This session will run for 9 weeks.
Dates - April 1 through June 1
Currently committed to round 2:
Rumbas - 4 days/wk
littleman - 4 days/wk
thesaintv12 - 4 days/wk
Drastic - 5 days/wk
ergophobe - 4 days/wk
jetboy - 5 days/wk
The setup:
Commit to X number of workouts or exercise sessions per week, post that in this thread before March 31.
Post weekly in this thread, by end of Monday for previous weeks' success.
The rules (same as before):
No "banking" of extra workouts to put towards future weeks.
No make up sessions for missed workouts from previous weeks.
Workout week is Mon-Sun. This allows a full business week plus weekend for makeup if needed.
You determine what an exercise session is, but it should constitute the same cardio and/or strength training as a regular workout.
CoreCommit To Exercise - January 9th through April 1
12 week exercise plan commitments:
agerhart - 5 days/week
edo - 5 days
ergophobe - 4 days
grnidone - 5 days
jetboy - 5 days
littleman - 4 days
mivox - 5 days
Rumbas - 4 days
thesaintv12 - 5 days
Drastic - 5 days
dougs - 4?5? days
Post in this thread on Friday, or by Monday at the absolute latest, for that week's success.
Current Stats:
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 4/5
Week 9 - 4/5
Week 10 - 3/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 3/5
Week 9 - 5/5
Week 10 - 5/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 4/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 1/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 0/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 5/5
Week 9 - 5/5
Week 10 - 5/5
---------------------------------------
grnidone
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - no report
Week 3 - no report (out)
agerhart
Week 1 - 4?5?/5 no final report
Week 2 - no report - out?
Week 3 - no report (out)
mivox
Week 1 - 0/5 no report
Week 2 - no report - out?
Week 3 - no report (out)
dougs
Week 1 - 0/0 (started week 2)
Week 2 - no report - out?
Week 3 - no report (out)
edo
Week 1 - 0/5 out
__________________________
$80 financial commitment pot, for two top winners. $40 each at the end of the 12 weeks goes to the top 2 of 4 for highest percentage of commitment completed.
$20 each committed:
ergphobe
Rumbas
thesaintv12
Drastic
Where do we post to sign up? Tried searching the site... I'd like to commit to 5 days/week also!
Checking in - I have completed my 5 days this week (3 out on the bike, 2 on the weights). I plan to do weights again tomorrow.
Quite happy to join in on the $20
@mivox - No official sign up. How many days are you committing to? I'm sure Drastic will add you to the list?
Mivox, this is a break-out from the Less is More thread, just added you.
If we have enough interested in the money incentive, we could give top 3 even or stepped amounts. If it's just 2-3 of us, we can do 1 winner with 1 larger amount - 40-50 bucks maybe depending on how much we want to "bet". So far it looks like it might just be the two of us.
Remember what Ed was like last time he almost had to pay out though. He will look like an Olympic athlete in three months time ;)
Yeah, imagine 50-100 bucks on the line every time you think about skipping. Even if you don't get anything the improvement in action is worth it, which is the point anyway.
Well, since I signed up on Jan 4, I'd have to work out twice on one day to be able to make 5 days a week...at least for this first week. Or does the week end on Sunday?
And God Almighty am I sore.
I wouldn't worry about this week unless you had already planned on starting on Mon-Tues as far as the commitment goes.
Friday check-in, just finished my 4 this week. I'll probably do some skateboarding this weekend with the kids for a bonus.
5 for me this week, thinking about going in for just cardio again tomorrow to help smooth the transition, it was a rough week.
Just finished my 4th for the week. And will be playing hockey on Sunday. Bam!
Did I commit to exercising? Don't remember that! Just losing weight for me. For health reasons I can't do any exercise other than walking, so it has to be just good old-fashioned eating less for me.
I actually didn't think it was possible to lose 28 pounds in 3 months by just eating less, but when you start at an disgustingly obese 238 pounds (which I was in Sept) then I guess it is!
<Edit> Just read through the Less is More thread. Apparently I did commit to 5 days a week exercising. Er, I didn't mean to!
Agreed edo, dietary habits have a huge role in it..can't lose weight when you eat like shit.
>Er, I didn't mean to!
Too late, you have to now!
Just kidding. You are right, diet is a huge part of of it. There is a saying: You can't out exercise a bad diet, and it is really true.
Schweet. I intend to start M-F on Monday then. I'll warm up a bit this weekend, so's I don't injure myself. ;-)
Has anyone invented a stationary bike-powered laptop yet?
Hey Mivox, I'm not sure if you seen the original thread -- its sort of long, but might be worth skimming.
http://th3core.com/talk/water-coolerextra/the-less-is-more-thread/
Can we make some things clear: when does a week start and end?
If Friday was the last day, then I'm already in teh hole..
>stationary bike-powered laptop yet
I remember a while back I found one..
But this one is a generator and can be used for different things:
http://www.pedalpowergenerator.com/
Let's check in on Fridays. And establish that any type of honest exercise counts (be it in the gym, running, cycling, playing basketball or whatever) as long as it ends up being a real workout.
I forgot I even requested an invite to this site: http://ftcy.co/xaNcPD
Fitocracy has an online workout tracker, and (of course) special interest discussion groups and the like. If anyone's interested, the link above should get you an invite. I figured if I joined, it might help keep me on track... probably won't do as good as being accountable to you guys, but if a bunch of us joined, we could start our own group. ;D
Ok, just got back from the 5th workout this week.
5 times doing pretty heavy weights including 2 times grueling cardio of 45 mins.
Phew, hate the cardio, but getting better at as we try to keep a pretty fast pace lifting weights too.
Hey Dras, count me in on the $20 challenge :)
Good job Raz, you want to bump your commit to 5 days?
Edo, you want out for sure?
Week runs Monday-Sunday. If you get behind or can't go for whatever reason, the weekend is catch up. Post when your commitment is done for the week. Post by the Monday following at the latest.
Haven't made it to the pool yet, but did my three gym sessions, albeit only weights so far. I padded out my five-a-week with planks at home. Weight-wise, I started out at 77.7Kg on Sunday, dropped down to 75.8Kg by Friday, and by this morning I was at 77.6Kg. Despite the figures, I feel a lot better for it.
Food-wise, I'm doing low GI again, so mostly meat, salad and fruit. I'm trying not to make it so strict that I resent it. After I wobbled on my quitting smoking a couple of times, I've bought an electronic cigarette, and it kicks ass. On the lowest nicotine liquid now. When that's run out (by the end of the week), I'm going to try the nicotine-free stuff.
Thanks Dras.
Nah, I think 3-4 times as week is realistic :)
Too late to join? I would commit to 4x/week.
I finished up the year by challenging myself to exercise 35 days straight until Christmas and was thinking I wasn't interested, but last week, as I was about to spend a third day in a row sitting on my ass, I thought, I should commit to four days a week just to keep myself honest through the winter.
If it's Friday to Friday, let's see... last week... one day rock climbing, one run, two bouldering sessions, one monster weight session... leaving me sore for two days.
So far this week..
Sat: run 4 miles, with 2.3 miles of steep uphill
Sun: Snake Dike route with my wife! 16 miles of hiking with climbing pack, 5 pitches of easy climbing (5.7 if that means anything to you folks), and 5,000 feet of vertical gain, ending at the top of Half Dome.
Alternative proposal regarding money
If it's not presumptuous for a Johnny-Come-Lately to throw out "policy" changes, I would like to throw this out (and I guess if it *is* presumptuous, too late. Sorry).
Personally, I set weekly goals this way: every week I knock off everything on my list, I put $50 into a pot for spending on frivolous stuff I don't need. Every week I miss a single thing on my list, I take $250 out of the pot. Very effective.
Since the idea of the money is to keep everyone in the game for the duration and motivate everyone to the end, giving it to the person with the best record means that someone who gets the flu and misses a week might as well give up. But I'd like to see that person get rolling again and get back on track.
So my proposal is this: for every *day* that you miss in a given week, it costs $20 (or $10 or whatever you feel comfy with). That all goes into a pool. Everyone who misses fewer than X weeks (two?) over the course of the challenge gets thrown into a winner-take-all drawing. Person 1 generates a randomized list of names. Person 2 generates a random number. Both email person 3 to make the match and determine the winner. That way everyone who doesn't give up has a chance to win a substantial pot. And we all have a penalty hanging over us *every* week.
Just an idea for optimal motivation...
PS - trying to get my wife to join The Core and join this.
1. She's trying to get regular with her fitness
2. She's the online marketing manager for the main concessioner for Yosemite, a Pubcon and Twittercon vet, and friends with at least one other active member here (buckworks) and a few more less active members.
ergophobe, not too late at all, added you to the OP.
The week runs Monday through Sunday.
The money motivation sounds interesting though maybe overly complicated. Problem is we only have 3 people who want to do it so far, plus you would make 4. I was hoping if most would do it we could split the pot amongst the top top two or three. 40-60 bucks - 1 winner, 80 or more - 2 winners, over 150 - three winners.
Regardless of the money challenge, I plan to keep the OP updated with our weekly numbers.
So we start this week, and since no one has replied about the commitment duration question, this will run for 12 weeks.
Good luck!
OK, I think this will work well as a monetary incentive:
Those wanting to participate commit $20 each.
At the end of 12 weeks, which runs through Sunday April 1st, post your final week's number by end of Monday April 2nd.
The top % of committed days to actually exercised days will win:
If we have 2-3 people, we will have one winner. $40-60
If we have 4-5 people, two winners $40-50 each.
If we have 6-8 people, 3 winners $40-53 each.
In the event of a tie percentage, the person with more total days exercised will be placed first. In the event % and number of days is a tie, the money will be split for that position if it is the last winning position. A tie at non-last winning position will take up the both slots. All winners receive equal money unless there is a tie for last winning place.
The goal of this incentive is to keep us working out on our schedule, not just to win money. Those days you're teetering on the edge of skipping exercise, $40-60 should hopefully be enough to push you over the edge to commit. The more people that join, the more have a chance of winning.
A couple of rules:
Post your stats by Monday at the latest for the previous week. This keeps everything up to date and your memory fresh for what you accomplished.
You cannot achieve more than 100% during a week. IOW, if your commit is 4 days, and you workout 5, you don't get 125% that week - you get the max of 100%. This will keep people from catching up for missed days towards the end of the commitment period, and to keep things fair for people who have already committed 5 days. This commitment is to keep us on a regular weekly exercise schedule, and this rule will encourage that.
Agree to this by end of Wednesday next week, Jan 18. Send your $20 via paypal as a gift and you pay the fee to me by the end of next week. I will send the payments out the week of April 2 as a gift and I'll pay the fee(s).
Who's in?
So far I think we have:
Rumbas (need to know if you want 3 or 4 days actual commit?)
thesaintv12
Drastic
ergophobe?
I'm in for 4 days Dras.
Feeling like shit today and have one very sick kid here as well. Anyhoo off to the gym for the 2nd session this week.
I'm in for $20. I've been good so far... all three days so far. lol
I just spent two hours shoveling gravel, digging dirt, swinging a pickaxe and crowbar, and moving large rocks (torso sized... roling them obviously) because my neighbor is having a plumbing crisis and needed to dig up his sewer pipe. I think I'm counting that as today's workout... although it wasn't actually that hard. Got my heart rate up and my back sore though. And accomplished my good deed for the week.
^^^^RC would approve^^^^
Did my four for the week as of Thursday.
5 days in the gym this week complete.
4 down. 1 scheduled tomorrow and playing hockey Sunday.
Just done number 5 for the week.....need......sleep...
Don't know about everyone else but I need targets to get stuff done, so am going to try and lose 2 stone (28 pounds) by my birthday which is April 12th. If I don't do it and only lose a stone I'll be happy, but always nice to have something to aim at.
I actually bought a book called "Waist Disposal - The Ultimate Fat Loss Manual for Men" on Amazon the other day by a respected medical doctor and nutritionist. Absolutely recommend it. Not at all salesy garbage but just deals in scientific facts and very interesting reading about how aerobic exercise doesn't necessarily (or even usually) help with weight loss (although is very good for overall health).
And that's my five done. Three sessions on the weights and two (roughly) 1Km swims. Even after two weeks the changes are visible: The fat around my middle stands out far more now! I'll be adding a stint on the cross-trainer into the gym sessions this week to see if I can do something about that. I've dropped 0.9Kg (2lbs) over the last fortnight.
Did my 4th yesterday. Was not good as the whole family is down with some kind of stomach flu.
Managed 4 this week tho, so I'm pleased.
Wow, that's commitment. When I'm feeling like shit I'll just take a couple of days off as needed -- that's why I'm not part of the money poll.
I'm good for the week. Tough week b/c last weekend's activities left me too tired to do much Mon-Tues.
One hard weight workout, a pickaxe/shovel workout, a second pickaxe/shovel workout plus pushups, chinups, rope climbing, and some weights. And then Sunday, an epic adventure. 10 hours of hiking, scrambling and climbing up Tenaya Canyon, almost all cross-country, 4000 foot gain. An awesome day. This is rarely ever done in January.
I've been self-diagnosed with ADHD and have been taking steps to correct.
In this context, ADHD = Adventure Deficit Hypoactivity Disorder.
Quote from: littleman on January 13, 2012, 07:03:49 AM
^^^^RC would approve^^^^
Not my planned workout, but digging like mad racing sunset was a pretty good workout and my neighbor looked like he was about ready to cry. So I figured I could do a workout that would benefit us both.
>Was not good as the whole family is down with some kind of stomach flu.
Actually, if you were throwing up or draining from the back end, I'd call it 5. If it makes you sore, it's exercise...and usually those activities leave you sore afterwards.
Can I join?
I have no choice after having a major hip operation, which involved lots of gruesome stuff. So I am aiming for 4/5 times per week now for atleast 90 minutes per day. I have been in the gym most days for the past 2 months but not at this intensity.
So today was day 1 of the new regime:
10 mile bike ride
1 mile row
1/2 mile swim
Doug
Sure dougs, added you to the op. Just need a specific number of days, 4 or 5?
OP updated:
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
thesaintv12
week 1 - 5/5
jetboy
week 1 - 5/5
Rumbas
week 1 - 4/4
ergophobe
week 1 - 4/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
agerhart
week 1 - 4?5?/5 no final report
grnidone
week 1 - 0/5 no report
mivox
week 1 - 0/5 no report
edo
week 1 - 0/5 out
dougs
week 1 - - (started week 2)
Let's try to keep this thread for the commitment and those involved. General weight loss/exercise discussion can go in the Less Is More thread.
Quote from: dougs on January 16, 2012, 09:11:08 PMafter having a major hip operation... 10 mile bike ride
Wow! Good job!
wouldn't it be easier to report only if you didn't make your exercise routine?
Sure that would be easier, but that means people who don't exercise and forget, slack off or for whatever reason don't post would be inaccurately considered 100%.
Besides, we like to celebrate success.
ah OK...well, in that case, I did workout 5 times last week...
Six times for me this week. Is that is a day in the bank for any I miss?
5/5 this week.
The way I'm doing it is no days carry forward, since the purpose is being consistent to the commitment every week.
Ok, I'll just have to make sure I don't miss days then.
Just put my money in the hat too.
Only 3/4 so far... but additional motivation:
http://www.everymantri.com/everyman_triathlon/2012/01/at-74-years-oldthese-are-your-legs-on-triathlon-these-are-your-legs-without-triathlon.html
4/4 again for me.
Ok, going to be the first to report a week below par, only made 2 sessions this week. Mostly due to being sick most of the week.
No excuses, just didn't had energy and felt like shit.
On Friday I still had three sessions to go, but I hit the weights yesterday and today, and I've just got back from an evening swim. I don't think I'd have bothered with the extra motivation from this thread. So that's my week three done.
4/4 this week.
1 run, 1 weight session, 1 bouldering session, 1 XC ski tour today (saw mt lion tracks and a coyote in the meadow howling). That's my "official" exercise. Less intense than the past couple of weeks which included a 12-hour Sunday event, but not too bad.
Also managed 3 hrs of shoveling gravel and an additional 1.5 miles of running b/c I was late for a lunch meeting.
Commitment Standings
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
grnidone
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - no report
agerhart
Week 1 - 4?5?/5 no final report
Week 2 - no report - out?
mivox
Week 1 - 0/5 no report
Week 2 - no report - out?
dougs
Week 1 - 0/0 (started week 2)
Week 2 - no report - out?
edo
Week 1 - 0/5 out
Ok, we have $80 in the financial commitment pot, for two top winners of the four who are in the financial commit. $40 each at the end of the 12 weeks goes to the top 2 of 4 for highest percentage of commitment completed.
$20 each committed:
ergphobe
Rumbas
thesaintv12
Drastic
Glad to see the commitment is helping, I know it's making a huge difference for me. There have been several days where I made it to the gym late afternoon when normally I would have just put it off until the next day.
Thanks for posting the update Drastic.
Another 5/5 for me this week.
As a bonus I am down 8lbs since we started this.
>down 8lbs
Congrats!
4/4 for me this week.
4/4 - Rock climbing tomorrow. So that will be 5 out of 4 I guess.
Ran 9 miles Thur - longest run since I hurt my calf in Aug 2010. Psyched!
5/5, finished up yesterday. I wasn't feeling well Thursday so I laid out. Another workout that wouldn't have happened without the commitment.
I average at least one workout a week that I would not do without this. This week I worked out Mon and Tues, which I would not have done but I didn't want to get behind the curve for this.
Not done as much as I'd like in the gym this week, but managed five exercise sessions regardless.
4/4 check.
After week 3, it looks like we have 6 active participants. Anyone that hasn't posted up for the week in the last two weeks is considered out.
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Good job all for staying with it so far, especially on days when sick or busy. I am already reaping the rewards by being in the best shape I can remember, and noticed a couple days ago I'm not far from dropping yet another hole in the belt.
When we keep this up another 9 weeks, I feel sure we'll be surprised at the results. I know I am already.
Thank you all for participating!
Good stuff.
However I'm pretty sure I wont make my 4 this week as I sick again "ยค%!/#"! and haven't been out of the house since Sunday. Beginning to wear on me.
Anybody have any good tips on recovering from a really nasty flu with very high fewer. It has now migrated into a nasty f-ing cold?
Bummer bro, hope you get better soon.
Immune system supplements can help, we have something here called Airborne which can be taken as a pill or tea and seemed to help me a lot in the past. Zinc is supposed to be good as well.
Regular hot teas, soups, juices and that kind of thing can help. Stay away from diuretics like coffee & soda.
Of course you could try the old Southern favorite home remedy of whiskey and honey. (Preferably Jack Daniel's of course.) I dunno if it really works but sure makes you feel better right away.
Yeah... sorry, but same as always - lots of sleep, lots of fluids, as many calories as you can get with a flu. Then get out and get some sunshine and fresh air as soon as you feel able.
All the best!
Cheers folks.
We dont have any meds like that Dras. Not allowed yet - however we've just seen the intro of vitamin rich drinks etc. so it might be coming as well.
Doing lots of water, green tea (with liquorice root, yum!) and a couple of smoothies with a bunch of vitamins etc.
Might be able to visit the office for the first time in a week tomorrow.
Don't give up though Ras. I am sure there is a good chance we will all miss workouts/get ill during the coming two months. It could all be very balanced at the end.
I'm doing 4 per week and it's getting silly as now at
25Km on bike
4 x 250m sprint on rower
15 mins power exercise
400m swim
15 minutes sauna
I then have to eat like a pig and weight is going up:( Now at 85KG
Doug
I must congratulate you all on your efforts and commitment, well done!
Although not participating, I do have my share of tough exercise from time to time. In the last week there has been two beehive cutouts in full gear and then an afternoon of chainsawing and brushcutting, all in high Summer temps.
Why do I mention this I hear you ask?
<pause>
Each of the above would be equal to one good workout in the gym, so in the true spirit of SPAMMING, I am happy to offer the virtual credits for same to anyone unable to make up their quota for the week. (Providing suitable funds are seen to be changing hands of course ...)
;D
5/5 for me again this week.
11lbs lost so far too.
I must say though that it was hard going. I was having a low motivation week and this thread really kept me at it. That and a promise of a glass of single malt when I finished each workout. Not quite a post work out shake, but it gets my arse into gear.
Thanks again to Drastic for keeping the stats.
4/4 so far... more this weekend.
Woz - some of my workouts have included digging up the neighbor's sewer line as fast as possible to be the dark and digging and building a small retaining wall (that was back in December before this challenge - 94 pound blocks in that wall), shovelling 3/4 ton of gravel into my truck, out into a wheelbarrow and out to a drainage project I have.
When there's no real work that would be "workout" worthy, I sometimes load 200 pounds in a wheelbarrow and sprint uphill for intervals of 30secs to 5 mins. This is a fanatastic workout for anyone looking for some variety. I got my friend, famous speed climber Hans Florine, doing them a few weeks ago.
4/4 again for me, I almost bailed today due to a sore throat but I really didn't want to miss my back day (pullups and deadlifts).
This was a rough week, I played volleyball for the first time in 2 years or so, for over 2 hours straight Tuesday night. I've not had soreness like this in years.
Still got in all 5 at the gym though, plus the extra vball session.
I had lost about 10 pounds so far, but gained 3-4 back this week by eating out almost every day. It should shed again early next week.
I have been trying some different diet style recipes while doing this. A nice diet Rogan Josh tonight. Yum yum!
Protein pancakes in the morning too. Problem is I have to make loads now because the whole family are hooked. Recipe here -
http://heat.lewispeople.co.uk/meals/the-best-diet-breakfast
>>Protein pancakes
My wife and I buy the *unflavored* ten-pound bag (not bucket as pictured) of this
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/now/whey.html
and it comes with that blender bottle thing which is actually well worth buying even not a free gift. Anyway, we throw the stuff in smoothies, pancakes, in the blender bottle with milk and chocolate syrup or just cinnamon. It's the cheapest, cleanest whey isolate I've found - no flavors, no sweeteners, no preservatives, genuine isolate (not concentrate).
Doing some proteins as well. Usually a good thick shake right after working out. Does the trick and keeps hunger level down too.
Just put in my 3rd session this week despite being sick as a dog most of the week.
5/5
Wow Raz, that is determination - good stuff!
Actually got a bike ride in with the 68 degree weather yesterday as well, already knocked those few extra pounds back off.
Stats for Week 4:
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 3/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Well, I'll go ahead and state the obvious: I completely fell off the wagon here.
Trying to pull my crap together again, and get back on board, but I expect I'll be sending $20 to someone in a few weeks. heh
Unmotivated this week. A few nights bad sleep and other lame excuses. If not for you guys I would be 0/4, but I'm at 2/4 and today will make 3/4. One day on the weekend and I'll be done. Thanks!
Keep motivated Ergophobe, it is worth it.
4/4 for me again. I'm getting stronger which is nice, but I'm not going to make my goal by Valentine's day. I'm pushing 195 back to March 1. It is something that you have to experience to fully appreciate, but when you are pushing close to the end* every pound from here is war. If I mess up the slightest diet wise it will push me back days. One indulgent meal and I'm pushed back a week.
*what I mean by end it end of the weight loss phase. I'm going to keep on pushing my fitness and health.
A poor 3/5 for me this week. The snow meant I couldn't get out on the bike, and while I should have done something in its place it knocked my motivation. No weight loss this week either, so I am going to have to double my efforts next week.
But you still have two days! (or are you counting your week as Sat-Fri?)
I haven't weighed myself in ages... wouldn't know if I've gone up or down.
Quote from: ergophobe on February 10, 2012, 07:51:40 PM
But you still have two days! (or are you counting your week as Sat-Fri?)
I haven't weighed myself in ages... wouldn't know if I've gone up or down.
I am counting Sat - Fri. I could change it I suppose, but this might give me a good kick up the arse ;)
3/4 so far, but will deff do the 4th tomorrow. I'm getting to a point where I feel really bad if I dont go and my body tells me to get of my @ss. Getting stronger and leaner too - but slowly. The GF pointed out the other day that "wow, you actually have ribs in there somewhere, I can feel them!" :)
I'm with you LM, EVERYTHING I eat push me back. It's amazing how fast you gain weight if you just let it rip for a few days.
We've begun to do at least one vegetable/fruit smoothie everyday and cutting most of the white carbs for regular meals focusing on vegs, meat, nuts and keeping an eye on sugar and bad fat.
Feeling great today :) Love this thread as it keeps me motivated.
5/5. Not really losing any weight, but certainly fitter.
Thanks LM. Not my best fitness week and I just defaulted into a 5-mile run Sunday afternoon to make my four, but I made it.
Not the best way to get lean, but better than sitting on my a##. So 4/4 this week.
This week's cycle included some Tabata stuff. First time I've tried it. I did not puke (felt like it though) or faint. Sicne Ken asked this to be focussed on the challenge, not methods and such, I made a short post over in the Less is More thread
http://th3core.com/talk/water-coolerextra/the-less-is-more-thread/msg17662/#msg17662
4/4 this week.
Hehe, pay up if you get off your @ss:
http://www.gym-pact.com/
That's fricken brilliant as a business idea.
Not so great for me as an exercise motivator since I try to do as little of my exercise in a gym as possible and most of the places I exercise have neither wifi nor cell-phone reception.
5 gym days plus 2+ hour vball session this week. Finally got cold outside so I've not done much over the weekend, good recuperation time.
Week 5 Results:
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 3/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Quote from: Drastic on February 13, 2012, 03:54:10 PM
5 gym days plus 2+ hour vball session this week
...
Week 5 - 5/5
You don't count that as 6 out of 5? ;-)
That's some good work!
BTW, I don't find myself getting that much stronger in absolute terms, but I feel like I'm staying stronger longer. In other words, my first bouldering sessions (think very short rock climbs that put a premium on power rather than endurance) before the challenge resulted in my being wasted in 30 mins. Two nights ago I went 1.5 hours and really left b/c my wife was tired. I could have kept going. Meanwhile, the size holds I can pull on is much slower to decrease (the smaller the better in this context).
Still, feel noticeable progress over where I was Nov. 15 and it feels good!
Quote from: ergophobe on February 16, 2012, 05:20:32 PM
You don't count that as 6 out of 5? ;-)
That's some good work!
BTW, I don't find myself getting that much stronger in absolute terms, but I feel like I'm staying stronger longer. In other words, my first bouldering sessions (think very short rock climbs that put a premium on power rather than endurance) before the challenge resulted in my being wasted in 30 mins. Two nights ago I went 1.5 hours and really left b/c my wife was tired. I could have kept going. Meanwhile, the size holds I can pull on is much slower to decrease (the smaller the better in this context).
Still, feel noticeable progress over where I was Nov. 15 and it feels good!
Thanks, the more I do the better I feel and more I want to do.
Not counting extras since the CC is set up to incite working out regularly every week rather than build extras early or make up for missed time later. I'm contemplating 6 days/week for the next commit, assuming others are interested.
Yeah my strength gain has sort of tapered off too, but my workouts are geared toward weight loss anyway. One thing I've noticed the last week is stamina and cardio strength as well, I think we are seeing similar improvements. I had to bump the elliptical resistance to 14/25 from 12/25 since I was topping 8mph too often. My goal is to average above 6 mph so I hit 3 miles in 30 mins. I figured once I bumped up I just needed to get through at whatever speed since the 100% peaks (random program) can be rough on higher tensions. Surprised myself and still got close to 3.5 miles which is what I've built up to. It was the hardest I've done so far, but felt great.
Awesome job everyone sticking with it, end of this week marks the halfway point.
Quote from: Drastic on February 16, 2012, 05:43:30 PM
Not counting extras since the CC is set up to incite working out regularly every week rather than build extras
Was in no way suggesting "banking" the extra. I was simply suggesting tooting your own horn, patting yourself on the back, reveling in your success. That's all ;-)
hehe gotcha, it's all good.
One thing I do want to work on since getting in the daily gym habit, is going early in the morning.
Another 3/5 for me this week. I was feeling bad about that, but actually I am still quite pleased as this time last year it would have been 0.
4/4 again
>I am still quite pleased as this time last year it would have been 0.
Hey that's what it's all about, keep it up.
Missed a day at the gym when I wasn't feeling great but made it up today. Plus vball.
5/5
5/5
4/4 check.
4/4
Plan: massive fitness weekend that would just blow me and all of you away.
Reality: 3 hours of resort skiing on Saturday (which I don't count as fitness exercise) and, 4pm Sunday, me finding myself telling my wife I ahd to get my butt out of the house and get my fourth in to keep faith. so thank you all once again for keeping me on track!
Through the halfway point:
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 3/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Great work guys, 6 down and 6 to go. I've been surprised at how well we're all staying with this, myself included. Keep it up.
5/5 for me this week. I'm back on track now.
4/4 here.
5/5
5/5 here.
4/4 here
4/4
7 down, 5 to go:
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Week 7 - 5/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Pretty solid numbers guys!
Next month is the test - I'm traveling March 1-30. First week will include a fair bit of time in the mountains, so that should be easy, but the last two weeks will be more complicated.
How many pushups does one have to do in the back of a plane in order to count it as a workout? :-)
Quote from: ergophobe on February 27, 2012, 10:08:24 PM
Next month is the test - I'm traveling March 1-30. First week will include a fair bit of time in the mountains, so that should be easy, but the last two weeks will be more complicated.
How many pushups does one have to do in the back of a plane in order to count it as a workout? :-)
Doing pushups in a plane is commitment! The Sky-Marshall might take you down though.
Quote from: thesaintv12 on February 28, 2012, 07:42:31 PM
Doing pushups in a plane is commitment! The Sky-Marshall might take you down though.
I think I did 300 during my last cross-country flight (across the US that is, so there's lots of time to rest). The flight attendant told me that in 20 years she had never seen someone doing pushups on the plane. I thought "Well, I guess you and I haven't been on the same flight very often."
I go nuts in planes - hate them. Pushups, lunges and various stretches are all that keep me from being sore all over after being cooped in those awful seats. I suppose I'd sleep more and exercise less if I flew first class though.
Anyway, I think I should be able to manage some pushups while flying over the North Pole!
Quotebeing sore all over after being cooped in those awful seats
They used to torture people by shutting them in cells that were too small to allow much movement.
Now we pay for similar treatment.
Flying "cattle class", one of my high-flying friends calls it.
4/4
4/4. What a week, went 4 days in a row to keep up with commit. Feeling exchausted.
Only 3/5 for me this week. Car trouble got in the way of yesterday's gym and swim sessions. Fixed now, and planning on picking up the slack today.
4/5 for me this week.
Well I only made it to the gym 4 times this week, as I spent Friday buy dirt bike and gear, Saturday riding, and Sunday resting from Saturday. I did get some volleyball in Tuesday and riding made me more sore than going to the gym, so I think it's still a 5/5.
And that's the last two done.
Week 8 in the books, 4 to go.
Still need to hear from ergophobe though.
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 4/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 3/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - ???/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 5/5
First time online in a week.
DISMAL - 1/4 last week. I also managed 125 pushups in the plane, but that's not enough to count.
So far this week, I'm 3/3 and planning to make it 4/4 tomorrow. Might go 7/7 this week if all goes well.
Ah, that's ok, A for effort. Why not count those pushups as a workout though, close to it. Doing it in a plane makes it a multiple of normal IMO. Any funny looks?
4/4.
4/4 this week
Actually did five straight days - one run, two ski tours, two days using ski lifts (but plenty tiring on the legs). Rest day today and then skiing tomorrow. So it will be six this week.
Quote from: Drastic on March 07, 2012, 10:30:35 PMWhy not count those pushups as a workout though, close to it.
I told myself 250 was the min, so it is what it is.
QuoteDoing it in a plane makes it a multiple of normal IMO. Any funny looks?
Some. Some thumbs up as well. But the real problem was the flight attendant who was chewing me out and complaining that I was creating a hazard (which was BS). But since they can have you arrested on landing if you talk back, I decided to be furtive. Might have gotten in 250 without her.
In any case, that would have left me with at least a 30 minute run in Frankfort airport and that place is gross. So it would have been tough
4/5 for me
7/5 and worn out. Think it may be time to try supplements.
4/4
One volleyball session for 2 hours.
Three dirt bike rides for 2 hours or so each.
Five gym workouts.
Solid 5/5 me thinks.
3 weeks to go!!
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 4/5
Week 9 - 4/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 3/5
Week 9 - 5/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 1/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 5/5
Week 9 - 5/5
0/4 this week... and we'll see about next week.
Bad fall skiing on Sunday. Perhaps the most painful thing I've experienced in 46 years of skiing, 39 years of climbing/mountaineering and 48 years of life and it happened at a ski resort on a maintained and easy trail.
Thought for sure I had broken my pelvis and/or vertebrae (it's possible I do have a hairline fracture, but was skiing with a surgeon and a radiologist and they said that in any case, the only treatment for hairline fractures in those regions is rest, so there's no real advantage to getting a CT scan).
Came close to puking and passing out from the pain - bad landing off a jump (actually just a high speed rollover) onto flat ice - i.e. no slope or give to cushion impact. Landed flat on my butt with the shock very efficiently transferred to the spine.
All in all, I'm feeling very lucky. It looks like I got away with only a moderately painful herniated disk and a really sore low back. I'm surprised (and thrilled) that much pain did that little damage.
Did a lot of walking last week and I think it was a mistake. Spent all day in bed today and feeling better, but most activities still hurt. Planning to spend tomorrow in bed and then see about resuming gentle exercise this coming week.
Oh well... my wife didn't get the backcountry ski touring adventure in the Alps she was looking for, but it did free up some days to see the Louvre, Tour Eiffel and lots of Parisian pastries.
0/4.... I think you should get a pass considering the circumstance. Please take it easy and give yourself tome to heal.
4/4 for me. Nothing very adventurous, just heavy lifting.
5/5
4/4. 2 times to the gym, one afternoon doing rollerblades and yesterday a round of golf carrying the bag weighing 40 lbs. Pretty good work out :)
QuoteI think you should get a pass considering the circumstance
Thanks, but part of my inconsistency these past two years has been due to continually doing stupid things like this. No consequences = no learning! It was fricken idiotic to ski off something where I couldn't see the landing and I even said so to myself just before the accident. I remember thinking something like "who are you trying to impress?" (nobody was watching anyway - I was bringing up the rear). Slow learner.
Anyway, feeling much better. It was like no progress for one week and then suddenly 50% of the pain was gone in a day this weekend. So I don't think I've done anything too stupid and expect to make my four this week.
Wow, ergo, glad you're doing much better, spine injuries are rough.
I had an unplanned dismount from the Yamaha on Friday, landing on my head. I quite thoroughly tested out the new helmet and neck brace. Lower back got strained I think due to hyperextending when I flipped, but I pushed through and kept riding and went back Sat. I laid around yesterday to get back to around 95% today.
5/5
Wow! That sounds like a narrow escape. Thank God you're okay.
Thanks. Yeah, it was an... interesting ride. hehe
Ok, we have this week and next to finish up this commitment.
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 4/5
Week 9 - 4/5
Week 10 - 3/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 3/5
Week 9 - 5/5
Week 10 - 5/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 4/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 1/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 0/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 5/5
Week 9 - 5/5
Week 10 - 5/5
Keep it up, let's finish strong.
Sorry for the late update.
3/5 for me the week just gone.
No sweat saint.
So, since we're about to wrap this commitment up, is anyone interested in another? I'm thinking 8 or 9 weeks which would take us to the end of May, without interfering with summer.
I just got down to 206 (and change) today, which is the lightest I can remember. I probably haven't been this weight for 15 years or more, so I'm motivated to keep at it.
Who's with me?
>Who's with me?
Count the Viking in!
I'm glad you are ok Dras, that sounds like it could have been serious. Also, congrats on 206!
I'm in for round two.
While I have not been as good as I could have been during this, I am in on the next round. However, I will be rethinking my routine to match the madness life is putting my way right now.
Sorry to hear about the accidents ergo and dras. Hope you are both back at 100% before too long.
Round 2 starts up in less than 2 weeks. This session will run for 9 weeks, right after the current session.
Dates - April 1 through June 1
Post your weekly commitment by end of Friday, March 30.
Currently committed to round 2:
Rumbas - 4 days
littleman - 4 days
thesaintv12 - 4 days
Drastic - 5 days
ergophobe - 4 days
jetboy - 5 days
The setup:
Commit to X number of workouts or exercise sessions per week, post that in this thread before March 31.
Post weekly in this thread, by end of Monday for previous weeks' success.
The rules (same as before):
No "banking" of extra workouts to put towards future weeks.
No make up sessions for missed workouts from previous weeks.
Workout week is Mon-Sun. This allows a full business week plus weekend for makeup if needed.
You determine what an exercise session is, but it should constitute the same cardio and/or strength training as a regular workout.
Those who have already committed, I put the same number of days that you had for round 1. No problem if you want to change that, just post what your new commit is.
I'm in for 4/week.
Ran two miles (slowly) and did 100 pushups and some stretching. I think I'm ready to start exercising again.
I'm in for 5.
I am in for 4 workouts/week for round 2. Frankly with everything I have on it is going to be tricky, but I like it that way and will put my money in the pot.
Are we reporting for this week or is this the lull in between where no one is checking in? Anyway... 4/4.
We're going back-to-back. Final week is next week for Round 1, Round 2 starts the week after.
5/5
I'm counting 4/4 this week, much to my surprise.
Monday was not what I would usually count as a workout (2 mile run, 100 pushups), but the effort involved was considerable. By this weekend though, I skied the Tรชte de Valepelline - roughly 8 hours of total climbing (2200 meters total) over two days from Arolla, ending just shy of 4000 meters, with a 2-hour (2200 meter!) descent to Zermatt. My back was incredibly tired and achy, but surprisingly not really painful at all!
Glad to hear you're recovering nicely, ergo! My lower back is still bugging me, I thought it would be healed up by now.
Barely eeked by with 5/5 this week, had to make up Sat and Sun. More workouts rescued by the commit.
Good job - 5 workouts with a hurt back must have been rough. And yes, my first two would absolutely not have happened last week without the commit.
Actually it only hurts when I stand up straight. When basically doing anything at all it feels fine. I took a couple days of doing nothing to try and give it time, but didn't make much difference.
Odd.
4/4
Did a couple of sessions in the gym this weekend, but with a nasty migraine. Helped a bit though :)
Drastic -
You're in the UK right?
In Switzerland or France (and I assume therefore in the UK), you can just go to the pharmacy and get Voltaren (a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory - NSAID - that is only approved for rheumatism in the US I think). I was taking sodium naproxen (only available by prescription in France).
The sodium naproxen was doing basically nothing, but I started getting huge relief once I started on the Voltaren. Just an idea.
Unlike the sodium naproxen which slightly dulled the pain, but by morning when it had worn off, I didn't see much difference, the Voltaren didn't do much for the pain, but the effect was cumulative over a couple of days in reducing (I'm guessing) the inflammation so that after a few days the worst of it was gone.
No, I'm in the US.
I think my spine needs adjustment. It feels fine when I first get up and then starts giving me trouble after an hour or so. I've got an appt. with my applied kinesiologist.
My wife put the TENS unit on it for a while last night, seemed to help a bit. Will see today if makes much difference.
Thanks for the info though!
Waiting for thesaint's numbers for the weekly roundup.
Sorry for the late check in. 4/5 for me this week.
This week is the final week of Round 1. Round 2 starts on Monday.
Results through Week 11:
littleman
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 4/4
Week 11 - 4/4
thesaintv12
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 4/5
Week 9 - 4/5
Week 10 - 3/5
Week 11 - 4/5
jetboy
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 3/5
Week 9 - 5/5
Week 10 - 5/5
Week 11 - 5/5
Rumbas
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 4/4
Week 11 - 4/4
ergophobe
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 1/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 0/4
Week 11 - 4/4
Drastic
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 5/5
Week 9 - 5/5
Week 10 - 5/5
Week 11 - 5/5
Commitments for Round 2 starting Monday:
Rumbas - 4 days/wk
littleman - 4 days/wk
thesaintv12 - 4 days/wk
Drastic - 5 days/wk
ergophobe - 4 days/wk
jetboy - 5 days/wk
Anyone new want to join in for next week? Now is the time.
4/4 again.
5/5
4/4.
4/5
5/5
Round Two starts today.
Will tally the stats for Round One once ergo checks in.
sorry guys - another weak week for ergo - 2/4 :-(
Even so it would have been 1/4 without the commit - one of those workouts was 5 miles around the city of Geneva at 9-9:45 at night. Would never have done that without knowing I had to check in.
Final Results - Round 1
littleman - 100%
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 4/4
Week 11 - 4/4
Week 12 - 4/4
thesaintv12 - 83%
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 4/5
Week 9 - 4/5
Week 10 - 3/5
Week 11 - 4/5
Week 12 - 4/5
jetboy - 97%
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 3/5
Week 9 - 5/5
Week 10 - 5/5
Week 11 - 5/5
Week 12 - 5/5
Rumbas - 94%
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 4/4
Week 11 - 4/4
Week 12 - 4/4
ergophobe - 81%
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 1/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Week 10 - 0/4
Week 11 - 4/4
Week 12 - 2/4
Drastic - 100%
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 5/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 5/5
Week 8 - 5/5
Week 9 - 5/5
Week 10 - 5/5
Week 11 - 5/5
Week 12 - 5/5
For our money commit of $20 each for the top 2 of 4, winning $40 each:
Drastic - 100%
Rumbas - 94%
thesaintv12 - 83%
ergophobe - 81%
Rumbas & I win the $40 each. Raz, I'll be sending that shortly.
Do you guys want to do the financial commit for Round 2?
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General Stats:
10 people commited on or before week 1
6 of these finished the commitment through week 12
3 exercised on week 1 and then dropped out
1 dropped before starting
A total 60 % finish rate, and a 100% finish rate for those still in after week 1.
As an overall number for the total commitment of 6 who finished, we commited to:
324 exercise sessions
and we completed:
300 exercise sessions
For a total 93% completion rate. Well done guys, I would have to say mission accomplished for Round 1.
To have this many people finish it out with an overall 93% completion of 324 workouts, this worked great and makes it all worth the effort.
As a recap, what can you share about your before and after results, or any observations about what we're doing?
Damn - dead last!
Before and after is a tough one for me - back still hurts too much for most stuff. I was getting stronger and happy with progress through the first eight weeks, but now I'm weaker and chubbier than when I started - low activity, injury and high pastry consumption during my European trip took a toll at the end.
My main surprise was how often I would not have gotten my four but for this commitment. I hate to say it, but it brought me face to face with my current sloth, but also got me off my butt for many workouts that would not have happened.
As for financial commitment for round 2 - I'm in. Paypal it to Ken at the same address?
Wow. Thought I had some weeks where I didn't make much, so pleasantly surprised :)
In for round 2 fer sure. Just send me a 20 then Dras.
Before:
I don't think I've ever managed more than five weeks of weights without dropping sessions and taking weeks off. I'm lean at 73Kg, but I'd gone up to over 77.
After:
13th week now, and I dropped below 75Kg, but I've put on some muscle weight since, so the whole weight loss thing has been a bit of a wash out. However, I'm looking pretty good, and I'm doing heavier weights at the gym than I've ever done before. The weight on most exercises has gone up over 60% over the last three months, so I'm feeling a lot stronger. The only cardio I'm doing is swimming twice a week, so I've got to start adding some cardio into my gym sessions.
And I haven't had a real cigarette since the first week in January. An electronic cigarette completely scratches that itch for me, and I really don't see me going back.
For me, I'm down to 202 today, so I've lost at least 8-10 lbs since we started.
I think I'm probably in my best shape ever. It's nice to be able to go do whatever I want for as long as I want. Yesterday I got up at 7am (early for me), drove 2 hours, rode my dirt bike all day, drove home 2 hours and still had enough gas to unload everything and watched Netflix 'til midnight. No way would that have happened a couple years ago, probably not even last year.
Many, many workouts would have been missed without the commit.
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So, it looks like we would have 3 for the money commit for one $60 winner. You guys good with that?
Happy to put my money up again.
4/4
5/5
4/4
Bad week. Had too many days with migraine.
2/4.
Somehow I eeked in 5/5 this week by squeezing two sessions in yesterday morning and afternoon.
3/4
4/4
2/4
4/4. Had a great run this week with heavy lifting and quite a bit of cardio.
5/5
Sorry for the delay in updating, I've had a busy week. Updating through week 2, just waiting on ergo.
Round 2
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/4
Week 2 - 4/4
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 2/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
jetboy
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Drastic
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Financial commitment:
Rumbas
Drastic
thesaintv12
ergophobe
On the hook for $20 each, we will have the top 2 for $40 each. If no objections, since everyone was in for the duration last week, instead of pooling the money we can just send the $20 to the top 2 at the end of Round 2.
Rasmus I just sent you $40 from Round 1.
sorry - 4/4
hammered by some illness, so my last two runs were more letter than spirit of the law, but at least I got out and did *something*.
Hey that's all good, some of mine have been pretty weak too, but better than nothing which is what I would have done otherwise.
4/4 + bike riding with he kids.
3/4
4/4.
3 good workouts and one day dragging stone and dirt for some garden reconstruction.
0/5. Stressy week. Total wash-out. Back on it today.
4/4 + an extra 5-mile run. The back is still preventing the workouts from being what I'd like... but it'll get there.
3/5, busy week. Was going to pedal some yesterday, but got rained out.
Back on the horse.
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 3/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
jetboy
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 0/5
Drastic
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 3/5
4/4 as of last night.... not counting a 1 mile-run yesterday b/c I was late to a lunch meeting again. Going rock climbing this afternoon and probably at least one exercise session this weekend. Yay!
4/4
2/4. Bad week.
3/4
4/5. I think I'm losing a bit of motivation since I hit my target weight.
>losing a bit of motivation since I hit my target weight.
Yeah Dras, you are in the danger zone right now. I know from experience that post goal accomplishment can mess with one's head and make him complacent. I've bounced off of my low a few times.
Maintaining weight and a level of fitness is psychologically harder than losing in many ways. There's a lot less glory in maintaining. People ask me when I'm going to be "done" and I usually tell then that I'll never be truly done and that I'm going to be at it in one way or another for the rest of my life. One thing that I keep doing is pushing my goals around so I keep having something to accomplish. It could be losing some more weight, or adding some reps to my pullups, or seeing what my ab muscles look like -- could be anything to keep the workouts interesting and working towards something.
4/5. Yeah, I'm struggling too. Workouts have been a bit half-arsed, so I'm not seeing much improvement. I'll pull it back though.
See if you can find something that will motivate you.
I have this idea I'd like to get into good enough shape to climb El Capitan again in under 24 hours.
I'm a good way off that right now, but just writing that makes me want to go crank off a set of pullups... in fact... gotta go!
Well I think the big problem is I'm getting bored in the gym. When I'm working out I feel like I'm wasting time, as I could at least be riding a bike (pedal or dirt) and having a ton of fun while getting more cardio.
I do need to keep up the strength training though. Can't be any harder than starting out, just need to stay committed.
This weeks' tally:
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 2/4
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
jetboy
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 0/5
Week 4 - 4/5
Drastic
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 4/5
Too late to join? This is right up my alley. I've been doing hot yoga and swimming but could use some extra motivation.
Hey Marcela! Long time no type, good to see you here again.
Sure, you can join right in, how many days per week do you want to commit?
Good to see you too :-)
Hoping this visit here will be much more permanent :-)
4 days a week. I'll start tracking next week. Should be fun.
Nice to have you join in 2much! Just this little correspondence on exercise seems to be enough to keep many of us motivated.
Okay this is much needed I'm having to work more than before so I have to work in time for everything. Good thing I'm starting on Monday.
4/4
I'm working around a sore elbow so I've done a little avoiding of heavy weights on some of my 'pull' exercises. When I was in high school I dislocated my left elbow in a wrestling match. It hasn't been a huge impact in life, but every once in a while it seems to need me to take the strain off.
3/4. Average/below average. Been a busy week and with us leaving for the US on Saturday, I bet this week will be poor as well.
4/4
Long hike on Saturday. Was getting ready for a run on Sunday and my wife says "You're not really going for a run are you?"
Me "Dammit, I'm not coming in dead last in the CoreCommit a second time!"
3/5 but about to head to the gym for the first Monday in a while.
Here is some motivation for you.
Quote
About 32 million more Americans will become obese by 2030, upping obesity rates to 42 percent of the U.S. population, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The report also predicts that the proportion of Americans who are severely obese, meaning more than 100 pounds overweight, will reach 11 percent, about double the current rate.
http://news.yahoo.com/fat-forecast-42-americans-obese-2030-192747932--abc-news-health.html
I'd rather not be part of that statistic.
4/4
3/5
Alright, 4 weeks left, let's finish strong.
I plan to not miss another, 19 sessions to go for me. (Hit the gym yesterday.)
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 2/4
Week 5 - 3/4
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
jetboy
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 0/5
Week 4 - 4/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Drastic
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 4/5
Week 5 - 3/5
I'm already 4/4 and still have 3 more days of the week left :-)
I guess publicly committing to something really helps!
:) Good job!
4/4 here too.
5/5 and dragging my self into the gym again today.
0/5. Sorry. :(
4/4 - including three days of rock climbing. Haven't been climbing that much in one week in years.
Quote from: jetboy on May 14, 2012, 02:37:24 PM
0/5. Sorry. :(
Don't be sorry! What happened last week is not as important as what happens this week and next week. Just get back on it!
4/4 again.
Busy week in drawn out meetings this week, so it might not be so good.
Raz?
4/4
Sorry Dras, got stuck eating and drinking in Eliz City :)
Last week; 2/4.
This week; Big FAT zero.
...but I got plenty of deep fat fried Southern food to make it up.
4/4 and good quality too!
3/4
Rough week here, 3/5.
Current tally, 2 weeks to go:
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 2/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 0/4
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 3/4
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
jetboy
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 0/5
Week 4 - 4/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 0/5
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
Drastic
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 4/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 3/5
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
2much
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
you missed my tally - 4/4 for week seven.
oops, my bad, corrected.
2/4 last week.
I was moving. Does lifting couches, desks, cribs, dressers, entertainment systems, etc count??!!
Quote from: 2much on May 22, 2012, 01:50:36 AM
2/4 last week.
I was moving. Does lifting couches, desks, cribs, dressers, entertainment systems, etc count??!!
If you were tired and it felt like it does after a good workout, I would say yes - not so much this round, but last time I met my workouts a few times by digging a ditch and building a retaining wall. Sure felt like exercise to me.
lol, then it's 4/4, at the end of every day last week i couldn't lift my arms any more :D
updated, so we're caught up to date except for jetboy.
This week plus next week and then we're done with round 2.
4/4
Quote from: Drastic on May 23, 2012, 04:40:35 PM
This week plus next week and then we're done with round 2.
Is there a round three? :)
Yeah, most likely. You going to join in?
I need to, being sat in front of my laptop all day isn't doing me any good. Plus I'm the biggest I've ever been which isn't good for me or my family.
On the plus side, I started this week and went for a run Wed, Thurs and this morning in this heatwave were having in the UK I might add!!! :)
So yea, I'm in if that's ok?
Back from 2 weeks in the States and 1 work out in a poor equipped gym in an Hampton Inn. Does having at least 2 deep fried meals every day count?
1/4
week 8 - 4/4 I guess...
Was feeling knackered all week and had to do double sessions on Sunday. Went out in the morning and did laps on Killer Pillar (http://yosemiteexplorer.com/climbs/killer-pillar-area) and then rallied at 5pm and ran 10.2 miles... I guess that counts as two separate workouts. Other folks sometimes counting double sessions in a single day?
Yeah, I think that counts Ergophobe!
Very busy week, I think I was 1/5.
broke my finger. 0/4 :-(
Sorry to hear about the finger 2much! Bummer..
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 2/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 0/4
Week 8 - 1/4
Week 9 -
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 -
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 3/4
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 -
jetboy
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 0/5
Week 4 - 4/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 0/5
Week 7 - 0/5
Week 8 - 0/5
Week 9 -
Drastic
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 4/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 3/5
Week 8 - 1/5
Week 9 -
2much
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 0/4
Week 9 -
Still waiting to hear from thesaint for last week.
I'm not sure I'm going to be up for a Round 3, I've been pretty busy and boating season just started. Plus I'm maintaining my target healthy weight so I'm getting very sloppy with the gym.
Would someone else like to carry the torch and have the commit carry on?
Off topic sorry.
Please tell more about your boating. Maybe a new thread?
>broke my finger
Stuart Pearce tried to run off a broken leg...twice.
Sorry week 8 4/4
Week 9 1/4
week 9 4/4
4/4
3/5
Weak finish - 2/4
At least I don't think I'm dead last this time!
Dras, you going to manage round three?
Round 2 Results:
ergophobe 94%
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 2/4
thesaintv12 75%
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 3/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 1/4
Drastic 71%
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Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 4/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 5/5
Week 7 - 3/5
Week 8 - 1/5
Week 9 - 3/5
Rumbas 61%
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Week 1 - 2/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 2/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 0/4
Week 8 - 1/4
Week 9 - 4/4
littleman---------
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
jetboy------
Week 1 - 5/5
Week 2 - 5/5
Week 3 - 0/5
Week 4 - 4/5
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 0/5
Week 7 - 0/5
Week 8 - 0/5
Week 9 - 0/5
2much-----------
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 0/4
Week 9 - 0/4
The financial commit % winners are ergophobe and thesaint. I'll send $20 to ergo, Raz you send $20 thesaint. You 2 please pm your paypal addresses for your cash.
>Dras, you going to manage round three?
Quote from: Drastic on May 30, 2012, 07:02:26 PM
I'm not sure I'm going to be up for a Round 3, I've been pretty busy and boating season just started. Plus I'm maintaining my target healthy weight so I'm getting very sloppy with the gym.
Would someone else like to carry the torch and have the commit carry on?
I'm going to take the summer off, at least for now. Feel free to run with it.
Sorry, I missed that post. Okay, so who is in for round three?
I'm going to drop out folks. I've had a other things to prioritise in recent weeks.
I'm in.
Actually I was thinking why not create a closed group on fx. www.endomondo.com and just report our commit through that? I'm using it to have a little trail of my workouts and it keeps me motivated. VERY easy with their iphone app.
In.
I'll go for 4 times, that's enough for an old man.
Dras, you can either donate my $20 to the "water and sanitation" fund here http://map.rotary.org/en/selfservice/pages/SelectFundF.aspx?FUND=APF (very important cause and Rotary has very low overhead - consistently a top 5 in that respect) or Paypal it to tom@lambert.net and I'll submit it.
> round 3
I was thinking of taking a break... but I probably shouldn't - typically one session a week happens because of this commitment. I don't ever remember going for a run at 10pm before this! So I'll do my four as usual.
>create a closed group on fx. www.endomondo.com
I'd rather not have another place to log in to - I upload my stuff to the Garmin site which integrates with my watch well. Perhaps just start a new thread and we can tag team it for the weekly tallies. I'm back to being a park ranger for a bit, so I'm not online so regularly, but I could do tallies occasionally.
I just want to comment that while I'm not taking part in this, I'm nonetheless drawing inspiration from you who are.
That's all I'll say about that! ;)
So far we have:
Rumbas 4x
NFFC 4x
littleman 4x
Anybody else want in? Chunkford? Let's start counting next week, we'll keep doing Monday - Sunday and report before Monday for the previous week's efforts. Lets go 10 weeks this time: Jun 11 - Aug 20.
oh dear, it seemed such a good idea at the time.
OK yea I'm in but can I have my tail between my legs and say 3? I've only done 1 this week and TBH this is going to be more exercise I've had in about 10 years so I don't want to over do it :(
Three's fine. :)
Im in. 4x for me.
I'll go for 4x again
Okay... came up with a template for this round - think we need another week on it, but do I have everyone and no extras?
five out of four this week for me - one short climbing session plus weights, two more climbing sessions and 30-mile backpacking trip this weekend.
Rumbas
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littleman
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thesaintv12
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ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/5
Week 2 -
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2much
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nffc
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Chunkford
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Week 9 -
I'm not sure about 2much?
Same rules as last time...
The setup:
Commit to X number of workouts or exercise sessions per week, post that in this thread before March 31.
Post weekly in this thread, by end of Monday for previous weeks' success.
The rules:
No "banking" of extra workouts to put towards future weeks.
No make up sessions for missed workouts from previous weeks.
Workout week is Mon-Sun. This allows a full business week plus weekend for makeup if needed.
You determine what an exercise session is, but it should constitute the same cardio and/or strength training as a regular workout.
It doesn't start till today though right?
Right, we skipped a week of coverage -- so if you worked out last week kudos.
Okay, my bad - so no count for me yet.
Otherwise, I figure there's the template (minus 2much if not taking part). Whoever gets to it first each week can cut and paste and do the tallies. Sound good?
I'm always late to the party being in California and usually playing catchup on the weekend.
>being in California
Me too, I'm in the Bay Area. Where are you?
Edit: Never mind, I just looked in your profile. Now I'm jealous.
Quote from: littleman on June 11, 2012, 08:19:57 PM
>>Now I'm jealous.
Don't be jealous, just swing on by... preferably not in July or August. We can do a Core Commit hike together ;-)
Week 1 - 4/4
Quote from: littleman on June 14, 2012, 10:57:55 PM
Week 1 - 4/4
Someone's keen! I should pull my finger out and do another one later!!
I have four kids so my weekends are usually filled. Most weeks I'm done by Thursday.
FOUR!!!!!!! I have my hands full with two!
It's all worth it though :)
4/4
0/4
I'ts how you finish not how you start.
That makes me feel a little bit better 2/3
Weak week here too - 3/4 and of mediocre quality. I did nap for 2.5 hours on Sunday, does that count?
In get motivated fitness news... my friend Hans left my house at 4:45 this morning, two kids in tow, and did this:
http://www.examiner.com/article/alex-honnold-and-hans-florine-break-the-nose-speed-climbing-record
Didn't make me any fitter watching it, but it was a helluva Father's Day for him.
Anyway, the tally so far...
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 -
Week 3 -
Week 4 -
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 -
Week 3 -
Week 4 -
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 -
Week 3 -
Week 4 -
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 -
Week 3 -
Week 4 -
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
nffc
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Week 1 - 0/4
Week 2 -
Week 3 -
Week 4 -
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
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Week 8 -
Week 9 -
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 -
Week 3 -
Week 4 -
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
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Sorry, late update. Yes I am still in. 3/4 for me last week.
Quote from: thesaintv12 on June 18, 2012, 02:33:11 PM
3/4 for me last week.
Updated..
Quote from: thesaintv12 on June 18, 2012, 02:33:11 PM
Sorry, late update.
Tag.... you're it!
I was thinking, last one to report in does the tally for the next week. A little added incentive. Everyone okay with that? Most weeks it's me anyway.
>Everyone okay with that?
Yeah, that's fine. How about if that person doesn't post by Tuesday I'll go ahead and do the tally.
Yes, I'm happy to get the tally up this week.
Quote from: littleman on June 18, 2012, 08:28:45 PM
>Everyone okay with that?
Yeah, that's fine. How about if that person doesn't post by Tuesday I'll go ahead and do the tally.
Sure... Like I say, since I'm usually catching up on weekends, and since I'm on the West Coast, it's usually going to be me anyway. I don't mind doing it either, but was thinking of an added weekly incentive more than anything.
4/4
4/4 here too.
2/3 again :(
2/4
Baaad week.
1/4
Keep it up guys, your making me feel better :)
I'll update the tally when ergophobe checks in.
4/4
and I'm on duty next week for tallies I guess.
Here are the scores for the week...
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 -
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Week 9 -
littleman
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Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 -
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 -
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ergophobe
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 -
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nffc
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Week 1 - 0/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 -
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Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
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Best of luck for week 3 everyone.
Week 3 - 4/4
3/4 for me. I was sure I did 4, it felt like it anyway.
1/4
Was a hell of a 1 though
2/3 I will do that 3rd one
0/4
Shitty week again. Back on horse this week!
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 1/4
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littleman
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Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
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thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
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ergophobe
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Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
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nffc
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Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 1/4
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Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
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Don't feel too bad about my 3/4 - In addition to the 3, I went on two leisurely 5-mile walks with visiting friends and took the nieces rock climbing and rafting, but none of those got my pulse up too high, so not counted. But at least I wasn't just sitting on my ass.
Seems like enthusiasm is waning. I know mine is, just as I'm feeling like I'm getting into some semblance of shape. I'd like to push on through and feel really fit.
QuoteWas a hell of a 1 though
Do tell (or was that irony?)
Quote from: ergophobe on July 02, 2012, 04:09:23 PM
Do tell (or was that irony?)
Just boxing that's all, I was good though.
3/4 for me.
2/3
Only just two though, had to drag myself out this morning.
Think I'm starting to flake now but then the weathers not helping
4/4
4/4
1/4
3/4 - a good three though - it included an ascent of the East Buttress of El Capitan on Friday and a 15 mile hike to Young Lakes and environs on Sunday.
I'll do tallies later tonight....
New totals....
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 -
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
nffc
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Week 1 - 0/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 1/4
Week 5 -
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Week 9 -
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 -
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Thanks LM - I obviously didn't get to it "later tonight" and, tired as I am, was pleased to see it done tonight!
NP, we all get busy.
4/4 for this week.
4/4
4/4
1/4
3/4
2/3
Am I on tally duty?
Totals w/e 15/07/12
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
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thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 -
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Week 8 -
Week 9 -
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 -
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nffc
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Week 1 - 0/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 1/4
Week 5 - 1/4
Week 6 -
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Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 -
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
I must say I am proud about myself.
I can't remember the last time I have made sure I did exercise on a regular basis (albeit only 2 a week).
This is even with the crappy weather we've been having in the UK and me coming back after a run looking like a mud monster.
But for the record I've lost half a stone :D
Good job Chunkford!
I have to say, I didn't think participating in this would have any impact on my exercise habits - there's not a single person in this thread I've ever even met face to face. And yet, every week, knowing I have to report in gives me a subtle boost. I've gone 0/4 some weeks, but on average at least one workout per week owes itself to this thread.
Makes we wonder if anyone is planning on going to Pubcon this year. Pretty sure I'll be there and it would be fun to get a meeting of past and present Core Committers together.
Congrats Chunkford! I've been losing a bit lately too. I had no idea I was that fat.
4/4
4/4. Well I did 5 actually for the first time in ages.
Ditto
4/4 plus a bonus round on Saturday.
Saturday was a double - 15-mile hike with someone who also offered me some work for once I get all the current stuff off my table.
Woot! 3/3 :D
1/4 hmmm
2/4
Overall a pretty good week.
New Totals...
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4+
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4+
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
nffc
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Week 1 - 0/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 1/4
Week 5 - 1/4
Week 6 - 1/4
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 3/3
Week 7 -
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
4/4 +1 for me again. I managed to pull my back again though, so frustrating when you are on a roll.
Ouch, sorry.
4/4 here.
Got a bad shoulder and on holiday;
1/4
Sometimes you need to run. Sometimes you need to rest. Last week was one of the latter.
saint - you interested in some advice on recurrent back issues. Used to plague me and I've mostly put it behind me if not for perhaps breaking my back skiing. But I don't "throw out" my back anymore and I've shared my advice with a few friends with recurrent problems and most have found it to help. If you just want the keywords: [transverse abdominis] [TVA] [planks] [posterior chain] ;-)
Seems like motivation is flagging lately - thanks Littleman and saint for inspiring/shaming the rest of us!
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 1/4
Week 8 -
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littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 -
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4+
Week 7 - 4/4+
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4+
Week 7 - 1/4
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
nffc
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Week 1 - 0/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 1/4
Week 5 - 1/4
Week 6 - 1/4
Week 7 - 0/4
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 3/3
Week 7 - 3/3
Week 8 -
Week 9 -
0/4 for me last week.
I think the trick is to do something that you can enjoy. I like lifting weights. I use to like doing martial arts a lot, but I've found that its hard on my joints in my 35+ years.
I'm down about 83 lbs. (6 stones, 37kg) now. Diet is really more important than exercise for fat loss, but I think the weight training has done a good job of letting me keep my muscle while taking off the fat. My diet has been high protein, moderate fat & low carb -- basically meat (or eggs), a lot of leafy vegetables and a little fruit.
Sorry, was in Prague on a Stag weekend so a bit late on the update.
Mine was 3/3 - one of them was a massive bike ride around Prague ( totally unexpected and was apparently the cultural side of the tour. The rest was at the bottom of a beer glass :D )
Quote from: littleman on July 30, 2012, 11:39:21 PM
I'm down about 83 lbs. (6 stones, 37kg) now. Diet is really more important than exercise for fat loss, but I think the weight training has done a good job of letting me keep my muscle while taking off the fat. My diet has been high protein, moderate fat & low carb -- basically meat (or eggs), a lot of leafy vegetables and a little fruit.
Fantastic work!
I have been eating this way for three weeks now and the change has been amazing. I don't feel half as hungry either.
I have lost almost 2 stone since doing the CC.
Nice weight loss going on here - Congrats Littleman & thesaintv12
I think I need to look at what I'm eating now as that's the one area I haven't really given much though about.
Nice job on the 2 stones Saint! Yeah, go for it Chuck. One easy thing to do is to stop drinking calories. It is amazing how many empty calories people drink in a day like soft-drinks, juices, sugary coffee drinks. For a lot of people not drinking sugar/HFCS all it takes to start losing weight. I think the average American has about ~300 calories a day this way, it would be interesting to know the numbers for the UK.
Updated with the new numbers.
nffc - looks like you're having a tough run - anything we can do here to help you meet your goals?
Quoteweight training has done a good job of letting me keep my muscle while taking off the fat
Littleman - do you know about recent studies on EPOC* and weight lifting? high-intensity weight lifting can really turbocharge your calorie burn. Though I love to run and it's a primary form of exercise for me, running and most steady-state "cardio" has very low EPOC, whereas high-intensity weight lifting (short rests between sets, getting your heart rate up as well as moving iron) has big EPOC.
* EPOC - Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption (i.e. afterburrn, the calories you burn in the 48 hours after exercise that you wouldn't have burned without the exercise).
>anything we can do here to help you meet your goals?
If you could get the Internets in the UK turned off for a week or two that would help.
I'm on it, back in full flow Saturday onwards, going to have to switch to home workouts in the main, just can't make the gym day time and they too busy at night for my patience level.
That's interesting stuff Ergophobe. Right now my lifting is intense in that what I do is heavy for me, but I do take substantial rests in between my sets -- so my heart rate doesn't spike like it would. I might have to increase the intensity eventually to continue my progress.
@ littleman: http://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article%20folder/epoc.html
@ nffc: releasing the virus bots now... expect the internet to go dark in the UK sometime tonight
Thanks for the article, reading now.
4/4
2/4 the comeback begins.
4/4
my four this week included, yesterday, a beautiful 6-mile run at 10,000 feet with lightning in the distance and a dramatic sky, with rain falling 15 mins before and 15 mins after, but not a single second while actually out running... a nice break in the middle of a 6-hour drive back from a meeting.
BTW - anyone participating here planning on being at Pubcon? I was thinking a group workout or something would be cool
Had a slack week this week :( 1/3
4/2
Just came back from vacation and not much training. Lots of beers and carbs though. Put on 5 lbs in 2 weeks so getting back to lifting some heavy weights.
As Littleman, I enjoy lifting weights the most and the 3 majors - bench, squat and dead lift is really getting to become an enjoyment for me. Who would have thunk it a couple a years ago? For inspiration and motivation my training partner and I have begun to set small goals in terms of max weights and my long term goal in 2012 would be to make a combined 400 kgs ~ 880 lbs in the 3 majors. Small increases, but still some way to go :)
4/4.
Is that me doing the totals? If so I will get them up later.
Rumbus - did you mean 2/4 ?
Arrgh, of course! Fat fingers. 2/4 it is.
Week 8. Good to see that everyone is still posting results.
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 1/4
Week 8 - 2/4
Week 9 -
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 -
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4+
Week 7 - 4/4+
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 -
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4+
Week 7 - 1/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 -
nffc
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Week 1 - 0/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 1/4
Week 5 - 1/4
Week 6 - 1/4
Week 7 - 0/4
Week 8 - 2/4
Week 9 -
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 3/3
Week 7 - 3/3
Week 8 - 1/3
Week 9 -
^
I think we've just done week 8?
Quote from: Chunkford on August 06, 2012, 11:50:43 AM
^
I think we've just done week 8?
I glad someone was awake. Edited for Week 8 results.
3/3 that last one killed me! Serves me right for slaking last week
Good job Chunk!
>Rumbas:my long term goal in 2012 would be to make a combined 400 kgs ~ 880 lbs in the 3 majors.
That's a lot of weight! You seem to be built for powerlifting though, so I bet you get there.
4/4 for me.
4/4 (+ a bonus round today - going for 7/7 this week)
QuoteRumbas:my long term goal in 2012 would be to make a combined 400 kgs ~ 880 lbs in the 3 majors.
That's a lot of weight! You seem to be built for powerlifting though, so I bet you get there.
Excellent! I'm built for running and rock climbing, so even though I think deadlifts are king, I'm not very strong. At my best, I do 2x bodyweight (which in my case is only 280 pounds). Since my back injury in March, I have given up deadlifts until this week - started very light and went up to a whopping 185 pounds (1.3x bodyweight), but my back didn't hurt at all the next day and nothing went "pop" so I hope to slowly regain some of that deadlift strength.
No squat rack in my gym :-( and I don't really care about bench, so I rarely do it - no powerlifter here!
>lower back
I have issues with squatting and my lower back. In HS I wrestled and one day something pulled back there. In daily life it doesn't bother me, but my lower back seems to take forever to recover whenever it is engaged with much weight, be it squatting or DLs -- more so for squats than DSs. The typical response is to work on my form, but I don't believe my form is that bad. It doesn't really seem to matter if I use high-bar or low-bar squats. As of laity I just been avoiding them and doing alternative exercises, like weighted step-ups & goblet squats.
Squats can be very bad for your body. You can do them and stay healthy, but your form needs to pretty much be perfect.
I can't do it without someone who knows perfect form watching and keeping me straight most times, but I don't do them a lot either.
It's such an unnatural position with correct form, you feel like you will fall backwards.
Quote from: littleman on August 11, 2012, 07:32:15 AM
>lower back
I have issues with squatting and my lower back
I used to have chronic back problems, also partly the result of getting tackled badly as a kid, but also muscle imbalance. I can't stress enough how much working the transverse abdominis has transformed that and made me generally back healthy.
Current problems are more chronic (really bad fall skiing) and seems to be going away - for the first time since March, I woke up this morning with pretty much no back pain and no pre-bed drugs. So moving in the right direction
Anyway...
>>alternative exercises, like weighted step-ups & goblet squats.
And split squats? Single leg? I know single-leg squats are good for me... but I hate them (always a sign that you should be doing more). Used to be so easy when I competed in skiing and on a 45-degree sled I could outlift guys with thighs the size of my waist, but, alas, that was over 25 years ago now!
3/4
Just finished with one of my semi-famous wheelbarrow workouts. Apart from feeling vaguely sick to my stomach and having trouble standing up for a while at the end, it went well ;-)
That was at least one exercise session per day this week. Haven't done that in a long time.
4/4
I'll get the results up later today.
Week 9 results (just waiting for Rumbas)
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 1/4
Week 8 - 2/4
Week 9 - ??
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4+
Week 7 - 4/4+
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4+
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 3/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4+
Week 7 - 1/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4+
nffc
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Week 1 - 0/4
Week 2 - 2/4
Week 3 - 1/4
Week 4 - 1/4
Week 5 - 1/4
Week 6 - 1/4
Week 7 - 0/4
Week 8 - 2/4
Week 9 - 3/4
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 3/3
Week 7 - 3/3
Week 8 - 1/3
Week 9 - 3/3
3/4
That's a pretty good week guys! Nice improvement NFFC.
And awesome job LM - you're the champ.
I don't even remember - we still have any money riding on this?
Anyone in for another round, possibly timed to end with Pubcon if anyone else is going.
Thanks. Nope, no money on this one. I'm up for another round if there is interest. I'll be going to the gym either way -- for me its like brushing teeth, although I do that more than four times a week :P.
Same here LM. Aiming for 4 times too, but realistic is probably 3. I'm in for another round.
I'm in for another round of 4/4
I wasn't expecting to lose 2 stone and get fitter when I joined th3 core, just goes to show that you don't always find the things you need in places you expect.
sod it, I'm in. 3 for me again.
Quote from: thesaintv12 on August 15, 2012, 08:51:50 AM
I wasn't expecting to lose 2 stone and get fitter when I joined th3 core, just goes to show that you don't always find the things you need in places you expect.
LOL, me neither. Nearly lost a stone but I've slipped this week :( The pressure of life is getting me down a bit and with a major family holiday just around the corner trying to make ends meet is proving little difficult when you have financial hiccups being thrown at you.
How about we do the next round from Aug 20 to Oct 21. That will be nine weeks.
So far for round four we have:
Rumbas
thesaintv12
Chunkford
littleman
ergophobe?
NFFC?
Who else?
Good idea LM. Let's do it.
OK put me in for x 3.
Time to get back in the groove.
In for 3.
In for 3. Better not set the bar too high as 4 has been tough timewise.
lol, looks like I've set a trend.
Felt embarrassed last time round going for 3 when everyone else was going 4 :)
Well I want to do 5, but 3 of those days are gym so that's what I want to commit to. Other stuff with sports and fun are just gravy.
Welcome back Dras!
Here's the commitments:
Rumbas 3
thesaintv12 4
Chunkford 3
littleman 4
nffc 3
Drastic 3
Ergophobe, are you staying out this round?
I'm in for 4
This wee k - 4/4 and probably another tomorrow
Better still: PR on the Mist Trail on Friday: 40:56 up. No great shakes in the grand scheme - Rickey Gates devoured it in about 34 mins on his way to the top of Half Dome, but he is the only guy to win the US Trail Running and US Mountain Running championships in the same year. My previous best was about 45 mins, but that was years ago. My best in the last few years has been in the 50s somewhere. So something is paying off. If I'd realized how much progress I'd made I would have run faster at the beginning and broken 40 mins. Next time!
Anyway, I know nobody knows exactly what I'm talking about, but it was a huge boost for me.
Just ordered my new bike in prep for some sportives next year and maybe a small one at the end of October. So put me down for 3 :)
And the fat health club gets bigger, next we're be having coreathons like they do for Zumba lol
3/3 gym workouts
4/4
3/3
3/4
2/3
And next week might be a big fat zero, but then I'm no holiday so I have an excuses :)
does the hotel not have a gym?
2/3.
Had a nasty dead lift that pulled my back for a few days.
Quote from: hungrygoose on August 26, 2012, 11:11:30 AM
does the hotel not have a gym?
Who says I'm staying in a hotel :p
It's a mates wedding in Turkey and has blocked booked a villa complex.
It's 38c+ out there and there's NO WAY I am doing exercise in that heat.
Probably the closest I will get to exercise is jumping in the pool and climbing back out to sip on my cocktails :D
3/3
4/4
Another PR on a trail I've run dozens of times. First time I went below 30 mins since I moved (so since 2005 or 2006)
Here's the first weeks total, we're stating relatively strong this time!
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/3
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
NFFC
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Week 1 - 3/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 3/3
hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 3/3
Do any of you use runkeeper or anything similar?? I use it to track my rides and its pretty good, although the calorie count is way off.
I use a Garmin Forerunner 210 + Garmin Connect to track/time/log some runs/hikes, but not systematically and sometimes, when I'm feeling really generous, I let my wife wear it (I've offered to buy her one, but she says she only wants to use it occasionally)
Not ruuning anywhere, but using Endomondo for tracking workouts and golf rounds. Integrates with Withings wifi scale, so that does it for me.
I've just got the Nike Fit band, surprisingly effective from a "keeping active" angle. Done over 10,000 steps 4 days in a row. I think its great to help motivate, instead of seeing walking to the shop as a waste of time you see driving to the shop as a waste of steps.
I've never tried it, but I hear a lot about myfitnesspal as a good way to track one's exercise/diet.
I've worn the Garmin one day at work just to see what a work day was like - I ended up with about five miles of biking and about 4 miles of walking for a fairly typical workday (on a big day at work, I've walked 14 miles with 4,000 feet of elevation gain).
Oh PS - this is the second summer I've been on "hiatus" and work from mid-May to end of Sept as a US Park Ranger (not law enforcement, so those miles were without firearm and flack jacket!)
4/4
A sad 1/4 for me.
3/3 :)
Whats the battery life like on those Garmins?? My iPhone won't last 6 hours on Runkeepers so need something new.
3/3
3/3
2/3. Didn't quite make it this week.
Back still acting up and will see a physio today.
Lets have the last person to report update the chart.
3/4 - and I'm last... so tallying now
Chunk - post your tally and I'll edit this! Updated with everyone's numbers now.
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 0/3
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 3/4
NFFC
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Just got back late last night and I'm afraid to report a big fat zero :(
Decided last weekend to bump up to 5 gym visits a week. As long as my knees can take the leg workouts anyway.
5/5
Nice job Dras.
4/4 here.
3/4
3/3
3/4
LM and Drastic - you guys are inspiring.
3/3
Quote from: ergophobe on September 10, 2012, 05:48:53 AM
LM and Drastic - you guys are inspiring.
Me not so much, 1/3 :(
3/3
New Totals...
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 3/3
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 3/4
Week 3 - 3/4
NFFC
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 5/5
hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
4/4 this week for me.
4/4 here
Got back into volleyball 2 nights a week this week, so 5/5+.
2/3 here - bike broke
2/3
2/3
4/4
2/3. Spent the weekend fishing and drinking.. Does that count? ;)
New Totals...
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 2/3
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 3/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
NFFC
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/2
Drastic
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5+
hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
I just finished week five. 4/4 with a cold.
2/4 for me and I feel awful!
It is amazing just how rough you can feel when you eat bad and don't do much for a week.
I have just restocked the firdge with healthy stuff, so back to it now.
there's still another two days left ;)
Quote from: Chunkford on September 21, 2012, 12:00:47 PM
there's still another two days left ;)
I log from Sat - Fri. That way I can have a beer on Friday without feeling guilty ;)
4/3 :) done an extra one, going to try 6 rides per week soon but I notice we have storms in the uk next week so maybe now
Rough week. 3/5.
3/3 just got the last run in before the 'monsoon' kicks in
Also had my first "have you lost weight" comment yesterday. Made my day that did :)
4/3.
Good week!
1/3
4/4
Thought I was going to go 5/4 but was just so tired and lazy on Saturday... still a good week with a few long or intense sessions.
New Totals...
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 4/3
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 2/5
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 3/3
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 3/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
NFFC
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/2
Week 5 - 1/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5+
Week 5 - 3/5
hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 4/3
Count me in on the next round. I normally do 5 or 6 days per week, mostly beach volleyball and on off days from playing, gym work.
Welcome Jeff!
You want to be in for the last weeks of this round? It's a good motivator... as if the beaches of Thailand aren't a good enough motivator to get out and play volleyball (but the truth is, sometimes the mountains of Yosemite aren't enough to motivate me to get out for a run/climb/hike/ski and this Core Commit has really helped keep on track, or more on track anyway).
Last 5 days, 4/5 and today will make 5/6, 3 beach sessions and two gym sessions. Yeah throw me in the rotation as it's monsoon time here and I need to keep on the fitness while we get inundated with 3-5 inches of rain per day.
So the way it works is to commit to a certain number of days, then post how you did. For me, it seems to work best to commit to one more day than I would get in if I just were my normal slothful self. So I would pretty much always get in three, so I commit to four, but you can commit to 3 or 5 or 7.
So how many days are you committing to this round?
Welcome aboard Jeff. 4/4 for me this week.
4/4... and a great week it was!
2/3 can't be arsed to go out tomorrow... Whole week was wet but bought waterproofs so that should help motivation
2/4
2/5
Nice sunny day here during rainy season, so 7/6 it will be. I usually reserve Sundays for watching the waves and having sunset beers at https://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=667&q=nai+harn+beach+phuket&oq=nai+harn&gs_l=img.1.0.0l6j0i24l4.1228.2876.0.4934.8.8.0.0.0.0.264.1148.3j3j2.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.eYuGmWWcDJk
Wow, that looks gorgeous. Serious question though, what do you do about being white and living in the tropics? Do you walk around in long sleeve shirts, pants and wear a big hat? Do you spend your days in the shade? I got quite burnt in Hawaii and I was being careful. The tropical sun is a lot more intense than in the North.
0/3
2/3
3/3.
Quote from: littleman on September 30, 2012, 06:27:31 AM
Wow, that looks gorgeous. Serious question though, what do you do about being white and living in the tropics? Do you walk around in long sleeve shirts, pants and wear a big hat? Do you spend your days in the shade? I got quite burnt in Hawaii and I was being careful. The tropical sun is a lot more intense than in the North.
I stay indoors with A/C until 4:30 at which time the sun isn't so intense to get burnt, just slightly brown, but never as tan as the tourists.
Hoping for 4/6 this week as last weeks 7/6 is already not doable.
New Totals...
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 4/3
Week 6 - 3/3
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 2/5
Week 6 - 2/4
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 3/3
Week 6 - 2/3
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 3/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
NFFC
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/2
Week 5 - 1/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5+
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 2/5
hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 4/3
Week 6 - 2/3
eljefe3
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Week 6 - 7/6
4/4, down to 185lbs.
Awesome!!. Cudos! I can't seem to break 100 kg, but my pants is starting to slide off, so something is going the right way. Lifting quite a bit heavier than a year ago, so I'm thrilled. My goal is to get below 100 before X-mas though. Might need to cut a little more carbs and up the cardio a bit.
Thanks, and good job to you too. Having your pants sliding down is a surer indication of fat loss vs. the scale -- especially if you are doing weights and gaining muscle.
Good work guys.
2/5 this week, back to basics next week.
4/4
1/3
4/3
2/3
1/3
4/4 - just in from today's 21-mile hike that finished with over 4,000 feet of vertical... a little TV and then bed, but I can update the "standings" tomorrow.
5.5/6 for me last week. One exercise day was cut short.
Tom, 21 mile hike with altitude changes, that's impressive!
New totals
@Saint - good job getting back on track!
@various - looks like some folks are flagging. Anything the rest of us could do to help? Seriously - post a phone number and we'll harass you come Thursday or something. I don't know. We don't live close, but I'm sure we could figure something out if you need a bump.
@Jeff - my record for a day is 54 miles with 17,000 feet of gain and 16,000 feet of loss. Took me something like 19 hours. I would have finished sooner but I was puking everything up for the last ten miles - I've learned a lot about electrolytes and proper nutrition since then ;-)
Anyway, new totals...
New Totals...
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 4/3
Week 6 - 3/3
Week 7 - 4/3
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 2/5
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 3/3
Week 6 - 2/3
Week 7 - 1/3
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 3/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
NFFC
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/2
Week 5 - 1/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Week 7 - 1/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5+
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 2/5
Week 7 - 2/5
hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 4/3
Week 6 - 2/3
Week 7 - 2/3
eljefe3
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Week 6 - 7/6
Week 7 - 5.5/6
4/4
3/5.
lm, I don't think you've missed a day since we started have you?
1/3 :(
Yeah, it's just something I do now and I've been fortunate enough to not get too sick during this time. I'll go train with a small cold, and doing 4 out of 7 days gives me some flexibility.
4/4... plus a nice walk with a friend
6/6
4/4
3/3
2/3
0/3
New Totals...
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 4/3
Week 6 - 3/3
Week 7 - 4/3
Week 8 - 3/3
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 2/5
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 3/3
Week 6 - 2/3
Week 7 - 1/3
Week 8 - 2/3
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 3/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
NFFC
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/2
Week 5 - 1/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Week 7 - 1/3
Week 8 - 0/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5+
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 2/5
Week 7 - 2/5
Week 8 - 3/5
hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 4/3
Week 6 - 2/3
Week 7 - 2/3
Week 8 - 1/3
eljefe3
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Week 6 - 7/6
Week 7 - 5.5/6
Week 8 - 6/6
4/4
3/4
nffc is my inspiration.
0/5
2/3
0/3
This one man campaign against the UK recession is taking it's toll on my waistline.
1/3
2/3
5/6
End of round totals:
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 4/3
Week 6 - 3/3
Week 7 - 4/3
Week 8 - 3/3
Week 9 - 2/3
thesaintv12
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Week 1 - 3/4
Week 2 - 1/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 2/5
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 3/4
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 3/3
Week 6 - 2/3
Week 7 - 1/3
Week 8 - 2/3
Week 9 - 1/3
littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 3/4
Week 3 - 3/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 3/4
NFFC
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/2
Week 5 - 1/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Week 7 - 1/3
Week 8 - 0/3
Week 9 - 0/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 5/5
Week 4 - 5/5+
Week 5 - 3/5
Week 6 - 2/5
Week 7 - 2/5
Week 8 - 3/5
Week 9 - 0/5
hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 3/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 4/3
Week 6 - 2/3
Week 7 - 2/3
Week 8 - 1/3
Week 9 - 2/3
eljefe3
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Week 6 - 7/6
Week 7 - 5.5/6
Week 8 - 6/6
Week 9 - 5/6
How you all doing? We seem to be all over the place commitment wise. Tell us about your obstacles and victories.
I'll go first...
I am approaching a BMI in the 'normal' range, I never had that as a goal, but now that I'm close I see that its going to happen. I'm about 88 lbs down from my high, and my waist has gone from 40 inches down to 32. I'm gong to keep driving this way until I'm able to see some good definition in my mid-section, I don't know what weight that's going to be, but after that I am looking forward to upping my calories a little and adding some more muscle to my frame, not that I'm small now.
Sometimes I get psychologically tired, not so much regarding the exercise, but with diet. My wife is basically blessed with a metabolism that lets her eat what ever she wants, I on the other hand come from a long line of fatties. My dad has a long list of health problems related to his obesity -- so I know it isn't really a choice, but sometimes it is hard. I find the easiest way to avoid temptation and the shitty feeling of either caving in and indulging or resisting and feeling deprived is to avoid the situation to begin with -- not easy to do when you have a huge family and someone is always celebrating something.
Oddity: I shrunk about a 1/4 of an inch, I guess I lost some fat from the bottom of my feet and the top of my head.
3/4 last week - Pubcon and all.... yeah, excuses, excuses
Anyway, I just hiked across the Grand Canyon and back - across on Sunday and back on Tuesday. So my third workout last week and my first workout this week were pretty good !
Updated.
Who is up for round 5?
I'm deff up for round 5.
I'm also doing pretty good and seen some changes. Body weight slowly comming down and I've become better at controling my diet without it being everything I think off. I could've shredded a lot more fat but I like the slow way and to put on some muscle too.
I love to lift weights these days and really enjoy going to the gym with my training partner. The increase in strength is highly motivating.
In again.
I have a lot of excuses for last round, but I've just been lazy. I seem to do better when there's cash riding on it.
Time to recommit.
Yep been flaking, can't be arse really, there's always something better to do, and with the dark night drawing in and the crap weather I would much rather be in front of the TV with a warm cup of coco.
So no excuse really apart from letting myself down :(
On the plus note I haven't gained any weight so the stone I lost has stayed off :)
I'm up for the next round, same as last time. Could do with a more coming off before xmas comes.
Will have to change my routine tho and try and do some exercise in the morning rather than in the evening.
Anyone seen this app, looks hilarious and one of those 'why didn't I think of that' moments - https://www.zombiesrungame.com/
EDIT: BTW, it's half price at the mo on Andriod, not sure about the App Store or Windows Phone
QuoteHow you all doing? ... Tell us about your obstacles and victories.
All right... more detail than anyone probably wants, but...
For me, this commitment and knowing I have to check in results in, on average, one extra day of exercise per week, but sometimes two. After coming in dead last in the first round, I was determined not to let that happen in the second round. Result: on Sunday night I was due to meet a friend for a drink and return his chalet key and I ran about 5-6 miles across Geneva in the dark at about 9-10 pm. It also means that if my wife wants to say watch a movie and I haven't met my 4 for the week, she accepts that this is a commitment, rather than something I sort of "feel" like doing. Even though, of course, I do feel like doing it.
It sounds like a little, but I think it's tipped the balance in a good way.
Biggest success: I ran the Mist Trail in 40:11. About a year ago this was taking me 50+
Second biggest success: I have *never* been able to do those damn ab wheel things. The other day, I popped of 12 reps like it was nothing. I think it's from doing overhead squats, but also just from being consistent.
Most of you would think of me as thin, but I had been watching percentage bodyfat creep up and muscle mass creep down. At my fittest, I was 148 pounds and 6% bodyfat. When this started, I was 145 pounds, but 17% bodyfat.
So now I'm down to about 133 pounds and maybe 12% bodyfat or so (this is measured with a handheld impedance measure). So I've lost a fair bit of fat, but the muscle mass is really slow to come back.
When we started all this, I remember walking by the mirror and thinking my arms looked like they belonged on a twelve year old girl. Now at least there's some definition there and I'm getting a decent six-pack. In truth though, I couldn't care less about that. If my arms looked like a twelve year old girl and I could do over 20 pullups as well as six pullups with 50% of my bodyweight on a weight belt (which I could do 25 years ago), I wouldn't give a damn what my arms looked like.
So like muscle mass, strength is still lacking. My back fracture in March set me back a bunch and I'm still only deadlifting 185# (so about 140% of bodyweight, which is about 60% less than I'd like). Part of the problem is that I love running and hiking and those are both muscle-wasting activities, but it's so hard to pass on them for the summer. I'm hoping to put on some weight/strength this winter, but we'll see. I'm always hoping for that.
QuoteI seem to do better when there's cash riding on it.
I found the cash just didn't make any difference to me - $20 isn't a big motivator.
What I have done in the rest of my life during some periods is make up a weekly list of things I want to do. It might be dinner and a movie with my wife. It might be a house project. It might be getting some "work" done. If I succeed, $50 goes into a fund for the current frivolous toy of my dreams - something I don't really need and won't really buy if I had to just pull money from my "general fund" as it were. If I fail, $250 comes out of my fun fund. I find the 5:1 penalty:reward ratio really focuses the mind.
The cool thing about this that I
1. get more done.
2. get the things that actually matter done
3. have more free time
1 and 2 are probably obvious, but 3 might be a surprise. The thing is, once I'm done with my list, I'm done. I'm free. It's free time, not guilt time. Works for me
The long version of this is here: http://raisedbyturtles.org/make-slacking-hurt/
Ergophobe, I could only dream of doing pullups with 50% of my bodyweight attached -- that's very impressive at any age.
>cash
Who wants in on betting this time?
Here's who we have so far for round 5:
Rumbas
Drastic
Chunkford
ergophobe
littleman
I'd like to start next week and go through the end of the year.
Agreed, let's kick off a new round next week.
> $20 isn't a big motivator
Same here, but coming last or only logging say 50% of my commit is highly motivating. However lifting heavier and seeing the scale go down does it for me. Furthermore I'm following a couple of trainers and strenght coaches online whom I think is pretty no-bs. That's motivating too.
Fx. I'm going to try and pull 160kg in deadlift this weekend and I'm pretty confident that I'll do it.
>pullups with 50% of my bodyweight attached
Hot damn, yes! I can do them.. with 30-40% body in assisted weight! Damn.
My main goal for 2012 was to go below 100kg in body weight and still increase strenght. I think I'll hit that before X-mas.
> $20 isn't a big motivator
It's not the actual cash, but competition for winning it. But no big deal either way, I'm getting off my bum next round.
OK I'm in again if you will have me, can't do any worse. Where do we send the money?
There was no money on the line in the last round. In the past we just had an optional pot for those who wanted to wager - $20/person. In the event of a tie the pot is split.
Yeah the money is no biggie, don't sweat it, let's just do it.
Starting back this week?
Lets go from Oct 29 to Dec 30, that will be 9 weeks and bring us right up against the new year. Weeks start on Monday and end on Sunday, like we been doing.
6/6 for the week, taking today ( Sunday) off, heading to the beach and having sunset beers while admiring all the tourists visiting from Russia.
I'm in for the next round.
4/3
Great week, but tough on the old body.
Nice to see you all working out this week too, I did my usual 4/4.
4/4 plus an extra - 5 total
>> pullups with 50% of my bodyweight attached -- that's very impressive at any age.
Well, I've been a lifelong rock climber and when I was climbing a lot, this was pretty easy - lots of people I know can do one-arm pullups. Most of them aren't super strong in bench press though. It's all about your peer group.
3/3
0/3 :(
4/4
5/6
1/3
3/3
2/3
4/4
4/5
This for last week, hadn't realised we had started so I will take a 0/3.
Here are the totals for week #1.
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 3/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 4/5
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 1/3
Eljefe3
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Week 1 - 5/6
NFFC
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Week 1 - 0/3
New PR on Royal Arches - 1:27:45 car to car, 32 mins on the route.
I know this doesn't mean anything to any of you, but I think it's in part because of this Commit that I've been knocking off PRs this past few months so it helps *me* to post it here.
Perspective - this is a good fitness measure for me because...
- that's 10-15 mins faster than last year
- My best ever was eight years ago and that was 8 mins slower than yesterday.
- SuperTopo tells regular parties to count on 10 mins for the approach, 7-10 hours for the route and 2-3 hours for the descent, so 9-13 hours is a "guidebook" time. http://www.supertopo.com/rock-climbing/Yosemite-Valley-Royal-Arches-Area-Royal-Arches
- world class speed climbers will do this in under one hour.
>world class speed climbers will do this in under one hour.
And you did 1:27, that's very impressive! Congrats.
4/4 - on a Thursday - someone must have switched my drink with littleman's!
> that's very impressive!
I don't know how impressive it is. Let's say no press releases were sent to the sporting media. Lots of people can do it I think (like a 3+ hour marathon for example), but breaking 1:30 something I've had in the back of my mind for eight years and I just have not seemed to be able to stay consistent with my exercise over the long term.
I think this little Sunday check-in every week has been a huge help to me. Just knowing that I'm going to publicly say how many exercise sessions I've done this week provides that little mental commitment I need to stay on track. So THANKS EVERYONE for continuing to keep this going.
As someone who has struggled to climb one of those kiddy walls at the parks it is still impressive to me.
4/4 here.
If you make it out this way, I'm sure I could take you up something more impressive and fun (though not necessarily more difficult) than one of those kiddy walls (which tend to be fairly steep).
2/3
2/3
3/3
2/5
I have been off the planet for a couple of weeks with back to back illnesses. Looks like I am too late to join this round. Any objections if I still log my tally anyway. This thread keeps me going.
Join! You won't be the first to join in the middle of a round.
In fact, for my part, if your percentage exceeds mine at the end, I'll happily concede defeat.* The guantlet is down if that helps.
*I have my limits though - I know someone who graduated with a 4.0 from an Ivy League schoold that way. Did years 1 and 2 at some other school and transferred. Credits transferred, but grades did not. Then he did his junior year abroad. Credits transferred but grades did not. Then he did a relatively easy senior year, buckled down, got top grades and graduated with a perfect grade average and spent a lot less money than all his classmates. That's CHEATING (but clever too)
0/3
Moving house the current excuse.
5/6 last week.
New Totals:
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 4/5
Week 2 - 2/5
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 1/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Eljefe3
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Week 1 - 5/6
Week 2 - 5/6
NFFC
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Week 1 - 0/3
Week 2 - 0/3
>Moving house the current excuse.
You actually doing any of the boxing and moving? If so, that's something.
All of it but its pretty low intensity compared to what I'm used to.
4/4
2/3
1/3
1/3
Still moving.
4/4 plus a bonus round. Heaviest deadlift since breaking my back... still not very big but movin' in the right direction!
1/3
>Heaviest deadlift since breaking my back.
Awesome. Did my heaviest as well a few months ago. Did pull something in my back and been taking it easy with the dl's. PR is 330 lbs.
3/5
4/6.
New Totals:
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 4/5
Week 2 - 2/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Chunkford
------
Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Ergophobe
------
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 1/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Eljefe3
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Week 1 - 5/6
Week 2 - 5/6
Week 3 - 4/6
NFFC
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Week 1 - 0/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Good going on the deadlifts guys. I'm looking forward to upping my calories in the near future so that I can make more gains in the gym.
Quote from: Rumbas on November 19, 2012, 09:37:05 AMPR is 330 lbs.
PR is 275, but I only weighed 142 when I did that. I was hoping to pull 2x bodyweight, but never did get that 285.
Anyway, only doing 215 right now, but considering that for most of March-May I was really able to tie my shoes without putting my foot up on something, I'm pleased!
>PR is 275, but I only weighed 142 when I did that
Awesome. Bad ass :)
>I was hoping to pull 2x bodyweight
Would like to be able to do that, how at the current state that would mean pulling 440-450. Not gonna happen.
I've taken it easy too as I did wreck my lower back ealier and still struggling with that..
4/4
4/4
Quote from: Rumbas on November 21, 2012, 12:21:38 PM
>PR is 275, but I only weighed 142 when I did that
Awesome. Bad a## :)
Thanks.... then again the world record in my weight class is 683, so I won't be takin' it on the road to any competitions just yet!
0/3 again
Not to worry NFFC, I did a grand total of 0/3 too
Been hit hard with the lurgy :(
2/3
Back in the groove 5/5!
Hadn't been in the gym for 39 days, wow. Dang computer tracking.
3 gym workouts, 1 day at the motocross track and 1 day on the trails.
i think it was 1/3
New totals - will update when Jeff checks in, but he's too busy playing volleyball on the beach or something.
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 4/5
Week 2 - 2/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Chunkford
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Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 1/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 1/3
Eljefe3
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Week 1 - 5/6
Week 2 - 5/6
Week 3 - 4/6
Week 4 - 5/6
NFFC
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Week 1 - 0/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Quote from: Drastic on November 26, 2012, 02:22:17 PM
Back in the groove 5/5!
Awesome job! I'm afraid I might get kicked out for saying this, but that was a drastic improvement!
Quote from: Withheld to Protect the Guilty0/3 again
I am dead serious when I say that I happily offer to make motivational/harrassment/public shaming phone calls or whatever if someone needs a boost. Really. If you want to commit and you need a bit of a kick... no problem and I bet others would offer too. Just throwing it out there.
Last week 5/6, sorry for the lag.
Got it Jeff.
4/4
2/3
Been slacking this week.
6/6, my knees need a day of rest today.
3/4 I guess.
Maybe should be 2/4... visiting my mom with Alzheimer's and so today I did 200 pushups and 30 pullups while watching her. Doesn't seem like much, but I guess it's something.
2/3
1/3
Xmas is coming up and things have started going crazy! eeeek....
slack week.
2/5
0/3
New Totals....
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Drastic
------
Week 1 - 4/5
Week 2 - 2/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 2/5
Chunkford
------
Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Week 5 - 1/3
Littleman
------
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Ergophobe
------
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Hungrygoose
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Week 1 - 1/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 1/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Eljefe3
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Week 1 - 5/6
Week 2 - 5/6
Week 3 - 4/6
Week 4 - 5/6
Week 5 - 6/6
NFFC
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Week 1 - 0/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Week 5 - 0/0
4/4
5/6
2/4 - down with a wicked cold. That's my excuse
2/3
Bad week again, seems like reaching part of my goal made me slack off. Back on the horse this week though!
1/3
I think I have given up this side of xmas. Too many things going on and too many distractions :/
0/3 argh
3/5.
But, one of those days was 4 hours of hard dirt riding. Well, 3 were pretty hard, the last one was more just hanging on for the ride.
And I was busy with buying a new motorcycle, so that's my excuse. ;-)
Quote from: Drastic on December 10, 2012, 02:28:47 PM
And I was busy with buying a new motorcycle, so that's my excuse. ;-)
Go on then, tease us with what you got?
Quote from: Drastic on December 10, 2012, 02:28:47 PM
And I was busy with buying a new motorcycle, so that's my excuse. ;-)
I want to play at your house when the toys get opened on Christmas....
New Totals....
NFFC, let us know what you did last week and I'll alter the list. It must be that time of year because we're collectively under-performing in this round.
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 2/3
Drastic
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Week 1 - 4/5
Week 2 - 2/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 2/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Chunkford
------
Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Week 5 - 1/3
Week 6 - 1/3
Littleman
------
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Ergophobe
------
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Hungrygoose
------
Week 1 - 1/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 1/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Eljefe3
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Week 1 - 5/6
Week 2 - 5/6
Week 3 - 4/6
Week 4 - 5/6
Week 5 - 6/6
Week 6 - 5/6
NFFC
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Week 1 - 0/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Week 5 - 0/3
Week 6 - 0/3
0/3 last week, for a change.
Hey, at least you're consistent.
4/4
4/3
Shitty week but managed to log 4 reasonable good workouts.
4/4 - no weight room session this week :(, but did my first two skate ski outings :)
Nothing kicks my butt like skate skiing or as one former Ironman competitor who got into skate skiing put it: "There's no bonk like the skate ski bonk."
0/3
I hang my head in shame
0/3 :/
1/4. was in a motorcycle class all weekend so no time for makeup.
4/6
New Totals....
NFFC, let us know what you did last week and I'll alter the list. Congrats to those who made (or exceeded) their commitments, it is a tough time of year.
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 2/3
Week 7 - 4/3
Drastic
------
Week 1 - 4/5
Week 2 - 2/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 2/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Week 7 - 1/5
Chunkford
------
Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Week 5 - 1/3
Week 6 - 1/3
Week 7 - 0/3
Littleman
------
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Ergophobe
------
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Hungrygoose
------
Week 1 - 1/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 1/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Week 7 - 0/3
Eljefe3
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Week 1 - 5/6
Week 2 - 5/6
Week 3 - 4/6
Week 4 - 5/6
Week 5 - 6/6
Week 6 - 5/6
Week 7 - 4/6
NFFC
------
Week 1 - 0/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Week 5 - 0/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Week 7 - ?/3
week 8 - 4/4
week 8 - 4/4
1/4
hmm I don't remember doing anything exercise related last week....
0/4
0/3
A huge 1/3 last week.
Home gym is all set up now, I'm on it from now on!
Pics to follow :)
Still missing hungrygoose and eljefe. Tough time of the year both to exercise and to find time to go to forums and update your stuff, so I figured I'd put up the totals with what we have (since it is Wednesday).
We have gotten about 30 inches / 75cm of snow since Friday, so I've been getting some supplemental exercise! Still have to clear the porch.
Anyway, looks like a lot of people have been having trouble finding time lately. Don't worry - you're not alone... it's common to bottom out this time of year, but January is when everyone gets serious again.
Exhibit A: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=diet%2C%20fitness%2C%20&date=6%2F2008%2049m&cmpt=q
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 2/3
Week 7 - 4/3
Week 8 - 1/4
Drastic
------
Week 1 - 4/5
Week 2 - 2/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 2/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Week 7 - 1/5
Week 8 - 0/4 (0/5?)
Chunkford
------
Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Week 5 - 1/3
Week 6 - 1/3
Week 7 - 0/3
Week 8 - 0/3
Littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Ergophobe
------
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Hungrygoose
------
Week 1 - 1/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 1/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Week 7 - 0/3
Week 8 - ??
Eljefe3
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Week 1 - 5/6
Week 2 - 5/6
Week 3 - 4/6
Week 4 - 5/6
Week 5 - 6/6
Week 6 - 5/6
Week 7 - 4/6
Week 8 - ??
NFFC
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Week 1 - 0/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Week 5 - 0/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Week 7 - ?/3
Week 8 - 1/3
Quote from: nffc on December 26, 2012, 05:43:59 PM
Pics to follow :)
Curious!
Week 8 6/6.
TBH I've pretty much bombed out this session.
With issues at work and attempting a new direction, spending valuable time with the family and Xmas/new year I just haven't had the time.
Its annoying how I place my health last before all else.
Anyway, I am making plans I.e. going to the gym with friends rather than on my own. Hopefully that will give me a firm reason to go as it won't be just myself I'm letting down.
Ah damn sorry I didn't update I normally update whenever I see it in the unread section but missed it this time.
Anyways week 8 was 0/3 again
Last 2 months have been shocking for me. I normally go out at 630-700am but since it got dark I've basically stopped.
Week 9 4/4
Round 6 -- from Dec 31 to March 2, 10 weeks again.
We'll be post Holiday and just on time for New Year resolutions, so who's in?
week 9 1/3
I'm escaping the grey in a few weeks to winter in se asia so I'm out this time
4/4
... one of these was two sets of pullups, curls, pushups followed by 40 mins of snow shoveling as fast as I could manage, but I was shoveling with a heartrate monitor and had the pulse up to 85 max HR, so I figure it counts!
0/3
I'm in for a new round.
Here are the final totals as reported so far. Dras, NFFC, Eljefe3, & Chunkford please post your results for last week so I could add them in.
Rumbas
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Week 1 - 3/3
Week 2 - 3/3
Week 3 - 2/3
Week 4 - 2/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 2/3
Week 7 - 4/3
Week 8 - 1/4
Week 9 - 0/3
Drastic
------
Week 1 - 4/5
Week 2 - 2/5
Week 3 - 3/5
Week 4 - 5/5
Week 5 - 2/5
Week 6 - 3/5
Week 7 - 1/5
Week 8 - 0/5
Week 9 - 0/5
Chunkford
------
Week 1 - 2/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Week 5 - 1/3
Week 6 - 1/3
Week 7 - 0/3
Week 8 - 0/3
Week 9 - ?
Littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 4/4
Week 6 - 4/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Ergophobe
------
Week 1 - 4/4
Week 2 - 4/4
Week 3 - 4/4
Week 4 - 4/4
Week 5 - 3/4
Week 6 - 2/4
Week 7 - 4/4
Week 8 - 4/4
Week 9 - 4/4
Hungrygoose
------
Week 1 - 1/3
Week 2 - 2/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 1/3
Week 5 - 2/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Week 7 - 0/3
Week 8 - 0/3
Week 9 - 1/3
Eljefe3
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Week 1 - 5/6
Week 2 - 5/6
Week 3 - 4/6
Week 4 - 5/6
Week 5 - 6/6
Week 6 - 5/6
Week 7 - 4/6
Week 8 - 6/6
Week 9 - ?
NFFC
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Week 1 - 0/3
Week 2 - 0/3
Week 3 - 1/3
Week 4 - 0/3
Week 5 - 0/3
Week 6 - 0/3
Week 7 - ?/3
Week 8 - 1/3
Week 9 - 3/3
Round 6 starts this week, who else is in?
So fa we have:
Rumbas
Littleman
Drastic
Ergophobe
Out this round:
Hungrygoose
NFFC
3/3 for me.
Stepping out the next round if that's OK.
Quote from: nffc on January 01, 2013, 09:04:34 PM
3/3 for me.
Stepping out the next round if that's OK.
At least you are leaving on a high note. Maybe we'll see you back in for round 7?
0/5
In again for 5. But fo reelz this time.
>Stepping out the next round if that's OK.
Request denied. New home gym, article 532.6 section F paragraph 6 states you can't quit. Also, where's the pics?
I'm in.
>> Rumbas:
>> I'm in for a new round.
Looks like we'll be meeting face to face in Miami - we should plan a workout together in honor of the Core Commit.
>Looks like we'll be meeting face to face in Miami - we should plan a workout together in honor of the Core Commit.
Absolutely, I'm in. Haven't booked the ticket yet though :)
I just realized we are already in week 1 - I'm out for the week, starting up on next week.
Okay Dras, I can't blame you with all those new toys.
Chunkford? Eljefe3? Anyone new this round?
This thread has 596 posts, 16K+ views and the day after tomorrow will be one year old and maybe has some "baggage"
How about as part of the New Year reset for everyone, we break this off as Core Commit 2013? - unless people feel emotionally attached to this thread ;-)
week 9 - 0/3
Sorry but I'm going to give this round a miss.