FEBRUARY CHALLENGE: Details

Please read below if you are planning on participating this month! 

Part of F5 is fostering new friendships and relationships while having fun getting fit!  For this reason the following rules for teams are being implemented. Please see previous post regarding pro's/con's survey results that influenced these format updates.

Official start date: February 7 (Sunday)

1.  February 1-5 is "basic training" week!  We want you to invite new friends to join this month.  Use this week to try out the new point system, determine which division/level you want to be in, put together your teams, come up w/ a team captain and team name! (more details on team formation to come in separate post).

2. All your team members must be new (no carry-over teams from last month). Spouses cannot be on the same team. Exception: children and parents can remain on same team.

3. Top 10 challenge (most points in a week) winners cannot be on the same team

4. Top 10 challenge winners must each be a team captain if they plan to be in the February challenge. You have proven to be proficient in understanding and accumulating points. We want you to use that skill and knowledge to help others. 

5. Teams consist of 4 members. Must have at least 1 male and 1 female.

6. Teams will be divided into divisions based on effort levels:

    Marines (easy/entry)

    Rangers (moderate)

    Seals (difficult)

7.  How do you accumulate points? We are expanding the exercises that qualify for points and modifying the value of some exercises. We want to give you credit for enjoying a variety of fitness pursuits. See our new point system below:

     Cardio:

     1 mile on foot (hiking, walking, running, XC skiing)  = 300 points

     1 mile on mtn bike/roller blades = 200 points

     1 mile on road bike = 100 points

     100 meter swim = 100 points

     1 point per step climbed (stairs or stair stepper machine)

     1 point per jump (jump roping)

     Group fitness classes (High Intensity...not stretching/yoga): 

     15 minutes = 400 points  (crossfit, insanity, aerobics, HIIT, Orange Theory, etc) 

     Recreational/team sports (Moderate Intensity):

     15 minutes  = 200 points (climbing, tennis, volleyball, soccer, skiing, etc)

     Strength focused workouts:

     All exercises will be 1 rep = 1 point  

     Examples: push-ups, pull-ups, situps, dumbells, weight lifting, band workouts, etc

     One point per one rep regardless of the intensity (making it simple to track!!!)

8. Daily point cap:  While you are free to accumulate as many daily points as you want to your INDIVIDUAL total, each team member has a cap on how many points they can contribute to their daily TEAM total. Here are the total points each member can contribute to their teams point total daily:

    Seals- 3000 per day  

    Rangers- 2000 per day

    Marines- 1000 per day

*This has been instituted to hone the benefits of friendly competition without incentivizing point accumulating addicts (i.e. Rolando, the million push-up man) in overdoing it, creating a frenzy that pushes every team to become point addicts as well to keep up. However, there will still be awards given for individual point totals which have no daily caps.

9. Teams must be submitted by Friday February 5. Official point count starts Sunday February 7.

10. Any questions? Comment below!!

F5 Boot Camp Challenge: January cool stats (not official results)

47 teams (188 members) officially formed... of these teams...

36 teams (144 members) actually declared a fitness level and actively participated.

22 teams declared Marines (recreational level)
8 teams declared Rangers (moderate level)
6 teams declared Seals (intense level)


Awesome points were given for:
1) Team Photo and team intro
2) Bootcamp Team declaration  of fitness level
3) Captain's shoutout post to team
4) Crucible challenge
5) Top 10 challenge
6) Team sharing of video of workout

Did you enjoy the January Challenge? Comment below.

Welcome and January Survey Feedback

Welcome! This blog will provide another venue to receive information and give feedback on the F5 Boot Camp Challenge. January was our first month, and with the success we had, we wanted to try to continue these gains another month...maybe two.  Here are some of the pro's and con's from last month's challenge that will be influencing the format of February's challenge:

Pro's:

1. Met new people

2. Provided accountability

3. Points system provided a fun and easy way to measure exercise and effort

4. Fun incentives

5. Competition helped to motivate many to do more than thought possible

Con's:

1. Competition was too intense for those new or less confident with exercise

2. Points system lent itself to extreme totals for those who are highly competitive

3. Some felt pressured by team members who were more motivated than them

4. Some felt their fellow team members did not take the challenge seriously

5. Not enough variety in exercise options

We want to capitalize on our pro's and minimize our con's. Thank you everyone for your feedback, stay tuned for details of next month's challenge.