandated isolation because of the stay at home and 'social distancing' because of the pandemic situation, on top of what is going on with my ankle, I must make an extra effort not to give into my feelings and not posting as I so often do.
April 1: 2.5 hours lighter garden cleanup- the lily boxes and some areas nearby.
April 2: 3 hours lighter garden cleanup- removing leaves and other accumulated winter debris, cut back Plumbago
April 3: 20 minutes slow steady walk in carpeted room, with side steps. Plus tidy the front yard a bit before the rain started
Blessings,
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Hi everyone,
Hope you are all enjoying the weekend! Here in Wisconsin, the sun has actually been out for about 4 days in a row. I've gone walking outside each day on one walk with my pup and the other by myself so I can actually get some speed. And then yesterday and today I came back home and did a workout as well. Yesterday was one of my old Firm workouts and today 3 miles with Leslie. I also found a Jessica Smith 30 minute strength training workout on YouTube that I'm going to plan to do on Monday/Friday mornings. Those are the two days I usually work at home normally so once we get back to normal schedule those will be the best days to add that workout. I'll start with those two days and maybe build it up to a third at some point.
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@anname9203 - Sounds like a good plan. I remember the Firm. They had some great workouts.0
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Goal: 7 miles a week and 2 strength workouts.
4/1.....3 Fast and Fun Miles
4/2.....2 miles
4/3.....Rest day
4/4.....14 minutes strength workout and 1 mile of Burn to the Beat
4/5.....2 miles of 5 Boosted miles
My back's been bothering me for a few days. Hope to get in a longer strength workout tomorrow.2 -
Goal: 7 miles a week and 2 strength workouts.
4/1.....3 Fast and Fun Miles
4/2.....2 miles
4/3.....Rest day
4/4.....14 minutes strength workout and 1 mile of Burn to the Beat
4/5.....2 miles of 5 Boosted miles
My back's been bothering me for a few days. Hope to get in a longer strength workout tomorrow.
Looks great! I'm sorry to hear your back is bothering you though. Hope you feel better quickly!2 -
Im in the April challenge. 05 miles per day as I got loads to lose.3
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Goal: 7 miles a week and 2 strength workouts.
4/1.....3 Fast and Fun Miles
4/2.....2 miles
4/3.....Rest day
4/4.....14 minute strength workout and 1 mile of Burn to the Beat
4/5.....2 miles of 5 Boosted miles
4/6.....27 minute strength workout and 1 mile of the 5 Day Slim Down2 -
anname9203 wrote: »
Thank you. It's getting better, thank goodness.1 -
Took a rest day for today, yesterday hubby and I did yard work and leaf raking for about an hour. Just a wee bit sore from that.
I hope to finish off the leaf clean up tomorrow.1 -
Goal: Exercise each day and explore how to add additional fitness into my day, stay positive, and log in here at least nearly every day, especially when it seems like I don't have much to log because of my ankle.
April 1: 2.5 hours lighter garden cleanup- the lily boxes and some areas nearby.
April 2: 3 hours lighter garden cleanup- removing leaves and other accumulated winter debris, cut back Plumbago
April 3: 20 minutes slow steady walk in carpeted room, with side steps. Plus tidy the front yard a bit before the rain started
April 4: Jessica Smith: Metabolism Booster DVD. upper body circuit walk (35 min)
April 5: Rest Day!
April 6: Jessica Smith: Metabolism Booster DVD. upper body circuit walk (35 min)
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Goal: 7 miles a week and 2 strength workouts.
4/1.....3 Fast and Fun Miles
4/2.....2 miles
4/3.....Rest day
4/4.....14 minute strength workout and 1 mile of Burn to the Beat
4/5.....2 miles of 5 Boosted miles
4/6.....27 minute strength workout and 1 mile of the 5 Day Slim Down
4/7.....2 mile workout of Miracle Miles2 -
Well done @anname9203 pulling those stubborn weeds, and rocking your workouts, @AnnofB!
Goal: Exercise each day and explore how to add additional fitness into my day, stay positive, and log in here at least nearly every day, especially when it seems like I don't have much to log because of my ankle.
April 1: 2.5 hours lighter garden cleanup- the lily boxes and some areas nearby.
April 2: 3 hours lighter garden cleanup- removing leaves and other accumulated winter debris, cut back Plumbago
April 3: 20 minutes slow steady walk in carpeted room, with side steps. Plus tidy the front yard a bit before the rain started
April 4: Jessica Smith: Metabolism Booster DVD. upper body circuit walk (35 min)
April 5: Rest Day!
April 6: Jessica Smith: Metabolism Booster DVD. upper body circuit walk (35 min)
April 7: 1 hour lighter garden cleanup- more removal of leaves, also additional raking leaves in the yard
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Goal: 7 miles a week and 2 strength workouts.
4/1.....3 Fast and Fun Miles
4/2.....2 miles
4/3.....Rest day
4/4.....14 minute strength workout and 1 mile of Burn to the Beat
4/5.....2 miles of 5 Boosted miles
4/6.....27 minute strength workout and 1 mile of the 5 Day Slim Down
4/7.....2 mile workout of Miracle Miles
4/8.....2 miles of the 5 Day Slim Down
4/9.....2 miles of Burn to the Beat0 -
Got 3 walks outside int he last 3 days. each just over a mile. Saturday also did 1 hr of yard work of spring clean up. Glad we did as we are about to get some nasty wind followed by temps in the high 30's / low 40s.
Our stay at home order has been extended through the end of the month. At this point I'm hoping to come out just not gaining any weight, any loss will be a bonus.1
