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musicmom wrote: Cooking in your garage? Why?
I did alright today, too. Got in my 8 glasses of h2o (btw, does anyone know offhand how many cups 64oz is? I should double check.)
We're remodeling our kitchen....that's why I made cooking a meal everynight one of my goals, because it's so unappealing.
A cup is 8oz...so 64oz is 8 cups :) |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:24 pm |
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| 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? please feel free to PM me if you have questions about anything ... |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:33 pm |
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| A-Rod
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hey guys - just posted this to help clarify for my team and i thought you all might find it helpful:
A-Rod wrote: 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 6:18 pm |
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| mongoliabound
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okay, in light of A-Rod's post, I am amending my goals. I am removing the goal of 4 circuits because that would count as strength training. So....
goal #2: No eating after 8pm
My kids go to bed at 8, so its tempting to eat after they are in bed!
Thanks for clarifying this for us, A-Rod!
Well team...no name?
How is everyone doing? I did a circuit (x5) today, but no cardio. It's threatening to storm here...so we're kind of trapped inside. :shock:
Oh, I forgot to mention my starting weight is 148. |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:19 pm |
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| maltby_gardner
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I'm afraid I don't understand...
One of the example goals was "3. Run tough hill route two days this week." How is this different? You would already get cardio points and/or "push it" points for this, so why is it an acceptable goal, but, for example, "Get 7 hours of cardio" would not be. The way I'm understanding it.
I'm sorry, I am quite confused. :? And it looks as though 2 of my goals may be disqualified, so I need to know so that I can set new ones! :D |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:40 pm |
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| A-Rod
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paula, good question ...
at a certain point, it kind of comes down to the honor system. if you wanted to give yourself a "push it" bonus for doing the hill route [as opposed to an easier route] you could, or you could make the hill route your goal ... it's hard to be too restrictive on goals, so to some degree people need to count them as one thing and not the other, just so they're not counted twice.
this does get complicated, but if people stick to the general guideline and try not to count things twice if that's possible, i think we'll be OK. team leaders can keep an eye out for this in their team members' weekly reporting and try to catch it if people do accidentally double count something. |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:23 pm |
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| Rommel
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| So sorry to hear you hurt your leg RDH. We'll miss not being able to have you in the challenge. Take care and I hope you heal quickly! |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:45 pm |
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| A-Rod
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Rommel wrote: So sorry to hear you hurt your leg RDH. We'll miss not being able to have you in the challenge. Take care and I hope you heal quickly!
uh oh ... that means you guys are short a person! want to try and recruit someone? |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:46 pm |
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| A-Rod
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| nevermind - good luck! welcome your newest team member, darkchocolate! |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:51 pm |
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| Rommel
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Glad to have you Dark Chocolate. We have a great group here. Welcome!
Gotta run and do my hiking--check back with you all later if I get a chance--got to be at work at 2AM so will have to hit the sheets early so may not be able to until tomorrow.
Already did the elliptical earlier so will earn us a bonus on the hike and may try to squeeze in an ab and lower body workout if I have time.
Hope everyone is staying motivated and doing their thing.
Forward hoooooooooooo! |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:17 pm |
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| DarkChocolate
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Well okay then, here I am!
I haven't been able to be on the boards much lately, but I'm here now!
Even though I haven't been posting, I've been anticipating this new Challenge and started off strong yesterday. I'm really looking forward to this!
Yesterday morning I ran for 2 miles (with some warm-up/cool-down walking to round out a full 30 minutes). Then in the evening I took an Ashtanga YOGA class, which was really exciting - my first time ever trying yoga! I also did 80 knee-pushups (maybe someday I'll be able to accomplish "real" ones!) and 105 crunches before bed. I also drank at least 64oz water.
This morning when I got up I did my Sun Salutation "homework" from yoga class (I really think I'm going to enjoy this!), and headed over to the gym for weight machines. Today was a day off from running. I'm well on my way to completing the water goal for the day, and plan to do more pushups/crunches tonight as well.
So, even though it's a bit late, here are my goals for Week 1:
#1 - Do at least 3 sets of the yoga sun salutation each day
#2 - Do at least 90 crunches and 70 knee-pushups each night
#3 - Running schedule: 2 miles regular (Monday), off (Tuesday), hills (Wednesday), 2.5 miles regular (Thursday), speed (Friday), off (Saturday), long 4 miles (Sunday)
I think these should work out okay with the whole prevent-overlapping-points thing. Although I haven't read everything about that yet (still catching up!) so let me know if I might be wrong.
I'm not intending on counting the yoga towards the strength or cardio requirements (or should I??)... I think I might count crunches/pushups towards a strength workout though, on days I don't do weight machines... is this reasonable or not? I absolutely plan to count my running days as cardio... and I think I will want to do a "push-it" bonus for the 4-mile run, as that will be the longest I've EVER run... is that reasonable, since it's also a part of my personal goal? Just trying to figure out how all these things fit in with the ideas of this Challenge. :)
Anyway, I'm really excited about this Challenge and looking forward to being part of this team! I haven't read this whole team thread yet, so I'm off to do that now... |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:20 pm |
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| A-Rod
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if you are counting the pushups, etc. towards your strength requirement, they wouldn't work as a goal ... one or the other, ya?
i think the running thing is OK ... if 4 miles is a stretch for you, that constitutes pushing it, even if you planned to do so. sticking to the entire regimen for the week is a goal [and not doing LESS than what you have planned]. |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:23 pm |
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| DarkChocolate
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Okay, I think I gotcha, A-Rod.
I was thinking the same sort of thing with the running goal... that my goal is to complete the whole week plan, as I'm trying to develop a training routine, and the whole thing together is a goal.
I'm going back and forth about whether or not I think the pushups/crunches should "count" as a strength workout... I'm leaning towards yes though.
Here's an idea, I'll just do a food-related goal instead. I'll have it be "eat 100% Beachy for the rest of the week" (as I had a couple minor slip-ups yesterday and today, uugh).
So my three goals for the week (we're supposed to have three, right?):
#1 - Do at least 3 sets of the yoga sun salutation each day
#2 - Running schedule: 2 miles regular (Monday), off (Tuesday), hills (Wednesday), 3 miles regular (Thursday), speed (Friday), off (Saturday), long 4 miles (Sunday)
#3 - Eat 100% Beachy Tuesday through Sunday
(I fixed the length of Thursday's run... I was remembering it wrong from what I had planned out) |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:37 pm |
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| DarkChocolate
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| Oh, and A-Rod, you mentioned something I'd been wondering about (which may have been addressed in these threads I haven't yet caught up on, sorry!) - is "pushing it" supposed to be when you do more than planned, or can it also be when you plan to do something particularly challenging? It sounds like it could be either... and it probably is rather case-specific. Thanks! |
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:39 pm |
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| maltby_gardner
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I had a pretty good day yesterday. I had a light bulb moment about how to deal with the edema I get in my ankles and lower legs, which was to break my cardio into two sessions, hopefully doubling the increase in circulation I (hope) I get from it.
So I got in lots of bonus cardio, a second weight session, ate on plan, drank my water, and so forth.
How about everyone else? You out there? |
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Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:38 pm |
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