So looks like so far we do have a few people interested in this fitness challenge I proposed HERE and a few minor adjustment have been proposed which should make it more fun for everyone.
I think we should run it as a head to head contest as well as a personal contest.
Everyone will pledge whatever amount they feel comfortable with to help motivate them but it will also affect your possible winnings at the end. The max will be 50SBD. Let’s only use SBD to keep it simple as well. So if the starting pot is 200SBD and I pledge 50SBD, I would be eligible to win 25% of the pot if I meet my goal in the end.
Everyone will also make their own personal goal based on any of the three metrics or any combination of them. The minimum would be a change of 5% to at least one metric, but you can make higher goals if you want to be more motivated. That means if you already have a body like Adonis like @goldenarms you can only pledge to see a gain in your baseline exercise or resting HR, etc.
If you achieve your goal at the end you will win you share(as above) of 75% of the pot based on your contribution.
The other 25% will be awarded to the three overall(50% first, 30% second and 20% third) winners based on all three metrics combined regardless of any initial pledge.
The metrics are;
Percentage Weight Loss
We would just use the total amount lost, divided by starting weight to determine everyone's percentage of loss for comparison.
Resting Heart Rate
I think this is the simplest marker of health and fitness for everyone to use, we would just once again use the percentage of change over the course of the competition.
Running/Exercise Time
I was thinking of lastly using a percentage of improvement to a few standard options for exercise. Like a 5km walk/run (outside/treadmill) or something we decide is equivalent in a swim, bike or any other stationary equipment. Something that takes approx 30 minutes as a baseline. We can use pace or total time to complete or distance covered in 30 minutes or whatever you prefer as long as we keep it consistent for each participant.
My Goals
My goals are a Resting HR under 55, Weight under 180lbs and 5km run would be a pace of 5:30
With my starting values of HR 65, Weight 193lbs and run 6:29, I would be looking at a percentage of 14.4%, 6.7% and 15.1%.
I know I’ve set some ambitions goals, but that’s where I used to be and plan to get back there and If I don’t achieve that minimum there’s a nice chunk to fund everyone else. I am also pledging the max 50SDB.
I will make a contest post every 2 weeks on a Monday which will also include my personal updates, and then everyone will have 3 days to make their own posts. There were some people that would prefer not to make a post on their blog so making a comment with you progress on the main post would also be sufficient. If people fail to make a post or comment with there progress they will be eliminated. I will also add all the SBD earned by each of these 2 week posts (as well as this one) to the pot for everyone to win as well. Others are welcome to do the same but it will not be mandatory. Any additional funds sent along the way will be a donation to the pot and not affect the original pledge amount and winning %. Let’s also start using the tag #fitnesschallenge for any update or contest related posts.
I hope this all makes sense and there's still time for minor adjustments and don't hesitate to ask for any clarifications if this doesn't make sense.
Otherwise it looks like some friends over and MSP will be able to help with holding the funds for us and I’ll have details in the coming days. We’ll give everyone 2 weeks to make their first post and there first payment and I also think we can continually accept any new registrants along the way since they will all be handicapped by having less time. Please go ahead and share this post or make your own post and let everyone know about this and maybe it can get huge.
The following people have expressed an interest in participating.
@phelimint
@dkid14
@carrieallen
@buggedout
@waqasahmad911
@gniksivart
@thedamus
It will run from now until March 5th which will be a full 3 months so pace yourselves and make sustainable lifestyle changes and we’ll all come out of this much healthier.
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