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Listening to your body – even when it tells you BAD NEWS!
Posted by buffmother in BuffMother, Michelle Berger, Fitness, contests, rally room on January 18th, 2010
Listening to your body- even when it tells you BAD NEWS! is the lesson I’ve learned this weekend. I’ve been pretty much ignoring my body’s plea to STOP and REST due to back/pelvis/hip/sacrum/sciatic pain for the past 2-3 weeks. AND it caught up with me on Saturday. After my workout I was in a ton of pain and have been pretty much IMMOBILE since then.
I got to the chiro first thing this morning and he told me what I already knew that I needed to ICE and REST so that the cycle of pain could stop.
So….I am taking the week completely off of normal workouts. It may KILL ME, but I’m going to submit and do it.
The timing of this is not the best with the start of our 6 week contest being today, but I’m allowing contestants to join in up to a week late, so I’ll do the same.
I posted about the TESTS for the contest in the forum and I’ll be posting a bunch more info as we go along, so STAY TUNED!! It’s going to be a fun 6 week challenge!!
I’m off to ICE!
-M
Just do it! 6 Week Contest
Posted by buffmother in contests, rally room on January 14th, 2010
Just do it! 6 week performance results based contest is set to Start on Monday the 18th!!
The coolest thing about this contest is that it’s YOU competing with YOU!! We are going to have 5-6 TESTS that you will do the first and last weeks of the contest so that you can see how much you’ve improved in each area of your “fitness” over the 6 week time frame. Each TEST will also have a point system attached to it so that you MEASURE your results against others results too also, which will help the judges determine who wins! YOUR goal will be to improve on each of the TESTS as much as possible over the 6 week time frame and therefore get as many points possible. The cool thing is that once you do the contest once you could always repeat it in the future and compare your points from your previous results.
You may be wondering, What are the tests? Well….I’m not going to tell you ahead of time! I don’t want anyone to get a “head start” or be concerned about how good or bad you may do on the specific tests until it’s TIME to do them, lol! The element of surprise is key to getting your baseline, starting test results. I will assure you that the TESTS will be stuff all of you can do! There will be built in substitutions for various fitness levels or physical constraints.
MY goal during the 6 weeks of the contest is to help you with weekly tips on how to improve in each of the TESTS. The first time you test may be the first time you’ve ever done it, that’s okay….that only means you’ll have an even bigger chance of improvement.
The HELP I’ll be giving will be instructional, educational and applicable to making you perform better for your end of 6 week testing session. I’ll be uploading video, photos, articles, insights, tips, exercises, drill, etc… to the Rally Room throughout the 6 weeks so that you can see great gains in your performance!!!
I thin this contest will be a blast! You’ll love it because it’s not all about visual or weight results it’s about PERFORMANCE RESULTS, so anyone can compete and anyone can win!!
Details:
Start date~ January 18-26, 2010
End date~ February 28th, 2010
Prizes; TBA; They’ll be good, promise!!
Judging criteria- Points and Participation (blogging your journey and encouraging/helping others through theirs)
Prize eligibility requirements:
All contestants must be active members of the female only Team BuffMother Rally Room (www.therallyroom.com)
All contestants must officially enter by simply posting a comment in the contest post in the Rally Room(late entries will be allowed through Tues, Jan 26th)
All contestants must submit via e-mail a final entry form to michelle@buffmother.com by March 8th, 2010- I will provide a simple “form” for this and will include your basic information, a photo of you, start and finish testing results and your thoughts on the contest
So…If you want to join us on this fun Fitness Adventure, just sign up at www.therallyroom.com!! Everyone can do this!!
Getting Set!
Posted by buffmother in BuffMother, Michelle Berger, contests, rally room on January 11th, 2010
Hey Ya!! I am getting set on many fronts: life plans, birthday planning, travelplanning, workouts, and most relavently to you- CONTEST PLANNING!!!
Our next contest starts next week!!! it’s going to be 6 weeks long and performance based. I’ll be posting all the details about it hopefully by tomorrow!! The contest will only be open to Rally Room members and will be an amazing way to Catapult us through these next few weeks. Then in March we’ll have to do another conetst to get us Bikini ready for summer!! I just love it!!!
My personal POA for this week looks something like this, no OFF DAYS this week:
Daily- focus on my relationships with #1 God and EXTRA SPECIAL time with one of my kids (Guner=Mon, Gracie=Tues, Tia=Wed, Layla= Thurs)
M- 1/11…cycle day 9=130# YAY!! down a few already since buffing began on Thursday- run outside (maybe??); lift upper body
T- MMA class and cardio plus some upper body and abs
W-lift legs
Th-MMA Class and cardio – RUN
F- workout with a friend at 1:30 upper body and cardio
Sat-legs
Sunday-run
I gotta go get some more work done!! Have a good one!!
Now is the for Final ENTRY Submission!!!
Posted by buffmother in contests, rally room, video on November 27th, 2009
Now is the for Final ENTRY Submission!!! If you’ve been following along with our SSS contest this fall, NOW’s the SUBMIT your Final Entry Form
http://blog.buffmother.com/2261/sss-final-entry-form/
Entries are Due 12-2-09 for this round of judging, Here’ s MINE:
#1-Beginning/Ending STATS-
Not much changed in stats, but I am UP 3 pounds- MUSCLE GAIN (which showed in my pics and stat a bit) and my waist is smaller for sure!
Today’s Date:___9-14-09 ; 11-25-09 height:_____5-7________ weight:___126.5; 129 age:__34_____
Today’s cycle day-28; cday 16
Please list the following measurements~
Bust (around breasts the biggest part):37; 36
Chest- relaxed (just under armpits above breasts with arms down at your sides):34; 34
Chest- flexed back and chest (just under armpits with arms down at your sides):36; 36
Waist- relaxed (the smallest part):27;26
Waist-sucked in (the smallest part):25.5; 25.5
Hips (the largest part of your butt):35; 35.5
Shoulders (around the outside of your shoulders with your arms at sides):41.5; 42
Biceps (relaxed at midpoint of upper arm):10; 10
Biceps (flexed at midpoint of upper arm):11.5; 11
Thigh-mid (about 8” above knee cap):19; 18.75
Thigh- upper (about 12” above knee cap):20; 20
Calf (about 7” below knee joint):13; 13
Caliper measurements (*these are the ones I like to track on myself and use to calculate my body fat, for further info on body fat measurements here is a link www.linear-software.com/online.html)
*Tricep:4; 4
*Thigh:6;6
*Iliac:3; 4
Abdomen (I do this one for kicks, since I am an apple):8; 6
#2- Pictures- I need your most dramatic before and after shot. Please send only 1 of each with your entry.
~Aim to produce photos that will be most comparable with the last set and next set of progress photos you take.
Before pic:
After pic:
Picture link- http://therallyroom.com/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=8226&g2_highlightId=8242
And a little SSS final photoshoot video:
#3-Final Entry Form
Name: Michelle Berger
Address: 902 S. Walton Blvd., Ste. 1-286, Bentonville, AR 72712
Number of children and ages (it’s okay if you have 0): 4 ages 10, 7, 6, 6
Age: 34
e-mail address: michelle@buffmother.com
Why did you enter the SSS contest by BuffMother? I wanted to lead by example; my goal was to get more fit and to gain muscle
What tactics did you use to stay focused and engaged for the entire 70 days? I did a ton of videos for my SSS video coaching program…a 10 week training program that gives you weekly coaching via a private site www.buffmother.com/videocoaching
I also tried to blog daily in the Rally Room and to comment on everyones blogs! The energy is amazing in the RR!!
How do you feel about your success? I feel really good!! I feel like these 10 week have been a journey in my spirit life. I feel more passionate about my health than I have in quite a while. That feeling comes from deep within my spriit~ God is the source of my passion and love for life…I want to keep HIM #1!
What obstacles did you have to overcome in order to attain your goals? I have been dealing with recurring bladder/kidney infections. It was really tough at times to know if I should rest or workout. I did the best I could with it and I feel healthier each day. My goal is to stay healthy and never have another UTI!!!
What would you like to tell the world about BuffMother ? I would like to let everyone know that it’s never too late to increase your fitness, your health and to create your best body EVER. I also want people to know that success in fitness is not measured by the scale…many of the measurements are not even visual. It’s about being HEALTHY… in mind, body and spirit!
I am very thankful for all of you!! :bff:
Here’s a quick reminder to get in your SSS contest entries!! blog.buffmother.com/2261/sss-final-entry-form/
“Energize OTHERS October”- our Monthly theme!!
Posted by buffmother in Goal Setting (POA), Spiritual Fitness- Christian, rally room on October 3rd, 2009
“Energize OTHERS October”- our Monthly theme!!
- If you plant an energizing deed it can grow into exponential energy.
- That energy can produce thousands of inspirational actions, kind deeds and good choices.
- Those of positive actions can grow into hundreds of successful legacies.
- Those success legacies will be converted into new generation of health.
- That generation can be used to build an entire fit and healthy civilization!!!
- I could go on and on but the fact is, there are no limits to what can be produced. from act to energizing another person, give it away! Plant your energy seeds!!
- I am a good at writing.
- I have always been a great cheerleader.
- I love organizing things.
- I am generous.
- I enjoy manual labor.
- I have a lot of computer skills.
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