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A-ROD'S TEAM!
A-Rod
raynjen
Maryone
Love2paint4you
LadyVenom
ftanya
amyjoy
julta
Carrye
shadowrose81
OTTER70's TEAM!
otter70
misskt84
amity228
SarBear
arw80
blu.
luvmycritters
bkro9
Krismiss
need it gone
MEEMOO'S TEAM!
meemoo
DarkChocolate
coastal_mom
p_wreath
salmonlady
selena5
searay
berkeleybabe
swimdream
vickil
ROMMEL'S TEAM!
Rommel
sej
mongoliabound
jabbah
justright
RDH
musicmom
larissahp
tooaud2
EverLore
I will put up individual posts this week for each team - PLEASE, everyone CHECK IN in your team's post so everyone is accounted for. You will also need a TEAM NAME, so you can use that post to start thinking about ideas! Leaders, if all your team members have not checked in by Fridayish, I'd suggest PMing them or writing in their journals to make sure they're still in to win!
We'll get the master results sticky put up over the weekend so we're ready for Monday. In the mean time, please please review the rules of the challenge so you know what the requirements are. It might help us all to develop weekly schedules for exercise and other goals [I have a nice refrigerator chart; it's quite snazzy 8)].
Remember, bonus points are based on the HONOR SYSTEM, so please read my recent reply in the original June Challenge thread that details how you should be awarding bonus points to yourselves.
GOOD LUCK, and I dont' know about you guys but I AM PUMPED ALREADY!! |
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Wed May 30, 2007 5:22 pm |
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| bump! ;) |
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Wed May 30, 2007 10:44 pm |
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| bump again! |
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Thu May 31, 2007 11:10 pm |
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| each team has a new member! may be some more coming ... |
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Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:36 pm |
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A-Rod
Thanks for the update! Waves to our newest member--(((HI))))!
I think I understand everything except the bonus points--but they are unlimited?
1. You get 5 points for each additional 30+ minute cardio workout you do. You can work out 5-7 days a week for an added 5-15 points, or double up on a particular day [e.g. get up and go running for 45 mins in the morning, and then go for a 30 minute walk in the evening]. (Potential MAX 35?)
2. You get 2 points for each additional strength workout per week. This must be a session on a different day. 15 more minutes of more sets and more reps don't count, because the benefits of weight training start to drop off at this point. (Max points allowed?)
3. You get 2 points for trying a new form of exercise. Get on the ol' bike in the garage, try a new workout class at the gym, buy a new workout DVD, whatever. Finding new workouts challenges your body and helps you find lifetime activities you enjoy!
4. You'll get 5 points for any workout that lasts longer than 90 minutes. The extra push really challenges your body and burns the fat, so get out there and keep going!
5. You'll get an extra 2 points for a PUSH IT! bonus. These are up to you to assess, but you're giving yourself credit for pushing yourself with increased time, distance, speed, or intensity. If you up your normal speed on the treadmill, lift more weight than normal, extend your cardio workout by 20 minutes, run an extra mile, etc., you get a bonus. This is an honor system thing, and the real benefit isn't the points, but the increase in calorie and fat burning, muscle growth, and fitness.
I have a spreadsheet DH made for me on the last challenge and I hope I can modify it based upon this challenge--
I will reread the bonus points again and apoligize if this has been explained already
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Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:35 pm |
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haha - this is where i even start to get confused!
let's see ... for strength, you are required to do 2 strength workouts a week. so if you did 7 in a week, 2 would be required and thus you'd get bonuses for 5 of them ... at 2 points each, that's a max of 10 bonus points for strength.
for the cardio, you have to work out 4 days a week. if you worked out seven days a week AND did double cardio on those days, you could do a possible 14 cardio workouts [2 per day X 7 days per week]. 4 of those required, 10 bonus X 5 points each = 50 potential cardio bonus points.
then let's not forget the bonuses you can give yourself for really pushing it - time, speed, intensity, etc.
i really just ask people to abide by the honor system with the bonuses ... i usually work out for 60 minutes. the requirement is a MINIMUM of 30, but since 60 is my normal workout, i wouldn't give myself a 5 points bonus for doing 60 instead of 30 ... that wouldn't be pushing myself. if i did extra beyond 60, i might ... or if i increased my intensity or mile time or whatever, i might ... but people should be giving themselves bonuses when they are truly challenging their exercise status quo.
does that all make more sense? |
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:01 am |
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From what I understood, there is a maximum of 35 bonus points in cardio. The four required days could be doubled up and have a bonus workout but the other three days are a bonus workout already and there can't be double bonuses in any one given day for exra workouts since a bonus workout is by definition 30++++++minutes. The only way to get double bonus points on a bonus day is to do a 90 minute workout since you'd get an exctra 5 pts for doing cardio over 90 minutes.
Let's get straight on this one so we all score the same way. Maybe we should have a team leader thread so we can ask and answer scoring questions where we all will see them. |
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:11 pm |
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Rommel wrote: From what I understood, there is a maximum of 35 bonus points in cardio. The four required days could be doubled up and have a bonus workout but the other three days are a bonus workout already and there can't be double bonuses in any one given day for exra workouts since a bonus workout is by definition 30++++++minutes. The only way to get double bonus points on a bonus day is to do a 90 minute workout since you'd get an exctra 5 pts for doing cardio over 90 minutes.
Let's get straight on this one so we all score the same way. Maybe we should have a team leader thread so we can ask and answer scoring questions where we all will see them.
hmm ... here's how i figured it:
if there are 7 days in a week, and someone is NUTS and works out twice a day, every day, they'd do 14 workouts. only 4 of those are required, so the other 10 are a bonus, right? 10 x 5 = 50? am i totally missing something, which is highly possible?
there's also the 90+ bonuses, and the push-it bonuses ... possibility for bonus points can be kind of infinite, but i really don't anticipate someone going overboard like that. |
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:29 pm |
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| Anyone willing to share their spreadsheet for the challenge?!?!?!?!? |
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:49 pm |
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A-Rod, this is a quote from our discussion on the main challenge page:
"Conceivably one could earn an extra 35 points a week in cardio alone if they doubled up on their required four days and did a bonus on each of their three down days. In short, you can do one bonus session per day whether or not you did one of the required workouts. No TWO cardio bonuses in one day. I think I got it."
I though I had it but maybe not. You're figuring you can get double bonuses for cardio on your off days. I'm not unless it's a 90 minute workout which would be 5 points for a bonus workout and 5 points for a workout exceeding 90 minutes. So to me, the only way to get double bonus points on your nonrequired cardio day, for cardio, is to do a 90 minute workout.
Either way we decide to score it, I just want to all be on the same page. |
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:03 pm |
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I have a spreadsheet that I will need to re-format and am willing to share with everyone-I just need all the correct variables.
I am not really good with the higher math :oops: --any chance we can re-negotiate the max points--I guess I am looking for something a bit easier to track on a spread sheet. It gets a bit murky for me when the bonus pump up points are factored.
Thanks
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:14 pm |
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