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    May is when I have a birthday AGAIN. I need strength to face up to the fact that I am a year older ...
    So join me everyone. I need you all again

    New to the challenge? Don't worry. It is not very complicated. Jump in.

    This will be the place to report your weightlifting and strength training and earn your monthly prize.

    No special equipment is required. You can use what you have like water bottles, cans or just gravity - it all works well. You do not need any experience either. Just take the plunge. It is easier than you think. See the end of the post for suggestions of exercises to include in your routine. Start small if you are a beginner. You can always build up later.


    Rules of the challenge

    1. Pledge the amount of minutes you will strength train in May
    2. You will have to work to strengthen all parts of the body (lower, upper, core).
    3. To be eligible for the challenge you have to share with others what your typical weekly workout schedule will look like. Exercises can be lifting weights, using gym machines, exercise balls, push ups, squats or doing yoga/pilates exercise for strength and flexibility. No equipment requirement though.
    4. You have to schedule recovery/rest days.
    5. Log in at least twice a week to report your minutes. Copy the whole list and add your minutes.
    6. There will be a prize at the end of the month



    Websites to help you put together a routine
    The Major/Basic Muscle Groups of body & their Exercises/Workouts
    Dumbbell Exercises Complete with Animated Diagrams
    Dumbbell Exercises | Dumbbell Workouts | Dumbbell Muscle Menu
    http://www.trainwithmeonline.com/dum...&equipment=yes
    Free Resistance Training Exercises
    Weight Training, Exercise Instruction & Kinesiology
    http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...s-workout.html
    http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ut-videos.html
    http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com...exercises.html
    10 minutes pilates sculpting (I started with this YouTube video - I used water bottles - it is a great starter arm exercise)
    Dumbbell Exercises from Sparkpeople on YouTube - It is 20 minutes and a good one to start with
    I want Six Pack Abs, Core Exercises - lots of core exercises.

    If you do not have weights check yoga and pilates or flexibility and strength exercises that uses gravity. A resistance band can be handy to and easy to store.

    Examples of weight free exercises
    squats
    lunges
    push ups
    sit ups
    crunches
    dips
    How To Exercise Your Thighs Without Weights (Sports & Fitness: Tone Your Legs)
    The No Weight Workout - Exercise
    Sandeep's Fitness Page - A Simple Home Workout (Without Weights)
    Exercise Classics - No Weights Required!
    Plank Pose
    I want Six Pack Abs, Core Exercises

    You can use exercise videos - yoga, pilates, strength, callanetics

    Other interesting web pages
    Lies in the gym
    Women's Weight Training

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    Example of routine:
    Upper body: Push-ups, chair dips, planks (will do three times)
    Core: Planks, crunches (normal and reverse) (will do three times same day as lower body)
    Lower body: Squats, lunges, jumps (will do three times a week -alternating with upper body)
    Startdate: November 18, 2007. Female 5'2"

    May Challenges 2010
    Push-ups: 450/800
    Abs: 850/1900
    Squats: 650/1200
    Lunges: 500/1000
    Strength: 490/1200
    Running: 50/100 km


    2 Years on Atkins.................. President Challenge Medals earned


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    Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

    I am IN but pledging to do less minutes. I dropped a yoga class and I have been going crazy trying to get all these workouts in, because when I set a goal, I like to meet it. And also I am away for a total of 9 days in May and don't know if I will be able to work out while away.

    So 950 for me for May.
    Laurie



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    • #3
      Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

      950 is great - I went yoga wild at the end there and need to cut down a bit to get other things done too. Not just yoga for me. I'll get back to push ups, triceps and squats and abs work again.

      liv 0/1000
      planetclaire 0/950
      Startdate: November 18, 2007. Female 5'2"

      May Challenges 2010
      Push-ups: 450/800
      Abs: 850/1900
      Squats: 650/1200
      Lunges: 500/1000
      Strength: 490/1200
      Running: 50/100 km


      2 Years on Atkins.................. President Challenge Medals earned

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      • #4
        Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

        I'm back for more punishment (my bum kills from today's minutes at the moment)

        liv 0/1000
        planetclaire 0/950
        TogaGirl 0/360

        28/F
        5'8"
        Start Date: 7/25/06
        1st Mini Goal: 199 Goal met Nov, 10, 2006!
        2nd Mini Goal: 180 Goal met March 15, 2007!
        3rd Mini Goal: 160 Goal Met October 8, 2007!
        GOAL: 150 GOAL MET!!!

        You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance. -Lee Iacocca
        April Strength Challenge: 390/390
        March Strength Challenge: 360/360 minutes
        October Video Challenge: 15/15









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        • #5
          Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

          Also in. I wrote my name in alphabetical order, 'cause I'm a little OCD.

          Georgiana 0/700
          liv 0/1000
          planetclaire 0/950
          TogaGirl 0/360
          "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

          -- Theodore Roosevelt

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          • #6
            Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

            I'm gonna stick with 400 minutes, but will work on stronger workouts.

            Georgiana 0/700
            liv 0/1000
            planetclaire 0/950
            SunnySmile501 0/400
            TogaGirl 0/360
            People who say it can't be done, should not interrupt those doing it.


            "Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."
            ~~Herodotus


            Doin' the "Real Deal" Atkins 2002 since 9/15/2005
            Sunny's Secrets: My Journal



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            • #7
              Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

              70 minutes for me today....60 minutes body pump class and then another 10 minutes doing more shoulder work, cuz my shoulders are weak!

              Georgiana 0/700
              liv 0/1000
              planetclaire 70/950
              SunnySmile501 0/400
              TogaGirl 0/360
              Laurie



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              • #8
                Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

                Georgiana 0/700
                jennashaped 0/500
                liv 0/1000
                planetclaire 70/950
                SunnySmile501 0/400
                TogaGirl 0/360
                Jenna



                Start Date: 4/27/2009 SW 206/CW 161/GW 150
                MG1: 186 Met: 6/8/2009!
                MG2: 171 Met: 11/01/2009!
                MG3: 161 Met: 4/01/2009!
                MG4: 150




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                • #9
                  Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

                  Georgiana 0/700
                  jennashaped 0/500
                  kat 30/1200
                  liv 0/1000
                  planetclaire 70/950
                  SunnySmile501 0/400
                  TogaGirl 0/360

                  Here is what I will do this month:

                  Elliptical: 0/500mins
                  Squats: 0/250
                  Pushups: 0/100
                  Abs: 0/400 minutes
                  Arms (bi's and tri's) using gym equipment 0/50 mins
                  Back (gym equipment) 0/40 mins
                  Last edited by kat923; May 1, 2009, 06:13 PM. Reason: I wanted to add my weight stuff - sw 150/146/130 (goal)

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                  • #10
                    Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

                    Georgiana 0/700
                    jennashaped 30/500
                    kat 30/1200
                    liv 0/1000
                    planetclaire 70/950
                    SunnySmile501 0/400
                    TogaGirl 0/360
                    Jenna



                    Start Date: 4/27/2009 SW 206/CW 161/GW 150
                    MG1: 186 Met: 6/8/2009!
                    MG2: 171 Met: 11/01/2009!
                    MG3: 161 Met: 4/01/2009!
                    MG4: 150




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                    • #11
                      Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

                      I NEED this challenge!! I'm in. I've never timed how long I train so I'm throwing a number out there.

                      EverLosing 0/1000
                      Georgiana 0/700
                      jennashaped 30/500
                      kat 30/1200
                      liv 0/1000
                      planetclaire 70/950
                      SunnySmile501 0/400
                      TogaGirl 0/360





                      Restarted 12/28/2008
                      232.5/162/160
                      F/34 yrs old/5'9"

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                      • #12
                        Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here





                        Hi, So - I have a question - am I supposed to be putting the amount of minutes or the actual numbers that I am doing? Like - obviously if I do 20 squats, I guess I would put that but how do I put that into minutes for the list? HHmmm - maybe I have no idea. Thanks for your help. For today, I put the acutal number for the squats but I put the minutes for how long I did arms at the gym and back and stuff. I am totally in la la land? Thanks, Kat



                        EverLosing 0/1000
                        Georgiana 0/700
                        jennashaped 30/500
                        kat 30/1200
                        liv 0/1000
                        planetclaire 70/950
                        SunnySmile501 0/400
                        TogaGirl 0/360




                        Elliptical: 15/500mins
                        Squats: 20/250

                        Pushups: 0/100
                        Abs: 0/400 minutes
                        Arms (bi's and tri's) using gym equipment 5/50 mins
                        Back (gym equipment) 5/40 mins

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                        • #13
                          Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

                          I started with yoga again. I know I am supposed to do other things too. But we have a guest right now and that is limiting my time and opportunity to grab those weights. But next week - more lifting!!!

                          Kat we count minutes in this challenge. In the squat challenge you count the numbers.

                          EverLosing 0/1000
                          Georgiana 0/700
                          jennashaped 30/500
                          kat 30/1200
                          liv 75/1000
                          planetclaire 70/950
                          SunnySmile501 0/400
                          TogaGirl 0/360
                          Startdate: November 18, 2007. Female 5'2"

                          May Challenges 2010
                          Push-ups: 450/800
                          Abs: 850/1900
                          Squats: 650/1200
                          Lunges: 500/1000
                          Strength: 490/1200
                          Running: 50/100 km


                          2 Years on Atkins.................. President Challenge Medals earned

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                          • #14
                            Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here



                            Hi Liv,
                            Ok, thank you very much. I appreciate it.
                            Kat

                            EverLosing 0/1000
                            Georgiana 0/700
                            jennashaped 30/500
                            kat 50/1200
                            liv 75/1000
                            planetclaire 70/950
                            SunnySmile501 0/400
                            TogaGirl 0/360

                            Elliptical: 15/500mins
                            Squats: 50/250
                            Pushups: 0/100

                            Abs: 0/400 minutes
                            Arms (bi's and tri's) using gym equipment 5/50 mins
                            Back (gym equipment) 5/40 mins

                            149/151.4(today and I am horrified)/130 (seems a long way off today)

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                            • #15
                              Re: May Strength challenge - record your minutes here

                              30 min for me: planks, weighted reverse crunches, pushups, bicep curls and presses while balancing on a bosu ball, squats with kettleball lift, lunges with medicine ball twists, assisted pull up machine, chest press, leg presses, and stair running (my last fav) be back tomorrow


                              EverLosing 0/1000
                              Georgiana 0/700
                              jennashaped 30/500
                              kat 50/1200
                              liv 75/1000
                              planetclaire 70/950
                              SunnySmile501 0/400
                              TogaGirl 30/360

                              28/F
                              5'8"
                              Start Date: 7/25/06
                              1st Mini Goal: 199 Goal met Nov, 10, 2006!
                              2nd Mini Goal: 180 Goal met March 15, 2007!
                              3rd Mini Goal: 160 Goal Met October 8, 2007!
                              GOAL: 150 GOAL MET!!!

                              You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance. -Lee Iacocca
                              April Strength Challenge: 390/390
                              March Strength Challenge: 360/360 minutes
                              October Video Challenge: 15/15









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