| A-Rod
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hey guys! just a general reminder to everyone that challenge REQUIREMENTS cannot be part of your general goals. since drinking water is part of a requirement, you can't make it a goal to drink your water every day, for example [for some reason, many of you have made this one of your weekly goals!]. same goes for bonus point things - you wouldn't be able to make it a goal to do a 90-minute workout on saturday, because you'd also get a bonus for doing that.
does that make sense? |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:30 pm |
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| A-Rod
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hey team! hope you all had a GREAT first day of the challenge!
i had a brutal workout yesterday ... was supposed to do a 3 mile run, but i have this weird undiagnosed breathing problem where i struggle to get air. sounds like asthma, but inhalers have never helped and asthma tests were negative - no idea what it is. it crops up in fits and spurts and has made a return, which doesn't make for good workouts. i went on my run yesterday anyway, ran 3.25 miles and walked some for a total of 3.8. it was awful, but at least it was something. feeling a lot better today, so tomorrow's run should be good, i hope.
i also drank all my water yesterday and did enjoy one of my two planned treats - a red velvet cupcake. :twisted: already excited for pizza on friday night, and perhaps another treat on sunday. |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:37 pm |
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| amyjoy
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A-Rod wrote: but i have this weird undiagnosed breathing problem where i struggle to get air
Yikes! Hope this problem goes away. Congrats on doing the run away! Proud of ya!
So far, so good again today. I've just got done making ice cream cone cupcakes for my daughter's birthday tomorrow and I DIDN'T EVEN LICK THE BATTER ONCE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy $&*@!!!! Yay me!!
I'm so motivated to keep going. I know this is only day 2 but I already feel great and being part of a team like this is so awesome!!!! |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:48 pm |
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| LadyVenom
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Whoops!
Lets see... goals...
1.) Stretching morning and night for 10 minutes each time
2.) Hit the pool for an extra workout - swim laps and jogging underwater
3.) Don't eat any chocolate. Seriously, this is HARD! |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:50 pm |
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| A-Rod
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LV, per my reminder up there, you couldn't make the extra swim a goal since you'd be getting double points for it as a bonus ... can't have stuff count twice.
SORRY to mess up your goals - you can still keep it as a goal and get the workout bonus points! - but i have to be fair. ;) |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:06 pm |
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| A-Rod
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to add to this last reply, i did a quick scan of our team's goals ... i know this can be a little confusing at first, but to reiterate, we all need to make sure that our goals [which earn us 5 points each if we achieve them for the week] can't be things that you'd get points for because they're a requirement or a bonus.
some examples i saw of goals that would be double-counted:
- exercise 5/7 days [you'd already get bonus points for the extra day of exercise, so 5 extra points for the goal would double count]
- do an extra ___ workout once this week [you'd already get a bonus point if it's an extra workout ...]
- drink all my water this week [again, you get points for every day you drink your water]
- try harder at ___ [you'd get bonus points for increasing your intensity for a workout already]
things that i think DO work are giving yourself specific activity goals ... example, i am an avid spinner but running [historically] has been awful and painful for me. if i wasn't doing this training program, i might make it a goal to run twice a week, since that is HARDER for me than spinning and thus more of a challenge. so to give yourself a goal of incorporating a certain type of workout that is challenging to you or provides you with additional variety, that is excellent as a goal.
ladyvenom mentioned stretching as a goal - that's a great example of something we should all do but if you're like me, you're lazy or you forget. making it a goal to stretch daily or 5x/week or whatever is great if that's something that you need to do.
for me, i made it a goal to stick to my training schedule all 7 days out of the week ... yes, i'd get points for completing the workout, but i could slack off on my schedule [run 2 mi instead of 3 mi] and still get all my exercise requirements done. so that doesn't double-count ... make sense?
i hope this clarifies a bit ... if you can all give your goals a quick review to make sure that none of them are things you'd already get requirement or bonus points for by virtue of doing them, that'd be great! |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:16 pm |
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| Love2paint4you
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| I admit, I'm so confused! |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:56 pm |
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| A-Rod
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haha okay ... let me see if i can clarify.
YOU, for example, missy, made it your goal to do TKD on tue/thur/sat [or whenever]. that's one of your normal workouts, yes? so to get 5 points for doing the workout PLUS 5 points for achieving that goal of doing the workout basically gives you points twice for one activity.
same would be said if you did walking for your cardio and did TKD on top of that - you'd get bonus points for the TKD [added workout] plus the points for achieving your goal.
same with water ... if you get 2 pts per day for water, you can't get 5 points for achieving the goal of drinking your water.
clearer? |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:09 pm |
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| ftanya
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Okay, so my initial goals were
1- Eat a clean phase 1
2- On top of Power 90 workout plan, do an additional interval training workout on elliptical
3- Up the number of push-ups I can do at once from 15 to 18 (I know this doesn't sound like much, but it's big for me.)
From what I understand, I can keep 1 and 3, but have to change 2, right?
So, revised goals
1- Eat a clean phase 1 (so far, so good)
2- Up the number of push-ups I can do at once from 15 to 18
3- Involve hubby in at least one workout, even if it's just going for a walk with him and baby. |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:20 pm |
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| A-Rod
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| mostly, those are fine ... you just can't give yourself bonus points for the pushup goal. as i said in another team's thread, you have to use the honor system and eventually choose whether something is a goal or a bonus. make sense? |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:28 pm |
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| Love2paint4you
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I'm good. What I really needed to do was sit down and read all of the guidelines instead of skim over them. I did that.
So.....in the first two days (and I don't know if I'm going to TKD tonight or not. If so, more bonus!) Oh, I was chatting with this really cute young woman today and it turns out she teaches the spinning classes at my gym. I told her that I'd like to try it, but I'm SKEEEERED! A-Rod, I thought of you! Maybe if she's teaching, I'll give it a go.
I better keep track of the challenge points so that I don't lose track.
<revised>
Monday
cardio points: 5 points
strength: 5 points
water: didn't make it
bonus: 5 points for additional evening power walk
Tuesday
cardio: 5
strength: 5
water: 2
27 points so far! |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:58 pm |
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| A-Rod
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wow, barb! you're rackin' em up!
my points:
monday:
cardio: 5
pushed it!: 2
water: 2
tuesday:
water: 2
strength: 5 [will do tonight at home]
[off day from working out as planned]
gee, i have 16 to your 32! :oops:
so you should TOTALLY take a spinning class ... the first time or so is not that fun - your butt will be sore and it's challenging! but the nice thing is that you can adjust the resistance to your own level and make it as easy or as hard as you like. after the first two times, i was HOOKED. there are always first-timers in classes and everyone knows exactly what they're experiencing - most teachers are very helpful in getting you set up and explaining what goes on, so you shouldn't feel intimidated. |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:28 pm |
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| A-Rod
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| barb, just to clarify, did you do one 90 minute cardio session or were you adding up cardio + weights or cardio + TKD? i should've specified that it's 90 minutes of CARDIO. |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:29 pm |
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| Love2paint4you
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A-Rod wrote: barb, just to clarify, did you do one 90 minute cardio session or were you adding up cardio + weights or cardio + TKD? i should've specified that it's 90 minutes of CARDIO.
Ah, gotcha! I did 45 mins of cardio at noon, then 45 mins of weights, then powerwalked for four miles (about 55 mins) in the evening. I guess I was counting the weights and first cardio as bonus because I had a 90 minute workout. I'll take that off. But I did do a total of 100 mins of cardio yesterday! GO me!
I'm switching TKD to tomorrow instead of today because I got stuck at the office today, and now dh isn't home tonight, so I can't go. I normally take Weds off, but I'll go tomorrow instead.
90 mins of cardio straight ! That's Jam's territory!
As for spinning, I"m interested....the class times suck for me but we'll see. |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:39 pm |
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| A-Rod
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the 90 continuous minutes is such a kick in the butt! i dont' usually get my act together that way but i do like to TRY and get it in once a week ... something like do 45 minutes at the gym and then powerwalk home for 45 minutes [3.5 miles from gym to house]. if you incorporate the walking with it, it's not that hard.
cheater tip ahead for my team's eyes only! HIKING is a greeaaaat way to sneak in a 90 min workout without feeling like it was difficult and awful! ;) for most people that's about a 6-mi hike - not too bad at all! |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:44 pm |
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