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Jul 19, 2008 12:32pm
GimpyGranny
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Since weight lifting is not in the Challenges, I thought I’d have a competition here.
We’ll try a 7 day “test run”. If you are motivated from it and have fun, we’ll do another. We won’t win any awards, but we may have fun!
If you miss this competition, post your interest in being in the next one.
There will be no retroactive pounds lifted, we all start the competition equal, with “zero” lbs. lifted.
We’ll submit our workouts on our own Workout pages as usual, but also post here after our workout. Just edit your original post and add each new workout as thus:
Date: _ Total lbs. lifted: _ and Accumulative lbs. lifted: __
Start Date: Monday July 21, end Sunday Midnight (MST), July 27. Last sign-up date Monday, July 21.
Note: workout must be POSTED by Sunday Midnight (MST), July 27. The competition ends then, workouts posted after that deadline will not be included.
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Jul 19, 2008 12:36pm
GimpyGranny
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I’ll start the sign-up.
- Monday, July 21: 16,440 total lbs lifted…..... Accumulative lbs. lifted: 16,440
- Tuesday, July 22: 2,670 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 19,110
- Wednesday, July 23: 30,056 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 49,166
- Thursday, July 24: 520 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 49,686
- Friday, July 25: 56,010 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 105,696
- Saturday, July 26: 75 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 105,771
- Sunday, July 27: 86,505 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 192,276
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Jul 19, 2008 4:50pm
JuryDuty
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I’m game.
- Tuesday, July 22: 5640 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 5640
- Wednesday, July 23: 10240 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 15880
- Saturday, July 26: 43440 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 59320
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Jul 20, 2008 1:16am
dwiseman
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@Gimpy Granny
I would love to join this challenge. Alas, I am now on a holiday without access to a gym. Great idea though. This is definitely one of the metrics we want to add to the Challenges. Hopefully, we can get it up and running soon.
In the meantime, Good Luck!
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Jul 20, 2008 2:46pm
GimpyGranny
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@dwiseman
So far, I KNOW I can come in second place. LOL!
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Jul 21, 2008 4:15pm
GimpyGranny
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The “Last Post” doesn’t change when we edit, so we can just edit our original, but add a seperate post saying I added today’s total lbs lifted.
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Jul 22, 2008 9:00am
JuryDuty
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LOL I didn’t exercise yesterday because a movie was calling. I should have an update this afternoon though. :)
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Jul 22, 2008 3:10pm
GimpyGranny
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Jul 22, 2008 3:44pm
JuryDuty
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Updated!
Wow GG—you lifted 16000 lbs on Monday! You go!
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Jul 22, 2008 10:27pm
GimpyGranny
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Wow GG—you lifted 16000 lbs on Monday!
I figured I’d better give it a good shot the first day, no tellin’ what you’ll come back with the rest of the week! lol
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Jul 23, 2008 1:22pm
josvaldez
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Date: Wed 7/23/08 Total lbs. lifted: 16,260 and Accumulative lbs. lifted: 16,260
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Jul 23, 2008 3:05pm
JuryDuty
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Yay! More competition! Welcome josvaldez!
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Jul 23, 2008 3:11pm
josvaldez
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Thanks man! Pretty excited to be here.
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Jul 23, 2008 4:23pm
GimpyGranny
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Updated.
YIKES!! Now I have 2 to watch out for! lol
Welcome josvaldez!
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Jul 23, 2008 4:30pm
JuryDuty
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Updated.
GG! You rock!
Actually, one thing I noticed is that when the devs make these into “real” challenges, they probably need to create a standard for recording exercises. For instance, I notice that jos is recording his body weight when he does bench dips. Whereas, I count that as 0 lbs unless I add weight. This, of course, makes a big difference in our totals, even if we do the exact same weights on the same exercises.
This should be something the devs consider when creating weight challenges.
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Jul 23, 2008 5:18pm
josvaldez
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I actually do dips press on 170 pounds… I weight 154. I use 170 lbs weight when I work on dips. I probably need to change the workout picture in my workout log since I sit and push down on the machine.
Thanks GG for the welcome note…
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Jul 23, 2008 5:22pm
GimpyGranny
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GG! You rock!
Thanks! <gbg>
I notice that jos is recording his body weight when he does bench dips. Whereas, I count that as 0 lbs unless I add weight.
Ya, unless you lift weights, it’s 0 lbs. Otherwise, a person could jump up and down for numerous times (thus reps) and count each time you’re off the ground as lifting your own weight. That’s not how it’s done. There must be weight other than oneself to be a weighted exercise.
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Jul 23, 2008 5:22pm
JuryDuty
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(I actually do dips press on 170 pounds… I weight 154. I do actually use 170 lbs weight when I work on dips. I probably need to change the workout picture in my workout log since I sit and push down on the machine.)
Sorry, my bad. I misread and thought they were bench dips. Well, cool, then, I think it’ll be more accurate. I think this was at the forefront of my mind because we talked in another thread about whether crunches or push-ups should be listed as your full body weight or only what weight is “added.” I just do what is added, you know?
Anyway, sorry for the assumption on that. I just misread the exercise as I figured no one would want to do a bench dip with 170 lbs on their stomach! lol
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Jul 23, 2008 5:29pm
josvaldez
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No problem bro… and yes you are right. There should to be a way to accurately measure weight lifting for everyone in any type of workout. Like doing push ups, you don’t really lift your body’s weight at all… so how to measure that? In my case, when I do push ups, I count that as 0 weight, even when I use bands, is still 0.
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Jul 23, 2008 6:09pm
dcoder
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I’ll join in this…
- Monday, July 21: 0
- Tuesday, July 22: 48,775 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 48,775
- Wednesday, July 23: 24,492.50 total lbs lifted…….. Accumulative lbs. lifted: 73,268
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Jul 23, 2008 6:29pm
GimpyGranny
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My bad too. I apologize, josvaldez. I jumped the gun. I couldn’t imagine someone doing bench dips with 170 lbs of plates on their chest.
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Jul 23, 2008 6:35pm
GimpyGranny
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Jul 23, 2008 6:43pm
josvaldez
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Jul 24, 2008 3:08pm
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Jul 24, 2008 3:54pm
JuryDuty
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