Chiming in to say, awesome job Team Rick!! I'm super proud of everyone! In my opinion, Abraham is definitely our best bet to snatch up for the team (although I do love how Tara's shaping up). My vote's for Abraham!

If anyone has any input on the punishment, I'm all ears; I haven't seen last night's episode yet anyway. And yes, Abraham is definitely my vote for the new character addition.

Congrats on MVP to colibri23!!!

Maybe we could get creative and make a very simple mini circuit for the punishment. Something like: 1 min jumping jacks; 10 sit ups/roll ups/crunches; 1 min jump rope; 1 min side plank (30 sec each side); 5 burpees.

Altogether it should be 5 minutes or a little less, it combines a bit of cardio and strength, and it targets the core instead of the legs (stupid squats---I think everyone could use a rest with those). Like the other punishments, we could require 5 sets over the course of the week. Of course it can be modified per everyone's thoughts, or we could do something completely different. Just a thought! What do you guys think?

I like the idea of a little circuit rather than a single activity for several minutes at a time.

I guess it doesn't really matter because we don't have to do them :laugh: , but I won't want to give something I wouldn't do myself. The blender video looks good. I also like the idea of a circut training. Maybe something on a graduating scale, 5 repetitions day one, then double each day. I would be cool to do something from the show, but running throught the woods isn't really feasible for everyone. I love how Daryl makes cocking a crossbow look easy. Its not. That would be a good workout, but again, not feasible for everyone.

So we're getting Abraham! Yaaaaay!

Some people are asking questions regarding the circuit on the other boards. Here are my thoughts:

The circuit should be done 5 times throughout the week, how you break it up is up to you. It would be 10 sit ups OR roll ups OR crunches, not 10 of each (thought that was clear, my bad!). I "jump rope" frequently without a jump rope---just pretend you have one in your hands and make the same motions of jumping over a rope (and the good thing is there's no chance of tripping yourself!). If anyone feels this is too advanced, there are modifications that can be done (side plank on your knees, you can google low impact jumping jacks and see demonstrations, etc). There are most definitely ways to bring this to anyone's fitness level especially because it's a very short circuit (only 5 minutes a day like the other punishments have been), so I would invite people to modify as they feel comfortable while still making it challenging.

I have no idea what Cindy thinks about which this can count towards, strength or cardio, but I would hazard a guess that you can count it towards whichever is more beneficial to you---Cindy has stated before that interval training or something that could be counted as either, such as P90x, can be counted as either.

I think that sounds great as it is. It reminds me of the workout Michonne does. I like that the workout can be strength or cardio, but I would like to see it as an addition above their set goals (not to be used as a part of reaching their goals). So 5 days at 5 minutes each day would be 25 minutes of circuit training.

Obviously if anyone on the team, especially our Chris or Cindy, feels differently about anything I suggested, we can amend what I said! I just felt somewhat responsible for clearing up some of the initial confusion since I was the one who suggested the circuit.

The circuit sounds good, although Chris messaged me last night when I asked him about the frequency and he said it would be fine if the teams only did it once. I'm sure some of them will do it oftener and share with eachother. Our captain is not quite as mean as some of the other captains. :laugh: Hopefully they will remember our kindness.

Excellent! I'm glad we've got it sorted out, and I think that together we've worked out a very creative punishment. Well done, once again, Team Rick! Looking forward to another smashing week with you all

Sorry if I was dropping the ball on communication this week; been wrapped up in other things and I've found it's frankly more stressful looking for a new job than it is keeping your old one. I feel like my head is about to explode at my next interview.

Anyway, I've got everyone's reports and Rick managed to not get killed yet this week, so we're looking good!

Our team's averages this week were 325.2 minutes of cardio and 156 minutes of strength training, and everyone was within their personal quotas. While that's far from bad (we're still well over the weekly minimums on both counts), we did have a big drop-off in cardio from last week (464 minutes) and the week before (391.6). I figure it's also worth pointing out that our strength training average has actually dropped every week since the competition started; it's gone from 186 to 96.25 (an outlier due to the fact that I was very sick and didn't include myself) to 176 to 164 to 156. Granted, that's probably more on me than anyone else since I always log more strength training than all four of you combined, but still.

I'm not actually complaining since, as I said, we're still making at least our minimums each week. I just wanted to mention this now to prevent a motivational collapse in the coming weeks. Remember, our team is by far the smallest in the Advanced bracket; we each have a significantly bigger impact on our team's averages than the guys in Team Daryl or Team Michonne (both of which have 12 people to our 5). If anyone's having issues with motivation or some other problem, let us know! I can't speak for each of you, but I'll happily do some extra cardio to help cover someone else having a busy week.

The exercise looks interesting. I looks like a basic one legged squat. I don't know what the purpose of the arm movement is, if only to bend down to engage the abs. I have horrible balance so it will be a challenge for me just to stand on one leg, let alone try the arm movement thing. I do love trying a new exercise though!

Another week of no Rick. Hopefully he'll show up in the next. Or at least Abraham. Daryl's is definitely kicking butt this season.

I'm up to 315 minutes of cardio and 125 minutes of strength this week (thru Wed) thus far. Who's got me beat?

I haven't QUITE started spiraling into depression and alcoholism, but I can only go so many months without getting call-backs before it starts making me go insane. Just to add insult to injury, my wife applied to literally one place, got an interview the next day, and was reporting for training the following week. It's like the universe is conspiring to make me feel bad.

Yeah, I feel your pain. I see it from the other end because I'm a hiring manager. Just keep in mind that many positions that are posted actually plan to pull from a pool of internal applicants first, they just post the position because they "have" to for equal opportunity purposes. Also some positions are posted to generate interest and there is no actual job. Sometimes companies post positions so their competition thinks they are hiring. Having a few open positions increases stock value. I would say apply a lot, to a lot of different companies. I can't tell you how many hundreds of jobs I applied for that I was perfectly qualified for. It took my 2 years to find my job. My friend found out she was losing her job last week, applied to one job and has already been interviewed and set up with a training schedule. It's really about timing. Just keep at it!

I think everybody hates car shopping. Anyone who doesn't is different and strange.

Anyway, I've got your reports and this week's number. Our averages this week were 371.25 minutes of cardio (up 20 minutes from last week) and 171.25 minutes of strength training (down 10 from last week), and, just like every other week, everyone was within their overall goals. Seriously, our team is awesome about meeting our goals.

Personally, I'm excited for next week since the previews indicated that Rick might ACTUALLY do something of consequence! Our team might be relevant again! How exciting!

Also, I made a graph of our weekly progress. You can find it here:
http://www.gamereplays.org/community/uploads/post-89322-1395641343.jpg

I didn't have to for any reason, I just felt like it because I like graphs.