Monday 9/1 - Month Exercise challenge for YOU
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Alrighty. We are going to switch things around for ONE month!
Up for a month exercise challenge? You pick your exercise and measurement. IE number of squats total, number of squats in 2 minutes, lbs you can curl, pushups, your mins/mile, or anything measurable around exercise!
I'll repost our goal Monday/Tuesday/ Thursday. Also, I'll repost results side by side in one post for everyone Monday/ Thursday and ask for results/ new numbers tooso we can show progress.
The mon/thurs, I'll post a list of everyone's stats. that looks like this:
13Strong- Wide arm , no knees, pushups
Mon 9/1 - 2
Thurs 9/4 - 2
Mon 9/8 - 3
Thurs 9/11 - missed
Mon 9/15 - 5
We'll still have check ins and weekly look backs, along with Food Wednesdays, Training tips Tuesday, Thankful Fridays, and Water Weekends.
The goal of this? Physical strength or speed change in one month! Try to beat last posted numbers every week!
So. Pick your area to improve and tell me where you currently are. Be honest.
And check in! US holidays are not excuses!!
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Pushups are challenging for me. Now i can do them on my toes. I do 2 in a row, put my knees down and pant for a minute. My goal for this month is to do 15 pushups in a row keeping proper form without stopping. Please don't mock me for setting a small goal
but it took me almost 7 months to progress from knees to toes.
I will begin by aiming for 4 in a row. And add 1 in each day.0 -
Happy Labor Day!!
I'm going to do an Ab Challenge that I found online. I spend all of my time at the gym doing cardio and working on my legs and arms, but not enough time working on my core. The challenge I'm taking includes sit-ups, crunches, leg raises, and planking. By the end of the month I should be able to do 125 sit-ups, 200 crunches, 65 leg raises, and 120 second plank.
I really messed up in August, so this is my chance to get back on track. In addition to this 30 day challenge, I want to promise myself to never let more than 2 days go by without going to the gym and try hader to clean up my eating habits. I was doing so well in the beginning of August and I let myself get lazy when things got a little tough. Good luck to everyone this month!
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I am picking hamstrings and minor glute muscles as my exercise challenge. In working with my trainer we've come up with two exercises I could (theoretically
) do daily to strengthen these muscles: 1) clamshells and 2) elevated bridges. I currently do 3 sets of 10 for each. My goal will be to do 3 sets of 20 and to do them more frequently than 1-2 times a week. This will be in addition to my regular exercise routine.
Great idea! Good luck to everyone.0 -
Hi everyone..Happy Labor Day!. Well I guess I can start progressing on my push-ups. I can do 12 no knee push-ups in a row... I usually do 2 sets so I will aim to do more. Hanging leg raises I only do 10 so I would love to add another set by next week. I will have to time myself doing planks and get back with you...but I need to do them more consistently....annnnd I want to be able to sustain a full out sprint for 1 minute, right now I only do 30 second intervals.
Food: I had protein pancakes, egg whites, bacon , and coffee. Lunch will be tuna and crakers, and salmon and brown rice for dinner. Snack will be a salad and protein shake.
Water: 3 liters
Exercise: I may only walk today.0 -
I'm still in a car so will have to test myself tonight. Traveling seems to create such bad health days for me... bah.
For the challenge (thus far) we have starting numbers of:
Jiagetsfit - 2 pushups.
Mamamangeno- what's your start,number for sit up,leg raises, plank?
Mere- clamshell and elevated bridges 30 each (3 x 10)
Texas- 24 pushups (2x 12), hanging leg raises 10, plank' tbd
13strong- pushups TBD and squats TBD
I'm hoping everyone will join. And this isn't a show off challenge of course, it's a compete against yourself one.
Of could we're still allowed to cheer for other people! 0 -
Today I did 15-5-5-10 (15 sit-ups, 5 crunches, 5 leg lifts, and 10 second plank)0
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Exercise month-I'm up for the challenge, great idea.
August has been a up and down month for me, made positive changes towards healthy eating but struggled keeping it under calories consistently. Exercise has been none existent, just couldn't find the will power.
Today is my last day of the holidays and no more half hearted approach. September I am going to move more, being consistent with exercise and eating.0 -
Happy Monday Sept 1st everyone! I love the exercise challenge!! For my challenge I'm going to do push ups, starting with 3 today and working my way to 20 by the end of the month.
I'm going to stick with my 10,000 steps per day goal and going to the spin class on Tuesdays n Thursdays. I'm in the last weeks of my running so I will finish that out on the 12th.
Today was the last day if my long weekend. I had pretty much had coffee for breakfast, lunch was a grilled chicken sandwich with Swiss and avocado on toasted bread and chicken lemon rice soup. Dinner was chile relleno and a chicken enchilada and chips n salsa. I also had a can of brisk lemon tea.
Water was ok, working on it still.
We went shopping at the outlet mall, it was storming but once we got there it cleared up so we headed to the beach! We swam in Lake Michigan and walked out to the lighthouse. Then I took my bf back to his car and we walked trails. I already hit 16,696 steps today
Tonight I'm gonna relax, maybe light yoga to stretch out. I'm doing a fitness assessment tomorrow then my spin class. Back to work for me!0 -
I've been MIA for a couple weeks now. I got sick the second day of school and went home at 10 am. That afternoon I got a call that my Dad was in the ER, two hours away from me. I spent three days with him, drove back to work Friday, drove back to him on Saturday, and continued to be sick with a sinus infection. He is 84 and on top of the kidney disease he already had, he is now diabetic, has C-diff (don't ask), and congestive heart failure. I haven't been to a grocery store in three weeks.
I gave myself permission to worry about my job and my dad.
I finally went to the dr and got antibiotics, weighed myself today, and was actually really happy to find I'd only gained 6/10ths of a pound. My goal for September is to log in every day, take care of my Dad, my students and myself. Right now, that's all the challenge I can handle.0 -
I'm sorry to hear about your dad and I hope things get better for you both. ((Hugs))I've been MIA for a couple weeks now. I got sick the second day of school and went home at 10 am. That afternoon I got a call that my Dad was in the ER, two hours away from me. I spent three days with him, drove back to work Friday, drove back to him on Saturday, and continued to be sick with a sinus infection. He is 84 and on top of the kidney disease he already had, he is now diabetic, has C-diff (don't ask), and congestive heart failure. I haven't been to a grocery store in three weeks.
I gave myself permission to worry about my job and my dad.
I finally went to the dr and got antibiotics, weighed myself today, and was actually really happy to find I'd only gained 6/10ths of a pound. My goal for September is to log in every day, take care of my Dad, my students and myself. Right now, that's all the challenge I can handle.0 -
This is perfect timing for me! I was just talking to a body pump instructor about how hard lunges are for me and she suggested I do a few each day to build up to being able to complete the lunge track in class. I started today and completed five on each leg with proper form.0
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My choice is pushups and squats.
Right now I can do 2 wide arm, no knee pushups and 4 sets of 10 squats. (90 degree angle)
Deb - So sorry to hear about your dad. I was hoping you were still visiting him and that's why you were away, not that there was any issue. (Hugs) You and your family are in my thoughts. Take care!0 -
OK Challenge, Lets do this!
Restarting the Couch to 5K so lets pull the time per mile.
25 min mile(walking)
5 Step Lunges(proper form)
10 sec plank(for core strength which I desperately need)
15 sec side planks(per side)
Same gym goal for the week 3x, and if I keep my progress consistent I will be back under 250 on this weeks weigh in(cross my fingers).
Good luck to everyone.0 -
September's challenge I'm going to do
Squats 15
Plank 10 sec0 -
I need to work on my arms before my weight loss causes even more excess skin and I can soon fly..
We have the ab-carver, so I will be following this work out this month: https://abcarverpro.com/downloads/PF_AbCarver_Guide_LORES.pdf0 -
I've been MIA for a couple weeks now. I got sick the second day of school and went home at 10 am. That afternoon I got a call that my Dad was in the ER, two hours away from me. I spent three days with him, drove back to work Friday, drove back to him on Saturday, and continued to be sick with a sinus infection. He is 84 and on top of the kidney disease he already had, he is now diabetic, has C-diff (don't ask), and congestive heart failure. I haven't been to a grocery store in three weeks.
I gave myself permission to worry about my job and my dad.
I finally went to the dr and got antibiotics, weighed myself today, and was actually really happy to find I'd only gained 6/10ths of a pound. My goal for September is to log in every day, take care of my Dad, my students and myself. Right now, that's all the challenge I can handle.
I'm so sorry your father is sick in the hospital. I pray for a speedy recovery for him and you! Remember to take care of you, so you can take care of others. Hang in there!0 -
My plank time is 45 seconds. I do 3 sets.. I will shoot to hold 60 sec each time by next week0
