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The end of summer looms and there are only a few more weeks for a getaway or two before we move into fall. Maybe not every day will be a big exercise day in Modest August, but you can get a good walk in just about anywhere and any time. So plan a little exercise and post your goals here.
How It Works
The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to encourage you to set and hit 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 this month is water in any form. My friend @NellyG suggests Clouds, rainbows, rain, hail and snow. But waves, gardenhoses, birdbaths, squirt guns, and even pictures of water are all good.
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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24 August
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 19/20
15 days over 12,000 16/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 8/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 4/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 25/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 5/3
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Modest August Day 24
| 16K steps/day | 16/28 | |
10 6-10 minute calisthenics workout | 1/10 | |
15 weight-lifting days | 8/15 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:05 hours + 15 days or more during the month | 11/15 | |
1 pull-up | 24/28 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 28 days | 22/28 | |
| 15 Dry (no alcohol) days | 8/24 | 12/13 |
| Beat August 2021 bike mileage (465 miles) | 282.1 | |
| 1 pushup | 24/31 |
August has been pretty modest so far. A lot of days under my step goal; partly travel, partly heat, partly work. But tomorrow's another commute day and I'm meeting a buddy for lunch which will mean a walk to the market, so that'll get me away from my desk.
Some nice clouds this weekend.
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25 August
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 20/20
15 days over 12,000 17/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 9/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 4/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 26/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 5/3
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Steps for the month of August= 294,758/404,000
Biking Kilometers for the month of August = 😞 /44 Kilometers
Pounds to loose = 1/5 lbs (have a cruise in Jan...better start getting my act together)
6 cups of water/day= 11/20 days
Scavenger Hunt pictures = 4/3
Read 1 book= /1
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This is the Light Spout waterfall in the Cardingmill Valley in Church Stretton.
Visitors this year, following the signs for the waterfall, have been rather puzzled why there's not much water.
I gently remind them about all the dry weather we've had, and it dawns upon them that there's not a great big tap supplying it....
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26 August
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 21/20
15 days over 12,000 18/15
10 days over 15,000 steps 10/10
3 days over 20,000 steps 5/3
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 28/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 6/3
Best AnswerWanted to add another picture. Not clouds but from airplanes...we are waiting to see what is said about the patterns in the sky 😉
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