Monday, December 11, 2006
Week 11! Dec 4 - Dec 10/06
The Challenge Challenge!
1) Writing this Blog is a challenge. Cutting and pasting stuff off the Net is easy, but far less satisfying. Some may argue with me but I don't beleive I have enough "opinion volume" to support a weekly blog on my own. How does anyone come up with this stuff on a daily basis? To rant, you essentially need to be unhappy or vitriolic. I am too content.
2) My leadership coach (something the company I work for is paying for) says I am too competitive. And I wrote a test that backs that up. Who would have thought there was such a thing as being 'too competitive'? Apparently competitiveness doesn't drive excellence, only frustration and public displays like the kind seen routinely on YouTube. So I am chilling. Since challenges are all about competition (of some sort) then I need to find a new way to promote my own activity. Maybe I will just be at one with the universe. Forget about trying to beat a time or a distance. Is that possible?
3) I would research that idea about competitiveness in Part 2 but that would mean more cutting and pasting. I'm going with it for now. Being less competitive is more relaxing and far less demanding I've noticed.
4) OK. I took a break after part 3. I felt I needed a rest. In the 10 minutes I dozed, nothing new came to me on this subject. The problem remains. In order to get up off the couch and climb on the treadmill for 45 minutes I need an incentive. I've actually tried ju-jubes. I put a handful on the little treadmill shelf and reward myself with one every 4 laps. Don't attempt this at home - especially when you are gasping for breath. A ju-jube is just the right size to block the human windpipe.
5) I've noticed no one at the Wellness Centre uses this technique but that could be because ju-jubes were invented in the 50's and most of the members were way into their middle age by that decade.
5) So if I can't use competitiveness to encourage my own participation then I'm stumped. I need your ideas. Email me at rsmith@noncompetitiveworld.ca !
Russ
1) Writing this Blog is a challenge. Cutting and pasting stuff off the Net is easy, but far less satisfying. Some may argue with me but I don't beleive I have enough "opinion volume" to support a weekly blog on my own. How does anyone come up with this stuff on a daily basis? To rant, you essentially need to be unhappy or vitriolic. I am too content.
2) My leadership coach (something the company I work for is paying for) says I am too competitive. And I wrote a test that backs that up. Who would have thought there was such a thing as being 'too competitive'? Apparently competitiveness doesn't drive excellence, only frustration and public displays like the kind seen routinely on YouTube. So I am chilling. Since challenges are all about competition (of some sort) then I need to find a new way to promote my own activity. Maybe I will just be at one with the universe. Forget about trying to beat a time or a distance. Is that possible?
3) I would research that idea about competitiveness in Part 2 but that would mean more cutting and pasting. I'm going with it for now. Being less competitive is more relaxing and far less demanding I've noticed.
4) OK. I took a break after part 3. I felt I needed a rest. In the 10 minutes I dozed, nothing new came to me on this subject. The problem remains. In order to get up off the couch and climb on the treadmill for 45 minutes I need an incentive. I've actually tried ju-jubes. I put a handful on the little treadmill shelf and reward myself with one every 4 laps. Don't attempt this at home - especially when you are gasping for breath. A ju-jube is just the right size to block the human windpipe.
5) I've noticed no one at the Wellness Centre uses this technique but that could be because ju-jubes were invented in the 50's and most of the members were way into their middle age by that decade.
5) So if I can't use competitiveness to encourage my own participation then I'm stumped. I need your ideas. Email me at rsmith@noncompetitiveworld.ca !
Russ
# posted by Theo Cage @ 5:48 PM 
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hey everyone! good day to you all!! i'm super excited about seeing you all so soon for some laughing, eating, drinking, and all round holiday cheer!
Monday - 1 hour Step Express cardio class
Wednesday - 30 min Cardio Quickie class, 30 min leg strength/abs/stretch
Thursday - 1 hour Body Flex class
Friday - 1 hour Cardio class
Monday - 1 hour Step Express cardio class
Wednesday - 30 min Cardio Quickie class, 30 min leg strength/abs/stretch
Thursday - 1 hour Body Flex class
Friday - 1 hour Cardio class
# posted by 
: 11:19 AM
: 11:19 AM
Sorry for the long post that follows but the email address that Russ gave us for feedback didn’t work.
mapper
mapper
# posted by : 9:00 PM
: 9:00 PM
No it's mapper saying this, I can't log in as myself anymore so have to use anonymous.
So to Rusty’s point … if he shouldn’t use competitiveness to drive himself to workout and the jujube bean isn’t working, what then. My answer … camaraderie! Russ and I have had this debate often and while he admits to getting my point, he has yet to adopt the philosophy. Make working out more of a social activity.
I outdoor bike hardest and challenge myself the most when I’m riding with others. It’s more fun so you do it longer. It’s more interactive so you work harder and play/push off each other, not in a competitive way but to have more fun. I have found the same to be true at the gym. I have spinning buddies that make the class more fun and I go to more classes because I enjoy the interaction and friendship. Same with studio classes. I work harder, take bigger steps, jump higher, push more weight when I’m in a fun class with lots of people I know. More fun, more upbeat interaction, more goofing around equals more internal push.
I ran with Russ on the track once. Just paced along with him. Not to be competitive because I couldn’t in that discipline. Just to hang out. That one day was my breakthrough day as a runner. It allowed me to get to the next level. I would not have achieved that if I wasn’t running with a buddy.
Workout with others. It takes a bit more co-ordination but worth the effort. You all know how I’ve taken to this fitness thing and the lifestyle change I’ve made. I wouldn’t have started biking if I didn’t have Russ. I wouldn’t have got hooked at the Wellness if I didn’t have Kevin. Now I have many fitness buddies unknowingly driving me.
So that is my answer. Try it. You’ll like it.
So to Rusty’s point … if he shouldn’t use competitiveness to drive himself to workout and the jujube bean isn’t working, what then. My answer … camaraderie! Russ and I have had this debate often and while he admits to getting my point, he has yet to adopt the philosophy. Make working out more of a social activity.
I outdoor bike hardest and challenge myself the most when I’m riding with others. It’s more fun so you do it longer. It’s more interactive so you work harder and play/push off each other, not in a competitive way but to have more fun. I have found the same to be true at the gym. I have spinning buddies that make the class more fun and I go to more classes because I enjoy the interaction and friendship. Same with studio classes. I work harder, take bigger steps, jump higher, push more weight when I’m in a fun class with lots of people I know. More fun, more upbeat interaction, more goofing around equals more internal push.
I ran with Russ on the track once. Just paced along with him. Not to be competitive because I couldn’t in that discipline. Just to hang out. That one day was my breakthrough day as a runner. It allowed me to get to the next level. I would not have achieved that if I wasn’t running with a buddy.
Workout with others. It takes a bit more co-ordination but worth the effort. You all know how I’ve taken to this fitness thing and the lifestyle change I’ve made. I wouldn’t have started biking if I didn’t have Russ. I wouldn’t have got hooked at the Wellness if I didn’t have Kevin. Now I have many fitness buddies unknowingly driving me.
So that is my answer. Try it. You’ll like it.
# posted by : 9:02 PM
: 9:02 PM
Mon - resistance - lat pulldown, row, pec fly, shoulder press etc. plus 2K run 10:20 and situps. 70 min.
Wed - as above, 45 crunches, 136 steps on stepper
Sat - 141 steps on stepper plus weights etc.
Sun - weights, flexions, stretching at home
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Wed - as above, 45 crunches, 136 steps on stepper
Sat - 141 steps on stepper plus weights etc.
Sun - weights, flexions, stretching at home
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