We’ve reached the end of the 1st week of our competition. We have a total of 223 hours and 8 minutes of sweat hours behind us and the number is growing constantly! Give yourselves a pat on the back for a job well done!

Here are the Total Sweat Hours in Real Time for you!

Check out individual Sweat Numbers!

Keep Sweatin’!

We walk every day, so why not find a way to use it to burn fat and lose weight? Why not find a way to walk better to heighten the amount of fat burned? Wouldn’t it be great if you could walk slower and melt fat off your body faster?

GOOD NEWS! THERE IS!

What’s the BIG DEAL with walking?

Walking is a great way to get in better shape and be healthier while increasing endurance. There’s more than one way to walk to get the desired results you want.

• Slow - Builds endurance and definitely adds healthy benefits.
• Moderate / Slow Jog - Burns fat, builds endurance, increases cardio results, increased healthy benefits.
• Fast / Jogging / Running - Burns sugar calories, builds endurance level drastically, heightens cardio results, increased healthy benefits.

What does walking faster do?

What does walking slower do?

So, how do you walk to burn fat?

“There’s a trick to getting into an optimal fat burning zone…”

Breathe Your Way to a Thinner You!

“Get as much oxygen as you can to as many muscles as you can to…”

How do you Stoke Your Fat Burning Fire?

1. Low and Rhythmic Workout
2. Abdominal Breathing

Teach Yourself the Technique

“The trick to using abdominal breathing during walking…”

“By following this breathing pattern from your abdomen you’ll send…”

You can find out about optimizing your body’s fat burning furnace by reading “Walk Slow to Burn Fat? Does slower mean less?” and start melting the pounds away. Work smarter not harder.

NEED SOME MOTIVATION?

LOOKING FOR SOME INSPIRATION?

WELL IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN!!

The next GET OFF YOUR ASS & GETTA MOVIN’ contest starts
Saturday April 17, 2010!

This fitness contest will involve many different exercises and is based on the amount of time a participant physically does an exercise. It doesn’t matter if you’re exercising at home or at the gym; it all counts! Everyone who officially completes 100 hours by June 17th will receive a certificate of completion via email. The certificate can be printed and proudly displayed for all your family and friends to see! For added fun there will be prizes along the way that everyone can compete for! What will the biggest prize for all of us be? We’ll lose weight, be healthier, feel good, AND LOOK GOOD DOING IT! Combine the 100 hours with eating healthy and watching our diet…OMG there is just no stopping us! @kirstiealley will be amazed at our accomplishment!

You can log your workouts at your won private personalized link as you do them through out your day or you can accumulate them and enter the total all at one time. In other words, if you exercise 3 times in the same day you can enter each event as you complete them or if its the same exercise, such as walking, then you can just enter the grand total for the day.

Example 1:
6:30am      Walking (Fast)    0.5 hours (30 minutes)
12:00pm    Bike                    1.0 hours
7:00pm      Yoga                   1.25 hours (1 hour 15 minutes)

Example 2:
6:30am      Walking (Fast)    0.5 hours (30 minutes)
12:00pm    Walking (Fast)    1.0 hours
7:00pm      Walking (Fast)    1.25 hours (1 hour 15 minutes)

Total: Walking (Fast)    2.75 hours (2 hours 15 minutes)

Like I said, there will be many different exercises to choose from when entering your daily stats. For example:

• Walking (Slow) (This is good for a specific optimum heart rate to burn fat and not sugar)
  
• Walking (Fast)
• Walking (Power)
• Jogging
• Running
• Bicycle
• Bike (Stationary)
• Bike (Spin)
• Elliptical
• Glider
• Stair Climber
• Stairs
• Treadclimber
• Weights
• Yoga
• Aerobics
• Zumba
• Pilates
• Wii Fit
• P90X
• Swimming
• Pool Aerobics
• Stretch Bands
• Jump Rope
• Old School (Jumping Jacks, Chin Ups, Push Ups, etc.)
• Sit Ups
• Crunches
• Lunges
• Stretching
• Exercise Video (Please List) ______________________________
• Other (Please List) ______________________________

…and any other exercises I can think of.

Stats will be collected, tracked and results posted on this blog daily so you can see where you stand against all the others!

So are you ready to get serious and do something for yourself? Are you ready to have your ass ridden on those days you’re just being lazy? Are you willing to return the favor? I have those days too! If you can answer yes, yes, and yes then register today! Once you do you’ll be officially a winner just for taking the 1st step to a new you in just 100 hours!

C’mon! Register! What are you waiting for???

This is gonna be FUN! FUN!! FUN!!!

BTW …I’m Linda, A.K.A. @just4me on Phitter. Look me up & phollow me! Oh, and don’t forget to follow my blog at the top right!

This contest is not officially affiliated with Phitter, Organic Liaison, or Kirstie Alley, though inspired by all 3.

Just a quick post to provide a little information and hopefully collect some ideas & feedback from you guys for the next Phitness Contest.

1. This fitness contest will be based on time.
   
2. There will be a number of exercises to choose from.
3. You’ll enter the amount of sweat time you worked your buns off.
   
4. If you work out 3 times a day, you’ll be able to enter each session individually or you can tally ‘em up and enter the total …your call!
   
5. The tracking system will be easy to use.
6. You’ll have access to your record along with me so we can watch your progress together.
7. Any documentation needed for the contest will be provided to you by me.
8. More information will follow soon.
   

What I need from you:

• Exercises you’d like to see in the list to choose from.
• Ideas you may have about accountability. How do we prove our time(s).
• What’s a good goal number of hours to sweat our buns off to? 100? Less? More?
• What do you think of a small fee to go toward monetary prizes for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd places?
• Should this one be free of charge like the last one? If so, what should the prizes be? Should there be prizes? IDEAS PLEASE! ;-)
  
• I’ll be looking for guest bloggers for this contest. I want y’all to share your experiences along the way. Tips, struggles, what you’re doing, how you’re doing it, types of exercises, how you fit your exercises in, motivation & inspiration, meal plans, foods you’re eating, etc.! Let me know if you’re interested please!

Please leave comments below. I need your ideas to make this a huge success for us all! Let’s make this fun & motivational!

Do you Twitter? Retweet this for me!

Are you ready for the next competition?

Looking for some motivation?

Do you need some inspiration?

Do you want someone cracking the whip?

Get ready.

WE HAVE A 2nd & 3rd PLACE WINNERS!!!

Congratulations

Colleen Dolhun

Susie Muckleroy!!

How did you do compared to your competition?

We all worked so hard to get our miles in everyday and should be proud of each and every single mile our accomplished! I hope you’ll continue to set new milestones and reach your goals.

Find your initials and you’ve found your stats.

Don’t stop now! Keep Steppin’!

If you have questions, leave them in the comments for me.

Thank you so much for participating & Happy Steppin’ People!

WE HAVE A 1st PLACE WINNER!!!

Congratulations Phittermaster!!

Who Will Be Next???

How are you doing compared to your competition?

We’re all working so hard to get our miles in everyday and should be proud of our accomplishments. Don’t stop now! Keep steppin’!

Find your initials and you’ve found your stats.

If you have questions, leave them in the comments for me.

Happy Steppin’