July 9th - July 15th Mini Challenges

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kristinlien04
kristinlien04 Posts: 38 Member
Here are the challenges for this week - pretty similar to last week, but I did throw a few extra things in the mix :) Hope you all have a great week!

Monday Mini Challenge:
Food: Stay within your calorie limit and have a no sugar day - try a new recipe today!
Cardio: Do 125 jumping jacks. See how many you can do without stopping for the first set and then spread out the rest throughout the day.
Strength: Work your shoulders/arms today – do 30 pushups, 30 tricep dips, 30 bicep curls, 30 shoulder presses – do a plank hold , time yourself and see how long you can hold it
Water: drink at least 64 ozs today.

Tuesday Mini Challenge.
Food: stay within your calorie limit and make sure you eat at least 3 vegetables and 2 fruits.
Cardio: Do 30 minutes brisk walk.
Strength: do 150 squats. The trick today is to see how many you can do in the first set and then spread the remainder throughout the day.
Water: drink at least 64 ozs today.

Wednesday Mini Challenge:
Food: stay within your calorie limit and make sure you are eating enough protein to help repair the muscles damaged from exercise.
Cardio: Do an interval workout. 5 minute warm-up, 1 minute jog, 2 minute walk, X6, 5 minute cool-down
Strength: do 100 push-ups and again try to see how many you can do in the first set and then spread the remainder throughout the day. - do a plank hold , time yourself and see how long you can hold it
Water: drink at least 64 ozs today

Thursday Mini Challenge
Food: stay within your calorie limit and make sure you are including lots of fiber in your diet. This will help you feel fuller and keep everything regular.
Cardio: Do 30 minutes brisk walk
Strength: do 10 sets of 10 side lunges with front arm raise.
Water: drink at least 64 ozs today

Friday Mini Challenge:
Food: stay within your calorie limit and make sure to keep your sodium intake below 2500. Try to avoid pre-packaged or prepared food.
Cardio/Strength: Do 30 minutes of aerobic activity. Try some knee lifts, butt kicks, jumping jacks, jogging, grapevines with some squats, jump rope, arm raises, crunches, etc. Just keep moving. do a plank hold , time yourself and see how long you can hold it
Water: drink at least 64 ozs

Saturday Mini Challenge
Food: stay within your calorie limit and make good snack choices
Cardio: 30 minute brisk walk
Strength: do some extra crunches, squats, pushups, or arm exercise on the part that needs more.
Water: drink at least 64 ozs

Sunday Mini Challenge
Food: Plan out your meals for the week - do some prep work so you are prepared!
Enjoy a day off because you deserve it.

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  • emmygrace2012
    emmygrace2012 Posts: 44 Member
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    should I have saved the google document somewhere? I need to update my weight! whoohooo! :-)
  • Mauchs
    Mauchs Posts: 12 Member
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    Bookmark the document in your browser. If you save it on your own computer your changes will not be viewable to others.
  • missoularocks
    missoularocks Posts: 372 Member
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    Kristin, You kick *kitten*. Thanks for putting these together. I am trying to work on them daily.