September 2022 DisneyFit Exercise Challenge

[Twilight Sparkle]

Welcome to the September 2022 exercise thread. This month, we're exploring ways to stay active the Disney way - whether in the parks, a beach resort, or at home.

How it works: Each person chooses a time goal and posts minutes towards that goal as they exercise. The host (me) will keep track here on the front page and will announce color changes as they occur. You can post daily or just catch up when you can. You decide what movement counts towards your goal - which can be a nice round total for the month, a specific number that means something to you, or a calculation based on a target number of minutes per day.

Common goals for our 30 days of September:

15 minutes/day = 450
20 minutes/day = 600
30 minutes/day = 900
45 minutes/day = 1355
1 hour/day = 1800


One of the special motivations of our Disney challenge is color changing!
10% Bring It Blue
25% Off To The Races Orange
50% Powerfully Purple
75% Pump It Up Pink
90% Reach For It Red
100% Goal Grabbing Green
Our challenge officially starts September 1st, but feel free to jump in at any point! Just post a goal and I'll add you to the list. You can PM me with questions or check out old threads to learn how we do things around here.

Participants:

Twilight Sparkle 1815/1800
Raya 168/500
Oneanne 920/600 also surpassing stretch goal of 900!
PollyannaMom 455/450
DisneyTrippin' 40/600
sophy1996 1170/900
Bethislucy 515/450
Elizabeth Smith 630/700


Team: 5713/6000 95%

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Hoping it cools off soon, so bumping up to 1800 for this month.

 

[Raya]

Stupid question: would exercise from physical therapy count towards minutes? sigh. I'm going to go with 500, in hopes that I get back into a regular routine and blow that away. Also I'm going home at the end of the month, so there will be plenty of walking then!

 

[Oneanne]

Stupid question: would exercise from physical therapy count towards minutes? sigh. I'm going to go with 500, in hopes that I get back into a regular routine and blow that away. Also I'm going home at the end of the month, so there will be plenty of walking then!

If you want it to count, count it!

 

[Oneanne]

I'm going to commit to 600 minutes this month... which means no slacking off the middle of the month like I have been.

 

[PollyannaMom]

600 for me as well,

(and I definitely think PT counts!)

Thanks @Twilight Sparkle for picking up September.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

35 minutes - pahla b video and quick standing yoga stretches

35/1800

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Thanks for being here! Let's kick things off with perhaps the most obvious way to stay active in the parks - walking! If you're a "park open to close" sort of guest, it's possible to rack up thousands and thousands of steps in one day at a Disney Park. My family and I are not rope droppers - preferring to arrive at the parks late morning instead, and yet I've still managed to hit just over 31,000 steps in one day at Magic Kingdom as my personal record setting day. My fewest steps are on our Hollywood Studios days, and now with Galaxy's Edge, I'm usually around 15,000 - 17,000 steps for the day. After seeing these numbers, I definitely feel like I needed those yummy Disney snacks that might have happened along the way!

How about you? Do you pay attention to how many steps you take when you're in a Disney park? I'd love to know if the CA and overseas parks involve as much walking as WDW.

I keep saying we need to slow down our park days, sit back and soak it in, but when we're there, that all goes away because we still want to try do it all! One day . . . Until then, I'll happily earn those treats while I can!

 

[Disneytrippin']

Count me in for 600.

 

[Bethislucy]

Hi all! I'm going to try for 450 this month. After being out with the crazy foot surgery last month, that was way more intense than I was led to believe. I'm still very limited on what I can do but I've got to do something I can sit around for another month and just put on more weight. So I'm going to try and work in some exercise videos a couple times a week. I learned really fast this week back to back days was a no go. I can't go to the gym yet because I can't wear real shoes so I'm hoping 3 times a week will get me going.

 

[sophy1996]

In for 900 this month. Started with a 25- minute walk.

25/900

PT absolutely counts.

Count me in for 600.

Hi all! I'm going to try for 450 this month. After being out with the crazy foot surgery last month, that was way more intense than I was led to believe. I'm still very limited on what I can do but I've got to do something I can sit around for another month and just put on more weight. So I'm going to try and work in some exercise videos a couple times a week. I learned really fast this week back to back days was a no go. I can't go to the gym yet because I can't wear real shoes so I'm hoping 3 times a week will get me going.

Back!

 

[Oneanne]

25/600 to start the month

I do monitor my steps while I'm at WDW. I think my highest day was maybe 24,000, but lately trips have been a more stop-and-smell-the-roses relaxed pace. I think in March my highest day was 15,000, which is still a lot but not at the level I used to do.

 

[Raya]

I don't count steps, I count miles! On a single park day, we walk between 7.5 and 8.5 miles (according to my Fitbit's GPS). My highest every park day was 10.3 miles, when we did all 4 parks in one day. We've got another 4 parks in 1 day adventure planned for the end of the month. I'm excited!

45 minutes this morning on the treadmill
25 minutes at PT I'm super excited to have an expert on running work with me, but massively bummed to hear that I've bascially been running wrong all my life. Sigh.

70/500

 

[PollyannaMom]

How about you? Do you pay attention to how many steps you take when you're in a Disney park?

No, I don't wear a fitness tracker, so I have no idea. But I always feel like I get lots of healthy walking in.

I only managed 10 minutes on the treadmill last night because I had tripped earlier in the day, and my foot was still wicked tender. I didn't want to take chances making it worse.

 

[sophy1996]

Another 25-minute walk

50/900

We have a DLR trip in a couple of weeks that I really hope we’ll be able to take. I’ll have to see how much we end up walking.

 

[Disneytrippin']

40/600

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

325 minutes since last check in - all horse related

360/1800

 

[PollyannaMom]

Foot is feeling better. Popped up to Maine yesterday-today to take DS (in college there) the rest of his stuff and to see his new place. Walked around for quite a while (the pier in Old Orchard Beach and a lighthouse in South Portland). Much of it was kind of stop-and-go strolling, but I think I'm safe counting 45 minutes, so that brings me to:

55/600

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

We have lots of minutes on the board already! Congrats to me, Raya, and the TEAM for reaching Bring It Blue!

Blue makes me think of another way to stay active on your Disney vacation - swimming!!! There are so many wonderful pools spread across the Disney properties, some beaches, and even a few water parks (I'm counting the slides on the cruise ships here!) just waiting for you to jump in and burn off some energy.

Here are just a few options:


Blizzard Beach would feel so good to me right now!


The pool (la piscine) at Sequoia Lodge at Disneyland Paris


Aulani

We'll take some time to look at more options later! In the meantime, do you set aside time for swimming - - or just relaxing waterside - - on your Disney trips? Whether a resort pool or lazy river, a beach, a water park, or water activities on a cruise ship, I'd love to hear about your favorite(s).

My husband isn't into water sports, but my daughter and I love the Uzima Springs pool at Animal Kingdom Lodge.

We try to make time for a swim there each visit. However, since we travel during the winter months, that can sometimes be a bit tricky!

The High Rock Spring Pool at Sarasota Springs Resort is also a favorite of ours.

 

[sophy1996]

+60

110/900

I always think I'm going to make time to visit the pool, but then I hardly ever make it. We enjoyed the pool at the Swan and Dolphin last spring (and we really enjoyed the lazy river that is shared by the Signia Hilton and the Waldorf Orlando!).

Our upcoming stay is at the DLH, so I hope to get a chance to enjoy the monorail slides. I hope it cools down for our trip, though--today's high in Anaheim was 108!