Thanks Huh-Knee Badge and Merry Knaos for starting us off.

I'm Moose-a-rita with the Peninsula Roller Girls of Redwood City, CA. We are 30 miles south of SF and 30 miles north of SJ, so we sit in the middle of two very established leagues. However, PRG is heading into it's 2nd season and we are stoked for 2013!

My goals for this year are to work on better eating habits, more cross-training, becoming more lean, and a more versatile skater. Merry Knaos has already turned me onto Derbalife, which is great (thank you!) and I'm hoping to keep making the all-star travel team this year.

Thank you all for your support and sharing your derby fitness journey with me. Here's to 2013 being awesome for all of us!
Much derby love and respect,
-Moose-a-rita #71 PRG

Hey all! Mohammed I'lleatcha with Hartford Area Roller Derby in Hartford, CT. I started just when my league was beginning last year. Not a lot of people, everyone got on either the A or B team, and it was crazy how quick I got to bout and learn from all that even though I don't think I was necessarily ready. Second season is starting up and a lot has changed. We are working on getting WFTDA certified, the league has grown super quick, we have a legit freshie class, added a C team, and teams got reset to give everyone a fair chance to get on the correct team.

So I'm kinda dead set on trying to make the A team. Last year was luck and a small league that got me on a team. This year I want to know I got on a team bc I deserve it. That means acting like an athlete. Derby training, proper nutrition, and crosstraining. Big change for someone who never took sports, fitness, or food habits seriously for most of my life. Slug is an appropriate term for my former self. Now I want to keep getting better and better.

So I am excited for the challenge and anything I can learn fitness, food and derby wise from derby peeps aiming to also get better.

Hi all.

I am SchizJophrenic. I play for Dead End Derby in Christchurch, New Zealand. This coming season will be my second bouting season, so I am really looking forward to it, to really improve my skills and fitness.

I am not sticking to the food plan 100%, but am just trying to eat healthier and become fitter, and more agile so I can become a better skater all round,

Hi guys!

I am a no name skater. I am going through recruitment right now and will be testing later this month and early feb. I skate with the Orlando Pyscho City Derby Girls. I have been skating since Sept and fell in love. I want to be stronger on and off the track because I want to do everything I can to play the sport as safely as possible. Also, if I tone up and lose weight thats not such a bad thing either;) I love being active with derby it is a great outlet and sweaty, heart pounding fun. And the friends I have made are incredible and I can tell we will be friends for a long time.

My goal is to make the league, then a team *2 months after we make the league* and to be a damn amazing player. I want to provide the knowledge and support to future Lunachics*recruits* that I have had as a Luna.

My off skates life I am a nurse *LPN/LVN* going to school for my RN and a beauty consultant with Mary Kay *so if any of you ever need anything=)* I live with my bf who loves derby. We used to live in TX and we always watched austin derby. We have a husky and 2 cats and try to stay active outdoors as well. If anyone I don't already know via my league is in the central florida area stop by and skate with us!

Hello all! Wholigan, here. I am one practice away from officially being a member of The Chicago Outfit. Passed all my minimum skills and the written rules test, had my first guided scrimmage yesterday and survived.

In just the last few weeks, I've gone back and forth, wondering if I'm tough enough and aggressive enough to succeed in this sport. The last time I was on a team was softball when I was 12 and you bet I didn't have to try out. I remember a girl on our team actually sitting down and picking dandelions in the outfield one time. Real high caliber stuff...LOL. That being said, I have always loved rollerblading and two years ago I joined a beginner Derby Lite class (http://derbylite.net/) to get interviews for a story I was writing, and I fell in love with it. Because of grad school, I only got to do one session that year, but when I went on a semester abroad I skated through fresh meat training with the Dublin Roller Girls and had a blast. Back in the states, I took up Derby Lite intermediate. I got my masters degree in journalism. Then the summer hit, and I was searching...and searching...and searching for a job and feeling kind of depressed about that, I slacked off.

Fortunately for me, things started to come together at the end of last year. I knew some girls from Derby Lite that were on The Outfit and they encouraged me to go to the once a week boot camps leading up to tryouts in December, and the rest is history.

Now, I'm still applying to jobs, but I've had a few freelance gigs and a blog under my belt so I feel more comfortable working from home. I've been trying to feel comfortable with my body for as long as I can remember. In the past, I've gone really hardcore for two weeks eating super well and working out, and then I quickly burn out and my weight yo-yo's for the thousandth time. I'm hoping that finally this will not be number 1,001. I envision the hardest part of the challenge for me will be keeping up working out 5 times a week and staying on track on weekends. But more pressingly, I'm going on vacation for a week a half, so my more immediate test will be making it through my crucial Week 2 without slacking or fizzling out. Thankfully, my husband has greed to work out with me and supports my efforts at increasing my badassery.

You're all awesome just for being here! Half the battle is just showing up. Keep it up.

I'm actually not a skater. I love watching Roller Derby and I support my kickass girls from the podium, but I'm too nervous about sustaining injuries to join in the sport.

However, I have been following the workout challenge since 2011. It is just awesome and it works and I feel stronger, more athletic, and a badass. Maybe when I feel more confident about doing 100 pushups a day, I can step into skates. Until then, I don't think my body is ready to get battered.