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My thinking was that the multiple set option might help level the playing field a bit. One of us might blow-through 30+ in a single set & be done...whereas another might consistently bang -out 3 sets of 15 and have a chance of winning through consistency.

Sounds good...I like the crunches thrown-in. Let's see how many are up to it!

 I'm in.. I can do push ups anywhere,, pull ups I'll either go to the gym or down the street to the park that has monkey bars... but what is a dead mans hang that you mention... I'll even go along with the crunches... I'm a plank type of guy myself, but why not

 Dead-hang pullups just refers to letting your weight "hang" from your FULLY-EXTENDED arms in the down-position. Many people keep their arms bent in the "down" position & then "swing" their weight back up to the "up" position. Wow, that's a gross overuse of quotations.

gotcha,, i thought it meant some palm forward/backward/sideways thing..   so what about the kipping that people doing cross fit talk about..  since I doubt I can do more than one pull up I know I'll lose this one

 do you know who the race director is for the first year event??  is it Ironhead??  they do very good races..  Oh of course my other thought would be to do both    that way if the first one is not that great or you don't do as well as you hoped.  you know there is another one, real quick to redeem yourself. 

 do the first - good warm up - close to the house plus a longer ride but not much - that is my .02 cents 

Yeah, kipping is like a body wave that allows you to use momentum to get to the top. It's like the antithesis of the dead-hang pull-up.

Even though I will get absolutely smoked in the challenge, I'll join up.

And Keith - Are your logs set up to friends only or something?  I've tried to get into them to respond to your inspires and it sends me straight back to the BT homepage every time.

Sorry Dan,

I didn't have the underscore in your username so I've never even had you listed as a "Friend." No wonder your pic didn't show up on my friends list. It's fixed.

Alright.....  you guys got me.  I was looking for a way to get some core into my routine and now I have it.  I'm in.  I will start tomorrow.  Had I seen the posts earlier I would have done it already.

2X ^, do both for sure, unless they are on the same day, in which case I would do the longer distance.  The only event management organization that I don't recommend is Seidel productions......  let's just say not so good.  Other than that I don't know of any bad ones.

First year events are cool.  I had one last year, and will have another one or two this year.  I'd definitely do both if possible, but I really enjoy racing.

Okay..the Pushups/Pull-Ups/Crunches Challenge kicks-off today: Tuesday, January 27. Try to do your maximum number of each exercise in a maximum of 3 sets daily. There is no time limit, but once you rest that set is over. Post your numbers in your blog.

Participants so far: Gary, Grady, Keith, Dan, Alex

I have messages out to Judy & Kim...we'll see. We're looking for some Woman Power in this thing!

Dave won't be able to participate...studying & births in the family.

Ok, so every year there is an event called RAGBRAI which is a really popular touring ride across Iowa.  It's ~462 miles in 7 days.  I'll be in Colorado for a Sprint tri with my sister the day before RAGBRAI starts.  It's at the very end of July, and I'm a bit worried that taking 7 days of nothing but biking will cook my legs for a few days (because I don't really have a speed between stopped and pushing hard) and could possibly hurt my training for the HIM I want to do Sept 6.  I would also have only one bike (probably my tri bike since I'll be racing in CO).  The only reason I really want to do RABRAI is because there is a group of BT'ers doing it. 

Summary: To make the whole ride I would literally have to pack my stuff up directly after the race and drive to the West side of Iowa and recover in time to start a 7 day 460 mile ride across Iowa at the end of July.  Is that a good idea or a bad idea?

That ride is very cool.. I good friend of my sister that lives here does it every year with her sisters..   It's pretty frustrating though,, so many cool things to do, so little time...  I don't think it would hurt your HIM training that much.. I mean if you had to you could always do a little run every evening..(ha I'm joking I'd be fried).   But if you could swing it logistically, without adding so much stress to yourself, then.... I'd still say maybe.. leaving after one race to immediately go to a 7 day race is tough....  It'd definately make it cooler and get you more hardcore props though.. 

basically I"m no hope.. I almost always say,, if your trained for it.. and can work it out logistically then do it

This weather sucks !!!!!!

which means it's normal weather for just about anyone that lives more than 300 miles north of me.. freezing rain has cancelled my masters swim already in the morning.. 

If that continues for months on end I'll start feeling a bit bad for you.