The Gym at Rhosgobel

Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: ~40 minutes

Radagast's totals: 9/225; 0/75; $677.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 10/225; 0/75; -$140.00

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Who: Radagast's SO
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: ~60 minutes

Radagast's totals: 8/225; 0/75; $675.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 9/225; 0/75; -$142.50

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Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: ~40 minutes for Radagast, ~60 minutes for Radagast's SO

Radagast's totals: 8/225; 0/75; $675.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 8/225; 0/75; -$147.50

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[Note: Both Radagast and SO have been sick for about half of January, and thus this post has been delayed.]

2006 was the first year for our new exercise motivation scheme, which we have both found to be extremely motivating. Our original goal had been to exercise 150 times in the year, but by mid-year we realized our motivational scheme was working so well that we upped our exercise goal to 200 annual bouts. By the end of the year we had both exceeded our revised goals: Radagast exercised a total of 213 times in 2006 and earned a total of $802.50, while Radagast's SO exercised a total of 207 times and earned $802.50.

While we think the current system is working well, the one downside of our current scheme is that it doesn't push us to do moderate to intense exercise very often (e.g., weightlifting, Yoga for Strength). Since we both feel that we'd be better off doing more heavy exercise (to build strength and cardiovascular fitness), we're going to divide our annual exercise goal into two segments: an annual total exercise goal, and an annual intense exercise goal.

2007 goals for Radagast and SO:

• Total exercise goal: 225 bouts (a 12.5% increase over 2006)
• Intense exercise goal: 75 bouts

Only exercises that involve significant cardiovascular or muscular exertion will count towards the intense exercise production goal, though intense exercise events will count towards the annual exercise goal. Examples of intense exercise include:

• Weightlifting for 30+ minutes
  
• Body Basics
  
• Fat Burning Workout
• Yoga for Strength
• Gardening for 60+ minutes, but only if it entails significant muscular exertion (e.g., digging)
  

The exercise fund reimbursement amounts will remain the same as they were in the second half of 2006. Specifically:

$5 exercise:

• Walking for 60+ minutes
• Gardening for 60+ minutes
• Weightlifting for 30+ minutes
  
• Body Basics
  
• Fat Burning Workout
• Yoga for Strength
• Yoga for Beginners
  

$2.50 exercise:

• Walking to the grocery store (and lugging back groceries)
• Walking for 30-59 minutes
  
• Gardening for 30-59 minutes
  
• A.M. Yoga
  
• P.M. Yoga
  
• Pure and Simple Stretch

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Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: ~40 minutes

Radagast's totals: 7/225; 0/75; $672.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 7/225; 0/75; -$152.50

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Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: ~40 minutes

Radagast's totals: 6/225; 0/75; $670.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 6/225; 0/75; -$155.00

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Who: Radagast's SO
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: ~40 minutes

Radagast's totals: 5/225; 0/75; $667.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 5/225; 0/75; -$157.50

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Who: Radagast
Exercise type: Hiking
Duration: ~2 hours
Notes: An early morning hike in some chilly woods, complete with lots of stops to take pictures.

Radagast's totals: 5/225; 0/75; $667.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 4/225; 0/75; -$160.00

Who: Radagast
What: Watering and weeding
Duration: ~2 hours

Radagast's totals: 4/225; 0/75; $662.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 4/225; 0/75; -$160.00

Labels: house

Who: Radagast's SO
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: ~40 minutes

Radagast's totals: 3/225; 0/75; $657.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 4/225; 0/75; -$160.00

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Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: ~60 minutes

Radagast's totals: 3/225; 0/75; $657.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 3/225; 0/75; -$162.50

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Who: Radagast
Exercise type: Spending reward fund
Duration: Many hours to decide which games to buy and coordinate a group order to save on shipping; ~30 minutes to actually order and pay.
Notes: Radagast purchased $60 worth of German-style board games.

Radagast's totals: 2/225; 0/75; $652.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 2/225; 0/75; -$167.50

Labels: spending

Who: Radagast
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: ~40 minutes

Radagast's totals: 2/225; 0/75; $712.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 2/225; 0/75; -$167.50

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Who: Radagast's SO
Exercise type: A.M. Yoga with Rodney Yee
Portions of tape: relaxation, workout, guided meditation (full tape)
Duration: ~20 minutes
Intensity: Low

Radagast's totals: 1/225; 0/75; $710.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 2/225; 0/75; -$167.50

Labels: video, yoga

Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: ~40 minutes for Radagast and SO

Radagast's totals: 1/225; 0/75; $710.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 1/225; 0/75; -$170.00

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