Truck Pull

You try taking 70 stone bricks 150 meter putting them on the back of a 4 and a half ton truck and then pulling that truck up a 3% grade for 150 meters. Well the Weight Loss Challengers did just that in under 30 minutes. The red team won by 2 minutes and both teams were very tired.

Thank you Auto Connections for sponsoring this challenge and giving such a great prize.

Jeopardy for WLC 2008

As much as it is important that each one of the challengers exercises, sometimes we tend to forget the biggest part of fitness is between the ears. One challenge was Jeopardy. It tested their knowledge in nutrition and exercise. The team that answered the questions right got to pick from a hat and the exercise that was picked everyone else had to do. Jon, Nicole and Vicky won this challenge and boy was everyone else tired. Good job to all for their knowledge and understanding of nutrition.

Soccer Challenge

Red verses Blue Soccer. Blue never showed up. Now don’t get me wrong they were there but only in body. Red won this 8 to2. Just for giggles after the challenge they then ran suicides three times. This was a regulation size full size court. Good job to all.

Jeopardy

As much as it is important that each one of the challengers exercises, sometimes we tend to forget the biggest part of fitness is between the ears. One challenge was Jeopardy. It tested their knowledge in nutrition and exercise. The team that answered the questions right got to pick from a hat and the exercise that was picked everyone else had to do. Jon, Nicole and Vicky won this challenge and boy was everyone else tired. Good job to all for their knowledge and understanding of nutrition.

Chair Challenge

And you thought sitting was a piece of cake. Try sitting and then getting up over 500 times and for over 45 minutes. This was an individual challenge and the way this was done was when I said stand they stood and when I said sit they sat. They were not allowed to use their hands, only their legs. Cindy won this without even breaking a sweat. The next day to say that walking was a feat in itself is putting it mildly. Good job guys.

Weight Relay

To date the hardest workout we have had. As you know we have two teams red and blue. We then broke those teams out to mini teams and ran this challenge. There were three stations, Treadmill, Dumb Bell Chest and Bend-over’s. The men had to lift 30 pounds on the DB Chest and 95lbs on the bend over. The women had to lift 15 pounds on the DB Chest and 45lbs. The way a team wins this challenge is on points. You have 15 minutes for each station and for every 500lbs lifted is considered a point and for every mile run is considered 1 point. The two above won the challenge in impressive fashion lifting over 1 ton of weights and running over 1 mile.

.75 mile run

Winner!
Their first .75 mile run. This was won by Cindy at 10:35. They all had to run 10 times around the school library. All Finished.

Weight Relay

The weighted relay was a great event. Each team had three sets of weights they had to carry for the full 200 meters before they could finish. There were 50lbs, 35lbs, 25 lbs weights. This was won by the red team and all finished strong.

step challenge

Weight Loss challenge 2008


The second challenge was a step challenge and the challengers did very well. The way this challenge was done was they started out at 96 bpm and every 5 minutes the beat per minute got faster until there was only one person left. Over 40 minutes later Cindy won stepping at 188 bpm. Congrats.

First week with weight loss challenge

The first week started out very well. Here you see the challengers in their first psychology group class. The topic was turning the negative into a positive. Just know we all have issues in that area and according to the Cindy positive mental thought is what we need to always have.

Weight Loss challenge 2008

Well it has begun, 2008 Parkers Place Weight Loss challenge and here are your challengers.
Bottom row Left to right: Donna Bergess, Cindy Buteyn, Christine Sanford, Vickie Brinkman, Sue McNutt (trainer)
Second Row Left to Right: Kailin Carroll (Trainer), Debbie Duessler, Mike Metzinger, Doreen Krause, Kathleen Latzke-Dailey, Tina Bender
Third Row Left to right: Craig Kuhlenbeck, Dale McNutt (Trainer), James Barany, Sue Dix, Kathleen McCann, Richard Flath
Fourth Row Left to right: Matthew Conway, James Meyer (Last year winner and Trainer)
They are all excited and ready to go. This next 6 months will show who they really are and who they can be. We have a total combined weight of 4,487 pounds. Let’s all cheer them on as we begin to change their lives.

Sprinting is only for a short time

Sprinting is only for a short time
Have you ever heard the expression “sprinting out of the blocks”? Well, if you haven’t, it is a running term meaning getting out quickly and it usually pertains to sprinters. In life, however; sprinting out of the blocks is something I do not recommend. Why you may ask? Doesn’t it get you out in front and ahead of your competition?
Yes, is gets you out in front and ahead of your competition, but in most cases burnout happens much earlier than if you just paced yourself and enjoyed the ride. In life, I have found that those that are in a constant hurry almost never accomplish anything of true lifelong value. Yes they will hit certain goals, but never win the final prize.
How many of us have heard of a person who was poor one day and a millionaire the next. By the time they were 25 years old they had millions in the bank, only to find out that by the time they were 30 years old, they had gone bankrupt several times since then. On the other hand, how many of us have heard of a person who worked all of their adult life and finally realized the American dream and saved enough money to accumulate one million dollars and then heard that they are living “happily ever after”? There is a reason for that. The one that got there quickly learned no lessons along the way to keep them from falling back and there was no support system under them. Whereas the one who had these riches thrust upon them over a long period of time had time to experience the ups and downs and develop support systems to help them stay afloat.
It is the same thing in your health and fitness life. Those that try and get really fit quickly end up quitting really quickly and the opposite effect happens. Usually, they end up heavier than they first started out. However, those that methodically take their time and plan out their goals and achieve them over a long period of time end, over time, right where they want to be. At this point, they have a better chance of maintaining this level of fitness than losing it overnight.
Guys, you are three months into the year now. Don’t get discouraged because you are not that size zero you wanted to be by now, when you started at a size 12 in January. Give yourself time. Give your body time, it will happen. You just need to stay in the race. Remember, sprinting is only for a short time.