New Psychotic Challenge

[Lyssie]

So. We're going to do a new challenge that's going to involve running/walking/wogging 5k (3.1 miles) and weights. More information will be forthcoming in this thread, sign up if you're interested. Oh... and there may be a chart involved.

[biogeek]

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I saw the word "psychotic" and knew that whatever you have planned, it'll work for me! LOL

[julirama723]

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LYSSIE, I AM IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeahhhhhhhhhhh.

Hey was it the Lifts and Separates Challenge...is that the name you were thinking of?

[Lyssie]

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YEAH!! The cross your heart thing!!! You're awesome. I *did* look for like, 15 minutes while I was writing that post.

[ValidRouge]

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I'm in too! Cool chat forthcoming?? WOOOHOOOO

[julirama723]

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Yeah the CYH challenge...Cross your heart challenge. Sounds slightly romantic.

Our slogan can be "LIFT and SEPARATE, ladies!"

[Alexa]

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I'm in

[Lyssie]

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Let's see how many more people we can get by Monday, and have that be the start date, that way I have time to figure out tracking and a chart... and stuff... top secret stuff...

[Fatalblue]

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Count me in!

[floydgirl]

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I need more information, please. I am anal about details before I commit to something. Personality quirk!

I can wog, I love lifting weights.

[julirama723]

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LYSSIE, is this challenge top secret stuff or what??

We want details! Do we really have to improve our 5K time by 30 seconds to earn a point? Yikes. Or am I just a slow runner?

[Lyssie]

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MmmMMmkay. Here's how it's gonna be...

For the running portion: You'll earn 1 point for each 10 seconds (you can thank Josh for lowering that from 15/30 seconds) that your 5k (3.1 miles) time improves. Please use a time to start with that you have had within the past 2 months.

For the weights portion: Since we all do different exercises, it's going to be a little more flexible and hectic here. Ok. For each muscle group - Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps, Chest, Back, Quadriceps, Hamstrings and Calves - you can choose *ONE* exercise. Using your max weight (the weight you can painfully do 12 reps at) as the starting point. For each 5 lbs you increase as your max weight for any of the exercises, you get 1 point.

The challenge will last 8 weeks (starting 05 February and ending 01 April).

I'll work on putting together a website in the next couple of days so everyone can check and track from there. We'll have the check-in be either when you decrease time, increase weight, or at least once a week (just so we know who's running away - and not in a good sense).

If you have questions, lemme know.

[Fatalblue]

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I'm in the second week of the Cool Running couch to 5K program. In other words, I don't think I can participate in the running portion because I havent even gotten to the 5K part yet. Would it be okay if I just do the weights portion and work toward running a 5K?

[Lyssie]

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Uhmm.. yeah, but I thought in that program, you still went 5k as the distance, just part of it was walking, part was jogging? Which is completely fine, and a lot of us do that, it's just improving on the time it takes to go the 5k...

[Fatalblue]

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I think I'd better just do the weight portion if that's okay. Like I said, I'm only in the second week of the couch to 5K program. It's only 20 minutes of walk/jog plus a 5 min warm-up walk. I definitely don't think that would amount to 5k if I'm not mistaken.