4 month challenge?

[Vita]

the New Years resolution challenge 2006?

 

[cwc73]

Someone please organize this properly, and get the ball rolling.

 

[djeclipse]

Someone please organize this properly, and get the ball rolling.

First we need to get the classes defined, like weight and juice/non juice.

 

[Vita]

someone define the classes, though i think we should stick to 4-5 tops in both natural and not.

i'll get up a little website to put the before pictures on if we've got enough interested, so that non-plats can see them too.

it would likely be better to start on 1/1/06, both symbolically, and realistically. it's not a good time to do something like this through december with all the travelling people do.

i'm just getting on point with my diet, so i'll now be taking it pretty seriously. nothing like a little competition to get the motivation going! not to mention for most of us we'll be finishing right around when it starts to get nicer out.

i've already planned out a routine that i want to use and implement for this, and i'm going to try and get my buddy to join in for fun as he's been hitting the gym with me lately and wants to get bigger.

someone figure out the classes (i'm clueless) and i'll work out everything else if need be. maybe toss a countdown in the website too.

ya'll better be serious about this, because i don't want to be the only one with a massive transformation going on

i'll work something out and see what everyone thinks...

 

[glover]

Ok I'll do the challenge. I just started training hard again after elbow surgery? what do we need to do take some pics Dec 1st?

 

[moose11]

1st class <160lbs
2nd class 160-175
3rd class 175-190
4th class 190-205
5th class 205-220
6th class 220>

15lbs per class in the 4 middle classes

 

[djeclipse]

Those weight classes sound good.

Now for the rest, is it just by looks, or is actual size measurements and strength increases the goal?

 

[moose11]

I think its just going to be by physique? id say measurements should be taken to accompany the pics

 

[moose11]

will fat loss and muscle gain compete against each other?

 

[Vita]

depending on the number of people who enter (small as of now), we can have weight loss and gain compete. amount lost vs. amount gained. we need to establish a healthy average of each so we can work out the percentages for even judgement.

also, we should have measurements accompany pics for before AND after.


so focusing on physique, should people on a bulk be judged on size and strength increases, while people on a cut be judged on size and bf% losses?

i don't know what's realistic/safe for cutting, but the steady 1lb./week bulk is what i've heard be optimal.

should we have a set list of parameters?

i.e.,

BF%
Weight/height
Bulk/Cut
Measurements (which ones? arms, legs, waist, chest?)

so for a cut, whoever loses the most BF% while maintaining measurements, and for bulk, whoever increases measurements with the least BF% increase over the 4 month period sounds like a fair comparison.

opinions?