Open Challenge 2009
Who can enter:- Everybody. Men, women, hamsters, everybody. If you can post you can enter.
The goals:- At least 3 goals
- A maximum of 6 goals
- At least one of the goals should be related to fitness (stuff like training, sports, fat loss, other recomp, nutrition, rehab, etc) but you are welcome to have goals that focus on other things too.
- The goals must be measurable. How you choose to measure them is up to you. (Choose the measurement that works for YOU and fits your goal whether it's passing a martial arts test, scale weights, measuring tape numbers, pictures, a compliance sheet, lbs lifted, miles biked, number of push ups, WII fitness score... whatever.)
- Let us know both your starting point and what you are shooting for.
The timeline:- Start date February 1st.
- First post due February 10th. A first post with your goals, how you will measure them, and your current status on the goals is due by midnight February 10 but an earlier post is good too.
- Logs are encouraged but not required. You don't need a specific challenge log unless you want one.
- To stay in the challenge you must post each month by the 10th day at midnight. (You can post any time in those 10 days. For the time we'll be going by the time stamp on the post, which is the Central Time Zone in the US)
- final post due by midnight on August 10
If something goes wrong: If you know that you will be unable to post during the first 10 days in any given month because you will be somewhere with no internet access (unlikely but possible) post your update early. If your area gets hit by a catastrophe bad enough to require evacuation or cause similar levels of chaos, posting a link to a news story when you get back online along with your late update post will keep you in the running.
The outcome: The winner will be decided by poll. Judging should be based on both how far you progress towards your goals and the difficulty of the goals.