61 Day Challenge - The Results

[SpacecityPaula]

Time to post our results overall.

[ninja]

826.5

[mpm]

Nutrition: 104/103, Pts: 256

Weights: 20/22, Pts: 50

Steady State: 16/16, Pts: 32


Personal Goal Complete: Yes, Pts: 300


Competitive Goal Complete: No, Pts: 0


Total Points: 637.7/740, 86%

Considering I didn't set a competitive goal, I achieved 637.7/640, 99%.

I would give myself an A- overall. I achieved everything I set a goal for.

[MindPower]

The Results are in.
450 Total points

Nutrition Goal -
Goal = 100
Achieved = 105 (105%)

Fitness Goal -

• Goal = 25 Weight Training Sessions
• Achieved = 28 (112%)
  
• Goal = 30 Mobility / Stretching Sessions
• Achieved = 48 (160%)
  
• Goal = - ~20-30min Lunch Time walk
  
• Achieved = 1 (4%)
  

Personal Goal -
Body Weight = 87kg @ <12%bf (Gain 6kg)
Achieved = 84.2kg
Strength Goals
= Bench Press 1RM - 120kg (265lbs)
Achieved = 115kg (253lbs)
= Front Squat 1RM - 120kg (265lbs)
Achieved = 95kg (210lbs)
= Deadlift 1RM - 160kg (353lbs)
Achieved = 162kg (357lbs)

Competitive Goal -
Never did find something to compete in. Not much happening in the middle of winter.

Some mixed results. The challenge was good and kept me motivated along the way.
I set what I thought were pretty lofty goals (esp. Strength) and to have completed one, getting close on one and have seen excellent progression on the other Im pretty bloody happy about it.
My mobility was a pretty big winner, with a nice little routine I do every morning now, helping lots.

Congratulations to everyone who completed the challenge.

[Lost Dog]

Congratulations to everybody! Good jobs, all around!

Keep posting your results, or if you feel more comfortable, feel free to email them to me. rdenzel@gmail.com. Try to put 61DC and your screen name in the subject line so I can find you.

Also, please email me your stories, anecdotes, etc. about your friends here in the Challenge. I know many of you overcame obstacles, injuries, and achieved things beyond your expectations and goals. I want to hear about those things and follow up on that with you!

Don't be shy. Tell me about the people that inspired you, helped you, or overcame their own challenges in the past 61 days.

Remember, we've got a couple of special awards, too...

Awards determined by secret email/private message vote by participants for:

• "Most Improved"
• "The Mahler Award for Motivation"

I need to hear from you!

Also, I need your shirt sizes and a shipping address. All the more reason to use my email (rdenzel@gmail.com), right? If you made past those first 40 days and/or were successful in your goals, make sure to drop me a message with your size, your points, and any other details that you care to share.

Once again, great job on the 61 days!

Hey, what are you going to do now? It's day 62, time to challenge yourself, right? Keep on going strong.

Who's going to be the one to start that next thread to tell us all what you've learned and gained from this experience? And, what the next 61 days might have to offer you?

[BamaDave]

Great job Challenge peoples!!!

My 61 Day Challenge was kind of a bust after I had to take a large chunk of June off from exercise to help heal a lower back injury. In fact, June may have been my least active exercise month in over 5 years. LOL!

My personal goal was to slowly drop about 8 pounds to get lighter for running/racing. I dropped about 3-4, which is fine. It's not an urgent goal, and I'm happy with my current weight. Actually, a photo of me about 10-12 lbs. lighter showed up in my 5,000 post thread, and I looked really skinny... which didn't exactly encourage me to keep dropping lbs!

I did meet my competitive goal - a 10K trail race from hell back in June.

TOTALS:

Nutrition: 108/110 = 98% of goal - 266 pts.

Resistance: 18/20 = 90% - 45 pts.

Steady State: 24/36 = 67% - 48 pts.

Competitive Goal Achieved: 100 pts:

TOTAL: 459

[Egham]

Great challenge!

My stats -

Nutrition:114/110 104%, 280 points

Resistance: 21/24 88%, 52.5 points

Interval: 12/16 75%, 30 points

Cardio: 18/16 112%, 36 points

Personal Goal: Yes 300 points

Competitive goal: No 0

Total Points: 698.8

Goal Points: 802

% of Goal: 87


My personal goal was to help my wife through her vertigo/ear infection/hearing loss problems. In looking back, I believe that I've been doing what I can....cook, chauffeur, monitor, listener, emotional support provider, advocate, researcher, data logger, appointment secretary, errand boy, medical community communicator, and more.......even, at times...shudder...purse carrier.....

She is doing considerably better now than she was through mid-July, but we both know that her ordeal is not over. We still have a long way to go in the battle to better manage the problems. As a result, I can not claim that I have helped her through it to a successful and happy conclusion, only that I did what I possibly could to help her through her latest round of this mess. That being the case, I will take credit for achieving my personal goal for the challenge and award myself the points, fully realizing that our trials are not over and that this will remain a major focus for us for some time to come.

[ljk]

732 points for me: 87% of goal points
nutrition: 115/120 - 96%
interval: 18/18 - 100%
cardio (ss):11/9 - 122%
RT: 33/35 - 94%
Personal: complete (yes)
Competitive: no

Ab veins slightly more prominent than at start of challenge.

[GG300]

No excuse just didn't hit my numbers.


Nutrition 106/102 96% 251 Points

Resistance 26/24 92% 60 Points

Intervals 18/17 106% 45 Points

Personal Goal Lose 12# only lost 7# 0 Points

Competitive Goal Completed 2 - 5K's 100 Points

512 Total Points

[Ogedei]

Congratulations to everyone who attempted the challenge and an even bigger one to those who completed it.

I am unfortunately not one of the ones who did great. I had a strong start and then faltered half way through.

A change in work environments through me for a bit of a loop.

I stopped preparing meals ahead of time, I lost my gym access and despite my best intentions haven't managed to use my sled or even complete it.

I walk a few kms every day and try and skip some rope for a few minutes at night, but apart from that large amounts of physical activity are not part of my day to day.

Any weight and fat I lost is back. Pretty much at square one now.

Oh well. I am better settled now and I will have my gym back in a month or so. yay!

Og.

[Aoife]

803 points. (goal was 813)

Slacked on some lifts in the beginning, and being sick near the end ensured I wouldn't make them up.

What am I doing day 62? Why the workout tonite that I skipped last night.

[ninja]

Originally Posted by ninja

826.5

I'm close on the abs, not all of the way there. I'm moderately happy with the way I look right now, so I will gladly take that.

Shot a 79 (we played best ball the whole week. Had a genuine eagle by myself though, that was sweet)

The "not for public viewing goal" was accomplished. Wasn't really executed, but I at least accomplished it.

So, overall, it was good. Could have accumulated more points in the last week or so if I wasn't working my butt off and playing golf so much. But I'll take 826.

[joshuaseu]

Well, i'm not sure if i had mine set-up quite right, but here are my results, with the first number being what i achieved and the second number being my goal- i believe i gave myself to many personal goals, three in all, only one of which i accomplished 100 percent, the other two i missed by a smidge. not really sure how to tally the nutrition points, and just guessing at the others, so a little help would be appreciated. Thanks

*Final Nutrition 106/110 261? points 96%
*Final Bike Rides 62/64 124 points
*Final Workouts 21/26 52.5 points
*Weight this morning 246, goal 245 not met, missed by one pound, i had it on the 30th, but the 31st, i'd gained it back. 0 points
*Inches changed, 8 positive inches, lost 6 over waist hips and chest, gained one and a half over thighs, gained half inch on one arm, goal was 10 positive inches, so missed by two 0 points
*finished the competetive goal in the mini triathelon, 100 points
*caught all the fish i wanted to catch when i went to MN another personal goal, so, since i didn't make the others, i guess 0 points.

so that's 276.5 points not including nutrition(537.5 points with, if i did it right), so, if someone could check my math, i'd appreciate it.

[SpacecityPaula]

My results:
Total Points official points 446.073770491803/771 58%
Total points I'd give myself if I were doing the scoring :p 596.073770491803/771 or 77% (see the personal goals for an explanation)
Total Inches Lost - 6.875

Fitness
Resistance 22/26 85% - 55 points
Interval 3/8 38% - 7.5 points
Cardio 9/8 112% - 18 points

Nutrition
Blocks part of the challenge - 108/110 98% 266 points
Personal Goal eating when I got up instead of when I got hungry - completed. I'll admit to slacking a little in the last week or so, but I will be back in the habit after the trip.
Personal Goal of carrying the food I need - Base goal was 100 which was a B in my estimation and an A was 113 - I carried 112/126 meals so I got an A- on this one. Not too shabby.

Personal Goals - Not sure how to score this one. Input would be appreciated. I would give myself 150 pts for getting half of this done, but there's no way to do that on the spreadsheet.

1) Able to complete 30 pushups by my 40th birthday - I abandoned this goal after the energy tank. I mentioned that I had abandoned it, but never asked for an official can I change my goal please.
2) Add 1-2 articles/pages to my web site (dontbeapicklebump.com) - I'm happy to say I posted 17 new things on my web site.

Competitive Goal - 100 pt.
Completed a father's day 3k Walk.

All in all I'm pleased with the results. I did better than I expected and the challenge let me see where my problem areas are. I'm still not liking cardio any better. I'm further along in some areas than I thought and made progress on some personal goals.

The biggest personal challenge to me in the whole challenge was having to up my calories. It was really, really hard for me to eat at that level and see changes everywhere in my body but where I really wanted them. I know I did the right thing though and I have a rough plan in place for when I get back next week.

Me setting goals is much more helpful and gives me a measure of how I am doing.

[Aoife]

the problem comes from having multiple personal goals, versus having just one. If you had 2, you could either complete 1 and call it 1/2 and get 1/2 points, or say you completed your personal goal and take all the points.

I had a bunch of things listed for my personal goal. I completed all but one. I took the points. I don't think that not doing one thing means I failed my personal goals.

you could either take 150 or 300 in my book, I wouldn't care either way. You worked your pushup goal to the best of your ability, you mentioned you were dropping it. *shrug*

[BamaDave]

And now we're all finished with the challenge and can go completely haywire. I'm thinking massive Indian feast tonight!

Congrats everybody!