Summer Challenge - Active Minutes - Start counting your minutes today! Anyone can join!

As we wait for final numbers for the Step into Spring Challenge, our summer challenge begins.

Here's how it works. Everyone tells us to move more....and now we should move more, with a little oomph! Most of us have FitBits or other devices that will tell us just how active we are being. Yes, we can stroll around and rack up steps...but can you take those steps and move a little faster? Can you add a class to your schedule that you've never tried before? Can you catch up with your kids/grandkids? 

The point of this challenge is to think about HOW active you actually are. This is a fun challenge, and gets you moving. I wanna hear about sweat this time, not steps!

If you need any help adding up your Very Active Minutes for the week, just let me know. We will figure out how to add together. Trying not to double up on minutes will be the challenge. For instance, I do a 45 minute spin class...but usually only 38 of those minutes are Very Active (I will not include the warm up and cool down). If you have any discrepancies, let me know. 

I have the following people signed up

TanyaLH

Zizzler

Karen M

Robyn R.

Nana_hi

Delicious_Deliliah

Laurie C

Riding Fan

hibbyangel

highlandbear

Kwelbru

Tiffany1971

Onward and Downward

I will be making the teams based on results from the first week, as it will be hard to judge just how much people will get in until after that. 

I like to Move It Move It!!

So just to be clear - I will only log very active minutes toward this challenge?

ETA: Never mind, I just reread and answered my own question. lol Ok, I will try :)

LOL. I wasn't on OH the past few days...but your edit made me giggle. I think you can do it! I think that even walking at a faster-than-normal pace puts you into very active minutes. I've noticed that in the spikes on the graph we have on FitBit...just walking from the subway can get me into the green. Now, if I stop to window shop, or i'm gabbing on the phone, I don't get those minutes.  

I did day 1 of the Couch to 5K at about 6 AM and was surprised I could even DO it. But I didn't get "very active" minutes, only "pretty active", even with jogging. LOL

Sadly, remove me from the list please...surgery and all!  Have fun!

Delicious Delilah!

all for a good cause though!! Very exciting!

I would like to join! 

Interesting - I just checked last week's totals and even though I cycle to and from work for a total of about 1.5 hours a day, I only had around 20-30 "very active minutes" those days. I'm not sure how FitBit can tell whether I'm being very active when I'm cycling since it doesn't seem to "grab" the steps much, but I feel pretty darn active when I'm riding! LOL. Oh well, I'll stick with just the minutes from FitBit instead of trying to figure it out myself. :)

What FitBit do you have? I have the Flex, and I wonder if having the One in your Bra makes a difference. Not sure how else to count it. Maybe add 30 minutes a day when you ride?

I have the One, and in my bra. :)

But as you were saying earlier, perhaps it's that it doesn't count it as "very active" when I'm coasting, just when I'm pedaling really hard. I don't coast a whole lot, but I do if I happen to be going downhill or coming up to a stop light.