Calculating Activities

I found this handy dandy conversion table on the EWLW site.

The site states that:
Light Activites = 100 Steps Per Minute (SPM)
Moderate Activites = 200 SPM
Vigorous Activites = 240 SPM

Please make sure you are converting activites over correctly. I didn't last week and it cost me a good 30,000 steps.

Go Team BLAHH

We are currently in 1st place for average steps with 11,362.87! however, we need to eat more produce since we’re in last place with an average of 3.55 cups.

Keep up the good work.

-PRS

(Posted on Paul's behalf.)

Google Pedometer Maps

Folks, I made a bunch of maps for those looking to train. Most distances cap at 3.5 Miles for those that are participating in the corporate challenge, but there are a couple shorter ones for those that need to work up to it (i.e. me).

Around the Block 1.54 Miles
GRIPA Through Browncroft Neighborhood Back to Culver 3.84 Miles
GRIPA to Harvard Street Via East Blvd 2.56 Miles
GRIPA to Floverton 1.01 Mile
GRIPA to Park to Oxford and back via East Ave 3.45 Miles
GRIPA to Prince Street and back 3.49 Miles (usual CCC training route)
GRIPA to roads between Humboldt and Atlantic 1.82 Miles

Enjoy!

Monday, March 31 - no afternoon activity

There will not be an afternoon team activity today.

Stepping Side Effects

The pursuit of steps is leading to improvements in other areas as well. My 11 year-old daughter was thrilled to do 30 minutes of Dance-dance revolution (DDR) this morning - something I've been loathe to do in the past. Besides a workout for me, it was a great way to spend time with my daughter who typically does not interact with the family very much but prefers solitary activities. She liked the personal time so much, she's willing to get up early and join me for other exercise activities as well.

Any other success stories?

Adding Activity

Getting steps in the day is the hardest for me. Successful changes for me have involved:

1. Going to bed early so I can get up earlier. Simply setting the alarm clock earlier just didn't work.
2. Finding some engaging exercise to do for 30 minutes.

It's the latter that is the most challenging. I've done some activities such as walking, elliptical, calisthenics, and others but the problem is, doing the same thing every day is boring.

The Activity Die
So I thought a way to break the monotony would be to roll a die in the morning and do whatever activity came up. Number 6 would be a return to bed (Come on, sixes!). I'm having trouble filling in all the slots for the die. Any suggestions for early morning exercise?

If anyone is interested in the final die, I'd be happy to share it.

Activities

Hey Guys,

If you have any ideas for activities please share them.