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February Activity Challenge
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Heart month wants me to close my exercise ring from 8th to 14th. Yet on Wednesday we have one hell of a storm and 1.5 inches of rain expected and my house is way too small to do 30 minutes of exercise walking without making a rut in my carpet. I could attempt 30 minutes of jumping jacks but that's likely to give me a stroke.
If you have stairs, you could walk up and down them for 5 minutes 6 times throughout the day, that's what I do when I have bad weather.
I'm not doing the monthly challenges anymore, but I did hit 90 days in my Move Goal (and closing rings). I would've gotten there sooner, but there was one week where I was without a Watch because I was getting the original replaced.
I guess this is a habit now! 😳
I guess this is a habit now! 😳
No stairs unless you count the ones leading to the attic but I wouldn't recommend them--quite unstable. I could try our mall but I bet folks would look at me like I were crazy power-walking all around the place like a madman.
Not necessarily, malls are a great area to walk around in for no reason. And these days, people are more concerned about their appearance than what other people are doing
. Plus, they’ll forget about the guy walking around the mall by the next day.
^^ I did get a 23 hour stand day once--I couldn't sleep that night. So I was up half the night. But I felt like complete crap the next day so I only did that once.
I've done the mall around here a few times. There are plenty of people that do the same thing.
Not sure about your mall, but ours is turning into a ghost town....so I'm sure mall mgmt is happy to see people in there.
Our Mall (Towne Square Mall) hasn't been updated since like the 80's so it's like Kmart was before it died. Many of the anchor stores are either generic (no well-known names at all) or about to close entirely (Macy's, JC Penney) or dead. It smells like the 80s and not in a good way.
Whenever I take a vacation and see these fancy state-of-the-art malls with actual food courts and the multiple stories and escalators I feel sad for ours. I'm surprised it's staying in business---then again, its predecessor, Lincoln Mall, last updated in 1978, while being attached to the new Owensboro Christian Church, still has a few investment/tax audit/insurance companies utilizing its old anchor stores.
I usually walk in the Consumer Mall (though it's 30 miles away) which is more a repurposed grocery store that specializes as a sort of flea market/vintage electronics/furniture dealer. It's quite interesting to see folks buying used stuff and not contributing to unneccessary and damaging to the planet consumerism.
Either way, most malls in my experience don't like customers who don't buy. Towne Square is that way--they consider folks just walking around aimlessly or sitting in the vinyl couches in the atrium as loitering and eventually ask you to leave.
Whenever I take a vacation and see these fancy state-of-the-art malls with actual food courts and the multiple stories and escalators I feel sad for ours. I'm surprised it's staying in business---then again, its predecessor, Lincoln Mall, last updated in 1978, while being attached to the new Owensboro Christian Church, still has a few investment/tax audit/insurance companies utilizing its old anchor stores.
I usually walk in the Consumer Mall (though it's 30 miles away) which is more a repurposed grocery store that specializes as a sort of flea market/vintage electronics/furniture dealer. It's quite interesting to see folks buying used stuff and not contributing to unneccessary and damaging to the planet consumerism.
Either way, most malls in my experience don't like customers who don't buy. Towne Square is that way--they consider folks just walking around aimlessly or sitting in the vinyl couches in the atrium as loitering and eventually ask you to leave.
Wow, that’s quite unfortunate. What happened to malls being a fun place for people to hang out? I understand places need to make their money but that’s just killing the endjoyment of malls.
The insanity of the present monthly challenges is getting to me. January I need to close an average of 749 calories per day. Not super hard, but annoying.
This month it's 69 exercise minutes per day. Since I am a runner and my resting pulse is always low (53 BPM at the moment) it's really hard to get credit for that many minutes. I do a 30 minute walk using the 'other' exercise and then run for 30-47 minutes later.
I'm worn out already and still have 20 days to go.
This month it's 69 exercise minutes per day. Since I am a runner and my resting pulse is always low (53 BPM at the moment) it's really hard to get credit for that many minutes. I do a 30 minute walk using the 'other' exercise and then run for 30-47 minutes later.
I'm worn out already and still have 20 days to go.
Foreclosure probably contributed to it. Along with Bankruptcy. Kmart had a similar phase. They'll do whatever they can to keep paying customers but not non-paying customers. Shameful it is.
Sign up for a marathon! That'll blow out your running totals!
I don't get credit for too many exercise minutes outside of my rows and runs either. The Watch shows 48 for my resting HR last night, but it typically varies from 46-53, depending on how well-rested I am. What I find odd is that the Watch doesn't pick the lowest-recorded HR as your resting HR. There were readings last night at 45-47, but it settled on 48 as the resting HR. Yesterday, it showed 51--after my Sunday long run--and there were readings below 50.
But the trends are useful. Looking back, it was 56 the night after the Seattle Marathon. And I can sometimes tell that I'm getting sick before I actually feel it (although more often I notice the jump after the fact).
It's February and it's winter here. Never ran more than 10. I have neither the money (to go to one) nor the time to properly train.Sign up for a marathon! That'll blow out your running totals!
I don't get credit for too many exercise minutes outside of my rows and runs either. The Watch shows 48 for my resting HR last night, but it typically varies from 46-53, depending on how well-rested I am. What I find odd is that the Watch doesn't pick the lowest-recorded HR as your resting HR. There were readings last night at 45-47, but it settled on 48 as the resting HR. Yesterday, it showed 51--after my Sunday long run--and there were readings below 50.
But the trends are useful. Looking back, it was 56 the night after the Seattle Marathon. And I can sometimes tell that I'm getting sick before I actually feel it (although more often I notice the jump after the fact).
Could care less about running totals. Need to get exercise minute credit and running is the least boring way to do so.
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Your March challenge will be: quadruple your stand goal on 31 days in a row.
totally; my goal this month is close all 3 rings 29 times. Most Februarys this wouldn't be possible...
I can relate being a runner myself. My normal resting pulse is 43 and I have been getting 150 - 180 mins of exercise a day (give or take a few minutes). Make sure you are getting the proper nutrition and sleep.
Don’t let your watch run you down and get ill or injured. It isn’t taking into account a lot of important health factors.
This one was way easier than expected. I have two basketball games to referee tomorrow. That should generate 120-150 minutes easy. Depending on how my calf is feeling, a stint on the elliptical tomorrow night should finish it. If that doesn’t happen, I’ll complete it Friday morning while I roam around the airport for a couple hours between flights on my way to referee out of town this weekend.
