Fitness Contest - Tag a Buddy!

Hi Fitness Enthusiasts,
It's time for another contest. Since we have seen amazing participation from all of you for the previous contests, we would like to try something new this time around.

The biggest challenge to staying fit or starting and sustaining a fitness regime is the lack of motivation. Wouldn't it be great if we had a friend to help us along as we get started in our quest to a healthy lifestyle! We have seen our forum members helping each other and cheering each other along in their respective fitness journeys. Keeping this in mind, we have tailored our newest contest to aid newbies in the fitness journey.

Our new contest is
TAG A BUDDY


We would like to have you guys, our regulars, invite a buddy over to the Keep Fit and Maintain Shape sub forum. All of you have your friends all over IL and all of you participate in constructive debates in other forums. Over the course of your time at IL, I'm sure you have made friends in IL. What you will have to do for the contest is to bring a buddy over to the Keep Fit and Maintain Shape sub forum and sign up for the contest on this thread. Once you form a mentor/buddy pair, your buddy has to participate daily in two or more threads in this sub forum for the duration of the contest. You will have to motivate your buddy on the threads he/she participates in. Your encouragement should help your buddy stay on track throughout the contest. You should get your buddy to come and update her/his progress here and you should cheer her along.

At the end of the contest, one lucky mentor/buddy pair will be selected as the Most committed loser team for August/September 2014.

Contest Begins : August 21th 2014
Contest Ends : September 30th 2014
New!! Contest deadline extended in view of multiple requests from participants.

Contest rules :
1) The mentor should register herself/himself and the chosen buddy in this thread by end of day Sept 3rd.
Once registration closes, you will not be able to participate in the contest.
Please respond to this thread with the following
Mentor : -----
Buddy : -----

2) The Mentor need not have to be a regular participant in the Keep Fit and Maintain shape sub forum. The buddy can be a regular participant. Please try and find buddies who are not regulars. The aim is to encourage our friends to come over and give fitness a try.
CHANGED TO INCLUDE REGULARS AS BUDDIES.

3) Multiple buddies are allowed per mentor. The rule is relaxed to let our outstanding regular mentors join with their buddies. Please ensure you cheer and help each one out individually through the duration of the contest. If not, the buddies can pair up with other mentors.

4) If the mentor drops out or is unresponsive at any time during the contest, the buddy can continue posting and find a fill in mentor. The same holds good for mentors whose buddies have to drop out.

5) Daily updates can be posted by either the mentor or the buddy here. Please link to the buddy's daily posts on this thread. We understand this is one more thread to update but we would like to extend this contest to all the threads in this sub forum and since we may miss out on your participation, it is vital you clue us in on your daily participation.

6) New thread creation for the purpose of the contest is allowed as long as the thread idea and contents are new. No daily update threads per pair or user is allowed. Please find existing threads to participate in with your daily calorie/exercise updates.

7) No weigh in challenge is in effect for this contest, it is intended to be fun and motivating. If the buddy loses weight or achieves any other fitness goals it is an added incentive. Please mention that in the daily update thread here to motivate your friends!

Gift for this Contest Sponsored by: Burst of Happyness - Shea and Cocoa Lotion Bar

 

I'm sorry if I phrased it wrong. All regulars are welcome to participate along with a buddy. The forum thrives on regulars, so please don't shy away from the contest. You are welcome to start threads here listing your interest so people interested in buddy up can come forward to buddy up.

 

Oh now I get you! Actually since regular members are already participating in their desired threads, does it make any sense for them to need encouragement? How about getting regulars to participate in other activities that they don't normally do? Like SGA mentioned low GI food and needs a mentor? Does that sound better? Let me know and I'll check and get back.

Thanks for the FB, Breeze!