(Announcement) Fitness Challenge from Maggie Shayne

There are challenges going on all summer, with prizes, over on Maggie's Health and Fitness email list. This next one begins Monday July 7th. If you want to join in, send a blank email to Maggies-health-and-fitness-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Details below!
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I got this idea from a challenge the Onondaga County Parks Department is doing this month.

The challenge is to exercise for 30 minutes a day, every day, for 30 days.
30-for-30.

So here's what you need to do. Get yourself a calendar or use one you already have. And begin on Monday writing down what you do, and how long you do it.

Now this includes brisk walks, swimming, biking, aerobics, weights, yoga, martial arts, running, jumping on a trampoline, and anything else you can think of. I'd really like us to mix it up and see how many activities we can include in our thirty day marathon.

We'll stay on our weight loss/diet plans, of course. We'll keep weighing in and checking our weight, and sharing that if we want, naturally. And this is going to be tough for me, because it will end AFTER the RWA convention in SF. So I'll have to use a hotel gym for that final week! Yikes!

We'll keep track of everyone who completes the challenge. (Or if no one does, we'll keep track of who managed to get the MOST days in.) And we'll put those names in a hat and draw one to win the grand prize!

The Grand Prize--it's fabulous! It's a full set of 4 workout DVDs from Beachbody.com, Debbie Siebers' SLIM EXPRESS. It includes Cardio Core Express, Cardio Sculpt Express, Cool it Off!, and 6-Minute Abs. It's close to a fifty dollar value with shipping. And appropriately enough, each workout, takes 30 minutes.

I actually just bought this set, thinking I didn't have it yet, but it turned out, I actually had already bought it. It was stored with most of my other belongings, at the cleanup crew's place. They brought my DVDs back last week, and then this arrived like the next day! It's still wrapped, brand new.

So we begin on Monday.

Also, I'm going to try to post daily "tips" that we can each try to incorporate into our daily lives to help boost our progress.

Monday we begin.
Our final day, day 30, will be Tuesday, August 5th.
We'll tally the results and pick a winner on Wednesday August 6th.

Better rest up today. Or gear up! Enjoy your Sunday and congrats on a job well done on our previous challenge!

Maggie