Spinning, again

SPIN is a 4-letter word, and I love it. It (to me) is a hard exercise and worth so much more than the measly 3700 steps every 20 minutes. Sorry folks, I'm not calling it a "stationary bike" exercise. A stationary bike is something I could ride while reading a book, filing my nails, or even talking on the phone. There is NO WAY that I could do this on a spin bike. Anyway, I've decided to give my spin workout it's true point value and bump it up to the 4500 or 4700 steps for every 20 minutes range. Really, it's only fair. Troy may not agree, but Troy is not a normal person when it comes to riding a bike. My legs know that they've had a workout the whole rest of the day! Well at least today they know it and it is such a great feeling! Honest! And you know what? I actually feel like getting out on my bike this evening and taking a ride. True dedication.

Who is "skabe"?

So who is this "skabe" guy who has stopped logging his steps? He's bringing the whole team average down. I won't say that I'm irritated by it, because the last time I got irritated by someone I thought wasn't doing their job, I found out that he was in the hospital with a flesh-eating virus. So I realize that there are good excuses for just about everything.

So....is he in the hospital with a flesh-eating virus, or what?

Wii be Ninjas in Zion

Kimberly was pretty excited to get Wii Fit, the exercise video game from Nintendo. she pre-ordered and while we were in California over the long weekend, it arrived. So now in addition to getting in our steps from walking to and from work, we are tracking additional steps from our Wii Aerobic Exercises, Wii Balance Games, and other Wii Fit activities.

Hey Everyone!

I thought that I would post something. I'm Ben. I really don't have any goals with regard to walking. I was, however, thinking about trying to get 8,000 steps in just by walking backwards, but I'm not sure if it will take steps off of my pedometer instead of putting more on. I guess I could always switch which side I where my pedometer on. Who knows? The biggest problem though is that if I decide to sell my pedometer, the total steps walked wouldn't be a good reflection of it's actual mileage. Sure I may get more money for it, but is that really honest?

Pedometer woes

I just realized that my pedometer isn't really counting all of my steps. I walked all around Target yesterday, and it only recorded about 200 steps. Then I walked from the HFAC parking lot to the library, and it said it took me 39 steps. That would have to be 39 REALLY BIG steps! Then when I went home from work, it recorded 7 steps going down the stairs from the 6th floor to the 3rd floor. That's when I was convinced it wasn't really doing it's job.

The frustrating thing is that was the second pedometer I bought. The first one didn't catch all my steps either. Teg thinks I walk too smoothly or something. What pedometers are you all using? I don't really feel like buying another one, but I can't walk around with a tally sheet all day, counting my steps, can I?

Glad to be part of the team

Hi, I'm Heidi and I'm married to Troy. I used to work at the ELC, but now I'm just the PTA president. I am happy to be participating in this challenge and hope that it will jump me back on the path of exercise again. Surgery kind of put a big damper on what I used to do, so I have to do different kinds of exercise things for the next month. Then I'll be free!
I like the Ninja name. I've never been a ninja before, but I went to Tibet last summer and I think I may have seen one there. At the very least, I can add "ninja" to the titles I hold on my resume.
So far I've gotten in a lot of steps but I'm consistently the lowest stepper at our house. Troy and the kids beat me every day. But there is hope that I will be able to beat them some day!
Here's one of my reasons to exercise...

One of my goals this summer is to do a 25 mile bike ride with our oldest daughter, Hannah. We've already done an 8 mile ride and this Saturday we're doing a 10 mile ride. Shouldn't be too hard, but the "pedometer-equivalents" will certainly add up!
Here's a "get-extra-steps-in" suggestion:
Play Dance Dance Revolution
The kids swear that it works and each day they continually have close to 20,000 or more steps. Who am I to doubt?
p.s.-Yes, the time of this post is correct. It is THAT early.

Ninjas?

I'm pretty sure that the team name was Tegwyn's idea. Am I right? Anyway, I'm Alisa. I'm a librarian at the good ol' HBLL. I am also Tegwyn's wife, and Teg and I are in the same ward as the Coxes. Here are some things I have learned since starting this challenge:

• Skipping the elevator to take the stairs is a good.


• Parking farther out in the parking lot so you can get a little exercise is good.


• Walking to the park with your kids for a little fresh air, exercise, and quality time is good.


• Walking somewhere to save gas and get some exercise is also good.


• Jogging in place while washing dishes is a total waste of time.


• Jogging in place while nursing a baby just sounds like a really bad idea.

So I realize that I only take about half as many steps as Teg in an average day, but I don't want any broken dishes or babies around here. I hope you will forgive me and accept what few steps I have to offer!