dedicated december!
ATTENTION: THIS IS 2011’s DEDICATED DECEMBER PAGE. FOR THE CURRENT CHALLENGE, CLICK HERE!
hi there! thanks for joining in on the dedicated december fun.
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dedicated december is a challenge for you to stay active during the month of december. you will get one point/entry for EVERY workout you complete!
for each and every workout you complete in december, leave a comment below. make sure you tell us what the workout was!
examples:
- “today i ran 3 miles in the bitter, bitter cold.”
- “today i went snowboarding for 7 hours! yeahhh pow day!”
- “today i went to the gym and completed a lower body workout using free weights.”
- “today i shoveled snow for 45 minutes. i shoveled my neighbor’s driveway, too!”
make sense?
sorry, but shopping, baking, or chasing your dog/kids because they got ahold of the expensive christmas gift for your mother-on-law does not count as a workout.
oh, and if you are die hard and worked out twice in one day (at separate times) then by all means leave two different comments.
every comment you leave (meaning every workout you log) counts as one entry.
the prizes:
prize for december 1-10 entries: jamie eason livefit trainer supplement stack.
provided by bodybuilding.com
prize for december 11-17 entries: the simply bar box of protein bars—winner picks the flavor.
provided by the simply bar.
prize for december 18-24 entries: chobani 32 oz prize pack—two 32 oz tubs.
provided by chobani.
prize for december 25-31 entries: contigo cold thermos with straw.
provided by me.
a prize will be awarded to the person who logs the MOST workouts in december.
keep hot auto seal thermos & contigo duo keep cold bottle with straw.
you guys know i love my contigo products! this prize will be purchased & shipped by me. (no sponsor.)
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and for a little random fun, a prize will go to the person who completes the most CREATIVE workout. this will be judged by YOU GUYS with a poll at the end of the month.
$10 gift card to amazon.com
this prize will be purchased by me (no sponsor.)
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other details..
- you DO NOT have to have a blog to participate. don’t be shy! just leave a comment on the dedicated december page every time you work out this month.
- i will tally up all the workouts the first week of january.
- winners will be announced the second week of january.
- comments left below that are NOT actual workout entries will be deleted (so the random drawing is easier.)
for you bloggers out there, i encourage you to invite your readers to join in the dedicated december fun! feel free to use the images for the challenge.
grab a button! just copy & paste the code from the box below into your post (html) or your sidebar(html widget.) clicking on it will lead to this page.
let me know if you need help with the techy part of it all.
and, because i need some accountability of my own and won’t be entering my own contest.. here is my december dedication:
- 12/1: day 53 livefit trainer (shoulders) had to train at home because gym power was out
- 12/2: day 54 livefit trainer (easy legs)
- 12/3: day 55 livefit trainer (back, rear delts, 30 min moderate cardio)
- 12/4: 30 minutes moderate cardio on stairmill (to make up for thursday’s missed session)
- 12/5: day 57 livefit trainer (first day of phase 3, quads & calves)
- 12/6: day 58 livefit trainer (did it at 5:35 AM!!! back, bis, tris, sprints) + ran at park with dogs in 12* temps
- 12/7: day 59 livefit trainer (chest, shoulders, abs, sprints)
- 12/8: day 60 livefit trainer (hamstrings, glutes, calves)
- 12/9: day 61 livefit trainer (back, biceps, abs, sprints)
- 12/10: run at park with dogs
- 12/11: day 62 livefit trainer (shoulders, triceps, abs, sprints)
- 12/12: day 64 livefit trainer (quads & calves)
- 12/13: day 65 livefit trainer (back, arms, abs, sprints)
- 12/14: day 66 livefit trainer (shoulders, chest, abs, sprints) in the morning again! go me!
- 12/15: day 67 livefit trainer (legs) in the morning AGAIN! wow.
- 12/16: day 68 livefit trainer (back, abs, biceps, sprints)
- 12/17: day 69 livefit trainer (shoulders, calves, tris, sprints)
- 12/18: NOTHING. rest!
- 12/19: day 71 livefit trainer (legs)
- 12/20: day 72 livefit trainer (back & abs)
- 12/21: day 73 livefit trainer (chest & calves)
- 12/22: day 74 livefit trainer (arms & abs)
what was your workout today?
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I walked across campus, back home, back across campus, to the student center, back home, to class, back home, and am going to walk downtown to a benefit concert later. Whew!
Dec. 1-Team Strength Class at 6 am. This is FAR too earlier in the morning to get up, let the dog out, fix my hair, drive to the gym and set up a station. So I nixed doing my hair (!) and got there to join the warm-up in progress and set up my station on the fly!
12/1: 6 miles on the elliptical trainer.
How fun! I ran 3 miles on the treadmill listening to christmas tunes that they’re playing at the y (yay!) and then 30 easy minutes on the elliptical. Here’s hoping I can do 27 workouts this month too!!
Went for a 20 minute run with my pup! I also carried a few loads of firewood into the house this morning. Went for a 15 minute brisk walk with my guy and pup.
Did a one mile run on the dread, I mean treadmill and all over strength training circuit.
12/1 – I did a FitCity dance aerobics class
This will be fun! Thanks for keeping me accountable! : )
Great idea, Janetha! Today I completed a 550 rep workout thanks to the inspiration from BodyRock along with 20 minutes of jumping rope (w/breaks smattered between the jumps). Feels good to move – good to go for Dec 1st!
Took my doggie on a 3 mile run.
This morning I went to the gym and did:
26 min./2 mile treadmill workout, including running and incline walking
5 min. on the rower machine
10 minutes on the elliptical
I ran 3 miles at daybreak around a lake!
I went to swim practice and swan 3,000 yards
today i did 47 minutes on the elliptical and walked allllll over campus (probably 2 miles or so total)
:)
4 mile run, and core workout.
I ran a quick 2 miles, did lower body strength training, and abs. This was all before a 3 hour cheerleading practice!
This morning I completed my 5th workout of week 9 of the liveit program which I learned about from you and I ran 4 miles!!
Love this idea!!!
12/1 – Lower body weight work-out followed by 2.5 miles on the elliptical, and ending with planks and abs.
12.01 – 3 mile run!
I walked over 2 miles – in uncomfortable shoes, boo – across campus.
How fun!
12/1 – Today I did Day 60 of the Livefit trainer – Hamstrings, Glutes & Calves.
12/1/11: I did 25 minutes of HIIT–in my house because it was too cold outside! Stair sprints, coffee table step up, plank and burpees! Ouch!
I ran 6 miles and took my dog for a few nice long walks :D
I did a chest and tricep workout this morning!
I ran 8 miles this morning….the most I have ever run!
Today I did day 11 of Jamie Eason’s LiveFit Trainer and it was shoulder and ab day! I did 3 sets of 12 for every exercise: seated dumbbell press, standing dumbbell straight-arm front delt raise to a ‘T’, side lateral raise, seated bent-over read delt raise, exercise ball crunch, and air bike. Then I did HIIT on the treadmill for 20 minutes (30 seconds running at 7.5mph then 30 seconds off the treadmill, repeat).
I did this “Shredmill” workout from Tone It Up:
3 minute brisk walk
3 minute jog
1 minute sprint
1 minute jog
1 minute sprint
Repeat 4 times. After the end of the last sprint for round one: 20 push-ups, round 2: 20 jump squats, round 3: 20 sit-ups, round 4: 45 second plank.
I walked for 20 minute on the treadmill then did the following:
I did one round of each of the following exercises 10 times
10 stationary lunges (per leg) w/10lb dumbbells in each hand
10 decline crunches
10 reverse crunches
Then I moved on and did 8 rounds of the following:
5 standard dips
10 goblet squats (w/15 lb dumbbell)
5 fingertip pull ups
Finished it off w/5 minutes on the stationary bike :-)
today was my rest day so i just did some core work. p90x!
Fun!
12/1 Lower body workout and abs! Moved up in weights, now I’m squatting 126. Booyah!
This is awesome! :)
Today I went to the gym and completed 30 minutes on the elliptical doing intervals and then about 10 minutes of arm strength!
I did the upper body and 20 min cardio interval workouts for Body for Life!! I am getting such great ideas for new workouts by reading everyones comments
60 minutes of a HIIT class!
Today was cardio: 45 min stairmaster, 15 min elliptical
awesome idea! today i lifted weights–chest and triceps!
oh, and i also walked/jogged to/from the bank today! only 2 miles, but it was chilly out there!
I did 25 minutes of treadmill HIIT and some full body weight circuits including everyone’s favorite move, the burpee, in between supersets. definitely left me as one hot mess.
Awesome contest!!!
I came home from work today and did an at-home 1 hour long yoga class! I had been putting my workouts off lately, but was so pleased with myself after I did the practice. Then I read your blog and you have a contest, and felt even happier I did it!
thanks for the motivation this month :)
I took my dog on a COLD 1.5 mile walk this morning and I’m counting the endless amount of laundry and house cleaning i’m gearing up to do right now as my workout for the day.
Cool idea. So motivating :-) Today was a mix of cardio on the ellip, plus upper body exercises using a combo of my own body weight and free weights . I executed 2 full pull-ups, UN-assisted…hollah!
I did Day 45 of the Live Fit Trainer: Chest & Abs + 30 minutes of cardio.
I also walked to and from school to get Gigi. Oh and I carried Lulu both ways.
GRRRRR! See you with tomorrow’s comment! :)
I’m training for the May 2012 Tough Mudder in PA, so I’ll need to stay as dedicated as possible over this first month! My workout for today was the BodyRock challenge from 11/28. 10 round of 10 reps of 10 exercises. YEESH. Took me 41:51 to finish. 100 burpees, 100 push ups, etc.
i went to stroller strides this morning…we ran, walked, squatted, and used our stretchy-band-thingies. i. am. sore. :)
Today I did a quick workout before making dinner:
40 jumping jacks
30 crunches
20 squats
10 pushups
x3
A pin on Pinterest told me each round burned 100 calories. If so, might have been the easiest 300 calories I’ve ever burned… Love this contest, great motivation!
I did 2 Exercise TV On Demand bellydance workouts (imagine how awkward I looked) then kicked my ass (literally) with Stephanie Vittorino’s Bootylicious Buns 3. :)
I just ran 30 minutes in the cold, brr!
Awesome idea! I ran 3 miles before heading to work this morning.
Interval run!
Because it’s Thursday double day for me, I did a 45 minute bootcamp class at the Y after work. Our usual instructor was out, and the sub kicked my butt with a ton of new combos. Yeowch (Yeah!+Ouch!)
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