Exercise Goals

[Taq]

You may post goals at any time between now and the end of the contest, and you may modify them at any time.

• Why goals? (1) You will personally benefit from goal-setting if you take it seriously and (2) you will be better rewarded with prizes.
• What kind of goals? This is completely up to you, but they must be specific. For example, "Exercise for 30 min/day 3x/week during July" is acceptable; "exercise more" is not. I also recommend that your goals be attainable. For example, "Run a 10K this month" is a good goal for regular runners but terrible for those who don't normally run.
• To qualify for the higher money option, post an assessment of how you're doing with respect to your goal each week at any time during the week. If you assessed your goals one week and didn't assess your goals the next week, you would receive the higher money option for the week you assessed and the lower money option for the week you didn't assess your goals.
• To qualify for the higher money option, you do not need to achieve your goal; you only need to assess how you're doing. The important thing is that you're working towards an attainable goal. If you find that your original goal is too hard or too easy, please modify it. Believe it or not, these goals are for you!

To receive credit for your goal assessments, you must post them during that week. (So when we get to July 31, you can't post a July 1 report and receive money for that. ) Reports are due at the end of each week on Saturdays (with the exception of the last week since July ends on a Friday):

• July 1-4 (Reports accepted through Sat, July 4 @ 11:59 PM EDT)
• July 5-11 (Reports accepted through Sat, July 11 @ 11:59 PM EDT)
• July 12-18 (Reports accepted through Sat, July 18 @ 11:59 PM EDT)
• July 19-25 (Reports accepted through Sat, July 25 @ 11:59 PM EDT)
• July 26-31 (Reports accepted through Fri, July 31 @ 11:59 PM EDT)

Self-quoting is encouraged!

[Irwin]

Self-quoting is encouraged!

Huh?

[Taq]

Self-quoting is encouraged!

Huh?

Let's say you post a goal now. Later in July, you may want to quote that post when you assess how you are doing with respect to that goal.

[Pseudonym]

For example:

I'm going to run a marathon at the end of July!

Yeah, I actually didn't exercise at all this month.

I love how your contests are more than just the regular website stuff. The contests actually make us better people in real life. If we take part in them, of course. It sounds like a brilliant contest, iTaliq!

[Laura Ingalls]

Okey dokey, since I won't be able to get on the computer the next few days, I'll go ahead and scribble down a few goals and modify them later!

I would like to walk/jog for at least 10 minutes, 3 times a week.
I would also like to do 15 crunches at least 5 times a week.


We'll see how that goes!

[King Butter Turtle]

O.k., here's my goal;

• Do 20 crunches every day, increasing the amount by one each day untill it plateaus at 50.
• Catch 75 consecutive balls in the 5 ball cascade.

[Trent DeWhite]

Alrighty, I think I'm going to vary my goals depending on the week.

My exercise goals for July 1-4 are as follows:

• Run one 7K
• Do 100 push-ups daily
• Do 100 sit-ups daily

[King Butter Turtle]

Alrighty, I think I'm going to vary my goals depending on the week.

My exercise goals for July 1-4 are as follows:

• Run one 7K
• Do 100 push-ups daily
• Do 100 sit-ups daily

Wow! Now I feel terrible.

[Trent DeWhite]

Oh, don't feel terrible! I'm using this as more of a personal challenge, not as a competition amongst everyone else.

[darcie]

OK, I'll post my starting goals too. This will be good for me.

-Actively play outside with my kids for 20min+ at least 2x per week.
-Pilates mat workout (beg/int level to start) at least 3x per week.

[LizzieG]

I'm going to be a bit ambitious:

Lizzie's Exercise Goals:

• Run 3x per week, culminating in a 10K at the end of the month (biggest priority).
• Cross-train and/or lift weights at least 2x per week.
• Do chiropractic exercises at least 4x per week.

[Termite]

A'righty. This is only going to be for the last couple of weeks, since I'll be at the soccer camp, first off, then a youth camp.

• Run a mile or so each day, five to six days a week.
• Do 20 crunches and push-ups each day, and ten jumping jacks, five days a week.
• Get on our stationary bike hopefully five times a week, 20 minutes or so each time
• To survive at a soccer camp for... four and a half hours four days, and three hours one day next week.

Hopefully I'll get all the last one... Don't know how my ankle'll hold up... *grumbles*

[Ben Linus]

Goals are as follows for July 1-4 are as follows:

--Ride the stationary bike for 1 hour a day
--Do 20 squat stretches (Possibly more)


'Dat's about it. Not very impressive.

[Hannahjiejie]

My goals are as follows

• ~Swim 1hr - 1 and 1/2hr 5 days a week
  ~Jog at least two times per week
  ~Bike a mile a day
  ~Do some push-ups each day (ug)
  ~Other stuff (sit-ups, squats, table-tops etc)
  ~STRETCH!
  ~...and if my dad signs us up, participate in a triathlon

Summer is a good time for me... swim practice is every morning, and I have to bike there and back (1/2 mile each way). What fun! My main goal is the running... that'll be tough. I also would like to survive swim practice... I'm still working on that one.

[Anna><>]

My goals are to exercise at least 20 minutes 5 days a week, stretch 10 minutes a day (I'm working towards doing the splits by the end of the summer), and weight lift 5 times a week.

[Danadelfos]

My goals for July:

#1 Run a 5k in under 20 min.
#2 Run at least 25 miles each week unless I'm racing...
#3 Lift weights for 2 days a week, an hour at a time.
#4 Bike at least 3 times with mileage over 20 miles.
#5 Do pilates 2 times per week.
#6 Don't break a leg...

[DanP740]

Hrm, seeing as I can't predict what I'll do at camp, I'll just set a little goal for the first week of 20 pushups in a row, two times.

Alrighty, I think I'm going to vary my goals depending on the week.

My exercise goals for July 1-4 are as follows:

• Run one 7K
• Do 100 push-ups daily
• Do 100 sit-ups daily

Wow! Now I feel terrible.

I think Trent is going to be the Jugglah of the exercise contest.

[Catspaw]

Okay, I'm going to start with very modest goals for week one! This will be good for me, since I'll have to actually keep track of how long I'm exercising.

- 10 minutes of jogging on the spot - 5 days a week
- 50 jumping jacks - 5 days a week

[LizzieG]

Alrighty, I think I'm going to vary my goals depending on the week.

My exercise goals for July 1-4 are as follows:

• Run one 7K
• Do 100 push-ups daily
• Do 100 sit-ups daily

I think Trent is going to be the Jugglah of the exercise contest.

I can't fathom 100 push-ups. I did 10 once, and I almost died.

Maybe Trent died too?

[Trent DeWhite]

We'll find out soon enough, won't we?