December's "Get Your A$$ On The Trainer" challenge! (Page 2)

This is great!  We have a good group so far.  I just wanted to clarify the intent of this challenge.  It's not a contest, although if you get into some good natured ribbing with another challenger and want to turn it into one, that's cool too.  But there are no prizes except for the satisfaction that you stayed with the program for the month, gained some fitness, and started yourself on the road to a successful 2009.  For those that don't need to lose weight, that's fine too...it's not a pre-requisite to joining.  Actually I wish I was in your situation.  Due to running injuries and not being able to train much, I've added a couple of pounds that I desperately want to lose over the next month or so.  And this will be motivation enough for me!

So far, here is the list of who we have.  If any others join up, I'll add them to the spreadsheet.  I've listed everyone's name as a hyperlink to your log, so to make it easy for other challengers to drop by and leave you some motivational inspiration.  That way you won't have to add a dozen or more people to your "friends" list...you can simply get to their log from here! 

It sure does!  That was one of the reasons for simply counting hours instead of mileage...I'll add you to the list.  The more people we have, the better!

I'm in!!

 I need someone to help me get on the trainer.

This is the place!  If we can't help you, there is no hope.  LOL...welcome to the group! 

I'd love to join the challenge.  My trainer is right beside my side of the bed, so I think this will motivate me to get up a few minutes earlier to get in a few minutes  Also, I'll be on vaca for a week in the Bahamas, but we're staying at a nice place, so it should have a deccent gym with stationaries. 

Off your a$$, and on the bike folks!!!

Sounds like a great challenge Max. Please count me in.

Thanks,
Stacie

Cool enough!  I'm at work until 1:30 AM so I'll update the spreadsheet when I get home or in the morning around 9:00 or so.  I'm glad everyone is logging here on BT, so if you put your daily riding minutes in your log, I can just drop in to each of you every day and grab the minutes for the spreadsheet.  I'll email myself a copy of it to my work addy and that will let me do it at night during my lunch break!  We got a great looking group here, should be fun keeping each other motivated.  Hopefully some of us will get ideas on how to enjoy the trainer each day without getting bored to death.  Feel free during the month to offer up your solutions, i.e. specific videos that you watch, music that you listen to, or any other mind altering methods to keep your sanity. 

OK here's who we have so far, names are "clickable" and it will take you to their log so you can check up on everyone!  I'll go with this layout of the spreadsheet unless it becomes apparent that making an adjustment will imporve things.  I'll plug in everyone's daily riding time, calculate any bonus points.  the weight loss bonus won't become effective until the beginning of the second week (December 8th).  Hope this isn't too confusing...I'll keep it all straight and things should become pretty obvious once we get into several days of riding!

Is it too late to join in?
I'm in the middle of marathon training but really need to get back on the bike. This will be a great way to get on the trainer and put in a few miles each day. Plus the additional weight loss challenge won't hurt either! Time to put the bike back on the trainer!

It's never too late!  I'll put you both on the list!

This sounds like the exact motivation I need!!  For the past month I've been trying (unsucessfully) to be more consistent about getting on the trainer.  I think this challenge could do the trick.

 Can you add one more to the list?

No sooner said than done!!! 

Awesome....thanks, Max!

I'm actually excited to get on the trainer now.

Sure thing!  This is going to be a great start to the offseason.  Just when people were planning on being couch potatoes, we'll all have plenty of BT-ers to keep ourselves accountable!  I'll get you on the updated list when I get home from work late tonight Done!