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Fabulous February Fourteen Challenge — 2018

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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.

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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February 10

5k steps/day: 5/14

5 flights stairs/day: 4/14 

64oz water/day: 5/14

 

Still chugging along.  This Fitbit is highly addictive!

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Feb 10

 

13K steps/day 9/28 <----- did not make it. To busy painting

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 10/28

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 10/28

12 weight lifting days 4/12

Stomach exercises 200 a day with Ab roller 10/28

 

 

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Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android

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11 February  I'm going well (but I did make it easy just doing 14 days for step goal and plank). It has been nice not to have the pressure to get there every day though! Sounds like everyone is doing well. Keep it up!

 

Steps               8/14

Plank                9/14

Swim                3/8

Coach/Bike      4/8

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Helen | Western Australia

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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.

 

As of 2/10 I'm 9/28 on all goals.

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February 11
8,000+ Steps (10,000+) — 6/14 days
6 Fitbit Floors — 6/14 days
1-min. Kettleball workout (10 kg) — 6/14 days

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Feb. 11
15K steps/day: 11/14
1 pushup/day 11/14.
1 pullup/day 11/14
8 weight-lifting days: 3/8

 

A couple of inches of rain today, but finally got break and went out after supper to finish my steps.

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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12 February

 

Steps               9/14

Plank                10/14

Swim                3/8

Coach/Bike      4/8

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Helen | Western Australia

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February 11

5k steps/day: 6/14

5 flights stairs/day: 5/14 

64oz water/day: 6/14

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Feb 11 and 12

 

13K steps/day 10/28

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 111/28

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 11/28

12 weight lifting days 4/12

Stomach exercises 200 a day with Ab roller 11/28

 

FEB 12

13K steps/day 11/28

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 12/28

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 12/28

12 weight lifting days 5/12

Stomach exercises 200 a day with Ab roller 12/28

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Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android

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February 12

5k steps/day: 6/14

5 flights stairs/day: 6/14 

64oz water/day: 7/14

 

As I sit, waiting to see if my hand is broken from the half flight of stairs I fell down, I realize that I will not be meeting my steps for today.  Met my stairs before I fell, same with water.  May take tomorrow off...going to be really sore.  On the plus side, they are finally going to fix that carpet at work now.  Extra points for one handed typing?

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Feb. 12
15K steps/day: 12/14
1 pushup/day 12/14.
1 pullup/day 12/14
8 weight-lifting days: 4/8

 

@ChrissyP -- Yikes!  I hope your hand isn't broken.

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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OMG @ChrissyP Please let us know. I hope all is well and nothing is broken

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Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android

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Oh ouch! @ChrissyP  I think you get a pass for a couple of days off. Take care on those staits!

 

13 February

 

Steps               9/14

Plank                10/14

Swim                4/8

Coach/Bike      4/8

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Helen | Western Australia

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February 13
8,000+ Steps (8,000+) — 7/14 days
6 Fitbit Floors (17!) — 7/14 days
1-min. Kettleball workout (10 kg) — 7/14 days

 

@ChrissyP — hope you’re not in pain. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

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wrote:

Fabulous February Fourteen Challenge

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

....

 

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.

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Bonus day tomorrow 

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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Feb. 13
15K steps/day: 13/14
1 pushup/day 13/14.
1 pullup/day 13/14
8 weight-lifting days: 4/8

 

 

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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Thank  you all for your well wishes.  Not broken, but sprained and sore.  I am going to be off stairs for a couple of days I think.

 

February 13

5k steps/day: 7/14

5 flights stairs/day: 6/14 (unchanged)

64oz water/day: 8/14

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13K steps/day 12/14

Exercise bike 40 minutes/day 13/14

Boxing 30 Minutes/day 13/14

12 weight lifting days 5/6

Stomach exercises 200 a day with Ab roller 13/14

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Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android

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14 February  Hope you are all having a lovely day!

 

Steps               10/14

Plank                11/14

Swim                4/8

Coach/Bike      4/8

 

 

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Helen | Western Australia

Want to discuss ways to increase your activity? Visit Get Moving in the Lifestyle Discussion Forum.

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Feb. 14
15K steps/day: 14/14
1 pushup/day 15/14.
1 pullup/day 15/14
8 weight-lifting days: 5/9

 

OK, so I'm taking the bonus day for my pushup and pullup goals.  Not there yet on steps.  May update this post later.  And since my goal for weight-lifting is less than 14, I'm not counting today as a bonus for that metric.  (In fact, I increased the weight-lifting goal from 8 to 9 days.  When I was planning at the beginning of the month, I thought next week was supposed to be a week off in my program, but it is the following week).

Scott | Baltimore MD

Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro

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