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pugloversara
pugloversara Posts: 18
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Same Rules as the food challenge. Every week there will be an Exercise challenge on Tuesdays. I would like everyone to participate in coming up with new challenges. So whoever post a new challenge first next Tues. Sept. 18th will be in charge of the new challenge.

Starting week challenge: Go for as many 15mins walks that you can this week. Log your total daily or at the end of the week :)

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  • ReignboMama
    ReignboMama Posts: 10
    I love the idea of a weekly exercise challenge! Great great idea! :)
  • DreamerZenko
    DreamerZenko Posts: 59 Member
    I will try this! Hopefully I don't fail too bad!
  • Dnalbellehcim
    Dnalbellehcim Posts: 8
    Yay!! These boots were made for walkin'....
  • rachellosesitall85
    rachellosesitall85 Posts: 497 Member
    Did 45 min of exercise yesterday (20 walking) and walked 45 minutes today. 2/5 done.
  • Emwalker3406
    Emwalker3406 Posts: 308 Member
    9/11 - 30min
    9/12 - 15min, 20min
    9/13 - 1hr 26min, 15 min
  • bluedrinkgirl
    bluedrinkgirl Posts: 33
    I got home last night about 7:00 and hadn't done any cardio so I thought about going in to watch TV but then I thought of this challenge and walked around my neighborhood for 20 minutes. Thank you for keeping me motivated
  • DreamerZenko
    DreamerZenko Posts: 59 Member
    Week report in:

    9/12 (starting): 0 minutes
    9/13: 0 minutes
    9/14: 15 minutes
    9/15: 15 minutes (plus additional time standing up, moving around, and playing frisbee)
    9/16: 15 minutes
  • rachellosesitall85
    rachellosesitall85 Posts: 497 Member
    Last day of the challenge, 4/5 work outs done. I forgot to add one the other day. I'm going on a 15 min walk to and from the gym totaling 30 min and I'm going to workout on the treadmil, elliptical, and weights.
  • rachellosesitall85
    rachellosesitall85 Posts: 497 Member
    Work out complete! 30 min of walking, 20 min of incline and power walking on the tredmill, 20 min of the elliptical around 48mph and 15 min with weights.
  • bwatt11
    bwatt11 Posts: 21 Member
    last week I took a 30 minute walk at lunch time (can't remember what day)
    Saturday I went to a concert and had to walk 30 minutes to get to the ticket window and then 45 minutes walking back to the car (we came out the wrong exit!)
    Total for last week - 1 hour 45 minutes
  • bluedrinkgirl
    bluedrinkgirl Posts: 33
    Tue-20 min treadmill
    Wed-60 min walk
    Thur-20 min walk
    Sat- 60 min bike
    Sun- 45 min bike, 20 min walk
    Mon- 20 min walk
  • tcornley
    tcornley Posts: 18
    9/11 30 min biking
    9/12 28 min biking
    9/13 33 min biking
    9/14 19 min biking, 15 min swimming
    9/15 /
    9/16 /
    9/17 20 min walking, 30 min spinning

    Keep it up everyone!
  • pugloversara
    pugloversara Posts: 18
    Great job everyone. Bluedrinkgirl I am glad I could keep you motivated. I like how people wrote the individual days and what they did that was neat. I also like how even if it wasn't a walk, you guys were still moving.

    As far as me getting motivated to move this week it was rough but I managed to take two walks. One was with my boyfriends daughter, that gave us some good bonding time. Plus I have been walking the dog around. I would like to start using my kinect for my xbox again. I just love the dancing games but I'm not really sure if my knee can handle it but Im going to try. Even though I didn't get much exercise in this week I was still busy on my feet.

    So guys who will be the first one to come up with the new challenge this week? I didn't see anybody post one yet. :) Can't wait to see your ideas.
  • bluedrinkgirl
    bluedrinkgirl Posts: 33
    My suggestion is exercise 30 minutes everyday & post what you do so we can get new ideas
  • DreamerZenko
    DreamerZenko Posts: 59 Member
    I would like to start using my kinect for my xbox again. I just love the dancing games but I'm not really sure if my knee can handle it but Im going to try. Even though I didn't get much exercise in this week I was still busy on my feet.

    I have actually been using my DDR game for the Wii for dancing exercise and it works great. My knees were really sore in the beginning, but as I continue they get a little stronger and less sore every time I play. I LOVE the Kinect dancing games- I have played them at my friends house. If I had an XBOX I would be playing that all the time- that is great exercise :)

    My suggestion is exercise 30 minutes everyday & post what you do so we can get new ideas

    I second this, this sounds like a fun challenge! :3
  • pugloversara
    pugloversara Posts: 18
    ok 30 mins a day it is :) can't wait to see what everyone comes up with
  • animabella6
    animabella6 Posts: 4 Member
    Put in 180 minutes of walking this week. Neglected my weights, but hope to get that back on track next week. Go us! :bigsmile:
  • AnotherAustinGirl
    AnotherAustinGirl Posts: 62 Member
    I LOVE DDR!
  • AnotherAustinGirl
    AnotherAustinGirl Posts: 62 Member
    Today I did some challenges from other groups I'm in and they added up to well over thirty minutes.

    4.2 bike ride
    100 squats
    100 crunches
    100 jumping jacks (modified)
    50 lunges with bicep curls
    40 leg lifts on each side
    20 pushups
    and some other stuff.

    Thought I was going to die!!
  • DreamerZenko
    DreamerZenko Posts: 59 Member
    Weekly report:

    9/18 - 45 minutes
    9/19 - 90 minutes
    9/20 - 0 minutes
    9/21 - 62 minutes
    9/22 - 120 minutes
    9/23 - 30 minutes
    9/24 - 60 minutes

    Just missed one day which was my rest day :)
  • newhabit
    newhabit Posts: 426 Member
    went on several walks last week. i do strength training the other days. i got in about 3 walks of about 45 minutes last week! this week i got in a run about 37 minutes and hoping for another run later this week.
  • pugloversara
    pugloversara Posts: 18
    Ill be completely honest I did not exercise at all this past week. The only thing I managed to do was some walking. It was a very rough week for me emotionally and I ended up having a horrible nervous breakdown.

    So any ideas for this weeks challenge? If no one post anything by the end of tonight I would like to make it a point for myself and others if you want to join. That no matter what it is I will move this week. It is time to get back on track no matter how much my anxiety is revved up. So with that said I guess Ill be trying to do some yoga this week.
  • newhabit
    newhabit Posts: 426 Member
    do something for at least 10 minutes each day? could even be just sit ups, etc... just doing anything is good
  • DreamerZenko
    DreamerZenko Posts: 59 Member
    Ill be completely honest I did not exercise at all this past week. The only thing I managed to do was some walking. It was a very rough week for me emotionally and I ended up having a horrible nervous breakdown.

    So any ideas for this weeks challenge? If no one post anything by the end of tonight I would like to make it a point for myself and others if you want to join. That no matter what it is I will move this week. It is time to get back on track no matter how much my anxiety is revved up. So with that said I guess Ill be trying to do some yoga this week.

    Posted a separate thread for suggestions and posted some there: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/752831-challenge-suggestions Same with food. Yoga is very nice- I love it. It is very calming and works a lot of muscles :)

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