Fitness Challenge

Now for something completely different...Monday the 22nd, marked the beginning of a 30 day fitness challenge that I joined online.

The objective is, essentially, to meet your fitness goals for the next 30 days. The group leader wants to work out 6 days a week for 2 weeks, and 7 days a week for the last 2 weeks. I no longer have fitness goals, per se, but I think I should be working out at least 6 days a week.

Given the time of year we are entering into, not only is it hard to stick to a reasonable diet, but it is flat-out impossible to find time to workout. So, this group challenge is a pretty cool way to keep each other motivated and I'm excited about it.

Monday I rode the closet, I mean exercise bike, for 20 minutes. I would like to be getting 30 minutes a day, I suppose, but my yogas on the dvr are only 20 minutes, also, so I'll just be happy with 20 minutes a day for now. Plus, I must have the settings on the bike messed up, because 10 minutes is the max I can stand to ride that thing. But I got up bright and early before work on Monday and rode the bike for 20 minutes, which came out to 6+ miles per the little readout.

Tuesday, I got up bright and early before work and did yoga. I haven't done yoga in sooo long, and it shows. I had never done this particular workout before, but it is for leg strengthening, so I figured it would help with my running.

Wednesday, I was off work, and my parents were visiting for Thanksgiving. I gave Mom a brief blog tour (via automobile), showing her the 5K route I've been running. In the evening, I managed to eke out another 20 minutes on the exercise bike.

Thursday, well. We have Thanksgiving at lunch, and my parents would be leaving afterwards, so I was fretfully waiting to workout until the evening. I feared what I would be able to do with a full belly, but if I wasn't going to work out on a holiday like Thanksgiving, what was the point of joining a challenge like this at this time of year!?

I'll save the gory, I mean, glory details for the next post.