February 2014 Fitness Challeng

[ribearty 544]

Ok...here we go. A new month....Time to get off our collective butts and push ourselves a little bit. This isn't about weight loss so much as it's about living/breathing/moving more...feeling better....improving the quality of our life through fitness. Not to mention pushing ourselves to do a little more than we thought we could.

As always....set a goal for yourself. Something that you know will be challenging. State what your goal is....then come back every chance you get to update your progress.

Make your goal something specific and measurable. XXX miles walking/running/cycling/ellipticing/swimming/crossfitting/weightlifting. Or XXX hours working out this month.....XXX times going to the gym this month....whatever you want.

I plan to walk 50 miles and ride my bike 75 miles.

Everybody join in. Exercise and fitness will make you feel better, help you sleep, speed up your metabolism, increase our strength and stamina, lengthen your life....and make you look better naked. Face it, we could all use that.

Butter normally starts this thread, but said someone needed to set it up for February.

[Tate777 84]

I was just sleeved last Monday--- so I am gonna keep this pretty low key for this month. My goal is to walk for 30 minutes at least 5 times per week.

[deedadumble 1,033]

My goals are the same for February:

Run: 60

Walk: 60

Bike: 30

Total: 150

So far this month:

Run: 6 (Goal: 60)

Walk: 3 (Goal: 60)

Bike: 0 (Goal: 30)

Total: 9 (Goal: 150)

[HealthyNewMe 1,935]

Gym: 5 to 6 days/week

Miles per wel: 30-36

Weight Circuit: 2-3 days/week

[xmarycontraryx 234]

Totally screwed up my goals for January but I'm back on track and ready for February!!!

This month my goal is to get my butt to the gym 5x a week and include strength training with my cardio at least 3x a week.

Oh... And I will never ever buy those delicious skinny cow pretzel caramel chocolate thingies again even they are only 160 calories because they are the devil and I want to eat a whole box at one sitting. The end.

[ribearty 544]

Mary,

I'm sure you exercised more in January than you did the month before. This is an opportunity to keep improving. My friend gets some type of chocolate pretzels and calls them "evil". She says they're addictive.

[Kiap82 239]

I'd like to join in now that my exercise is up and going. Here are my goals.

Personal trainings - 2 per week, 8 total

Walking - 20 miles

Aqua boot camp - 8 classes

I have my first 5k set for the 1st if March so I want to really push myself to see how low I can get my time.

[Globetrotter 1,340]

February is going to be an up-in-the-air month for me, closing down one location moving to another, getting set up, etc. etc. But I hope to lift weights at least 15 times and to do cardio at least 5 times. I would love to set a weight loss goal for myself but even though I did Insanity 5 days a week for the entire month of December and ate only 650 cals a day, I only lost 1.5 pounds so I'm not even going to set myself a number.

[HumorMe00 127]

Came close on my Jan goals but fell a little short after being trapped in the house by that lovely Atlanta ice storm.

February is starting off a bit chaotic for me. Going to lower my goal a little since it'll prob be the 10th or so so before I make it into the gym

Goal: 14 hrs of exercise.

Edited February 3, 2014 by HumorMe00

[naenaern777 345]

I would love to join. Just about finished with a 10 day liver detox and will be able to exercise again this week

My goal is walking 48 miles this month.

Last month I did around 40.

Also weight training 2-3 days a week

Good luck everyone!!

[xmarycontraryx 234]

Thanks Ribearty!

You're absolutely right. I started walking my dogs last month and honestly, I can't believe how pain free I am. I never knew 65 lbs would make such a difference on my lower back. I never imagined I'd be able to be active again without significant pain and now I'm rocking the treadmill and elliptical like it's my job. I feel so blessed to have had this surgery. I still have 100 lbs to go but I already feel like a million bucks!!!

Thanks for the motivation and inspiration. You all are superstars!!!

<p>Mary,</p> <p> </p> <p>I'm sure you exercised more in January than you did the month before. This is an opportunity to keep improving. My friend gets some type of chocolate pretzels and calls them "evil". She says they're addictive.</p>

[macman 603]

Hello Everyone. I have been missing from this thread since my surgery on 12/23. The initial recovery went well but I developed a Pulmonary Embolism that became quite serious for a period of time. The good news is my recovery is going well and I have been cleared to begin cardio exercise.

I need to slowly work my way back into regular exercise so rather than set a specific number of miles my goal is going to be completing cardio exercise on my recumbent bike 4x a week or 20x for the month of February.

Good Luck!!

[Fiddleman 4,376]

For February, I want to do 10 hand stand push-ups completely against the wall. No more box hand stand push-ups for me. I am unable to do 1 wall hspu right now because my shoulder strength is weak. For January, my challenge was to do 50 unassisted pull-ups, and, I did it today! Better late than never. They were actually 50 chest to bar pull-ups, which requires chest to hit bar instead of chin.

Edited February 4, 2014 by Fiddleman

[Danni-doinit4me 140]

My goals this month:

Gym 3-4 days per week

Elliptical 45 minutes minimum up to 60 minutes

Strength training

[Globetrotter 1,340]

I am going to add to my goals for February - by the end of this month I want to be able to do 5 *real* push ups, in a row, with perfect form.