Personally I don't include dog walking, as I'd be doing that anyway. It needs to be something above and beyond your base line.
(Which does include dog walking: if you only walk the dog 30 minutes a day, taking Fido out for a 2 hour walk would count. Just not the once-round-the-block you'd do on a normal day...)
It needs to be something above and beyond your base line.
Yeah, but my current "baseline" is already more than 2 hours per day and I'm definitely not commiting to increasing that by 30 minutes 😂
2 years ago I completed it with some dubious 11pm yoga or weight sessions and walks around gatwick departure lounge.
Last year I managed 98/100 with the self imposed rule of half hour of cardio.
Not sure what to do this year. Debating only counting outdoors? Most days I think thats acheivable. Tuesdays, due to work, I cant do anything until about 6pm. If its pouring and once the clocks change, that might be what breaks me.
There's nothing "dubious" about yoga and/or weights. I consider these as essential for maintaining a healthy, fit body and have them in my normal routine.
Looking forward to it. For me it’ll be a combination of Zwift, swimming, yoga, some outdoor rides and some gym sessions. I do walk the dog 3 times a day but not planning on counting that, I don’t think…
Dubious in my level of effort applied to doing it. My thought being that if I'm picking it as the easy option because I don't want to do a 30 minute brisk walk, it must be of less benefit than that walk. Done properly I'm sure its good, but I'm probably not good enough at it to do it right.
My main motivation for this challenge is mental health rather than physical as the nights and weather draws in - hence my possible plan to not count zwift riding which is also oging to be of benefit.
There will be quite a few days where the brisk walk will be my only cardio. Running or biking hard every day which I know I have no ability to do for 100 days straight is going to lead to burnout and fatigue and be counter productive.
I will still do the weights and yoga (admittedly sporadically) but not sure I'll be counting it in terms of the 100 day challenge.
I anticipate some late night yoga (not a euphemism) and walks around the village. Weighed in this morning at 87.5kg. I'm hoping that a bit less "garbage in" will also help that come down a little in the next 100 days.
My main motivation for this challenge is mental health rather than physical as the nights and weather draws in - hence my possible plan to not count zwift riding which is also oging to be of benefit.
When I was doing this challenge a few years ago, pre-turbo days, I'd sometimes be out running in some atrocious weather. You're right that it probably had more mental health benefits than a dour Zwift session 😀
Personally I don't include dog walking, as I'd be doing that anyway. It needs to be something above and beyond your base line.
(Which does include dog walking: if you only walk the dog 30 minutes a day, taking Fido out for a 2 hour walk would count. Just not the once-round-the-block you'd do on a normal day...)
What the **** is a once around the block dog walk?!
Enquiring minds would like to know.
Hesitant to make a (quasi-anonymous) commitment in a public forum, but I'm in!
Expect I will find it difficult to be that consistent. Which I guess is exactly why I should do it...
...My main motivation for this challenge is mental health rather than physical as the nights and weather draws in...
a lot of that....
I'm torn, for some reason I find it really tough to go 100 days unbroken. I'm currently doing an hour or so six days a week so you'd have thought adding something in on the remaining day of the week wouldn't be a big deal. But it is, for me. Maybe I should commit to an outdoor ride come rain or shine on that remaining day?
There's nothing "dubious" about yoga and/or weights
+1 on this. Weights three days a week for me, has been for the past two and a half years. Had an amazingly good impact on my riding and I'm now borderline evangelical about lifting. I also have a half hour yoga class tacked on after a Wednesday CrossFit session and know I should do more, it's definitely good for you. (more yoga not CrossFit, though CrossFit is certainly exercise)
If my vans back, hoping to start it with an evening ride!
My main motivation for this challenge is mental health rather than physical as the nights and weather draws in - hence my possible plan to not count zwift riding which is also oging to be of benefit.
When I was doing this challenge a few years ago, pre-turbo days, I'd sometimes be out running in some atrocious weather. You're right that it probably had more mental health benefits than a dour Zwift session 😀
I make a solemn promise that all 100 days will involve outdoor exercise 😂
Shit start today though as I had to go into the city for work so a quick home gym session and some city walking. Tomorrow will be just as bad...
Day 1: 7am, 40 min run. Swim at lunchtime.
Strong start, 99 days to go.
Good luck all!
Seem to have shaken my chest disease.Will exercise on my ebike later!
I'm gonna give it a go, even if I only get halfway it'll be a massive improvement on what I'm doing currently.
Day 1: About to squeeze into my lycra. Wish me luck. Quick spin around the woods we've just moved to.
30 miler done earlier. which i would have done anyway. same old same old here.
need something for a change. cant run with a fused foot and steel hip. walking is ok, but gets too painful if done day after day. swimming pool near home is a toxic cesspit. hate gym stuff with a passion. had 2 dogs over the past 30 years, dont want another yet. rowing hurts my knee, which needs replacing. bedroom gymnastics cost me a fortune in viagra.............. bowling could be the answer.
20 minutes of kettlebell stuff but heading for a bike ride later so that'll count.
I had a "shadow" metric other than the 30 mins elapsed. That's to try and get 1000 "exercise" calories burnt 4 days out of 7. I know the Garmin over-reads (esp without a decent HR strap) but sometimes it nudges me to do a bit more.
Felt surprisingly chipper swimming after a run. I do remember last year tho feeling very wearing from the start of December.
Bagged 22 minutes weights/stretches in the garden first thing this morning, and heading out for a 2-3 hour MTB ride this evening with a mate.
2.5k pool swim then a 45 min yoga class, business as usual. The 2 dog walks don’t count. Have a 60 min Zwift meet up with some pals this evening too
2.5k of pool swimming would take me all day 🙂 Assuming I didn't have to be rescued by the lifeguard!
^^^ 🤪. It takes me just under an hour, but I do go a couple of times a week !
I had a "shadow" metric other than the 30 mins elapsed. That's to try and get 1000 "exercise" calories burnt 4 days out of 7. I know the Garmin over-reads (esp without a decent HR strap) but sometimes it nudges me to do a bit more.
I have that as a regular daily target on my Apple Watch, I get it most days, largely down to dog walks.
Day 1 - wander up Ben A’an with the Mrs and dog. 1hr 30mins up and down, so off to a good start.
I unofficially retired 2 weeks ago, so should have a bit more time to get some decent efforts in between now and Christmas.
And we're of:
Been for lunchtime swim 1km and will do short urban ride tonight. Travelling tomorrow so hopefully i won't fall at the first hurdle but will run around the airport and lift randon large bags.
22 miles up on the South Downs this morning. May have stopped at Holden farm for a curry pastie though………
It looks like I'm having a go at this. in theory it shouldn't be a massive jump from what I normally do, but those extra days, that are usually recovery days will need some thought. It'll be interesting to see how it goes.
40km gravel loop today around Aviemore to kick things off.
What the **** is a once around the block dog walk?!
Never said how big the block was 😀
Back to the gym today after quite a few weeks off, scary how fast you lose muscle strength if you don't use it... So that's me done for the day.
Day 1. Didn't have time, made some anyway.
Reckon the hardtail is going to be getting some use for this.
day 1 extra tai chi . Off work sick not fit for biking and it's sunny today. Scunnered
Lunch run (nearly 5k ish) will do a bit of kata tonight to make up the missing 5 mins
1st mid week evening ride for a few weeks. Easy in the warm autumn sun!
3 mile walk for me today.
Ok, just seen this. Bit of a late joiner as Ive been out with my dawg for a couple of hours - which I'm counting on this occasion as I only got back home from the middle of a desert a few hours ago, and not sure which way is up.
As for once around the block for a dog walk... blimey my hound would have chewed my leg off out of frustration long ago if he only got 30 mins on a lead. Anything less than 90 mins chasing pheasants or a toy thrown into water each day and he's a complete PITA.
I'm in.
I think I completed it last year but I honestly can't remember.
Had a big bereavement last Christmas day and it knocked me. Stopped exercise, stopped most things. Started a new job January and just about managed to keep it together enough. Outside of that, it's been just getting the kids around to their things on autopilot. Hadn't run this year until a couple of weeks ago but I've started again now.
I have a lot of things I need to sort out but exercise and good habits usually put my head in a better place so I feel I need to do this. Hoping and expecting it to help.
First day done with a half hour morning run, up and down 4 hills and round a lake.
1/100 my first run since the spring
forgot to press start on my Garmin so had to run an extra k taking it to 6km
painful
one down......
after realising that 90mins on a Wed and similar on a Thurs were really taking their toll, i decided to strictly limit myself to 30min sessions, so started with an hour out on the bike, doh.
Day 1 done
A steady 9.5 miles on the leg powered bike, clocking an hour and a quarter of moving time after work.
Possibly wouldn't have made the effort if I hadn't decided to do (attempt) the challenge, so a positive already
I did a 30 minute bodyweight/condition session with Mrs S this morning, a one hour walk this afternoon and 76 minutes on the turbo this evening. I'd have rather been out and about on the bike but I had to be at home most of the day.
Mrs S checking for beavers
As for once around the block for a dog walk... blimey my hound would have chewed my leg off out of frustration long ago if he only got 30 mins on a lead. Anything less than 90 mins chasing pheasants or a toy thrown into water each day and he's a complete PITA
It was a bit of flippant text on my part - mine gets considerably more than that! I just meant that for me, you need to go a bit above and beyond your usual walk (however long that may be) for it to count.
