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I’ve called this month’s challenge April Showers for three years running now. It is really hard to resist. We just get so much rain and MUD. But most of the cold (hot, if you live in the south) weather is gone and its a great month to be outside. Take your allergy meds and get out to see the brown go away and the nature’s colors start to spread.
How It Works
The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to keep track of your daily step goals for the month; though many of us track other things as well, like body weight exercises, sleep, trips to the gym, logging food, etc. This is not a competition to see who can do the most of whatever, instead it is a challenge to measure your consistency. So whether you do 1k, 5k, 10k or even 40k steps a day, this is measuring how many days out of the monthly total you can hit your goal.
Some might have a constant goal of 10k steps every single day and others might have a variable goal throughout the week, (and some might even plan days off!) for example.
Monday -> Friday = 10k steps a day
Sat & Sun = “6k steps a day,” or “not tracking”
Regardless of how you structure your daily goals, the only thing that matters for the monthly challenge is whether or not you reach what you set out to do.
Suggested Posting Format
1) Post either your constant or variable step goal.
2) Keep track of the # of daily goals achieved out of the monthly minimum and or monthly total
Picture Scavenger Hunt — 3 pictures
The theme of the photo scavenger hunt this month is changing seasons. Beginning of Spring in the North and Fall in the South. So blossoms for some of us, especially on the trees, and falling leaves for others. Oh, and the mud.
Posting
Although you certainly don’t have to post daily, you’ll likely stay closer to what you set out to do by updating the thread several times/week
Injury Notice
If you injure yourself during the month and need to scale back due to the injury, then all you have to do is adjust your goal for that period. If you normally do 10k steps a day but pull a hamstring and decide to do minimal walking (2k steps a day), then all you have to do is change your goal.
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5 April
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 5/20
20 days over 12,000 4/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 3/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 1/4
Physio exercises 25 days 5/25
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 4/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 2/3
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6 April
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 6/20
20 days over 12,000 5/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 4/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 1/4
Physio exercises 25 days 6/25
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 6/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 2/3
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April Showers Day 6
| 17K steps/day | 6/25 | |
1 pushup + shoulder extension /day | 6/30 | |
15 weight-lifting days | 3/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 2/3 | |
Sleep 6:15 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 3/20 | |
1 pull-up | 6/30 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 6/25 | |
| Lose 2 lbs. Start 168 lbs (Apr. 1) | 4/4 | 167.9 |
| Log food daily | 6/30 |
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7 April
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 7/20
20 days over 12,000 6/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 5/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 1/4
Physio exercises 25 days 7/25
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 8/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
From my garden
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GOALS: Week 1 update 😀
12,000 steps per day: 7/7
3 sets of 5 exercises every other day: 4/4
1 hr of exercise each day: 7/7
6.5 hr sleep each day: 5/7
Log meals & water daily: 7/7
3 pictures: 1/3
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Quick update for April Showers (2021):
| 10k steps per day | 7 | /30 |
| 13,699 steps per day | 5 | /19 |
| 17k steps per day | 5 | /11 |
| Activities | 2 | /7 |
| Photo Scavenger Hunt | 1 | /3 |
| Full 'Reminders to Move' Days | 3 | /11 |
| Update post | 1 | /7 |
And a picture of the blossoms at the local park:
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9 April
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 8/20
20 days over 12,000 7/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 6/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 1/4
Physio exercises 25 days 9/25
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 10/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
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10 April
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 9/20
20 days over 12,000 8/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 7/14
4 day over 20,000 steps 2/4
Physio exercises 25 days 10/25
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 12/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 6/3
Some sort of fungal growth
A prickly little plant we used to call Pin Cushions when I was a kid
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