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.