| Kirian
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Hey everyone! Just thought I would let you all know I am excited to see people signing up :mrgreen:
The idea of this challenge is to get both cardio and strength and some type of flex into your week. Honestly, one exercise session counts as one type of exercise. Something along the lines of Tae Bo would be more cardio than strength. Remember...this is the EXTREME challenge and is designed to take us to a whole new level of fitness. Maybe even to get you to do something different. Mixing it up is great for our bodies too as they do adapt to what we do.
Pook and I are not trying to be mean, or difficult, or hard on anyone. This is just the way this challenge is setup. If you don't think you can manage this, than join as part of the cheer squad and follow us along. However, I KNOW that anyone is capable of this and I hope you all join us. It is going to be a wonderful, physically demanding challenge!
Here are some great articles that I dug up recently for someone on my team in the current challenge. These emphasize the great benefits of both types of exercise.
Why You Need Cardio Exercise:
http://exercise.about.com/od/cardioworkouts/a/cardio_exercise.htm
Kick it up with Cardio Exercise:
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/82/97276.htm
Why Strength Training:
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/83/97948.htm
Strength Training for Women:
http://www.webmd.com/content/chat_transcripts/1/109117.htm |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:49 am |
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| fmxchik
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| Okay count me in! :D I cannot wait to loose tons of inches! I want to do this challenge for myself of course and the cruise my boyfriend, and parents our going on in July. I am hoping that the boyfriend decides its the perfect setting for an engagement. . tee hee! Anyways I want to look back in the pictures we took from the cruise and say "damn i'm hot"!! :twisted: Good luck to everyone. . WOO HOO!! |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:49 am |
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| pookiebear
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Kirian wrote: The idea of this challenge is to get both cardio and strength and some type of flex into your week. Honestly, one exercise session counts as one type of exercise. Something along the lines of Tae Bo would be more cardio than strength. Remember...this is the EXTREME challenge and is designed to take us to a whole new level of fitness. Maybe even to get you to do something different. Mixing it up is great for our bodies too as they do adapt to what we do.
I totally agree. During this challenge, I plan on doing things I've never done before - consistent weight training with 3 and 5 lb. weights at home (I go to this site for my exercises: http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html ), 2 sessions of HIIT each week, being consistent with my water, which will be good for me, but I am NOT looking forward to! :lol: I'll also be tracking my body fat percentage. This is NOT going to be easy for me. But I know it will be good for me, and a good "extreme" challenge for anyone who wants to sign up.
So yes, for each exercise session - you need to focus on a specific aspect each time. Even though the elliptical has a strength training aspect to it - I'm counting it as cardio. Even though Tae Bo has some strength training exercises - I count that as cardio as well. When you're doing cardio - focus hard on cardio. When you're doing strength training - focus hard on strength training. If you need help with a regime, we can help you. :) I was training to be a Personal Trainer for a while and I love making up programs. :D
Another reason I'm focusing on everything individually is because if I do 5 straight cardio sessions and 3 strength training sessions - but you combine yours? I'll have more sessions to do than you. :) So for challenge purposes, and so everyone has to do the same amount, it's best to have one session count for one thing as opposed to two or maybe even three.
whirled peas - The last day to sign up is March 2nd, so you have a little time. ;) And you can cut off your face when you take the picture, so no one has to know it's you. ;)
need it gone - I would count the crunch pilates as a Pilates/Yoga day. Granted, it's intense. ;) But it's mostly Pilates with a cardio aspect involved. So I'd say Pilates all the way! :D
Come on everyone - this is to help YOU up your anty! ;) Again, this isn't for everyone... I've been doing these challenges for over a year now and this one is geared more towards what would help me this time. Those that can join, great. Those that can't, we'll see you on the next one. Let's be creative and see why we CAN do this! Extreme challenges - bring extreme results. :mrgreen: |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:16 am |
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| otter70
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Hi Pookie
Thanks for the information. I'll try and answer some of your questions:
My gym offers a "circuit training" class 3 days a week which is 1 hr and has caridio and strength training segments about 30 min each but they are in intervals i.e 2 min cardio segment 2 min strenght training for an hour. That is how I get the strength training in. In total the class gives about 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of strength training.
3 days a week I power walk 45 minutes and get about 3.3 miles in per session--I feel like I am moving pretty fast. I am not a big fan of running as my knees are pretty bad.
I guess I can cook but part of my SB success is the routine of cooking. New stuff has in the past triggered overeating. Good news is I ordered a WW cookbook that has "Core Plan" recipies that can be modified to SB
I am really interested in doing this challenge because DH and I are going on a Mediterranean Cruise May 11th and I want to try out a new wardrobe that allows me to wear sleeveless ensembles. Yes a very vain reason.
Count me in
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:33 pm |
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| Cyster
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Ok, I'm feeling like an idiot mentioning my "stair workout" without first providing my background information. :wink: I forgot that you aren't all "Pookies" right now for February and don't know what I did! LOL! A few weeks ago I did HIIT on the stairs! Not the stairs machine....no, no, no, on my stairs at home. I ran up and down for 20 minutes as fast as I could. It felt amazing!! Until the next day. :lol: I literally could not walk for the next 5 days. My knees buckled when I tried. It was miserable and derailed me for a good week and a half. So when I say my cardio time is 10 minutes on the stairs, I actually mean just 2 days a week. 3 days a week I do HIIT on the elliptical for 20 minutes followed by 20 minutes of a straight "run". (50 minutes total with warm up and 1 cool down after HIIT and a second cool down after the run) Anyway, that's my story! :wink: Just didn't want to look like a beginner in an extreme challenge. :oops:
I don't exactly have a goal in mind except my same ol'-same ol' goal of remaining highly motivated. But hey, that's important, right? I do tend to lose motivation easily and give up quickly. This is the first time I've made it this far and I am still going strong. That's amazing for me, so perhaps that goal is good enough.
I have a wedding to go to for my cousin 8 hours away and this family of mine is highly crititical, wealthy, and beautiful. :( My mom told my grandpa I'd lost nearly 30 lbs and his response was "Well of course, all she needed to do was go to the gym 3 days a week." :( Yeah, I've been going to the gym at 5:00 AM 5 days a week or more for two years now. It's not that easy!! AND I am insulin resistant to boot (PCOS) which just makes the going that much more interesting for me.
Onward folks!! I for one am looking forward to this challenge. (Not so much the journaling part...more whining ahead. :wink:) |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:03 pm |
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| Lupe
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Hi
I'm in, don't think I would show any difference in the pictures though, I looked basically the same since I am 15 (plus some sunspots and wrinkles), how do you attach pictures to a posting?
Abrams, in terms of getting injured, it is just because I am training so much for Pilates that I was afraid that if I added 3 weight sessions I wouldn't have the mandatory 48 hours of recovery between sessions, regardless of the type, too much is too much. But I can do a 15 min weight circuit before Pilates. In any case I guess the point of this challenge is to push yourself, so I should stop whining and do it!!!
I am currently teaching 3 aerobics classes a week (I can count those at my workouts too?), and I used to be a firm believer on weights, but Pilates totally changed that view. The thing about it is that you can do it at an easy level, and then it will be core strength plus some streching, or you can go all the way, but it takes you at least a year to be able to even attempt the advanced excercises, plus a studio who offers reformer classes. Mat classes are good for tonning your abs, but you need a reformer to get a total body workout. So bad that reformer classes are expensive though, but I am getting the best workout of my life, I never felt so strong or walked so straight!!
So, I'm in, I'm in!!!!!!!! and I am going on a honeymoon april 20th, so this is just what I need. When do we know the teams? |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:47 pm |
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| Aingeal
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~ Why did you join an extreme challenge and what is your one goal that you want to achieve after 6 weeks?
Why? These challenges definately make me stay on track with this WOL. I'd like to see myself lose inches in my waist and hips over the 6 weeks. Of course lose weight too! But I'd really like to feel a difference in strength at the end of 6 weeks. I'm working with weights for my arms and would like to see some difference in toning in them as well as strength.
Cardio: I already walk 4 times a week. I'll add another day!
Strength: I already train with weights 2 times a week that I count. I do more at home, but never as much as I do at the gym. I'll figure out a strength training I can do at home.
Yoga: I do yoga for stretching, but not as much as I did in January. I switched to weights in February. I can easily add back in a day of Yoga at home! |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:05 pm |
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| Dee011
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Why I joined this challenge? To see can I get rid off my jiggling fat thighs and behind. I have been losing weight, but I only do cardio/stretching now. I'm thinking if I do straight training too I'm might be able to firm up. I participated in last two challenges and it’s easier to stay on track with all this support and its gives you something to look forward.
Oh and I was at the store couple days ago, and some guy told me I have big ass. I was so mad. All this hard work and somebody comes and in 2 second ruins my self-esteem. I called my DH and all of my friends to get some moral support after that. So reasons just keep piling up why I joined and keep doing it. |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:10 pm |
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| Lupe
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~ Why did you join an extreme challenge and what is your one goal that you want to achieve after 6 weeks?
I really enjoyed the previous challenges I did last year, and I know it helps me be accountable, I am going to my honeymoon in april, to Paris, so I want to look my best between all those thin french woman (and for the shopping too).
My goal is long and lean, because I've always been curvy and gain muscle fast, but when I train a lot I end up "stocky".
I definitely need to amp up my cardio. I won't mind to loose some inches from my waist, since that's my problem area (I came to the conclusion that I don't really have a waist, so If I loose any inches from there I will consider it a miracle), but I don't really need to loose any more weight. I am just for the accountability, and because there's nothing like good constructive criticism and advice to put things into perspective. |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:19 pm |
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| otter70
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Hi everyone
I really want to join your challenge but I can't commit to 9 separate sessions while my DH is away--he is in Iraq and I am working full time (almost 60 hrs a week) with 3 kids. it is hard enough to squeeze in 1 hour a day 6 x a week. :(
Will there be a regular challenge?
Thanks again
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:30 pm |
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| bonzai
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I'm in- you guys are hardcore, but I need that...
Why am I joining this challenge? Because I'm tired of putting my needs last. I want to feel good about myself again and physical strength and health gives me emotional strength and good mental health.
I already signed up for a bootcamp class at the Y. I'm not sure if the focus is cardio or strength training, so I'll have to let you know. |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:43 pm |
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| skinnypeep
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pookiebear wrote: If you need help with a regime, we can help you. :) I was training to be a Personal Trainer for a while and I love making up programs. :D
Pook - would you do one for me? I look at the site but somehow never know how to best combine exercises. Is it 2 per muscle group? I'd like to focus on upper body and not tire out my legs for running.
I have a small gym in my building with some machines- chest and back stuff mostly. And a good set of dumbbells. |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:56 pm |
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pookiebear wrote:
So as our first thing to chat about - how about we start with a question ~ Why did you join an extreme challenge and what is your one goal that you want to achieve after 6 weeks?
My goal is to lose body fat and gain muscle/lost inches in it's place. :) It's not required in this challenge, but I will be getting my body fat percent measured at the beginning and the end of this challenge. My goal is to see ANY kind of loss! :D
O. M. G.
Why did I decide to join? Because it's scary! And if that's not reason enough, I don't know what is! Wowie wowie wow-wow! Geez... Those are some serious requirements. I think I can I think I can I think I can!
Goal? Break this freaking plateau I've been on since starting P2. I'm not kidding. I weighed myself today, and I'm only down like, 2 pounds... I don't know what's going on... My body just doesn't want to go down anymore. I think this should do the trick... Not for the weak of heart, eh? |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:59 pm |
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Oh, right, the goal question. Almost forgot :lol:
Of course good health and all that..... but seriously?
I think I've made some progress lately with the running, but it's been really slow. So time to kick it up a notch and get to where I wanna be. That's it. |
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Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:11 pm |
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| pookiebear
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otter - You can still do it if you want to. :) It doesn't have to take a long time, not even 6 days/week. It can take 5. For example: You can do 5 sessions of cardio for 30 min. - 3 strength training sessions 30 min. and 1 stretching session for 30 min. ~ that's only 4 1/2 hours/week. That's less than 6 hours. :) (6 times/week for 1 hr. each time) It's totally up to you though. There will be another challenge when I get back from Africa - in May sometime... unless Kirian wants to do one on her own before I get back. ;)
Cyster - I know you're not a beginner, but thanks for explaining yourself for the others. ;) hehe And thanks for letting us know we need to check your journal. ;)
Lupe - This link will show you how to post your pictures: http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16485
Quote: I am currently teaching 3 aerobics classes a week (I can count those at my workouts too?)
Yes. You mostly certainly can. :)
We'll know the teams (hopefully) the Friday before the challenge starts. :)
Honeymoon in Paris!??!!? How wonderful! :mrgreen:
Aingeal - Sounds great hun! Good plan! :D
Dee - How rude of that guy!?!?!? What was he thinking!!!! :evil: You'll enjoy this challenge hun... it'll be rough, but the rewards will be greater. :)
bonzai - Welcome!
bonzai wrote: I'm in- you guys are hardcore, but I need that...
:lol: Yes, we are. But I think we can agree that we all need it. ;)
skinnypeep - I would be more than happy to! I'll be PMing you with more details on that. ;)
SBDGirl - Scary, huh? ;) :lol: No worries - You'll do great! :D |
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