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  • Icewolf_The
    Icewolf_The Posts: 308 Member
    Okay first and foremost:
    IF YOU HAVE USED THE REPS CALCULATOR BEFORE SATURDAY AT 8 PM MFP MESSAGE BOARD TIME....

    YOU NEED TO RECALCULATE YOUR REPS.

    SOMEONE ****** I SHANT POINT FINGERS HERE ******** MESSED WITH THE MATH ON THE CALCULATOR <.<

    Okay I'll use my indoor voice now and explain ;)
    It's simple, all it does is tell you what the modifier is, (either .1, .5, 1, or 1.5) and then multiply that times the number of repetitions you did. SOMEONE, added in the weights multiplied as well. which is WRONG ;P

    So you should all redo your numbers for today the 1st of October, please. If you don't. I'll erase them ;) And then you'll have to redo them. Sorry. But otherwise it's like cheating. And I can't figure out from the number what you did.

    Sorry for the confusion.

    Okay Greg is right about his mileage calculation. :)

    Walk/Run there are 32 units in a mile. So :) If you walk 6.32 miles (GO YOU STUD YOU!) you multiply that times 32. :)
    6.32
    x 32
    202.24

    (btw as a note I'm rounding all numbers to 0 digits, so you can put in decimals, but it gets rounded down to display as an even number or the chart will have to be even more enormous).

    Tina
    ----
    1152 meters for swimming
    In swimming there are 64 units of measurement. So! First we convert meters to miles.
    1152 Meters = .715 miles

    Then we do the calculation for the units to enter into the chart.
    .716 rounded :) .49 is down, .5 is up
    x 64
    45.8 or 46 Units in your Swimming for today :) (I've entered it for you :)


    Ziggie
    No they're not right

    Water- yes, rest of them yes, except swimming. :)
    Swimming 8 laps, I will assume a 25 foot pool that would be 14 units
    In a 25 foot swimming pool it takes 36 laps to equal one mile. 8 Div/by 36 = .22r. Multiply your mileage .22 x 64 (MBs in a mile) and you get 14.221r. So entering 14.

    Okay I've added the following people to the spreadsheet:

    Tina & Jackie
    go forth and conqueror your mountains :)


    Now then I'm just going to get this out of the way.

    Thank you JJ for creating the Challenge this month it's fantastic and you have done a wonderful job.
    Thank you to Bobbie for pointing out that the calculator did not work. You get a gold star. *HUGGS* :) Thanks. :)
    Thank you to everyone who has said they loved the document sheet. I am humbled.
    And I will post the compliment about myself as, I got the worksheet done, with a good starting send off from Becky you color minded person you :) And I am very proud of the fact that I was able to get the chart and the banner for the flying challenge done in the nick of time. I wish I would have had a bigger cushion of error, but that is a goal for next time. :) I am happy with the chart. (Mostly). And I hope that you all enjoy this months challenge and the worksheet becomes easier to use once we learn how to figure everything out! :)

    (continue to ask me for your math questions if you aren't sure. I'd rather help than have to correct later) :)

    Love to you all. Castle-ups and then bedtime. :D G'nite all!
  • Ziggie13
    Ziggie13 Posts: 248

    Ziggie
    No they're not right

    Water- yes, rest of them yes, except swimming. :)
    Swimming 8 laps, I will assume a 25 foot pool that would be 14 units
    In a 25 foot swimming pool it takes 36 laps to equal one mile. 8 Div/by 36 = .22r. Multiply your mileage .22 x 64 (MBs in a mile) and you get 14.221r. So entering 14.

    (continue to ask me for your math questions if you aren't sure. I'd rather help than have to correct later) :)

    Pool not olympic...if that helps

    Ok.... Please do my math...This is not one of my strong points. How do you want me to post them? Like I did tonight or just to you?
  • Icewolf_The
    Icewolf_The Posts: 308 Member
    yes ziggie your numbers are right so in the chart you would put.

    4
    14
    40
    48
    60
    as you had them in the categories you had listed :)
    the only thing I changed was your swimming one, which is what I showed you how to calculate if that helps you. :)

    non-olympic is a 25 meter pool. meaning it's 25 meters across to swim in one direction. That size pool takes 36 laps to equal one mile. therefore, 8/36 = .22 miles swam. So .22 miles times 64 gives you 14.221 MB units, so you enter 14 into your swimming box. Hope that helps. make more sense?
  • Ziggie13
    Ziggie13 Posts: 248
    yes ziggie your numbers are right so in the chart you would put.

    4
    14
    40
    48
    60
    as you had them in the categories you had listed :)
    the only thing I changed was your swimming one, which is what I showed you how to calculate if that helps you. :)

    non-olympic is a 25 meter pool. meaning it's 25 meters across to swim in one direction. That size pool takes 36 laps to equal one mile. therefore, 8/36 = .22 miles swam. So .22 miles times 64 gives you 14.221 MB units, so you enter 14 into your swimming box. Hope that helps. make more sense?

    ok.... so what I see is that one way is 25 metters. I did 8 laps thats both directions so should I use 16 laps? The lifegaurd said that 1 lap is 1 up and back. you say 1 way is 1 lap correct?
  • KnottyNCrotchety
    KnottyNCrotchety Posts: 442
    I'm baaaaaaaack! I am back online and am so thrilled to see how much you all have accomplished already! Even though I was on an airplane and traveling today I managed to get some in too.

    It looks like conversions and math are going to be a little bit of a learning curve as we get started, but I am sure Lexie will tell us if we don't use the math, we lose it! So probably good for our brains. :wink:

    1 liter = 4.25 glasses of water
    1kilogram = 2.2 pounds
    1km = .62 miles = 9.90ft up the mountain for BIKING
    1km = .62 miles = 19.84ft up the mountain for RUNNING/WALKING
    1km = .62 miles = 39.68ft up the mountain for SWIMMING

    1 mile Biking = 16ft up the mountain
    1 mile Running/Walking = 32ft up the mountain
    1 miles swimming = 64ft up the mountain

    As Cynthia said, please ask if you need help, so it can get entered correctly. Heaven knows, math and I are barely on speaking terms, and I have to ask questions all the time, so don't be shy. :bigsmile:
  • Icewolf_The
    Icewolf_The Posts: 308 Member
    JJ
    Hope your trip went well ;) Have fun ahem. with your Aerobics. WHAT THE HELL are you DOING ON LINE? GO AH eh.. DANCE :D


    Cross posting from Sept, So I have it here for the end of this month ;)
    Waist 50.5
    Hips 64.5
    Neck 15.5
    Left Thigh 33
    Right Thigh 31
    Right Calf 24
    left bicep (inside compression shirt 20) outside shirt 23
    Chest: 45.5
    Bra: 54.5 (D cup)
  • Ziggie13
    Ziggie13 Posts: 248
    My measurements for the end of October's challenge

    Neck 15.5
    Chest 53.5
    Waist 53
    Hips 64.5
    Left Thigh 32.5
    Right Thigh 31.5
    Left bicep 19
    Right bicep 18.5
  • mrsduck77
    mrsduck77 Posts: 104 Member
    I don't have a computer could someone enter my info on the spread sheet.
    Walking 50 blocks
    Water 2 litres
    Stairs 182
  • inkredibleshrinkingwoman
    inkredibleshrinkingwoman Posts: 206
    hiya
    remind me how to log stairs??? - i'm taking sunday off people! but i will log my stairs/water :)

    and would u believe that i stubbed and broke a toe yesterday? (same side as my injured thigh which is actually feeling a little better) i feel like an idiot because this is the 2nd time i've done this in 2 months! at least it was the other foot FK SAKE!

    I just wanted to leave a little compliment for JJ - thank u for this invite, you made me feel welcome, a challenge is not something I would have normally take part in, i'm more of a lurker, and you reaching out to me meant alot...

    xo
  • stephaniezoundi
    stephaniezoundi Posts: 1,148 Member
    Okay, I confess I'm a math dummy and my situation is not being helped switching between kilometers to miles to mailboxes/blocks etc so can someone check what I have done today? :huh:

    Walked/ran 1.78km = 1.1miles = (1.1*32) 35mailboxes
    exercises: (40 bunny hops, 24 situps, 48 step ups, 24 pushups, 24 squats, 24 pull ups) 184
    Strength training: 20kg weights = 44 lbs at 72 reps (different exercises!) and 10kgs = 22lbs at 24 reps = 96
    biking 4miles = 64 blocks

    Thanks for any help and sorry to be a pain!!! :flowerforyou:
  • daylitemag
    daylitemag Posts: 604 Member
    @Steph: I'm pretty confident that your math is correct regarding the walking/running. I'm sorry I can't really help with the other activities. My math skills are nearly as bad as my English grammar and it's all I can do to figure out the KM/Miles/Mail Boxes. I notice that you haven't logged anything for compliments. I know that you have received and given a few, so you may want to give that some thought, too.

    Oh, and great job doing some much in one day, and such a great variety of activities! Canadian Girls Rock!
  • daylitemag
    daylitemag Posts: 604 Member
    @Bonnie: I entered your blocks and water, but I don't know how to enter stairs, so that might have to wait until you have access to a computer. Or, perhaps someone else could enter the stairs. Sorry to be such a n00b, but like most men I'm terrible at following directions and I'm just totally confused this month.

    Bonnie, there is also a place to keep track of compliments (given or received....at least I think that "ack." means received). So, if you want to enter those you should do so. I've forgotten what it is your are doing this weekend that keeps you away from a computer, but whatever it is I hope you are having fun!
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
    Wow Brisa and Greg, I am so impressed. 10K and 5K. You both rock and are my new heroes. I see something like that in my future..

    Hey, I just realized, this is a compliment, or is it 2? I will need to log this.

    Carla

    Carla... OK, so I will just jump in cause you are the first one with the "compliments" question... kinda. OK - SO NO - this does NOT count as a compliment for the Summit. Here's why...

    The goal of the compliment summit is for the compliments to have substance, weight and be meaningful. (not that you weren't meaningful) So, saying "good job" "way to go" or "that's awesome" are not really substantitive... however, if you said "Brisa - I think it's great that you are turning your goals for fitness into ways to combine raising awareness for "gift of life" is wonderful. It is an example of how you are not only doing good things for you but that you are truly giving back to others! And, that, is pretty darned wonderful!" That's more of a specific compliment to a specific person that has thought and substance into it. I hope that makes sense... Our goal with this summit is really about building people up and showing them the strengths and beauty that they each have as individuals. It also needs to be about them geared towards them... as sometimes we have a tendency when we are relating to others to bring it back to ourselves. So, any "putting ourselves down" in bringing others up will not count either... as we are NOT promoting that!

    I know that this one seems tricky -- JJ and I went back and forth on the Wisdom Summit. We don't want anyone to get left out of receiving compliments, or for someone to feel like the compliments to them are the "good job" or "nice walk" type of thing. We want these to be things that we each think about and truly FIND in each other.

    All of this goes the same for the compliments that you give yourself.

    For "acknowledgement" of compliments given to you -- can't just say "thanks" or "yeah," absolutely NO downplaying the compliment for an acknowledgement to count. It has to be an actual OWNING of the compliment -- which I know seems to be hard for almost every single one of us... so, don't think you have to own each compliment you receive but we hope that you will own some of them!

    NOW -- for compliments given spontaneously -- you can pretty much count most any of them (we aren't expecting that they are the big, huge, meaningful pieces) as long as you post them. Because, you are in a sense owning the compliment... as longn as you don't downplay it - if you downplay it, it won't count! So these can be "Joe at work said he could tell how much weight I lost and that I looked good." or "My boss told me what a great job I did on Project steps 1 and 2!" It can be anything - not just related to our weight journeys or physical appearance.

    OK.... so with all of that said - I do want to repeat my compliment to Brisa below:

    :flowerforyou: Brisa - I think it's great that you are turning your goals for fitness into ways to combine raising awareness for "gift of life" is wonderful. It is an example of how you are not only doing good things for you but that you are truly giving back to others! And, that, is pretty darned wonderful! I love it!
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
    I'm going to finish logging for the day shortly. I look forward to when I get up in the morning seeing what you all accomplished (I'm (and Jane) 5 - 8 hours ahead of most of you). Logged my zumba. Did a load of walking at the wedding show but I have no idea how many mailboxes that would be :laugh: Snuck in an extra 16oz of water:drinker: a wee bit ago (so actually I will be up in a couple of hours) just because of our challenge!

    I am so proud of all of us. It is amazing what we can accomplish with the willpower, support and motivation of others. Looking forward to partying on the peaks! :flowerforyou:

    Steph: I noticed that you had logged your Zumba... but I think your Zumba class is 45 min correct? Because since you were in a class and doing Zumba with others -- it actually earns us double! So that 45 min Zumba class should actually be 90 feet! Woot! Woot!

    I would suggest to everyone - if you have questions over the next few days about the spreadsheet and how the calculations work to talk with JJ, Cyndi or myself. I promise, promise, PROMISE it is not as complicated as it first appears. We did LOTS of work to try and make conversions as simple as possible and as much 1 to 1 as we could. I think after about 3-4 days of logging things in, it will be like old hat. Now, because we are trying to have everyone realize how much they actually already move AND where they can move more! So, there will be some need to do a little more tracking through our day... but (you know I am gonna say it, sorry) there is a lesson here! :wink: Again, awareness is SO important!
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
    Okay, I confess I'm a math dummy and my situation is not being helped switching between kilometers to miles to mailboxes/blocks etc so can someone check what I have done today? :huh:

    Walked/ran 1.78km = 1.1miles = (1.1*32) 35mailboxes
    exercises: (40 bunny hops, 24 situps, 48 step ups, 24 pushups, 24 squats, 24 pull ups) 184
    Strength training: 20kg weights = 44 lbs at 72 reps (different exercises!) and 10kgs = 22lbs at 24 reps = 96
    biking 4miles = 64 blocks

    Thanks for any help and sorry to be a pain!!! :flowerforyou:

    Steph -- Yes, I think that this is all correct! Great Job today!
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
    @Steph: I'm pretty confident that your math is correct regarding the walking/running. I'm sorry I can't really help with the other activities. My math skills are nearly as bad as my English grammar and it's all I can do to figure out the KM/Miles/Mail Boxes. I notice that you haven't logged anything for compliments. I know that you have received and given a few, so you may want to give that some thought, too.

    Oh, and great job doing some much in one day, and such a great variety of activities! Canadian Girls Rock!


    GREG: On the compliments -- remember - you ONLY log the ones that you have given to others on here (i.e. if Steph gives you a compliment, then she logs that as given, you would not), the ones that you acknowledge and own, the ones that you give yourself, and the ones that you post that are given in "real life" (so to speak).
  • mrsduck77
    mrsduck77 Posts: 104 Member
    Greg- Thanks for logging my numbers.It is not that I was doing anything special this weekend I don't have a computer and I do all my communications for MFP from my Blackberry.That sometime causes some limitations to what I can do examples would be: I can not comment on anyone status,and I am unable to get into the spreadsheet.As far as I could tell it is 1 stairs step = 1 foot up the mountain.
  • stephaniezoundi
    stephaniezoundi Posts: 1,148 Member
    Thanks Becky, you are right my class is with others so I will change it...and add in 10 more pushups that I did while waiting for soup to reach a boil :tongue:
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    I will be back later for some real posting, but Wolfie, please don't erase my reps, as I calculated those using Brisa's cheat sheet that JJ shared with us on an earlier page. There's no way I'm going to remember all of that.

    Thanks...ok...be back later!
  • StaciO
    StaciO Posts: 998
    I am off to a great start this morning. I got up early and made breakfast and while it was baking I decided to get in a run. I kind of figured I had better do something extra since I had just dumped 3 cups of cheese in this breakfast casserole. So off I went for 20 minutes. Yay. Today is also the first day of a 60 day round of Insanity. I have a question on how I should log it in the tracker though. It is technically HIIT but I really don't have time during the regular workouts to count how many reps I do of each exercise. It is very aerobic though. I mean like literally I am standing in a puddle of sweat. Should I just log it as aerobics? Oh today it won't matter as it is the fitness test and I do actually count the reps today.
  • inkredibleshrinkingwoman
    inkredibleshrinkingwoman Posts: 206
    head done in by math today
    how do i log SITUPS? STAIRS?
    sorry, i'm new. :)

    i also spent the day trying to figure out what size pants i wear
    all my clothes have been bought in america at either Lane Bryant or Catherines (which i suspect run a little large)

    so i wont be going home til january - and after 57 lbs i finally think it's time to get some new pants - i go to the crap plus size store they have here in ireland called Evans (hope i'm not offending anyone, i just hate their clothes quality/style etc) and I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SIZE I AM - are they 2 sizes smaller than USA? Larger? no one in the store knew
    and from pants to pants - they all fit differently! if i was a 26 in one, i was a 24 in another and i was a 28 in another....but i was a 26/28 in america, so to go from a 28 american to a 28 UK - i swear i feel like i've gone no where! or have i? i am so confused!
    either way i walked out with 3 pairs of 26 that fit and one pair of 26 that didnt fit, but i will use as barometer pants with a goal to get in them as they were on sale

    anyway - logging situps and stairs? help? i do my sit ups on the fitball - 300
    and stairs, do they really count if you're just walking up and down your stairs?

    thanks y'all!
  • stephaniezoundi
    stephaniezoundi Posts: 1,148 Member
    head done in by math today
    how do i log SITUPS? STAIRS?
    sorry, i'm new. :)

    i also spent the day trying to figure out what size pants i wear
    all my clothes have been bought in america at either Lane Bryant or Catherines (which i suspect run a little large)

    so i wont be going home til january - and after 57 lbs i finally think it's time to get some new pants - i go to the crap plus size store they have here in ireland called Evans (hope i'm not offending anyone, i just hate their clothes quality/style etc) and I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SIZE I AM - are they 2 sizes smaller than USA? Larger? no one in the store knew
    and from pants to pants - they all fit differently! if i was a 26 in one, i was a 24 in another and i was a 28 in another....but i was a 26/28 in america, so to go from a 28 american to a 28 UK - i swear i feel like i've gone no where! or have i? i am so confused!
    either way i walked out with 3 pairs of 26 that fit and one pair of 26 that didnt fit, but i will use as barometer pants with a goal to get in them as they were on sale

    anyway - logging situps and stairs? help? i do my sit ups on the fitball - 300
    and stairs, do they really count if you're just walking up and down your stairs?

    thanks y'all!

    Hey so on the clothing thing over here....(I'm a Canadian living in London). Generally, UK sizes are 2 sizes bigger than North American sizes. Evans is alright for somethings but crap for others. Depending what size you are you have more options than Evans. H&M have a range called B&B that goes up to a 26. Marks and Spencers carry up to a 26 as well. New Look has also come out with a new range called Inspire that goes up to a 28. As well, on-line I quite like Simply Be. Simply Be prices run the same as Evans, H&M and New Look can be pretty cheap!

    My understanding of the challenge is 1 point for each sit up and 1 point for each stair. But you might want to get JJ /Becky / Cynthia to confirm!
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
    YES -- It counts as 1:1 for situps, pushups, stairs, etc. I personally am ONLY counting going UP stairs, but that's because I know that the goal with throwing that in was to get people to go up the stairs versus the elevator. I think we said "stairs" so count it as you wish, but the plan is yes 1 stair equals 1 foot!

    See, easy peasy things that we all can easily do and add!

    Keep it up Skinny Chics & a Rooster!!
  • inkredibleshrinkingwoman
    inkredibleshrinkingwoman Posts: 206
    thanks so much! i'll log in the morning i still have the sit ups and strength training tonite if i get to it i'm wiped! i'm wiped on the day i DIDNT exercise - there u go!

    re: M&S - i thought they only went to 24! and re: new look i had no idea they even sold plus size
    i'm the only person in my circle of friends here that even shops plus size so i had no idea!

    so you're saying if i'm a 26 HERE i'm actually 22-ish in America? that is AMAZING! i was a 28 at my heaviest (i couldn't even find jeans here) and I haven't been home since last January, I started the latest weight lost regime a few days at end of April

    my goal is to be 70 lbs down by January - and if I'm a 22 then I'd be happy, thanks so much for the info! you're a star!
  • inkredibleshrinkingwoman
    inkredibleshrinkingwoman Posts: 206
    sorry help! what am i logging and where, all next to EXERCISE?
    situps - 300
    reps - using two 3 kg weights i did 270 reps (both arms) i tried the calculator but not sure if i'm doing it right and what is Mod? do i write something there?
    stairs - only counting up - 56

    thanks for the help!
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
    sorry help! what am i logging and where, all next to EXERCISE?
    situps - 300
    reps - using two 3 kg weights i did 270 reps (both arms) i tried the calculator but not sure if i'm doing it right and what is Mod? do i write something there?
    stairs - only counting up - 56

    thanks for the help!

    Tina:

    Don't over-think this, cause that's what I think people are getting caught up in. I put in your numbers from above...

    Sit-ups and Stairs -- Exercises for Exploration Summit
    .......... 300 + 56 = 356 feet
    Weights -- Use the calculator, don't adjust anything just put in the numbers
    .......... 3 Kilograms x 2.2 = 6.6 pounds, or round to 7 pounds.
    .......... 270 reps x 2 arms = 540
    .......... Enter 540 reps, 7 pounds for weight, Mod will switch to "0" and the total feet for you is 54
    .......... (background is that at under 10 pounds weight, you need to do 10 reps per foot)

    It WILL get easier... it will! Once you get the hang of it, I think you'll look back and laugh at how easy the calculations were - but because there are several calculations it just seems more difficult than it really is. Keep asking, we'll keep walking you through it and soon, you won't need to ask. :wink:

    Great numbers so far!! Great Job!
  • jackie010307
    jackie010307 Posts: 46 Member
    I think I logged yesterday right, it was fairly easy as I really only did water and stairs and they are both 1:1 ratios. Did really do much yesterday, but have done better today. Will log later as I'm not even close to done with my laundry and that's more stairs!
  • MrsRazor7
    MrsRazor7 Posts: 332 Member
    Ok, my only question so far is about the strength. I did all my exercises with weights in both hands, do I count them as one set or two (one for each arm)? For example, I did incline press with 15 pound weights in each hand, totaling 30 pounds. Do I count them as 30 pounds together, then just count the reps, or do I count them as 15 pounds and do the math from there? I understand how to count the miles or points, but I just don't know about the the free weights if they are in both hands. Thanks!

    And, I was able to run 25 minutes today without stopping (except to tie my shoelace)..which was over 2 miles! I am feeling great!
  • daylitemag
    daylitemag Posts: 604 Member
    And, I was able to run 25 minutes today without stopping (except to tie my shoelace)..which was over 2 miles! I am feeling great!

    Wowzers! That is just amazing! Good on ya!
  • KnottyNCrotchety
    KnottyNCrotchety Posts: 442
    Ok, my only question so far is about the strength. I did all my exercises with weights in both hands, do I count them as one set or two (one for each arm)? For example, I did incline press with 15 pound weights in each hand, totaling 30 pounds. Do I count them as 30 pounds together, then just count the reps, or do I count them as 15 pounds and do the math from there? I understand how to count the miles or points, but I just don't know about the the free weights if they are in both hands. Thanks!

    And, I was able to run 25 minutes today without stopping (except to tie my shoelace)..which was over 2 miles! I am feeling great!

    I have really spotty internet reception at the hotel, so I apologize for not being online more! I am so impressed with how much everyone is doing and am really excited to see our progress already! And thank you to Cynthia and Becky for jumping in to help with questions!

    Lexie, that is a great questions. I would count them as 30# since your body lifted 30# at once. If you were doing individual bicep curls where you alternated arms, then I would count them as 15#, since your body was lifting 15# at once. Does that make sense?

    Lexie, I am very impressed that you were able to run 2 miles in over 25 minutes!
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