Spectacular Star Wars September Exercise Challenge

sophy1996 · Sep 1, 2015

For the first day of the month, let's look at the movie that started it all: Star Wars, released May 25, 1977. It was later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Expected to be a huge flop (fewer than 40 theaters initially agreed to show it), it overtook Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie in the United States until E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in 1983.

In the tradition of Walt Disney, George Lucas's vision could not be achieved with then-current methods and required new technology. To produce the groundbreaking special effects, he created Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). Unfortunately, ILM blew about half its budget on four shots that Lucas rejected.

Star Wars was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won six (including for John Williams' score), plus a special achievement award for sound effects.

DVCFan1994 · Sep 1, 2015

Do we report our progress daily, weekly etc?

sophy1996 · Sep 1, 2015

DVCFan1994 said:
Do we report our progress daily, weekly etc?

As often as you want. A lot of people report every day or every couple of days, and some report every week or so or even less frequently.

chbc · Sep 1, 2015

125 minutes! Happy Day One!

LizardQueen8 · Sep 1, 2015

30 minutes walking/30 minutes on the bike to start me off.

60/1100

Tasha228 · Sep 1, 2015

Please put me down this month for 600 min please!

Last month was a really bad month for exercise for me! Between lots of illnesses in the family, job interviews (got the new job, start in less than 3 weeks!), and the boyfriend having car issues and me helping drive him around till it was fixed, I slacked BIG time. I still managed to lose 5 lbs but the exercise was not good.

I have a 5k the end of this month and I am starting a new job and I'm ready to get my butt back in gear. Unfortunately, I am suffering horribly today from an inner AND outer ear infection. The pain is severe! I stared meds this morning and I'm hoping they will kick in asap. I doubt I will be up to running or doing my other exercises today because it hurts that much. But I'm hoping to get on track (and be feeling better) tomorrow!

Dentam · Sep 1, 2015

30 minutes of walking for me today - 30/1200. Not sure how I'm going to track my walking in WDW starting this weekend, ha!

kathleen27 · Sep 1, 2015

Thank you @sophy1996 for hosting this month!
I am hoping to register for the Star Wars Dark Side Challenge! Already signed up for Princess Half.

I need to get back on track, August was a tough month. Trying for 1000 minutes in September.

25 minute Hiit workout tonight to start the month.

25/1000

sophy1996 · Sep 2, 2015

chbc said:
125 minutes! Happy Day One!

Awesome start to the month!

Tasha228 said:
Last month was a really bad month for exercise for me! Between lots of illnesses in the family, job interviews (got the new job, start in less than 3 weeks!), and the boyfriend having car issues and me helping drive him around till it was fixed, I slacked BIG time. I still managed to lose 5 lbs but the exercise was not good.

I have a 5k the end of this month and I am starting a new job and I'm ready to get my butt back in gear. Unfortunately, I am suffering horribly today from an inner AND outer ear infection. The pain is severe! I stared meds this morning and I'm hoping they will kick in asap. I doubt I will be up to running or doing my other exercises today because it hurts that much. But I'm hoping to get on track (and be feeling better) tomorrow!

Hopefully this will be a better month! Hope you feel better soon!

sophy1996 · Sep 2, 2015

Congratulations to our first Luke Skywalker Blue participant, with 125 minutes out of the gate,

chbc

A bit of Luke Skywalker trivia: after principal filming of Star Wars was completed, Mark Hamill suffered facial injuries in a car accident, so no re-shoots were possible. The injuries were explained in The Empire Strikes Back by Luke's encounter with the wampa.

sophy1996 · Sep 2, 2015

I did 85 minutes today, but tomorrow it's home and real life again. Probably will be slow on getting minutes the next few days.

sophy1996 · Sep 2, 2015

kathleen27 said:
I am hoping to register for the Star Wars Dark Side Challenge! Already signed up for Princess Half.

Good luck with registration-I imagine it will go as fast as the Disneyland SW races! The Princess Half should be fun.

PSUTraveler · Sep 2, 2015

Started the month with a 37 minute run last night!

37/1500

hmack · Sep 2, 2015

chalk me up for 20 minutes on day one

20/1200

PollyannaMom · Sep 2, 2015

20 minutes for me as well yesterday (9/1) - a really pretty walk in a woodsy park. 20/600

alievans719 · Sep 2, 2015

Slow start for me: just 10 minutes doing crunches at home. 10/1000

roxymama · Sep 2, 2015

My hubby is out of town this week and I have three short races in Sept. (I race best after some rest), so my Sept run mileage will be kind of low. But I'm going to make an effort to add in non-running exercise and walking this month to make up for it.

Let's go with 800.

DVCFan1994 · Sep 2, 2015

I exercised for 65 minutes yesterday, 60 today. So I am at 125/1200 for the past two days. I am adding a little extra to my days during the week this week, because I expect I won't get in the full 45/day while I'm away Friday-Monday for Labor Day.

2manypets · Sep 2, 2015

Oohhh, I'd like to join! I've just discovered the W.I.S.H forum on here after being here for years.

I'll go for 1000 minutes this month starting tonight.

galaxygirl76 · Sep 2, 2015

Yesterday was a day off(I seem to start a lot of months with an off day, interesting how that works out), today I made it to 40 minutes of hitt cardio and kettlebell.

40/900

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