Roll Call!! February 2009 Exercise Challenge

How much do you want to exercise a month?
How can you push yourself out that door when the last thing you want to do is go to the gym?
Easy - Challenge yourself!!!
Pick a goal and work towards it!!!

What is exercise you ask?

It is whatever you do over and above your normal everyday activity. If you start taking the stairs instead of the elevator due to your wanting to improve your health this is exercise - if you park further from the door and walk extra - this is exercise. However if your work requires you to be on your feet running around all day - this is lifestyle and not exercise and should be added to your "activity level" in your account. I think its important for you to be honest with yourself so you will truly get the benefit of this challenge.

Some fresh sites on where to look to get some guidance and ideas for working out:

Back to School Means Back to Fitness!!

Simple ideas and inspirations for adding exercise and activity to your day

10 Tips for Fall Fitness

7 Benefits of Regular Fitness

Let the fun begin!!!!

750 MINUTE CHALLENGERS

corazon_latino................153
future_taddei..................390
ismith5............................365

1000 MINUTE CHALLENGERS

augette..........................1109***
colorado_sunshine.........1026***
keb1984..........................810
r4eboxer.........................689
rabiseydou......................600

1250 MINUTE CHALLENGERS

annulyju..........................992
blakereese......................725
mauntler.......................1014
v_avila..........................1092
wickstrom.........................30

1500 MINUTE CHALLENGERS

carlynj21......................1567***
kajikit...........................1520***
lozzle...........................1096
pudpie..........................1260
raginheadache.............1546***

1750 MINUTE CHALLENGERS

figurethefat....................1790***
maha-kisa......................1861***

2000 AND OVER CHALLENGERS

bobev...........................2059***
buggyhair.....................3010***
fatdoc...........................2095
illingal.............................380
sorayazada..................1150
the1sweetie...................515
vdesire..........................1375

Keep track of your time and post your accumalative totals daily or weekly whichever you prefer.

Please post your totals in this format:

Minutes done/goal time so we can more easily find which section you are in

Example: 60/1500


The timekeepers don't keep track of your accumulative times for you.

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Please do NOT post until you have accumulated some minutes towards your goal. We are no longer adding people until they actually have times to post.

Thank you!

The Exercise Challenge volunteers are :

mcderin
daizymae
dbackerfan
jem599
alle0299
augette
phox50
coach_k
bobev

2655/3000

1969/2000 short easy run

955/1250...

how silly! I chose the lowest challenge because I knew I would probably surpass it but wanted to give myself a little wiggle room 'just in case', well getting sick and not exercising for 7 days is a LOT of wiggle room and now I don't think I'll make my goal... it's been fun though!

970/1000

1700/1750

1375/2000

1150/2000  I tried my best to ketchup, but with the injury in jan/feb it was difficult, I'm bummed

1755/1750 

I'm done!  Thanks timekeepers :)

I did 85 minutes exercise today... 40 minutes of C25K (Week 6, Day 1.5 - halfway inbetween day 1 and day 2 in intensity) followed immediately afterwards by a 45 minute walk. 1415/1500

85 minutes left to go to goal... I did it today - can I repeat it tomorrow? Probably not since it's Saturday, but I'll give it my best shot!

1026/1000

Wooohoooo! 

1861/1750

Mission accomplished :)

Thanks timekeepers!

2835/3000

1092 / 1250..

1790/1750 ... 

I did it! I walked half an hour while the laundry was in the washing machine, then I went for a walk for another hour while it dried... my legs were soooo tired at the end, but I made my goal and then some. This is the most exercise I've EVER done in one month! 1520/1500

***Updated at 9:16 pm EST by augette***

Here's the link for the March challenge.

Congrats everyone on a successful month!

3010/3000

2059/2000! finished first 10k in 69 min!

***updated at 11:49 pm cst by bobev ***

Congratulations to whole who participated. Commitment to exercise is a cornerstone of a healthy lifestyle.