STANDby July 2024 Step Challenge and Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Baltoscott]

STANDby July?  Honestly, it’s been so hot you might want to practice standing in the shade or head beck inside for most of the day just to survive!  Well, maybe it’s not so bad if you get out early. So do that, move about, pay attention to the heat and do your harder workouts early in the day (or inside with AC) and stay hydrated (and if you live in the southern hemisphere layer up when you go out)  🙂

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

Picture Scavenger Hunt — 3 pictures

Art? Sez who?

The theme this month is one we’ve done before — street art.  Pretty much anything outside. Murals, sculptures, graffiti … functional art is especially cool (i.e., painted fire hydrants etc.)

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.

[NellyG]

6 July

15 days over 10,000 steps                     6/15

10 days over 12,000 steps                      5/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                         2/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   13/35

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

 

 

[NellyG]

The last picture - wouldn't go into my post above. Note the little mosaic fish embedded I to the footpath too!

 

[UnderTenPercent]

Stats for July 6, 2024:

20 days over 40,000 steps                                                6/20

18 exercise sessions (calisthenics - pull-ups, dips,

front lever progressions, planche progressions, etc)        3/18

756,678 steps left to hit a million steps for July.

[jantonini]

STANDby July Day 7:

10k steps per day (Sundays) -  1/4 days

Over 13k steps per day -  3/13 days

Over 16k steps per day -   2/8 days

Over 20k steps per day - 1/6 days

Weights - 2/15 days 

Yoga/pilates/stretch - 4/16 days

90 oz Water every day -  7/31 days

5 lb weight loss - /5 pounds lost 

Mindfulness/Meditation at least 3 minutes-    2/7 

Asleep by Midnight at least 15 days-  1/15 days

July pictures.  /3  

[Jotex]

STANDby July - day 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

• 5,000 Steps  5/10 days
• 8,000 Steps  0/8 days
• 10,000 Steps  2/8 days
• Sleeping 6 hours  3/10 days
• Sleeping 8 hours  2/10 days
• Fitness Center  1/10 days
• Visit museums & galleries  0/4 days
• Scavenger Hunt Pics 0/3

[UnderTenPercent]

Stats for July 7, 2024:

20 days over 40,000 steps                                         7/20

18 exercise sessions (calisthenics - pull-ups, dips,

front lever progressions, planche progressions, etc)  4/18

711,787 steps left to hit a million steps for July.

[NellyG]

8 July

15 days over 10,000 steps                     7/15

10 days over 12,000 steps                      5/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                         2/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   13/35

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                      3/3

[Baltoscott]

STANDby July Day 8

17K steps/day for 20 days		7/20
1 pushups for 25 days		8/25
9 weight-lifting days		2/9
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6:05 hours + 15 days or more during the month		4/15
1 pull-ups for 25 days		8/25
Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 20 days		6/20
20 dry days		4/20
Beat July 2023 bike mileage (561 miles) Too much. Realistic goal 425 miles		177.8
100 zone minutes 20 days.		7/20

Eastern Bluebird flying off the wallNot sure about what it says "SOYE"? Anyway, it is pretty.

[Vidd]

STANDby July:  Day 8

In bed by 11 every day	8/31
5 flights of stairs each day	8/31
2500 revs on the exercise pedaller daily	8/31
3 Scavenger Hunt pictures	3/3

Thank you everyone for your kind words about Walter.  I calculated once that he did four steps to each one of mine, and overall probably more than that, as I would walk closer to a straight line, whereas he would always nip off to the best place for rolling or catching a ball.

I'm having to adapt the Scavenger Hunt a little bit to restricting anything to my own road, and interpreting "art" in a creative way - anything a little unnecessary from a practical standpoint, but also nice to stop and look at.  Here are three examples from close to our house.

[UnderTenPercent]

Stats for July 8, 2024:

20 days over 40,000 steps                                         8/20

18 exercise sessions (calisthenics - pull-ups, dips,

front lever progressions, planche progressions, etc)  5/18

666317 steps left to hit a million steps for July.

[NellyG]

9 July

15 days over 10,000 steps                     8/15

10 days over 12,000 steps                      6/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                         2/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   16/35

3 Scavenger Hunt Pictures                      5/3

 

 

[Baltoscott]

@Vidd -- are you the artist responsible for the fence post carving or does credit go to a neighbor? Love it.

[Vidd]

@Baltoscott Thank you - the credit goes to my creative brother-in-law. 🙂

@NellyG  Lovely mosaics!

[UnderTenPercent]

Stats for July 9, 2024:

20 days over 40,000 steps                                         9/20

18 exercise sessions (calisthenics - pull-ups, dips,

front lever progressions, planche progressions, etc)  5/18

620,331 steps left to hit a million steps for July.

[UnderTenPercent]

Stats for July 10, 2024:

20 days over 40,000 steps                                        10/20

18 exercise sessions (calisthenics - pull-ups, dips,

front lever progressions, planche progressions, etc) 6/18

572081 steps left to hit a million steps for July.

[NellyG]

11 July

15 days over 10,000 steps                     9/15

10 days over 12,000 steps                      7/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                         2/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   18/35

3 Scavenger Hunt Pictures                      5/3

[UnderTenPercent]

Stats for July 11, 2024:

20 days over 40,000 steps                                        11/20

18 exercise sessions (calisthenics - pull-ups, dips,

front lever progressions, planche progressions, etc) 7/18

516354 steps left to hit a million steps for July.

[NellyG]

12 July

15 days over 10,000 steps                     10/15

10 days over 12,000 steps                      8/10             

6 days over 15,000 steps                         3/6           

35 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance)   22/35

3 Scavenger Hunt Pictures                      5/3

[Heather-S]

@UnderTenPercent You are a beast! How have your legs not fallen off yet?! Keep going! Very inspiring!

[UnderTenPercent]

@Heather-S Thanks! It feels like it's going to fall off, but I'm pushing through it. I want to finish it by the 20th if everything goes right.