TEAM PERSISTENT DETERMINATION (CLOSED GROUP)

Crazy Day!!!!!:grumble: :explode: :mad:

Had to go to the school to have my schedule redone, the last adviser was a moron:embarassed: ! The new one is lovely :flowerforyou: but the line was atrocious:sad: !!! THEN I had ordered my books online through what I THOUGHT was bookrenter, instead it was through the school bookstore who USES the bookrenter website.... WAY MORE $$$$ than should have been... like almost $100 more!:explode: THEN the one book I had to pick up local, they charged me almost $10 more than what their paper (posted on the wall) said, because "we aren't actually the Drury bookstore, we are %$#@#$ bookstore, those are not OUR prices." So I asked when Drury bookstore would be there... They won't be, ONLY this bookstore will be... :noway: so WHY do they list the other bookstore at ALL?????:grumble:

Okay, I am done venting... sorta... for now at least!

Classes start Next Week, as does subbing...

Statistics, Social Psychology ~ Monday 520pm - 1030pm.

Deviance and Social Control ~ Tuesday 800pm - 1030pm.

Juvenile Delinquency ~ Wednesday 520pm - 800pm.

Writing for the Behavioral Sciences ~ online



Thanks to the NEW and IMPROVED counselor, I will only have 1 class to do in Spring... Senior Seminar!!! And I will be a graduated person.... at least for a moment, then on to my Masters Degree!


On to TEAM BUSINESS...

I am short 5 people on Tuesdays Challenges...

Any others who wish to add crunches to 1000??? We are gonna have an additional 100 points minimum if the people who committed to 1000:sick: , all get them done! :bigsmile:

As you may have noticed our little group is getting smaller by the minute... (If I can't EAT chocolate, at least I can quote from the movie about the worlds foremost chocolatier... WILLY WONKA!!!)

We are down to 17 team mates! We have lost 2 due to injury , 2 to non-participation , and 1 to pregnancy:bigsmile: .

This means that those left are our core group, the people who are gonna kick hiney in August!!!

DO your Best, Ladies!!!!

:flowerforyou: ~ Sonia

Yep, we are going til Sunday at midnight for this one! :bigsmile:

I have 200 more to do tonight before I go to bed! I don't know what I was thinking committing to 3000!!!:sick: My tummy is SORE!!!!:sad:

17, yes... but a dedicated 17!!! :bigsmile:

Have a lovely day! I have to go crunch, shower, sleep!

:flowerforyou: ~ Sonia

Gooood AFTERRRRRNOOOONNNNNN TEAM!!!:glasses:

I only have 10 exercise challenge posters from Wednesday.... That is 7 that have not put in yet... let's go ladies!!!! <---- my stern face!

Of those, I know Barbara will have just gotten back from dropping off her kiddos at college:sad: , Jesse has been sick:sick:, Nicole has been sick:sick: ,and Angie (shortee75) has started back to school:ohwell: and is getting them done as she can through the week. :flowerforyou:


We are kicking BUTT on the Crunch Challenge!!! As of this morning I have 2 people who have completed over 1000 (jah1165 and myself, as we are doing the 3000) We have 5 total that are over 500 and 8 total over 400!!! Let's go ladies!!!! No one has met their goal yet, but several are coming up on it quick!!!

OUR TOTAL CRUNCHES AS OF THIS MORNINGS REPORT ARE.......

!!!!!! 7395 !!!!!!

You all ROCK!!!!

We have 75 out of a possible 102 points right now (regular exercise challenge and team crunch challenge) plus 20 points for 2 of us being over 1000.

Get those exercises logged in please! <---- (stern face) Message me or post it here! I am no longer going to be able to spend 1-2 hours a day tracking down YOUR point contribution to the team, my seated classes start Monday, my online class has already started, and the substitute caller is already calling me for jobs... I need each and every one of you to recommit to getting these in to me in a timely fashion!!! (I understand that there can be unforeseen circumstances, not a big deal, but day in and day out is not workable. And if we have already chatted about days away, we are good, just post as soon as you are able.) The challenge is only for 12 more days... you can do ANYTHING for 12 days!!! :bigsmile:

Gary has posted Week 4 for us to see already... here it is... (I will get the links to unfamiliar things on here ASAP)

AUGUST CHALLENGE #4: INSPIRE AND RETIRE!
Week 4 and FINAL Daily Challenges

Day 1: 2 sets of 20 Windshield Wipers, 3 sets of 21’s, 2 sets of Swimmer’s Press

Day 2: 2 sets of 20 Tuck Jumps, 50 Squat Kicks, 20 Globe Jumps

Day 3: 20 Split Squat Jumps, 3 sets of 20 Wood Chops

Day 4: 40 ZigZag Hops, 3 sets of 21’s, 2 sets of 15 Swimmer’s Press

Day 5: 2 sets of 20 Burpees, 50 Squat Kicks, 20 Globe Jumps

Day 6: 20 Mountain Climbers, 3 Sets of 20 Wood Chops, 3 sets of 20 Tuck Jumps

Rest on Sunday (or day of choice)

Monday 8/29 - Final Days make them count! 200 Jumping Jacks, 100 Crunches, 10 burpees, 10 mountain climbers, 10 globe jumps, 10 Squat Kicks, 10 ZigZag Hops! These are a little different. IF YOU ARE ABLE, (AND YOU ARE!) do these consecutively. No stopping to rest, don’t break these into sets! I’ve designed this so you can see just how far you’ve come. Many of you would never be able to do all of these in one setting on August 1st. BUT YOU’VE Found the inner Beast, You’ve Unleashed you ROCKSTAR and you’ve become an EXERCISE MACHINE. I’m proud of you and you should be VERY proud of yourself!

Tuesday 8/30- Final Days make them count! Walk, Run, Jog a 5K that is 3.1 miles straight no stopping! As fast or as slow as you need to! YOU CAN DO IT I PROMISE! At 447lbs I did it in one hour and 15minutes with 3 hills. You can do this I promise! PUSH YOURSELF AND PROVE TO YOURSELF YOU ARE A WARRIOR!

Wednesday - REST BECAUSE THURSDAY ITS GOING TRIBALLLLL!!!!!!!!

Weekly Team Challenge 4000 team crunches, 4000 Jumping Jacks and 100 extra miles! This equals about 200 per team for crunches and jumping jacks for the week along with an extra 5 miles for each team member! The Last part of the team weekly challenge is solicit a friend or family member to join MFP and begin the next month’s journey with you. Inspire others that’s easy. The retire portion of the week is about looking back at the past 30 days. You have had to retire many old habits, many excuses and reasons why not to exercise. It’s time to retire those and move forward to the new you! YOU ARE MY INSPIRATIONS! Keep it up as we INSPIRE our circle of influence and RETIRE the old ways! Go Inspirations Go!

We can DO this Ladies!!!!!!!:glasses:

:flowerforyou: ~ Sonia



P.S.

FOR THOSE OF YOU DOING THE SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE.....

Gary has posted this....

SEPTEMBER IS COMING! We will have two sets of exercises. I don't want this to be confusing at all. I'm thinking about using an external website to post this stuff so everyone could go to one point wherever they are. But that might be an October thing...not sure. We will have a beginner and a killer series workout. You get to decide. But push yourself. Try the killer's if your body isn't ready that just means just that you aren't ready YET! You will be though I promise. The Killer side of things will be incorporating Miss Zuzzana from Bodyrock.tv, some Wildman Training, and some tabata HIIT Training. Some of you will be like HUH? What did he just say....others will be like now we're talking. The beginners will be what we've been doing for those that are just beginning or need another month in this exercise phase! So get your self prepared because in September we're going TRIBAL! IT'S ON LIKE ROBOT DONKEY KONG!

FOR THOSE DOING THE SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE (ANY TEAM)

Gary just posted this as a n example of the Harder workout...


Gary6030 A sneak peek at September's GOING TRIBAL CHALLENGE> This will be an example of what we will be doing in the advanced workout phase. I'm calling it the "The Bushmen Series" You will be pushing and challenging your body each day by beginning with a 4 minute workout. Everyone who decides to take or attempt the Bushmen Series will need to get up 5 minutes early. Now know groaning. What's 5 minutes really? Here is a video of some things we'll be doing! This is High Intensity Interval Training for hereforth referred to as HIIT! WE"RE GOING TRIBAL FOLKS! It's going to produce some phenomenal results.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sabjg06VE00&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player

THEN HE ADDED THIS A BIT AGO...


Gary6030 My Previous post is for the advanced side of September. We have folks that have less than 10lbs to lose. Their fitness level is higher. We have folks who are wanting more so I've found exercises to help them push even harder with more difficult exercises. The September Challenge will have the same style of exercises as August and as always there are modifications of each exercise along with alternatives for folks with bad joints or other injuries. So please don't get discouraged. That post was for about 10% of you. The rest will be doing the normal Tribal Challenge! YOU CAN DO THIS! As a side note maybe try one of the tabata exercises you will probably surprise yourself! Keep up the great work.


OK, September teams... I watched the video for the higher level fitness and we could totally do that!!! (a little modification here and there but not horrible!!!)

I am getting really stoked for this... my friend I go to the gym with, asked me if I was continuing on with the challenge next month and I said "Heck Ya!!!" I may get her on here yet!!!

WANT TO BE ON THIS SEPTEMBER TEAM???

This is the last call for current team mates to join September's Challenge and be on THIS team... (I believe Brandy's team is already full)

I have on my list currently...

(from the current team)
Me
Barbara
Chris
Julie
Janet
Laura
Chari

(new to September)
Becca

Only 2 spots left:sad: ... I do have people waiting to join:ohwell: but I want you all to get first dibs!:bigsmile:

For September you are going to have to be AWESOME about messaging me!!!:glasses: Committed even!!! :bigsmile: (Or I might get COMMITTED!!!) :frown: :grumble: :explode: :brokenheart: lol:laugh: I will be going to school full time:grumble: and basically working full time:grumble: , as well as trying to get MY exercise in:sick: , and take care of the 3 males in my house that can't seem to get out of their own way, let alone feed themselves!:laugh:

Since Gary wants the team info pronto, I am leaving this open for 24 hours from... NOW~~~ That should allow everyone, no matter the timezone to get the opportunity.

:flowerforyou: ~ Sonia

btw, IF you are ON the SEPTEMBER team,and you would like to change our name... please message me your suggestion and I will message everyone for a vote!

LINK TO WEEK 4 ~~~~

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/323586-team-persistent-determination-closed-group

Thank you to Brandy for starting the week 4 thread! My computer was hijacked :grumble: by a 13 year old and I fell asleep! :yawn:

Woke up this morning bright eyed and bushy tailed, on the other hand I think he stayed up WAY too late and was dragging hiney to the bus this morning! :yawn: