June 2022 Activity Challenge

[Captain Trips]

So after missing most of 3 weeks of exercise due to a twisted ankle and 2 weeks of getting back into regular exercise, I have a monthly challenge that I should be able to do:

I was wondering if I would get a tougher one with the following statement below the badge: "We see you have fallen off your pace recently. You need to do better you slacker! Quit crying about your ankle and tough it out! Move you maggot!"

 

[BenAigen]

Easy one for me

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

June wants to kill me. I average an estimated 500 a day but do have days when I've bested 1,200, but to do 1,000 Every Day? That's a reach that I do not think I can do. At what point does Apple Fitness become dangerous/damaging. At what point does it push someone too far. At 543, I'm off to a slow start. I ride bikes, and can't imagine doing 40 miles every day to get this badge. Spending the entire month trying to get the badge is looking more and more like torture. HAH!

My now retired doc once said 'No one ever died exercising', but that was before Apple's Rings.

 

[Runs For Fun]

I hear a lot of people complaining about not getting rest days etc with these challenges. I too don’t tend to run as often at the weekends, but I just change my exercise. Unless the weather is crap, I tend to do an outdoor walk at the weekends which helps with exercise minutes and move goal/distance targets.
That said as I’m on double my move goal, I’m doing running and walking this weekend!

My move goal is pretty high. Any kind of activity, even low intensity, to hit that goal would not be a rest day. If I tried to hit my move goal every single day without any rest, I'd be dead.

 

[Apple fanboy]

My move goal is pretty high. Any kind of activity, even low intensity, to hit that goal would not be a rest day. If I tried to hit my move goal every single day without any rest, I'd be dead.

Well those rings are not worth dying for!
Mine is not set all that high. 450. I usually complete that in my morning run of around 4 miles. Then over the rest of the day I try and double it. Currently I’m on 155% and it’s 4 pm. Been gardening a lot today and that doesn’t give me much in the way off progress. Might go for a walk later to get me across the line for the day.

 

[GrandeLatte]

Yikes.

 

[MarineBand5524]

Mine wants 38,500 calories.

December 2022 was impossible to complete which sucked, I forget how bad it was but they asked for the insane! lol

 

[minik]

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?????? In March my challenge was 5.290 Exercise minutes. That was a real, tough challenge for me. I finished it on March 30, so with just one day to spare. This one is somewhat more than a challenge….

My exercise record was 153 minutes which also earned the Thanksgiving Day Challenge in 2016, that's the most I have done. Your numbers are very impressive.

 

[kaykher]

Mine wants 38,500 calories.

December 2022 was impossible to complete which sucked, I forget how bad it was but they asked for the insane! lol

They tryna kill us

 

[MarineBand5524]

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They tryna kill us

The best way I can tell you how to burn through these is to play a crap ton of golf! HAHA

This is exactly what I'm about to do in a couple of hours, the hotter it is, the more I burn. I normally burn anywhere from 2-5k+ some times I burn 8-10k depending upon if I walk, use a cart etc etc etc.

 

[fauxtog]

My June challenge is to burn 15,000 calories this month.

 

[gcdrwhom]

24 workouts of at least 15 minutes. Will have to throw in a few walks among all the runs!

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

My move goal is pretty high. Any kind of activity, even low intensity, to hit that goal would not be a rest day. If I tried to hit my move goal every single day without any rest, I'd be dead.

OMG! I had a move goal for the month, and I rode 90 minutes every day and still missed it. And I don't mean Pee Wee Herman riding, I mean old man gasping and drowning in sweat. I stopped trying to do the rings, and watched as the demands (extortion) slowly went dow to something more actually obtainable without a cardiac crash cart standing by!

 

[thefourthpope]

I agree with you on that one - Apple system for challenges does not consider recovery or rest days. It is like GO GO GO. For this reason I kind of use it my own way. First I set rather low Move goal (just 360 calories). Second I check the challenges and if I find them meaningful I will do them, if not I ignore them. Third I actually use an app called Athlytic to daily check my Recovery and advised exertion range based on said recovery. The app is subscription based and in general I avoid those, but the price for the is less compared to if I have to pay for going to the gym or consult with instructor there so I decided to try it out.

Anyway that being said I think that the rings can be closed every day and still have your rest days.

Right. It’s not like I’m looking at my challenge this month and saying “I don’t like this one, I won’t exercise this month.” It’s more that this type of challenge (‘days in the month minus N’) are less inspiring.

My goal is general activity with at least 30 minutes of focused exercise at least five times per week. I don’t even really do rest days as a planned component. They are more a natural byproduct of my work and family schedules.

Challenges that focus on total exercise minutes or total calories are most motivating to me because I might choose a slightly longer or more intense workout a few days.

The every/nearly every day challenges, especially for exercise, just motivate me to cheat myself. Could I log my dog walks or playing pickleball or catch with my kids on the weekends? Sure. But they don’t meet my self imposed ideas about what exercise means for me. I’d only be doing it to win the not-NFT that is an activity award.

I’ll come back to this thread after I’ve cleaned my house all the way to 30 closed exercise rings.

 

[thefourthpope]

Well those rings are not worth dying for!
Mine is not set all that high. 450. I usually complete that in my morning run of around 4 miles. Then over the rest of the day I try and double it. Currently I’m on 155% and it’s 4 pm. Been gardening a lot today and that doesn’t give me much in the way off progress. Might go for a walk later to get me across the line for the day.

It’s fun hearing how people set theirs up. My goal is 700, which I’ve found is pretty close to just right (will probably bump to 750 now that my kids are a bit more sporty). I hit that goal if I’m deliberately active; won’t if I just do work/life stuff. Doubling isn’t a thing I’m trying for.

I mean all of this in a “you do you” way. Whatever works.

 

[Apple fanboy]

It’s fun hearing how people set theirs up. My goal is 700, which I’ve found is pretty close to just right (will probably bump to 750 now that my kids are a bit more sporty). I hit that goal if I’m deliberately active; won’t if I just do work/life stuff. Doubling isn’t a thing I’m trying for.

I mean all of this in a “you do you” way. Whatever works.

Exactly. I’m more active since I bought the watch than I was at any other time in my life. For me that’s what matters. It’s a tool.
I’m fitter and lighter than I was 30 years ago. That’s got to be a good thing.

 

[secretk]

Exactly. I’m more active since I bought the watch than I was at any other time in my life. For me that’s what matters. It’s a tool.
I’m fitter and lighter than I was 30 years ago. That’s got to be a good thing.

Definitely sounds a good thing. I am definitely more active now than when I was in high school 15-20 years ago. For me however it started before purchasing the watch. I have been working from home for the last 2 years and was not active at all but then I was also not making the good choices when it comes to food. As a result I gained 5-6 kilograms (around 12 pounds). My then Mi band 5 band would show like 200-300 steps a day which kind of shows you how inactive I was. So I decided to be intentional and set a goal for 5000 steps a day and as I do not live in big place there was no way for me to get them through walking around the apartment, I started dancing.

Then I bought the Apple Watch and it evolved even further. Now indeed I can say that I am intentional when it comes to being active and working out, and even around nutrition and sleep as I need them for good workout. As a result I do feel like I am getting younger even though I am getting older .

Fitness trackers and smart watches do give you a way to be active but it is not the full story and it is not enough. It starts from us. And naturally as we are different, we also use them differently but as long as it helps us to keep our resting heart rate low, keep our weight in healthy range and generally feel good, it is all fine.

We just need to make sure to listen to our bodies to avoid overtraining. Fitness trackers do not know our body the way we do so on this one we have to rely on ourselves.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Definitely sounds a good thing. I am definitely more active now than when I was in high school 15-20 years ago. For me however it started before purchasing the watch. I have been working from home for the last 2 years and was not active at all but then I was also not making the good choices when it comes to food. As a result I gained 5-6 kilograms (around 12 pounds). My then Mi band 5 band would show like 200-300 steps a day which kind of shows you how inactive I was. So I decided to be intentional and set a goal for 5000 steps a day and as I do not live in big place there was no way for me to get them through walking around the apartment, I started dancing.

Then I bought the Apple Watch and it evolved even further. Now indeed I can say that I am intentional when it comes to being active and working out, and even around nutrition and sleep as I need them for good workout. As a result I do feel like I am getting younger even though I am getting older .

Fitness trackers and smart watches do give you a way to be active but it is not the full story and it is not enough. It starts from us. And naturally as we are different, we also use them differently but as long as it helps us to keep our resting heart rate low, keep our weight in healthy range and generally feel good, it is all fine.

We just need to make sure to listen to our bodies to avoid overtraining. Fitness trackers do not know our body the way we do so on this one we have to rely on ourselves.

Most of us work Non physical jobs these days and that was a lot of my problem. Sat in front of computer screens all day at work. Then sat in front of a different screen all evening. Not ideal. I think that’s where watches help. They remind you you’ve not moved for an hour for example. Now if I’m on the phone I might walk around the office for a bit depending on the nature of the call.

 

[AZhappyjack]

Got this yesterday...

 

[Apple fanboy]

Got this yesterday...

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I’m about 1400 behind you. Well done.

 

[Tdude96]

June wants to kill me. I average an estimated 500 a day but do have days when I've bested 1,200, but to do 1,000 Every Day?

Yours is remarkably similar to mine. 1247/day. It's going to be rough, but may be able to pull it off as long as the weather cooperates.

 

[jav6454]

24 workouts of at least 15 minutes. Will have to throw in a few walks among all the runs!

20 weekdays plus 4 weekend days... darn.

 

[GrandeLatte]

After the first year, I just try my best on these challenges. Some are fun, but some are unreasonable. I wonder what/ when the next special challenge will be.

 

[jz0309]

After the first year, I just try my best on these challenges. Some are fun, but some are unreasonable. I wonder what/ when the next special challenge will be.

historically, Veteran's Day

 

[BenAigen]

After the first year, I just try my best on these challenges. Some are fun, but some are unreasonable. I wonder what/ when the next special challenge will be.

Also not forgetting YOGA Day around 21 June and National Parks Day around 25 Aug