Welcome to 2021. It is a new year; Covid isn’t gone, but vaccines are on the way. And, even though it is cold in the North, and hot in the South, it is healthier to get outside. So let’s start off the year with another monthly challenge. Go ahead and try out something new. A RESET ,,, a diet or exercise change, less drinking or smoking, going to bed earlier, learn a new skill … But in this case, commit for just a month and see how it goes. You can do anything for a month, and if it still makes sense on January 31, try to make it ordinary come February. Or adapt it a bit.
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 idea of a monthly picture scavenger hunt started a couple of years ago as a way to get people into the great outside to show off where they live.
The theme this month? It is an old favorite for me; street art or hidden pictures. Street art is any graffiti you come across and any art designed built into architecture. Hidden pictures are designs in nature that might be there on purpose (someone carved something into or hung something on a tree) or might be something you see in a natural formation (a shoulder or face in a mountain). It can even be something left over from the holidays ...
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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Goals for January 2021
10,000 steps a day for 20 days -/20
20 days over 12,000 -/20
14 days over 15,000 steps -/14
4 day over 20,000 steps -/4
Knee exercises 20 days (goal modified) -/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) -/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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10,000 steps a day for 20 days 1/20
20 days over 12,000 1/20
14 days over 15,000 steps 1/14
4 day over 20,000 steps -/4
Knee exercises 20 days (goal modified) 1/20
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance, gym) 2/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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I'm new here. I don't really know how this works, but I'd like to join in. My goals are 10k steps 6 days per week and weightlifting 2 times per week.
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