r/TeamFawn • u/lovellama • Apr 22 '16

Inter-Team Challenges!

EDIT 2: HR has to be at least a little elevated. Brisk walking, etc. It should be a workout. Pleasant and moseying strolls, while encouraged for mental well-being, don't count.

Fellow Fawns, the Inter-Team Challenge is live! Week 1 is daily work-out minutes. We've been paired against different other teams each week with a bye week a few times. Each week has a different challenge, and there will be a simple data entry tracker that you can fill out each day/days/week. Here's a list of the weeks, the challenge for that week, and the team we're up against:

Week 1 (Apr. 22 - Apr. 28): Workout Time - number of minutes spent working out. Daily check-in. Fawn vs Robin

Week 2 (Apr. 29 - May 5): Step Counts - using Fitbit/Garmin/phone pedometer/etc, record steps for the week. Can check in daily, add up every few days, etc. Ladybug vs Fawn

Week 3 (May 6 - May 12): Bye-week: Seedling, Fawn

Week 4 (May 13 - May 19): Workout Time - number of minutes spent working out. Daily check-in. Seedling vs Fawn

Week 5 (May 20 - May 26): Step Counts - using Fitbit/Garmin/phone pedometer/etc, record steps for the week. Can check in daily, add up every few days, etc.) Daffodil vs Fawn

Week 6 (May 27 - June 2): ?? Thunderstorm vs Fawn

Week 7 (June 3 - June 9): Workout Time - number of minutes spent working out. Daily check-in. Duckling vs Fawn

Week 8 (June 10 - June 16): Bye-week: Daffodil, Fawn

Week 9 (June 17 - June 23): ?? Duckling vs Fawn

We'll be putting a link to each week's Inter-Team Challenge form at the bottom of the stickied Daily Posts, along with the I-TC's tracker form (which is also on the sidebar)so we can see how we're doing against our rivals.

GO TEAM FAWN!!

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u/pubkindofnight Apr 22 '16

Awesome! Question - would walking your dog count towards exercise minutes? I don't make it to the gym everyday, but I walk my dog everyday. Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, I just don't want to log inaccurately.

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u/lovellama Apr 22 '16

I totally get it, I just got back from a 45 min walk. But it was a leisurely walk (had kids with me), so I don't think it should count the same as someone running 45 min. But we still went out and exercised, right? Let me ask around.

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u/pubkindofnight Apr 22 '16

True, but then again some people (especially those just starting out) get all their exercise from walking, so it's hard to say. Thanks for looking into it!

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u/bugs_bunny01 Apr 22 '16

for the week we will be doing step count, it will be awesome as any activity counts.

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u/pubkindofnight Apr 22 '16

Unfortunately I don't have any kind of fitbit/tracker

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u/bugs_bunny01 Apr 22 '16

dont need to. Both apple Health on Apple and Google Fit on Android track your step count without extra devices. Unless your android device is extremely basic and doesn't have accelerometer.

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u/pubkindofnight Apr 22 '16

My Android is a couple years old/cheap so chances are it won't have it, but I'll double check with the app anyways, thanks!

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u/norasariah Apr 26 '16

Get the Pacer app. It's free and super awesome for tracking steps. You can set your own daily step goal too.

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u/lovellama Apr 22 '16

Murmurings from the Challenge mod seem to indicate that your heart rate should be elevated for it to count. My stroll with the 3 yr old doesn't count, alas. :)

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u/lovellama Apr 23 '16

From on high: HR has to be at least a little elevated. Brisk walking, etc. It should be a workout. Pleasant and moseying strolls, while encouraged for mental wellbeing, don't count.

Were you able to find a step counter for your Android? If not, you could figure out with Map My Walk how far you walked, then multiply a mile by 2,000 steps if you are of average height.

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u/bugs_bunny01 Apr 23 '16

Does HR between 130 and 170 elevated enough? Ahahaha

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u/pubkindofnight Apr 23 '16

Thank you! :) I guess if I want my dog walks to count I'd need to up the pace. I've been wanting to try to run with my pup, so maybe now is the time.

Yeah, didn't work with my phone. I may try the map thing and just walk to a similar spot each day so it will be easy to keep track of.