It looks like everyone is pretty well in agreement on how it'll go down.
-5 mo (August 1 - Dec 31)
-Minimum of 3 goals
-Maximum of 6 goals
-Must post 1st week of the month with update to be considered in the finals
-Open to all comers
Winner based on accomplishing volume + severity of goals made by a panel (TBD) of esteemed members. I'll try to keep things clean so who ever is judging won't get beat up with sloppiness that they'll have to bog through.
This page will be the official page for all things challenge related. You can sign up here. Post your goals here. Make your monthly updates here. Ask questions here.
This page isn't necessarily a training log so if you already have one, rock it. If you don't have one...feel free to start one.
I am in. Working on figuring out goals and will be starting Maximum Strength by Aug 1.
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Officially signing up. Still workin out the goals at the moment, but I'll be doing NROL and hopefully some running as my program (at least to start out with).
And just so all is clear... us ladies can do this challenge as well as the ladies challenge right?
Absolutely, all welcome seems the general consensus.
I'm in, goals to be determined tonight
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This challenge is totally unrelated to that one. As far as I'm concerned "There is no ladies challenge". Everyone is playing against everyone in this one, and everyone is welcome. No pictures required unless a goal is "I want to fit in X". Then you'd need a picture of you failing in the offending article, and then one where you're all sexy hot in it. The big thing with this challenge is setting measurable goals. So when we identify our official goals there needs to be the identification of "This is where I am, and this is where I want to be"
I would also like to participate in this challenge, as well. I'd like to throw $20 into the pot, too.
Working on figuring out some goals and I will get those posted.
Thanks for having this one be "open". Game on!
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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
Bac - Personally, I'd say if you're going to have a weight goal then pick a weight goal and rock it. If you want to be aggressive on it and *risk* falling short then that's your choice. If you want to pick a goal that you know you can reach and have it be judged appropriately on THAT level, then that's up to you as well. The real "goal" of the challenge is to have an unwavering vision of what you want to achieve. If you want to be X weight, and in the process work out 3x a week, diet compliance of 80%, drink X amount of fluid, pants size of X...then that's 5 different goals. Being 200\195\190lbs is only one goal, (190)
At the moment I can do one with fairly ropey form, the plan is to be able to do 3 with the correct form. I with do this by setting a specific time aside, solely to practice this (i.e. doing negative pull-ups, band assisted etc)
Deputise for Senior Executive Officer
*not as good a role as it sounds - middle manager really*
I will be transferring to a new government department in late August/early September. When you work for the government qualifications don't matter, it's all about strict competencies and demonstrating experience. My aim here is to be a 'deputy' for my bosses when he/she is away or in meeting. If you want a promotion you need to be a 'deputy' - better to starting building that base of experience now rather than wait a year or so. More than one person can be a deputy - it’s more a case of your bosses seeing you as having the skills to step up when needed.
Waist size of 33”.
Not complex – I’m touching 35” at the moment and want to get back down. 33” is enough of a drop given the time frame without having to go on a crash diet. I will do this by completion of Goals 4 and 5.
Maintain 90% meal compliance throughout the entire challenge
Simple in practice, very difficult for me in reality. I get very tempted by the ‘bad’ things – cheat meals turn to cheat days and even into a cheat week. I’m not going to follow a specific diet just good honest food in moderation and at the right time. I’ll draw up a list of ‘approved foods’ – compliance means sticking to eating foods off this list. I plan to avoid the ‘chippy’ like the plague ~ 3000cals in one meal.
Follow one program to the letter for it’s entirety
I’ll admit it, I program hop. The plan is to stick with one program and just do it in it’s entirety following the plan as laid out. When the program calls for 3 W/O a week I’ll do 3, if 4 W/O I’ll do 4. I may be going on Vacation so I’ll plan that as a rest week / body weight week but baring that no excuses.
I won’t be buying anything new on the subject of training, I’ll still be interested in reading and learning but I won’t end up falling into my usual trap of buying a program, reading it and then ditching my current plan for the new one. If I manage this one, ‘Eric Cressey’s book gets added to my Christmas list.
Perform 1 Full Pistol Squat
They’re very hard and I’m nowhere near doing one as yet but they’re badass and should score be a few ‘brucie bonus points’ if I can accomplish this goal.
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Walk on
With hope in your heart
And You'll Never Walk Alone
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There's no free lunch, especially when it's served with special sauce (lostdog)
***************************** My Log - PC Plod
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I'd like to join. I will work on what goals I want to achieve and post back.
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Aug 1st "is" the deadline for entering. So if you need some time to figure out what you need to figure out...that's cool. Just post it by the 1st
If anyone is having trouble figuring out how to make something measurable or what ever, post up your quandary. There's a decent chance someone will have the same questions and any solutions would benefit multiple people.
Glad you posted that because I do seem to have a quandary.... My main goal is recomp. I have a little fat to lose but don't quite want to lose weight per se. I want to maintain/gain lean mass while losing some of the layer that surrounds it. The problem is that I have no means with which to measure my bodyfat. I don't have calipers/tanita/etc, and can't afford to get bodpod readings done right now. For the women's challenge we are required to post pics and measurements every month, would those be sufficient to post here as well to "measure" my body comp changes?
Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks!!
I can't speak for the rest of crew but pics and or measurement would be more than enough to satisfy me. If you're going for comp...that's cool. Bust out with pics that show an obvious improvement over here to there. And\Or measurements would be absolutely fine. Start with...whatever you want to start with and put a "goal" end. Consider where you've got it to lose and make a judgment call on what you think would be the ball park of your comp goals.
example:
arm = 24"
waist = 28"
leg = 26"
Goal:
Arm = 26"
Waist = 27"
leg = 25"
It's just one of those things, you can have 1 or some measurement system(s). The goal of the goals are to serve as concrete "this is what I'm measuring success by" markers. If YOU are willing to measure success by a tape measure, scale, pair of jeans, compliance sheet, lbs lifted, distance run, and so on and so forth, then that's good enough for the group as well.
Weight goal - 175 (a loss of 43lbs), I would like to be 165 by December 31st but I think that is an unrealistic goal.
Size goal - 14, I have a formal party to go to the first week in December and I would love to be able to look awesome in my dress. (A 12 would also be really cool! I think I may have been 12 last time I wore a 12! Okay that may be a bit of an exaggeration.) I am really guessing on the size because I really don't know how my body will look then, but a 14 is 2 full sizes smaller than I am now.
Workout goal - I will incorporate one exercise in each workout that I hate. I have a tendency to avoid things I can't stand, namely single leg work and cardio. So BSS and lunges will be finding their way into my workouts.
Performance goal - 10 real push-ups. Right now I can only do them on my knees, I really want to work up to doing them on my toes. I would also like to be able to do one pistol squat but I think I may be pushing it.
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AM, homeschooling mom to Wild & Wacky, see my fitness journey here, my training log here and my everything else blog here.
Consistent practice equals consistent progress.
Weight goal - 175 (a loss of 43lbs), I would like to be 165 by December 31st but I think that is an unrealistic goal.
Size goal - 14, I have a formal party to go to the first week in December and I would love to be able to look awesome in my dress. (A 12 would also be really cool! I think I may have been 12 last time I wore a 12! Okay that may be a bit of an exaggeration.) I am really guessing on the size because I really don't know how my body will look then, but a 14 is 2 full sizes smaller than I am now.
Workout goal - I will incorporate one exercise in each workout that I hate. I have a tendency to avoid things I can't stand, namely single leg work and cardio. So BSS and lunges will be finding their way into my workouts.
Performance goal - 10 real push-ups. Right now I can only do them on my knees, I really want to work up to doing them on my toes. I would also like to be able to do one pistol squat but I think I may be pushing it.
frogguruami
Goal 1: Weight Loss of 43lbs (218 to 175)
Goal 2: Losing 2 dress sizes (14 to 12)
Goal 3: Compliance - Doing one hated exercise per exercise session. Compliance sheet will be maintained. Success at the end will be determined by compliance %.
Goal 4: Perform 10 pushups. (0 to 10)
frogguruami
Goal 2: Losing 2 dress sizes (14 to 12)
I wish!!
Actually this will be 18 to 14.
I must have worded that weird!
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Consistent practice equals consistent progress.
I'm in. I'm a newbie that's starting NROWL on Monday. I need a challenge to keep me motivated.
Goals:
1. Weight loss 174 to 155.
2. Drop from a size 13/14 to a 10.
3. Workout 3x a week and keep biking 2 days a week and golfing 2 days a week.
I just got the book earlier this week and am trying to decipher it. The nutrition plan seems exciting to me, especially since I'm coming from the constant thought of having to cut calories all the time to lose weight, lately eating around 1000 or less a day. Yeah, it worked for a while (lost 70 lbs since 2001). But I've hit a plateau the past few years and no matter what I do, I can't get anything to budge. I have a lot of confidence that this will work and have been looking for a program like this for a while.
So I'm off...best wishes to all.
i'll post up my goals once i get them down...need to figure out what i want to do...
but i'm going to be away, and most likely without computer access from 7/30 - 8/5. trip to San Fran and then to Reno...so will that be a problem? hopefully not, because i want to do this challenge.
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