Competitive Motivation Week 2!

[Claddagh97]

Hey everyone! Since I was the last weeks winner with 1220 situps I got to choose the next exercise for all of us to do! And I chose Hovers.
Does everyone know what they are?
Well, what you do is you lay on the ground with your arms shoulder length apart and then you push up on your toes and your arms and see how many steps to a reel you can do. Do it on carpet though. The starting date is September 11th (this saturday) to September 18th (next saturday). Good luck everyone!

[irishdancer4life320]

Congrats Martha for winning.
But is their a Video perhaps on how to do them?
As I am a bit confused.:o
But I can't wait.
I wish the best of luck to ALL you IDMer's.:D

[Delorfinde]

I am also confused! Help?

[Claddagh97]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYnlRoQAWB8


Here you go! Just watch the video. Don't do all of the arm stuff that he is doing. Just do a straight hover.

[irishdancer4life320]

Thank You Martha.
But how do you do your Steps to a Reel to it?:o

[dancingal]

im still kinda confused :o

[Claddagh97]

Haha, it's ok.

Just do a straight hover like the guy did in the video but don't do it on one arm or anything just do a straight hover and then you play a Reel while you are doing your hovers. You all know how 8 bars of a reel is a step, right? Count how many steps you can do while doing the hovers. Does this make more sense?

[Reelgoodhornpiper]

Yeah...thanks!
For the record some people call these planks...
Good luck everybody!!!!:D

[Naomi_Dancer]

Cool, yes, we call them planks. My little sister can do it for 2mins to Reel music! :D :D

[Delorfinde]

Oh, planks!

So do we count the whole week's time, or just our longest time?

Actually, I don't think I'll be doing these because my back pains have got significantly worse (I couldn't walk some of the time today) and I need to go the doctor ... perhaps that wouldn't be a good plan? Hee hee. I don't know if I'll even be able to dance for a few days.

[Claddagh97]

We start on the 11th and end on the 18th.

[dancingal]

thanks!! i understand now! sounds like fun. i think i may skip this week. my schedules really busy! :(

delorfinde i hope your back gets better!! :)

[Delorfinde]

delorfinde i hope your back gets better!! :)

Thank you! I went to the doctor yesterday and I've strained it; he said I can dance, but I should take it easy and make sure I warm up properly. Oh, and apparently I've got vitiligo which is why I have a white streak in my hair :o So that was an illuminating appointment.

[Claddagh97]

Has anyone done any? I've forgotten all about it!

[idance917]

So far I've done 50 reel songs of them. :)

[irishdancer4life320]

I forgotten all about it as well.:p
I will lose.:(

[Reelgoodhornpiper]

I did a minutes worth that's um 7 half steps right...lol
I'll do more tonight though...:D

[Claddagh97]

Ok. everybody! Who's our winner for this week? I didn't do any since I won the last week.

[idance917]

I did 75 reel songs total.

[dancingal]

it looks like idance97 won.

[Claddagh97]

I don't know yet. Lets wait for more people to say how many they've done.

[Reelgoodhornpiper]

I did 20 half steps. I lose...;)

[Claddagh97]

Nobody took breaks in between their steps, right?

[idance917]

What I did was I divided it up between the days, such as 30 one day and 20 the next or whatever. I'm not sure if I was supposed to. :confused:

[Claddagh97]

What I did was I divided it up between the days, such as 30 one day and 20 the next or whatever. I'm not sure if I was supposed to. :confused:

No, you're right! You're the new winner of Competitive Motivation Week 2!!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Just make a new thread that's titled "Competitive Motivation Week 3" and pick what you want us to do!

[idance917]

Yay, thanks! I'll let you all know soon what next week's competition will be when I think of it! :D