Jaunty July Step Challenge

[Baltoscott]

The Jumping June step challenge is nearly over so it’s time to sign up for July.  Jaunty July?  Yeah, well, it is super hot in the Northern hemisphere, and super cold in the Southern hemisphere, so it is best just to have a little attitude about your steps and get at it.  🙂

   
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

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.

[Jotex]

July 18

8,000 steps 12 days -- 10/12
15,000 steps 10 days -- 6/10
35 Jumping Jacks 22 days -- 15/22
Floor Exercises w/weights 12 days -- 6/12

Almost went for the 15,000 step goal but just couldn’t make myself do another 2,000 steps. It has gotten hot and with no AC, my energy levels slump a bit. Must. Keep. Going.....

[GershonSurge]

		100000	Mile	Challenge	by 6/5/53
Day	Date	Miles	Total Fitbit Miles	Total miles goal	avg	est. finish
48	7/18/2018	8.18	339.77	339.77	7.08	2/2/2057

@Jotex,

Sounds like your calf muscle is doing better. Glad to see it.

@Ennay,

I have one of those spreadsheets, too.

[Baltoscott]

@Ennay — the anti-bike crowd seems slightly less crazy in Baltimore that it used to be when I came here 30 years ago.  Maybe the increase in bikes when gas was really expensive a few years ago helped.  Needs to be a certain threshold of bikes on the road before motorists become accustomed to look for us.  But I’ve definitely experienced plenty of driver on bike aggression over the years.  

I just try to remember a car can squash me like a bug and a truck probably wouldn’t even notice running me down, so I do my best to be visible by getting out into the right half of the right lane instead of encouraging unsafe passing by hugging the curb, and when verbal abuse occurs I try not to escalate.  

[Ennay]

@Baltoscotthere I think it is the opposite.  Portland has been bike culture for a long long time, but it is a combo of people who never wanted cyclists and more cyclists.  And just more traffic overall - as our population has been growing like mad our roads are not keeping up diverting commuters to the back country roads where the bikes have always been.   And a basic misunderstanding of road sharing rules and proper passing distance.  (people arguing that cyclists are REQUIRED to hug the line so cars can pass IN the lane with oncoming traffic)

And a general tendency lately to be mean to other people. 

15804 and 2944 burn yesterday.  Does sunburn burn calories? 

[WendyB]

July 19

Walk 10 minutes Increased my walk distance and came in at 10 

Box daily 18/31

Weights 8/13

Bike 10 minutes daily 1/13

Lose 3 pounds 2/3

Was a good day. First day very little pain so i added my bike back . Took a longer walk and was faster for 10 min.

Interesting on the bikes. We have a trail here. Its called the Sacramento bike trail. But there are spots for walkers.

The bikers can be down right rude to the walkers. Yelling at them to get off the bike trail. One biker even ran someone over and didnt bother to help them.

Beautiful place to walk as it goes along the river. Needless to say i dont go there as they really are rude.

[WendyB]

Oops double post

[Baltoscott]

July 19

5 Jaunty Walks	3/5
15K steps/day	19/31
1 pushup/day	19/31
12 weight-lifting days	7/12
50 floors or more for 20 days	19/20
Sleep 6+ hours 12 days or more during the month	6/12

@WendyB -- I try to be considerate of pedestrians by slowing down when I'm on mixed-use trails and especially slowing down in Balto and DC when I take to the sidewalk to avoid traffic issues and road construction.  When pedestrians are in designated bike lanes and a sidewalk is available, I'll admit I get a little irritated, but then I try to remember that there may be a reason that is not obvious to me, similar to when I avoid using a poorly designed bike lane that is full of debris and potholes.

But I appreciate what you are saying.  Even considerate bike riders come off as assholes sometimes when coming up too fast on pedestrians, and there are LOTs of inconsiderate riders who are flat out confrontational to peds AND cars.  The influx of sometimes unregulated bikeshare companies like OFO -- which is I see is scaling back -- has been another source of clueless riders and bike/pedestrian/car conflict.  

[Jotex]

July 19

8,000 steps 12 days -- 10/12
15,000 steps 10 days -- 7/10
35 Jumping Jacks 22 days -- 16/22
Floor Exercises w/weights 12 days -- 7:12

@GershonSurge — you are correct! The cortisone shot seems to’have done the trick’. Only have the occasional twinges; but I have more energy and stamina. Whoop!

[GershonSurge]

@Baltoscott,

I used to ride a lot, so I know to give bicycles lots of room. I'm also patient with the clueless ones as I figure it's not worth the paperwork to accidently hit one.

I've never figured out why bicycles don't have the old-fashioned bells. It's an unmistakable sound when approaching pedestrians from behind. I don't mind stepping off the trail and giving them space. It doesn't happen often. Often, I don't hear the "on your left" because the sound gets carried by the wind or it's given too late to react. It takes at least 3-4 seconds to react to this courtesy call. Two to recognize the warning and another couple to actually move. Maybe the bicycle riders should take a lesson from Harley riders and put a baseball card in their spokes. You know, "loud baseball cards save lives."

[Baltoscott]

@GershonSurge — I have a bell and my free wheel clicks like playing cards in the spokes when I coast up behind someone.  Those two noises usually work fine unless the walker has the earphones in or is reading/texting or is in deep conversation with a walking buddy. I just try to be adaptable and usually it all works out.

[WendyB]

 I have seen it happen both ways. Walkers don't pay attention. Bikers dont. I can also see why both get upset. I use to walk at work and had different problems

I'm just glad I can walk safely where I go now. Will only get hit by an owl, turkey or heron. 🤣

Oh maybe run In to a coyote or fox but I scare them more

[benvegi]

Shooting for an average step count of 14 k, 7 miles, 30 floors per day, plus check in twice a week.

7/16  steps 21,5 k, 35 floors, 9.75 miles

7/17  steps 18.6 k, 69 floors, 8.5 miles, brushhogging day, get floors on my tractor.

7/18  steps 19.9 k, 30 floors, 9.2 miles

7/19  steps 21.2 k, 55 floors, 9.66 miles, NEAT exercise day weedeating, push mower (gas), and riding mower, plus building a fence around our sweet potato patch to ward off the deer eating the leaves. Not just a few leaves, but ALL of the leaves.  Must have received floors on my mower, only had 36 floors after our walk.

[GershonSurge]

		100000	Mile	Challenge	by 6/5/53
Day	Date	Miles	Total Fitbit Miles	Total miles goal	avg	est. finish
49	7/19/2018	8	347.77	347.77	7.10	12/26/2056

After 49 days, I'm getting satisfaction from watching the 100 mile boxes fill up about every two weeks. I know that at some time, I'll neurologically adapt to the small pleasure at the end of each ten and each hundred miles, and I'll need to increase the intensity of the reward or it will lose its effect. What seems to be attractive to me now is rewarding myself with a long run after each hundred miles.

[benvegi]

@Baltoscott  Cities should be more aggressive in adding separate bike lanes, good ones. We have a few of those in Springfield on newer roads, but they often end without warning.  In my local area we have no bikers on our roads since they are two lane, no shoulders, steep and curvy.  We do suffer from motorcycles, notably the crotch rocket variety, who think the roads are their private race track. Our roads are not built for 90 mph riding of any kind.

Overall, no matter what kind of vehicle is used, there will always be those drivers that think they are "first" and the rest of us can go to hell.

Stay safe on that bike!

[NellyG]

20 July

Didnt realise it was so long since I posted. Guess I forgot!

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                       16/20

Swim 2x per week                                              6/8

Dance 6 hours a week                                      5/6     19/24

One Coach workout or bike ride per week     4/4

4 Jaunty walks over the month                       3/4

Jaunty walk this time had side skips in it every 4 steps for 5 minutes. Made me feel happy!

[Jotex]

July 20

8,000 steps 12 days -- 11/12
15,000 steps 10 days -- 7/10
35 Jumping Jacks 22 days -- 17/22
Floor Exercises w/weights 12 days -- 7/12

Should have been a 15,000 step day, but spent my day weeding, repotting, de-budding lavender (lots more to go) and then vacuuming. We had a friend over this evening to celebrats his last day at work == and his retirement!

[WendyB]

Retirement is the best @Jotex

Your friend will love it 😂

[SeleneD]

July 18th

• 8,000 steps
• Dance

LOL

[WendyB]

July 20

Walk 10 minutes Increased my walk distance and came in at 10 

Box daily 19/31

Weights 9/13

Bike 10 minutes daily 2/13

Lose 3 pounds 2/3 

[WendyB]

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@benvegi wrote:

@benvegi

Overall, no matter what kind of vehicle is used, there will always be those drivers that think they are "first" and the rest of us can go to hell.

Stay safe on that bike!

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This is so true!