April Weights and Fitness challenge thread

Qeth

Qeth

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As an offshoot to the MYB (Move Your Butt) challenge, some of us in the general fitness thread came up with a BP challenge for those of us who do body weight and weight lifting exercises.

Goal is to accrue 50 Becker Strength Points (BSP) in during the contest month. I propose, as alternate goals, the following:

50 points--Standard
100 points--Advanced
200 points--Professional
300 points--Spartan!

Scoring:

200 heavy punching bag combos = 1BSP
100 light reps = 1 BSP
50 medium reps = 1 BSP
25 heavy reps = 1 BSP
15 very heavy reps = 1 BSP

Definitions:

Heavy punching bag combos: a set of at least 2 moves (ex jab and straight, jab roundhouse kick, etc) done sequentially.
Light rep: a rep that can be done 15+ times without resting. Most body weight exercises will fall into this category.
Medium rep: a rep that can be done up to 14 times, with reps 12-14 being challenging, and 15 near impossible without assistance.
Heavy rep: a rep that can be done 6 times, with reps 4-6 being very challenging, and 7 near impossible without assistance.
Very heavy: a rep that can be done twice, rep 3 impossible without assistance.

in other words

Light - 15+ reps
Medium - 7-14 reps
Heavy - 3-6 reps
Very Heavy - 1-2 reps

Post workout, tally up everything and see how many points you have. Tally everything DAY OF only; nothing done another day counts.

Example 1:

Back/ bicep routine
Back exercise 1: medium weight, 8 reps per set, 3 sets = 24 reps
Back exercise 2: medium weight, 8 reps per set, 3 sets = 24 reps
Back exercise 3: medium weight, 8 reps per set, 3 sets = 24 reps
Back exercise 4: medium weight, 8 reps per set, 3 sets = 24 reps

Bicep exercise 1:medium weight, 8 reps per set, 3 sets = 24 reps
Bicep exercise 1:medium weight, 8 reps per set, 3 sets = 24 reps
Bicep exercise 1:medium weight, 8 reps per set, 3 sets = 24 reps

Total 168 medium points

(168 medium points)/50 = 3.36 BP

Example 2:

Chest/tricep/lat routine:

Pullups: 10 reps per set (probably medium reps for most)
Bench press: medium weight, 10 reps per set.
Dips: light weight, 30 reps per set

Repeat for 10 sets

200 medium reps/50 = 4 BSP
300 light reps/100 = 3 BSP
Total = 7 BSP.

This challenge is IN ADDITION to the MYB challenge.

Points do NOT cross over, the challenges are SEPARATE challenges.

As with the MYB challenge, it would be a good idea to post the total points to date at the end of your post.

This challenge will last the month of April.

Good luck and stay safe!
 
Awesome, thanks Qeth! I don't feel complete until I can log the daily points total ;)

528 med reps.. 10.5 to kick it off.
 
I'm here a bit late and y'all are already lapping me! :p I was feeling under the weather yesterday, so I just did a brief push-up and cable pull-apart workout of 150 light reps.

Current total BSPs: 1.5
 
I did a squats-based leg workout tonight.

Light reps - 150 = 1.5
Medium reps - 30 = 0.6
Heavy reps - 15 = 0.6
Day's total - 2.7

Current total BSPs: 4.2
 
First workout of the month, couldn't resist the siren call of video games.

1090 light reps for 10.9 BSP.
150 medium reps for 3 BSP.

13.9 BSP to date.
 
10 very heavy reps for ~2/3 BSP. 150 medium reps for 1.5 BSP. 500 light reps for 5 BSP. 7.16 BSP total, 20.16 to date.
 
I did an upper-body workout on Friday.

Light reps - 262 = 2.62
Medium reps - 180 = 3.6

Current total BSPs: 10.2
 
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