Help me kick my boyfriend's butt...

GreenTeaForDays

My boyfriend and I want to start some kind of fitness challenge for ourselves. We're both pretty motivated already, but we think it could be fun. Our problem is that we can't seem to think of a fair system to grade ourselves on because we have different goals and fitness "plans".

His goals and interests:
Start a regular exercise routine (weight lifting, pushups, cardio, ... )
Lose fat & build muscle

My goals and interests:
Train for a half marathon
Eat better (more protein, less sugar)

Some ideas we have are:
> Who can lose the most body fat relative to where they're at now
> Who can log the most exercise hours
> Who can burn the most calories
> Who can hit their nutrition goals the most

But since our goals are slightly different and our plans for reaching them are also different (i.e. weightlifting vs. running), it isn't to easy to compare them in a fair way. I don't really want to lose more weight, for instance, but he does. We've thought about developing some sort of point system, but before things get too complicated does anyone out there have any fun ideas?

SergeiKay

Hmm, that IS tricky. I'm closely familiar with what your bf's side of fitness, but if you have a similar thing in endurance-based fitness, than this might work...
You can try going by benchmarks in your respective fields. This is subjective, but might be very motivating, especially with a reward system, like sexy time or something. And what i mean by benchmarks is the following:
for weightlifting, there are basic motions/exercises like benchpress, deadlift, squat, that are considered benchmark to judge the general strength of a person. if you have some benchmarks, like 5k in a certain time frame, or something like that, then it might work.
then you can judge each other on how they've improved on their benchmarks, but i suppose it's not really a direct competition between you, because there may not necessarily be a winner. just a thought, though

SergeiKay

oh!
you can also try directly competing with body-weight exercises! you both might benefit from the competition, even though your goals are very different.
and since your main target would be legs, i suppose, you can see who can do more box jumps in a certain time frame, for example. then it's a matter of strength/endurance relative to one's own body weight.

jonesin_am

You could choose small goals specific to you. Rewards come when one reaches their goal before the other?...