2011 Fitness Challenge Signup

[Donuthole]

We need a "in but not of Utah" division.

As well as an "of but not in" division. In fact, why don't you and I stipulate to switching teams?

[Jeff Lebowski]

We need a "in but not of Utah" division.

We don't want any haters on our team. Adios.

[Joe Public]

I would like to participate but only if there has been some progress moving forward beyond the blatant and ugly ellipticism that has existed here in contests past.

On a related note, I did notice that cycling gets its own board category - The Bike Shop - while running and other fitness endeavors are relegated to The Gym.

:stirthepot:

[FMCoug]

As well as an "of but not in" division. In fact, why don't you and I stipulate to switching teams?

Done.

[BigFatMeanie]

Folks,

I've got a final on Wednesday night so not much will happen on CUFFitnessChallenge.com until after that. Rest assured, you'll be able to enter your profile and start logging exercise come May 1.

BFM

[PaloAltoCougar]

Folks,

I've got a final on Wednesday night so not much will happen on CUFFitnessChallenge.com until after that. Rest assured, you'll be able to enter your profile and start logging exercise come May 1.

BFM

Good luck on the final, and thanks for doing this. Mrs. PAC, who signed up yesterday, is doing another century the day before Mother's Day so she'll be coming strong out of the chute.

BTW, have we settled on the metrics (i.e., time expended, distance covered, calories burned, sweat gallonage, etc.?). Whatever, simple is better.

[ERCougar]

1) I'm cool with machine calories, even ellipticals . It makes no sense to me that a machine that directly measures work done would be less accurate than an online calculator.

2) I'm also good with letting people choose their teams. The whole point of this is to show how much better Utahans (that can't be right, but that's what my iPad corrected it to...) are than everyone else in yet another realm. Being Utahn is a state of mind, not geography. We don't want no Uncle Toms.

[CJF]

1) I'm cool with machine calories, even ellipticals . It makes no sense to me that a machine that directly measures work done would be less accurate than an online calculator.

Machines don't take weight into account. At least mine doesn't. The machines at the gym that do are all over the map for me. I think they typically are the least consistent. I think it is better to have a calculator that everyone uses. Then it is apples to apples.

[ERCougar]

Machines don't take weight into account. At least mine doesn't. The machines at the gym that do are all over the map for me. I think they typically are the least consistent. I think it is better to have a calculator that everyone uses. Then it is apples to apples.

You apparently don't believe me on this, but non-weight bearing machines shouldn't take weight into account. And weight bearing ones like ellipticals or treadmills always ask your weight.

It's not a big deal either way. It just saves a step if people can copy the number off the machine.

[happyone]

In my experience, the problem of taking calories burned off a machine is the inconsistancy. For example, at the gym I go to occasionally, there are two ellipitcals that are the exact make and model, but the calories burned are different by 50%. OTOH, the stairmasters are pretty consistant.

[FMCoug]

1) I'm cool with machine calories, even ellipticals . It makes no sense to me that a machine that directly measures work done would be less accurate than an online calculator.

2) I'm also good with letting people choose their teams. The whole point of this is to show how much better Utahans (that can't be right, but that's what my iPad corrected it to...) are than everyone else in yet another realm. Being Utahn is a state of mind, not geography. We don't want no Uncle Toms.

I'd like to propse two teams that you opt-in to whicheve team:

Team Zion (Utards Utahns)
Team Babylon (non-Utahns)

This will force EVERYONE to take a stand on this important issue, regardless of where they happen to be geographically.

[CJF]

You apparently don't believe me on this, but non-weight bearing machines shouldn't take weight into account. And weight bearing ones like ellipticals or treadmills always ask your weight.

It's not a big deal either way. It just saves a step if people can copy the number off the machine.

Put in different weights for your stationary bike on livestrong and see if the calorie burn is different. It's not that I don't believe you. It's that I get drastically different numbers from different machines when they take weight into account from those that don't. And the weight bearing machines are all over the map. Same brand, different results from machine to machine in my gym.

[Jeff Lebowski]

However the teams are formed, there needs to be some balance. The first time we did this the numbers were remarkably even for the most of the challenge, which made it a lot of fun. If one team gets a big lead early I think both sides will lose interest.

[creekster]

However the teams are formed, there needs to be some balance. The first time we did this the numbers were remarkably even for the most of the challenge, which made it a lot of fun. If one team gets a big lead early I think both sides will lose interest.

As I recall we had self identified teams of runners vs cyclists the first time. Although the runners won, the cyclists were much cooler.

[ERCougar]

However the teams are formed, there needs to be some balance. The first time we did this the numbers were remarkably even for the most of the challenge, which made it a lot of fun. If one team gets a big lead early I think both sides will lose interest.

It seems like both times were pretty uneven. We could do the first month straight up, and then weight the second month based on the first months totals? Or does someone have a better handicapping idea?

Well be pretty lucky if things are close at the end. This seems like a way to sort of ensure a competition.