Sunday, January 28, 2007
Radagast and SO's 2007 exercise goals
[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:
$5 exercise:
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
- 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)
$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
- 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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You can also wear a pedometer around the house and see how close you come to the recommended minimum of 10,000 steps a day. That's about 3 miles.
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