May Walking Challenge - Get our butts in gear!

This is continued from previous Walking Challenges, but its nice when each month has its own thread. :laugh:

*** Anyone can join in at any time, the more the merrier, lets keep each other motivated****

Walking seems like the easiest way to start getting exercise, and even if you can't track distance (or don't want to), tracking time is good too...go for a 10 min walk after dinner, or up it to 30 minutes, you'll be amazed at the end of the month how much more exercise your getting in.

Check in everyday with how far you walked or how long, this is just to motivate us to get in at least some exercise everyday, and keep an eye on each other.

Make a ticker and keep it in your signature to remind you of your goal, and show everyone how well your doing. Go to this website.

http://www.tickerfactory.com/ezticker/ticker_designer.php?type=8

Pick out your ticker pictures, set your miles or minutes, and your goal. Then copy all of the bbCode into your signature. It will look like this (but in your ticker...like mine) You use the url (from the bbCode) to update your ticker everyday (you can find this in your signature after you post the code there), just remember your pin.


Example of Tracking Miles - 1 mile everyday






Example of tracking Minutes - 30 min everyday







I want to try to keep this mostly to walking or walking type exercising. treadmills and ellipticals are A-OK. :laugh:

Hope to see some more faces in this challenge, we'll start tracking May1st!

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Do you need help making a ticker? Look at this link for step by step directions.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/995/tickerfactoryticker.jpg

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I just wanted to post these links again for the new comers Each one of these links is a mile walk. (or 12 min). With a total of 5 miles. So if you aren't able to make it outside, or don't have much time (12 minutes isn't asking a lot lol) then check them out to get in a quick walk.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGKpTIFlCQM Mile 1 of 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK7Kc-s805o&feature=related Mile 2 of 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi_Dl7-HF_8&feature=related Mile 3 of 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_NfirE_ajI&feature=related Mile 4 of 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6v9GEBNMa8&feature=related Mile 5 of 5

And then there is also a cool down! So don't forget to stretch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS6GupRk1oA&feature=related