CoreCommit to Exercise - Round 5: Oct 29 to Dec 30

[Drastic]

5/5

Round Two starts today.

Will tally the stats for Round One once ergo checks in.

[ergophobe]

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.

[Drastic]

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?

[ergophobe]

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?

[Rumbas]

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.

[jetboy]

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.

[Drastic]

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?

[thesaintv12]

Happy to put my money up again. 

[littleman]

4/4

[jetboy]

5/5

[ergophobe]

4/4

[Rumbas]

Bad week. Had too many days with migraine.
2/4.

[Drastic]

Somehow I eeked in 5/5 this week by squeezing two sessions in yesterday morning and afternoon.

[thesaintv12]

3/4

[littleman]

4/4