BFL Top Guns and Questions about Motivation
Today I shared the following post on the BFL Guestbook ...
Congratulations
BFL Top Guns
Name Points Last post
John 404,496 2/6/2006
kloveless 219,877 2/6/2006
rebecca74 211,321 1/30/2006
Amy B 204,374 2/2/2006
Roydw3 173,715 2/6/2006
YanT 140,357 1/31/2006
ljhawn 52,384 2/3/2006
Manz75 29,085 1/30/2006
... These eight BFLers are still at it; logging their workouts on-line at dubya dubya dubya dot presidentschallenge dot org
... In the spirit of the upcoming Olympic Games; I declare you eight athletes true believers, achievers, and those who inspire!
Background ... Several years ago a small group of friends formed the BFL Test Pilots group on the President's Challenge website. This was an experiment to see if geographically separate folks might stick with their BFL-inspired workouts and support each other in a long-distance sort of way. The President's Challenge program is today's equivalent of the program many of us -- or our children -- participated in when in school. This program now invites young adults, middle-aged folks, and even seniors to get fit, earn points toward prizes, and use the web as a place to log their exercise. Julie Whitt, Michelle Lee, Rena Reese, and Ken Young joined the Test Pilots or one of the groups that spun out of this experiment. In 2004 these folks became BFL champions. So Julie and I then organized two groups: the BFL Cadets and the BFL Top Guns.
Only eight remain from this community who are still regularly posting their activities on-line. Now in all fairness, others may be recording their efforts using alternative logs. Some folks may have lost their enthusiasm for the certificates and/or medals that are earned thru this program.
But when you think about who starts and who finishes a program; who keeps their New Years resolutions and/or self-promises and who doesn't ... Well you've got to wonder what it is about these folks motivation and dedication that separates them from the rest of the crowd?
I'm not sure I have the answer or answers to this fitness riddle. But I'm sure glad to be associated with these folks if only via a shared interest in the BFL lifestyle and their shared determination to keep at it -- day in and day out.
Congratulations
BFL Top Guns
Name Points Last post
John 404,496 2/6/2006
kloveless 219,877 2/6/2006
rebecca74 211,321 1/30/2006
Amy B 204,374 2/2/2006
Roydw3 173,715 2/6/2006
YanT 140,357 1/31/2006
ljhawn 52,384 2/3/2006
Manz75 29,085 1/30/2006
... These eight BFLers are still at it; logging their workouts on-line at dubya dubya dubya dot presidentschallenge dot org
... In the spirit of the upcoming Olympic Games; I declare you eight athletes true believers, achievers, and those who inspire!
Background ... Several years ago a small group of friends formed the BFL Test Pilots group on the President's Challenge website. This was an experiment to see if geographically separate folks might stick with their BFL-inspired workouts and support each other in a long-distance sort of way. The President's Challenge program is today's equivalent of the program many of us -- or our children -- participated in when in school. This program now invites young adults, middle-aged folks, and even seniors to get fit, earn points toward prizes, and use the web as a place to log their exercise. Julie Whitt, Michelle Lee, Rena Reese, and Ken Young joined the Test Pilots or one of the groups that spun out of this experiment. In 2004 these folks became BFL champions. So Julie and I then organized two groups: the BFL Cadets and the BFL Top Guns.
Only eight remain from this community who are still regularly posting their activities on-line. Now in all fairness, others may be recording their efforts using alternative logs. Some folks may have lost their enthusiasm for the certificates and/or medals that are earned thru this program.
But when you think about who starts and who finishes a program; who keeps their New Years resolutions and/or self-promises and who doesn't ... Well you've got to wonder what it is about these folks motivation and dedication that separates them from the rest of the crowd?
I'm not sure I have the answer or answers to this fitness riddle. But I'm sure glad to be associated with these folks if only via a shared interest in the BFL lifestyle and their shared determination to keep at it -- day in and day out.
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6:58 AM
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