This is Day 6 of the 21-Day Fitness Challenge held in Feb 2012. The challenge is now over but you can do the tasks in your own time. Visit the overview page for all the challenge tasks.
Hello everyone! Welcome to Day 6 (Feb 8) of the 21-Day Fitness Challenge! :D
Review of Day 5
The comments sections have been brimming, thanks to you guys! ;) Check out the comments for the past 6 days:
- Day 0 – Pre-Work: Create Your 21-Day Fitness Plan! | 78 Comments
- Day 1 – It All Begins! | 105 Comments
- Day 2 – Building Up the Momentum… | 123 Comments
- Day 3 – Turning it into a Routine | 97 Comments
- Day 4 – Loving the Sweat, the Pain, and the Aches! | 98 Comments
- Day 5 – Tuning Into Our Inner Self | 90 Comments
By now, I think it’s pretty clear how serious all of you are about improving your fitness. You see, it’s easy to be driven by a surge of enthusiasm at the beginning of a challenge, put your name up for participation, and then commit yourself to XYZ activities.
However, it’s a totally different ball game altogether to follow-through on those activities and actually bother to log onto the site daily to report your progress. Even if there have been days where you did not live true to your plan, the fact that you make an effort to still report that is telling of your commitment to your goal.
To all of you who are talking the talk and walking the walk (no pun intended), please give yourself a big pat on your back, because YOU deserve it.
Based on yesterday’s comments, it seems that quite a number of you are getting the hang of your increased / new-found level of fitness – to the point where you feel weird if you miss your workout! It’s the same for me too, as I shared in my Day 5 update. It’s a sign that our physical activities are getting normalized into our routines / subconsciousness, for sure. Definitely a positive sign. ;)
My 21DFC Progress, Day 6
After yesterday‘s non-exercise (thanks to waking up slightly later than desired), I really wanted to get my workouts in place for today. So I intentionally turned in early yesterday night, applying my #3 learning (from Day 5): to sleep earlier if I want to wake up early.
And that was my holy grail to getting the day off on a strong start. I woke up at 6:15am today in full enthusiasm, and promptly set off for my first workout session for the day. The morning jogs/runs are certainly turning into a routine!
Sun rising over the horizon. Yay for early morning runs!
After that, I returned home and rested for a few hours, before setting off for a swim. I’ve been looking forward to that, especially since I had to postpone my swims in the past week due to my period. The weather was great today too – bright and sunny.
The only shot I managed to take of the pool before a lifeguard came over to speak to me because he saw me using my camera <.<
The swim was good – my usual 20 laps in the olympic-size pool.
Originally I planned to go for my kickboxing class in the evening, but after 2 workout sessions today, and knowing that I have to wake up early for my morning jog tomorrow, I decided to skip the class. I realized today that it might not be a good idea to have evening sports classes, especially if I still want to jog the next morning. Reason being it’ll be hard to wake up in time because I’ll be home late after my class, and it’ll be about midnight by the time I finish showering and get my stuff done. Either I move my daily exercises to evening time, or I don’t go for my morning jogs on Thursdays.
Whatever it is, I’ll need to sort that out soon, because there are still 10 classes left and it’d be a waste not to go for any of the classes, especially after having paid for them.
Regarding workout aftermath, I’m still feeling aches, considering (a) I’ve been rigorously exercising since Day 1 (except for yesterday) (b) I’ve been doing two exercise sessions a day when I never did more than a session a day in the past. But I know these aches are just temporary. They are but my body’s way of telling me that it’s becoming stronger. If anything, the sensations are gradually fading away as my body adjusts to my new-found level of fitness.
For tomorrow, I’ll probably be doing the usual – morning jog, followed by swim. I’m looking forward to that. :D
By the way, tomorrow will be the last day I’ll be blogging about my fitness progress, as (a) my fitness activities moving forward will pretty much be the same as what you’ve seen for Week 1 (b) I’ve accomplished what I set out to do with 21DFC, which is to incorporate fitness into my routine, so there’s little point writing about my day-to-day fitness activities in such extreme detail. Rather, I’ll be joining you guys and sharing my updates in comments sections of the daily 21DFC posts. ;)
In place of that, I’ll be using a slightly different format for the 21DFC posts for Week 2. I’m thinking of something similar to our 21-Day Meditation Challenge last October (2011), where I post a daily question (related to fitness) for us to reflect upon. So besides being engaged on a physical level with our daily fitness plans, we’ll now also be stimulated on a mental (and possibly emotional) level. It will be a fun addition to the challenge. Stay tuned!
How About YOUR Day 6? Share Your Progress!
How did YOUR 21DFC Day 6 go? Did you get to complete your scheduled activity? Did you achieve any personal victories? Did something unexpected crop up, which made you learn some valuable personal lessons?
Regardless of how your day went, we want to hear it all. 21DFC is not about sharing ‘flawless’ fitness progress, but about sharing everything our journey towards a healthier, fitter life – obstacles and all. Post your day’s journal in the comments section! If you have any images to share, simply upload them to Photo Bucket or Imgur first, then include the link(s) in your reply.
- What physical activity did you do (if any), and for how long?
- If you didn’t get to do any physical activity, why? And what can you do about it such that the same thing doesn’t happen again?
- What physical activity do you plan to do tomorrow?
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I have been keeping up with the exercise, but not with posting comments. On day 6, I did quite a bit of walking. Not only did I go for a morning walk, but I also went for an evening walk, plus I walked around at an outdoor museum. My pedometer registered 16000 steps for the day- one of my best days evre.
I missed my workout yesterday. I was feeling guilty about it. I stopped to see how my body is feeling and realized that I needed to rest and not push myself. I am glad I did that. I love this 21 day challenge!
Came home late felt quite tired but managed 35 minutes on my WII, great back up excersise when it’s late, did ten is, badminton, golf & 10 minutes of boxing, great cardio in the boxing, was feeling my heart rate for ages after!!!!
Tennis, damn auto correct!!!!
Day 6 & loving this challenge!
I had no idea I would feel this differently about myself with six days of exercise and a renewed focus. Knowing I am part of an entire group has been a real shot in the arm for me! Thank you Celes!
Today I did my usual 1 hr walk with my dog & then did a half hr of lunges, squats, one legged squats, and biceps. Felt fantastic afterwards! Proud of my accomplishments, and how good I feel. I am stoked!
I also discovered a new app by Nike for my Iphone! They give you various exercise routines to follow based on your fitness ability. Tomorrow I have a date with one of those routines! I’m excited!
Hoping everyone is feeling great about your accomplishments thus far too! :clap:
I was really surprised with myself today. I woke with a very sore throat and extreme lethargy, but I wasn’t about to cancel my yoga lesson. I asked to focus just on stretches today, which we did for over an hour. By about 20 minutes into the lesson, I was feeling energized – all that extra oxygen! My flexibility is definitely increasing, and I saw a slight decrease on the scale. I am amazed that yoga is helping control my appetite – something I didn’t think I would be able to do. Then in the evening I did some more shoulder stretches and another round of meditation. Thinking about tomorrow…may try to get a walk in for a half hour. I’m committed now, so I need to plan and implement! :dance:
Hey All,
Greetings from SA :) I’m loving this challenge. I’m a mum of 4 girls and its so exciting to see the changes in my health and body. I work on abs, cardio and toning for about 20mins to an hour everyday.
I’m down from 55.8kg’s to 52.4kg’s! :) :)
Just need to make that tummy flat, any tips?
Thanks for the inspiration
Ray
I went to a Yoga class at the gym.
Tomorrow I will go for a swim.
Day SIx..
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I have moved closer to my goal by having a great swim in the sea. So glad we made it to the location where swimming is(it’s about 45 minutes away), and I had that freeing and focused 21DWC mentaity that just rocks my word! Was active in the water for about an hour and a half.
One account I have read re exercising is there is a point where somone coud exrercise much longer than usual, and from that point on, it’s superficai and counterproductive . Any one else heard something like that? What do you think? Is there an overdo when it comes to being active????
I am sooo happy to be noticing positive changes in my body and mind. I am feeling stronger al the way around! Such valuable changes and rewards for the effort?completed tasks.
Ok, It’s time for sleep and rising somewhat earlier, rather than later. I do so love mornings.
Sweet Dreams,
or Good Morning… :D
Bette
Today, I tried yoga for the first time. I had this app called ‘Pocket Yoga’ on my smartphone for a while, but never used it before :shy:
Even though I couldn’t do a lot of the poses, I tried to follow along as best I could, for thirty minutes.
I was really tempted to stop, but somehow made it through =)
I was frustrated because my body is so darn stiff. I can’t touch my toes without bending my knees :(
So tomorrow, I’m going to use the app again, and try a different style. My new additional goal for 21DFC is to become more flexible :shy:
Day 7 already?! Hahaha see you guys then! :hug:
What physical activity did you do (if any), and for how long?
– I did a mixture of body weight exercises (squatting, push-ups, side lunges, ab exercise, and some exercise I can’t remember how it’s called). I did these for 12 minutes, went out and walked for about 10 minutes, and then stretched for 10.
If you didn’t get to do any physical activity, why? And what can you do about it such that the same thing doesn’t happen again?
– I was again able to get out and exercise.
What physical activity do you plan to do tomorrow?
– I plan to just take it a bit easy and go walking. My knees are starting to bother me, so I’m going to take it easy for one day, walk a lot, and then get hammering again after that.
My Wednesday night Yoga class is precious to me. I love it — it’s soothing and relaxing, calming, healing, everything I need mid-week. It takes quite a bit for me to give it up, like my best friend needing to move our dinner plans from last night to tonight. Bye-bye Yoga.
However, I didn’t give up on moving today. I thought maybe I would still go to the gym earlier and put in 30 minutes on the elliptical and maybe 30 minutes of strength training. Well, I was tired when I finished work, so I took the dog for a walk around the block, then I decided that I would walk to the restaurant for dinner since it’s a couple of blocks from my house. I loved the fact that something was close enough for me to walk to since I used to walk everywhere in college (I lived in a city). I miss that now.
So today was a good practice in squeezing in some exercise even when my schedule gets all mixed up. It’s nice to go to scheduled group classes when I can, but I also need the flexibility to work fitness around my work and social schedule — one of my obstacles for this challenge.
Tomorrow is my first day back to the gym in a week. I want to try the kickboxing class!
Hi Everyone,
I had a great workout. I worked on my lower body and I am seeing that I have increased my stamina and weight amount. This was my workout:
Day 6 – Workout for Lower Body
My warm-up Circuit included:
• I went 2x’s through the circuit using a 2-0-1 tempo for each exercise.
• I rested 30 seconds between circuits.
o Sumo Prisoner Squat x 12
o Touchdown Forward Lunge x 6 per side
o Waiter’s Bow x 8
I them proceeded through 4 supersets.
Superset #1
• I did 1 warm-up set for DB Split Squats @ 50% of my regular weight.
1A) DB Split Squat (8 reps per side) 2-0-1
I rested 30 seconds.
1B) Plank with Arms on Ball (45 second hold). I rested 1 minute.
I repeat the superset 3 times.
Superset #2
2A) DB Romanian DeadLift (6 reps) 5-0-1
No rest.
2B) DB Bulgarian Split Squat (8 reps per side)
I rested 1 minute.
I did 2 supersets. Then I did a 3rd set for 2A but not for 2B (I rested my knees).
Superset #3
• I did all lunges on one side before switching to the other side.
3A) DB Reverse Lunge (8 reps per side) 2-0-1
No rest.
3B) Stability Ball Ab Crunch with Medicine Ball (15 reps) 4-0-1 Rest 30 seconds.
I did 3 supersets.
“Superset” #4
• I did not rest between legs. I did each leg 3 times.
4) DB Single-leg Calf Raise (8 reps per side) 2-0-1
After the workout I did some static streching. I felt great. I had my protien shake!!!
:mrgreen:
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