Hi Allie! Is that short for something? My 1 year old daughter's name is Alyssa and we call her Aly. It's good to have you; I'll add you to my roster!

Hi Shaina, twice a week I got to a butt blasting kickboxing class and core conditioning class. I also run about 3 miles from time to time. When I strength train I do about 10 exercises 2 sets and 20 reps. I'm athletic and capable, but I struggle with pushing myself.
I'm really excited about this group!
Thanks.

this sounds great!! count me in. lately my workout consists of biking. and more biking. and not much else. usually... an hour or so three times a week and then maybe one long 4-6 hour ride on the weekend. i was doing a bit of swimming and dancing and weight lifting, but... haven't done that in a while. thanks so much for comming up with the challenge!!

Wow! We've got some serious exercisers here! This is one of my major struggles right now. It's so obvious to me that I need to step up my workouts, but it just seems like there's either not enough time in the day, or I'm not really motivated. Hopefully being involved in this challenge with you guys will force me to kick it up a notch. I *used* to be very athletic before I gained weight, but as of right now, I'm not in such great shape.

A typical workout for me is like, an hour of step and a weight circuit or something. Kinda lame, I know. I need to be doing more: heavier weights, vary my routine, something. I'm *hoping* I get to join this really great new gym in my area soon, but it's a little expensive. So we'll see how that goes. Anyway, as we progress, I'd love to get input from everyone on various things they'd like to work on for the challenges.

I'll do the body fat one. I have an accumeasure fat caliper.

Hey I'm new here and I thought i saw my name lol but your off by one letter lol but I would like to join this. It starts one day after my birthday...

Hi L.D. and Sharina! Glad to have you guys. That makes 8 players. Hmmm... that may be enough for 2 teams, but I'll have to switch some things up since it seems like most (if not all?) of us would rather focus on losing body fat than lbs. But that's fine. I'm still hoping a few more of my buddies will join us, and there's still plenty of time, since we're not officially starting for a while still.

A few things I'd like for y'all to do before we get started (if you haven't done them already):

Start drinking lots of water. Aim for 1 glass for every 20 lbs of body weight. My goal is 7 glasses per day, but I usually drink around 100 oz. I sweat a LOT when I work out, and I feel like I need that much to stay hydrated. We're gonna be doing a lot of sweating during this challenge, so I'd like for everyone to be well-hydrated.

Start walking. I'd like for each of us to build up our speed and endurance during this challenge. I realize that a lot of you that have signed up so far are already avid exercisers, so I doubt this really applies, BUT everyone has room for improvement. I'm just saying, if you're not active, start getting active now, because I want even beginners to be jogging by the end of this challenge. And for those who are already active, who knows? Maybe we'll be in marathon shape at the end of this. I personally would sure LOVE that.

Stop buying junk food. I don't know what you have in your cabinets right now, and far be it from me to suggest to anyone to throw perfectly good food away. At the same time, please try to be sure that any junk food you may have accumulated in your pantry is no longer there by the start of this challenge. Sure, we all need the occasional treat, but it'll be so much easier to succeed at our lofty goals if we don't have a gallon of ice cream in the freezer tempting us, or if those chocolate chip cookies aren't staring us in the face every time we walk into the kitchen. It'll be a lot easier if you have plenty of fresh fruits and veggies on hand.

Just some suggestions. You can take them or leave them, and most of you probably didn't need me to say that stuff cuz you've already done it. I just think those are some really important keys to success, and what kind of person would I be if I didn't throw them out there?

Oh yeah, and Be sure to subscribe to this thread!!

you can subscribe to threads?! lol- learn something new every day.
it does look like a lot of us are pretty avis exercisers... just means we can get some fun challenges in!

Hi guys, Just wanted to let y'all know I won't be on tomorrow. I spent waaaay too much time on the internet today, so I need to focus on cleaning my house tomorrow. It looks like CRAP! See y'all Thursday!