Fabulous February Fourteen Challenge — 2018

[Baltoscott]

Fabulous February Fourteen Challenge

Time for a new monthly challenge and this one has got a spin ...

 
How It Works:

The primary purpose of these challenges has been to keep track of your daily step goals for the month; though we tend to 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, for example.
Monday -> Friday = 10k steps a day
Sat & Sun = 6k steps a day

Regardless of how you structure your daily goals, the only thing that matters for this challenge is whether or not you reach what you set out to do.

The Fabulous February Fourteen Variation.

Shoutout to @Jotex for this February variation. Since there are 28 days in February and some folks burn out thinking about hitting goals EVERY SINGLE DAY, for February if you meet your stated daily goal for at least 14 days you have met that goal for the month. Anything more is bonus. You can do the first 14 days, the last 14 days, every other day, two on two off .... (if you have a daily sleep goal I guess you could meet it by sleeping every other day, but that is probably not the smartest idea you’ve ever had).

Valentines (February 14) bonus.

If you double a daily goal on February 14 (20K steps instead of your normal 10K, for example), or if you get your sweetie to match your daily goal on that day, you can count it as two days toward the 14 days needed to meet your monthly minimum for that goal.

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

Note. Since the idea of the February variation is to have some goals but also to avoid burnout, If you have a goal that is not typically a daily goal for you, such as two or three strength training workouts a week, and the monthly total is not usually higher than 14, just do the number you normally would.

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.

[Baltoscott · Accepted solution]

Here are my goals for February 

15K steps/day for 14 days or more
1 pushup/day for 14 days or more
1 pullup/day for 14 days or more
8 weight-lifting days (I usually do three days/week (M,W,F), but because I’m changing the routine this month I’ll have February 2 off, and then week of Feb. 18 off.

[Jotex]

Thanks @Baltoscott!!! Needless to say, you can count me IN! Regarding my Fabulous February Fourteen Goals, I’ll sleep on it, and post them tomorrow with my progress. 

[GershonSurge]

Goals:

25,000 steps 28 times

80 minutes of resistance training 28 times

Average calories burned/day: 3,750

[Julia_G]

Okay, 14 out of 28 -- how hard can that be?  (ha ha).  I'm in, even though I am changing timezones 3 times (5 hours, 3 hours, 8 hours) and am on an airplane most of 3 days.

Since I only have to do 14 days I am going to try to go for 12k steps a day.  I don't think I am going to be optimistic for anything more than steps, but I will count anything extra I do as a bonus.

And this Valentines Day I actually do have a Sweetie (for the first time in more than a decade), and I'll even be with him, so I will definitely make him walk and claim my double steps.  

Thanks to @Baltoscott for starting the challenge (and for the fun bonus) and to @Jotex for the welcome variation on the daily trudge!  You guys are stars!

Weather forecast for tomorrow is dry, so I will have to try to bag my first 12 k then -- beginning as I mean to go on.

[NellyG]

@Baltoscott wow great challenge and I love the variations!  @Jotex Great ideas for this challenge! @Julia_G enjoy being with your special guy!

Hmm goals!  Ok here are mine (but I reserve the right to change them!)

10,000 steps a day for at least 14 days (tho planning on more than that!)

Plank (1 minute) at least 14 times

2 workouts/bike rides a week - at least one of which must be a Fitbit Coach workout (ie 2 bike rides is good but doesnt meet my goal!)

2 swims per week (tho that one is easy for me)

[RosieO]

please delete

[NellyG]

Ok here we go again

1 February

Steps                1/14

Plank                1/14

Swim                1/8

Coach/Bike      -/8

[benvegi]

I'm in for February and up my goals a bit.

My goals:                                              

12 k steps a day     30 floors    6 miles      5 push ups plus 3 sets of curls @ 10 lbs, 3 sets of upright rows. 

Most of my steps and floors depend on the weather, it needs to be warm enough to walk 3 miles up the roads. Will see how it plays out.

It has been fun reading all the posts in January. 

[Jenwhite711]

I would like to participate!

8,000 steps a day

10 set ups a day

10 push ups a day

10 jumping jacks a day

Is this an okay goal????

[Baltoscott]

@Jenwhite711 — that’s a great goal!  @RosieO  Welcome! @GershonSurge — I’m on two group challenges the first part of this month, I think I might need you to sub for me with goals like that!

[Jotex]

FFF Challenge 

OK, you guys and gals {just dated myself on that one! 😊} are really inspiring with your goals for the Fabulous February Fourteen (FFF) Challenge! In comparison, mine are going to be more like ... taking a break! 😇

8,000+ Steps / 14 days

6+ Fitbit Floors / 14 days

1-min. Kettleball workout (10 kg = 22 lbs) / 14 days

February 14 - Bonus

All the above — double or nothing! 😂

Today’s Goals — :white_heavy_check_mark::white_heavy_check_mark::white_heavy_check_mark:

[WendyB]

Feb 1

13K steps/day 1/28

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 1/28

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 1/28

12 weight lifting days 0/12

Stomach exercises 200 a day with Ab roller 1/28

Forget Valentines day. Hubby forgets to wear his surge when we walk. When mine dies I guess he will be losing his

Welcome to all the Newbies! Great to have you here!

[Baltoscott]

Feb. 1

15K steps/day:           1/14
1 pushup/day             1/14.
1 pullup/day               1/14
8 weight-lifting days:  0/14

[GershonSurge]

1 Feb

25,000 steps 28 times: 1/28

80 minutes of resistance training 28 times: 0/28

Average calories burned/day: 3,750: 1/28

[WendyB]

Feb 2

13K steps/day 2/28

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 2/28

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 2/28

12 weight lifting days 1/12

Stomach exercises 200 a day with Ab roller 2/28

I got a new Boxing DVD as my Wii will not read disc. It killing me. But that's a good thing. My arms are sore. So it pretty much shows me my 2 wii ones did nothing. But this is. Its killing my waist as well.

[WendyB]

Can this get pinned like last month?

[Baltoscott]

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@WendyBwrote:

Can this get pinned like last month?

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How does that work?

[NellyG]

3 February

Steps                2/14

Plank                2/14

Swim                1/8

Coach/Bike      1/8

[GershonSurge]

2 Feb

25,000 steps 28 times: 2/28

80 minutes of resistance training 28 times: 1/28

Average calories burned/day: 3,750: 2/28