Social Workout

The end of the year should be nothing but good cheer and love. But sometimes it can get a little out of hand. Too many parties, too much food, not enough sleep, and pretty soon you want to kill just about every person in front of you in the gift-wrap line, not to mention your immediate family. Must not take the holidays lying down. A little planning and self-discipline will go a very long way over the next month, and what can be very helpful is to have a merry band of virtual wellness buddies helping you out at bar or buffet or gym.

So, we bring you Social Workout's fifth challenge of 2009, and our first ever actually created by SW users! As always, we combine an exercise component with a brilliant collection of seasonally appropriate feats....

Here's how it works:

STEP I

Join Social Workout, (if you haven't already.) It's absolutely free, entirely safe, and we'll give you a nifty personal page complete with workout tracking capabilities.

STEP II

Sign up for the challenge. This means you're committing to getting exercise on at least 20 days over the holidays, AND to completing 10 of the brilliants feats listed at right. Piece of cake!

STEP III

Track your progress by "blogging" your workouts. (For simple instructions on how to create a "workout post," and examples, see here.) To "achieve" a feat, you simply go to that feat page, and click "Feat Accompli!" Very satisfying. Want to see how you're doing relative to everyone else? Check out the challenge Stats page. (Note: You can also click on the calendar image above, or here, to get your very own 8 1/2 by 11 PDF download of the challenge feats postcard!)

STEP IV

Feel great, look amazing, and win some sweet stocking stuffers along the way!

WHAT ELSE?

What constitutes a workout? And who will see your posts? And can I post more than one workout a day? The answers: 1.) You tell us, and 2.) Everyone, 3.) No, and 4.) Look here for answers to these and other frequently asked questions!