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The fourth month of 2019 will bring more mud in my area. Like there isn’t enough already! But don’t let it get in the way of your goals. Temperatures should be a bit milder in both North and Southern hemespheres. Get outside and experience life! The photo theme this month is curtesy of @NellyG. See below for more details.
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 is to find natural landmarks.
Does that mean no man-made structures at all? How about markers that tell us what we are looking at?
If it is a famous landmark how about posting without any description and asking us to guess. (Don’t make us wait too long)
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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April Showers Day
Steps: Goal 13,000 30 days:0/30
Boxing 30 days: 0/30
Bike 3 times 30 days: 0/30
Weights DVD 17 days: 0/30
Stomach YouTube 30 days : 0/30
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 30 days: 0/30
250 Steps per hour 30 days: 0/30
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 0/0
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Goals for April. A bit reduced from March as I will be away for a few days and cant swim next week as I just had a skin cancer cut off today.
10,000 steps a day for 20 days -/20
4 days over 15,000 steps -/4
1 day over 20,000 steps -/1
Swim 2x per week -/6
Dance prac 6 hours a week -/24
6 bike rides or interval walks per month -/4
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
Edited to ammend Swim goal as I am banned from thw pool for two weeks due to havingnanskin cancer cut off.
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March was rough, but April will be better! I'm tweaking my goals just a bit based on what I accomplished last month and what I want to accomplish now that weather is nicer.
My Step Goal will start at 6075 - This is where I ended March and I was not quite hitting hit. I was jumping up 250 steps per week, but that seems to be just a bit more then I can do right now. So I'm only jumping 50 steps per week this month. But I'm also adding a few larger goals throughout the month.
Complete a 5K twice a week - This calculates at 7646 Steps in a day, at least 8 times a month.
Complete 10,000 once a week - Last month this was set at 9,000, but typically I barely hit my step goal or do a major hike with 10,000 to 11,000 steps easily achieved.
Active 6 of 14 hours a day - I'm typically hitting this one, but just barely so I'm still working on it.
Sleep goal 7+ hours a night - I feel better when I hit this every night, but realistically hitting it 15 out of 30 nights a week is still going to be hard.
Hit Peak Heart Rate every day - last month I easily hit the 12 times a month that was planned, but still not hitting it every day so I'm stepping up this goal! This is going to be hard with all the migraines I've had lately, but I'm making a commitment to do it!
Hit Peak Heart for 10 minutes or more once a week - My average seems to be 4-6 minutes a day, but this is the end goal to increase the time spent here more regularly.
Hit 100 minutes of cardio heart rate every day - This too is an increase from last month's 60 minutes a day.
1 minute plank every day - This usually happens before or after yoga, so if I can do this every day I will automatically hit my yoga goals too.
Water intake of at least 64 oz every day - Which is way lower then it should be, and automatically increases with higher steps, but right now this is a stretch for me.
Protein level at 20% or higher at least 10 days a month - This is the first time tracking levels, but it is my incentive to keep logging food which has become quite borrowing. I notice I usually only have 12-14% protein according to my FitBit app. My calories are always way too low, so my goal here is really to make more healthy eating choices including less carbs and more protein.
For the scavenger hunt I have many natural landmarks that are well known to the people who live in Upper Michigan, but probably not so well known across the globe. I visit a few regularly, but I'm going to step up that goal to try to find 3 new places near me that I have never been exploring. With all the waterfalls and nature surrounding me, that shouldn't be too difficult! I took these photos last year in April when I first moved to the U.P. so more of this type of nature awaits!
Have a great month everyone!
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April Showers Goals
12,000 steps: 0/20 days
20,000 steps: 0/5 days
25,000 steps: 0/3 day
30,000 steps: 0/2 day
Train w/weights:0/30 days
Photos 0/0
It's a bit of a reach but what goal isn't......
Somewhere in Colorado ......
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1 April
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 1/20
4 days over 15,000 steps -/4
1 day over 20,000 steps -/1
Swim 2x per week -/6
Dance prac 6 hours a week -/24
6 bike rides or interval walks per month -/6
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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April Showers - Day 1
12,000 steps: 1/15 days
20,000 steps: 5 days
25,000 steps: 1 day
30,000 steps: 1 day (new!)
Train w/weights: 1/15 days
Reverse Crunches: 1/15 days (new!)
40 jumping jacks: 1/20 days
Line Dance: 4 days
Eat a piece of fruit: 20 days
Scavenger Hunt Pics: 3 pics
We live outside Bern, the capital city of Switzerland. This was taken a couple of years ago. It's about an hour's drive from our home.
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April Showers Day 1
Steps: Goal 13,000 30 days: 1/30
Boxing 30 days: 1/30
Bike 3 times 30 days: 1/30
Weights DVD 17 days: 1/30
Stomach YouTube 30 days : 1/30
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 30 days: 1/30
250 Steps per hour 30 days: 1/30
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 1/3
Lake Tahoe. Its about 1 1/2 hour away from me
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Beautiful picture @SunsetRunner !
2 April
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 2/20
4 days over 15,000 steps -/4
1 day over 20,000 steps -/1
Swim 2x per week -/6
Dance prac 6 hours a week 2.5/24
6 bike rides or interval walks per month -/6
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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April Showers Day 2
Steps: Goal 13,000 30 days: 2/30
Boxing 30 days: 2/30
Bike 3 times 30 days: 2/30
Weights DVD 17 days: 1/30
Stomach YouTube 30 days : 2/30
Wall Push Up/Counter push ups 30 days: 2/30
250 Steps per hour 30 days: 2/30
Post Scavenger hunt photos: 1/3
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April Showers Day 2
| 15K steps/day (25 days) | 2/25 | |
1 pushup/day | 2/30 | |
10 weight-lifting days | 0/10 | |
post scavenger pics | 1/3 | |
Sleep 6+ hours 13 days or more during the month | 2/13 | |
1 pull-up/day | 2/30 |
Natural Landmark: In 1939, Al Capone donated two weeping cherry trees to Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. One of them is still here.
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15,000 steps: 2/20 days
20,000 steps: 0/5 days
25,000 steps: 0/3 day
30,000 steps: 0/2 day
Train w/weights:2/30 days
Photos 2/3
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