MOARNG 2018 Fitness Challenge
WHO: All MOARNG Soldiers, friends and family
WHAT: Earn awards by routinely completing fitness activities. Current fitness level immaterial. Compete w/ your fitness level peers. You select the activity(ies) you want to compete in. You may participate in any single challenge, multiple challenges, or all challenges.
| Running | Aerobic Activity | Pushups | Core | Squats |
WHERE: Locally. ‘Virtually’ anywhere.
WHEN: 30 July – 30 September 2018
HOW: Sign-up by visiting https://moguard.challengerunner.com or email mofitp@gmail.com for more information. Participants may sign-up at any time (before or during the challenge). You will not be able to log activity until the challenge start date: 30 July 2018.
**Full description and scoring information below.
If you are on a profile, do not break it! Simply do not participate in activities that your profile prohibits (there is likely an activity you can do in the challenge!)
Awards: The top 5 within each fitness level and each event will receive awards.
Champion: Trophy; State or Federal Medal; General Officer Challenge Coin(s); OCP Backpack; Shirt, Shorts, and Sweatshirt; Shaker Drink Bottle.
Runner Up: Trophy; State or Federal Medal; General Officer Challenge Coin(s); Fitness Shirt, Shaker Drink Bottle
2nd, 3rd, and 4th Runners Up: State or Federal Medal; Fitness Shirt; Shaker Drink Bottle
Unit awards: One guidon streamer unit award to the unit with the highest rate of participation in the challenge as determined by the FIT-P team.
- Running Challenge. Activity: Miles ran. Report number of miles. Scoring: Peer group scoring based on current APFT run score.
| Peer Groups | Scoring | |
| APFT Run | Weekly Goal | Miles |
| 0-30 points | ≥4 miles | 25 points / mile |
| 31-59 points | ≥6 miles | 20 points / mile |
| 60-80 points | ≥9 miles | 15 points / mile |
| 81-100 points | ≥12 miles | 10 points / mile |
| Walkers | ≥6 miles | 20 points / mile |
- Aerobic Activity Challenge. Report number of minutes. Activity: Swimming, Biking, Elliptical, Rowing, and/or Stair-master (any combination) minutes. You can use your runs for this challenge, but only if you do not count the same run for miles in the running challenge. Scoring: Peer group scoring based on current APFT run score.
| Peer Groups | Scoring | |
| APFT Run | Weekly Goal | Minutes |
| 0-30 points | ≥45 minutes | 2 points / minute |
| 31-59 points | ≥60 minutes | 1.75 points / minute |
| 60-80 points | ≥80 minutes | 1.5 points / minute |
| 81-100 points | ≥80 minutes | 1.25 points / minute |
| Walkers, bikers, swimmers | ≥60 minutes | 1.75 points / minute |
- Pushup Challenge. Report number of repetitions. Activity: Standard pushups. Scoring: Peer group scoring based on current APFT pushup score.
| Peer Groups | Scoring | |
| APFT Pushups | Weekly Goal | Pushups |
| 0-30 points | ≥100 pushups | 1 push-up = 1 point |
| 31-59 points | ≥125 pushups | 1.25 push-up = 1 point |
| 60-80 points | ≥150 pushups | 1.5 push-up = 1 point |
| 81-100 points | ≥175 pushups | 1.75 pushups = 1 point |
- Core Challenge. Report number of repetitions. Activity: Sit-ups, Crunches, Flutter kicks, and/or other Ab rep (any combination). Scoring: Peer group scoring based on current APFT sit-up score.
| Peer Groups | Scoring | |
| APFT Sit-ups | Weekly Goal | Core Reps |
| 0-30 points | ≥100 Core reps | 1 rep = 1 point |
| 31-59 points | ≥125 Core reps | 1.25 rep = 1 point |
| 60-80 points | ≥150 Core reps | 1.5 rep = 1 point |
| 81-100 points | ≥175 Core reps | 1.75 rep = 1 point |
Planks may be reported as 10 seconds = 1 rep
- Squats Challenge. Activity: Air squats. Report number of repetitions. Scoring: Peer group scoring based on current APFT run score.
| Peer Groups | Scoring | |
| APFT Run | Weekly Goal | Squats |
| 0-30 points | ≥100 squats | 1 squat = 1 point |
| 31-59 points | ≥125 squats | 1.25 squat = 1 point |
| 60-80 points | ≥150 squats | 1.5 squat = 1 point |
| 81-100 points | ≥175 squats | 1.75 squat = 1 point |
| Walkers, bikers, swimmers | ≥125 squats | 1.25 squat = 1 point |
Nutrition challenges:
- Drink at least 64 ounces of water every day for one week = 100 points
- Have at least 3 servings of vegetables on at least 5 days in one week = 100 points
- Consume no soda or energy drinks for one week = 100 points
- Eat a healthy breakfast every day for one week = 100 points
- No dessert items or candy for one week = 100 points
- Try a new vegetable = 100 points
- Try a new fruit = 100 points
- Try a new workout – post about it to the FIT-P challenge page (reported weekly) = 50 points
- Post a sweaty selfie to the FIT-P challenge page and tell us about your workout (reported weekly on challenge runner) = 50 points
Reporting: Enroll in the contest and submit points by visiting https://moguard.challengerunner.com
or email mofitp@gmail.com for more information.
Each week runs Sunday through Saturday. Activity challenge miles, minutes, and repetitions may be reported daily and must be reported within 3 days of the activity. Only submit workouts once (not a running total of miles; the website adds it up for us). Weekly challenges (listed in bold) may be reported weekly, by Tuesday (2359) of the following week.
