Week 6 average Personal Rating Score 4.9%

Boys... don't have tell you but the ten of you left averaged a 4.9 score out of a possible 10.

That is a big fat F!

Get to work!!!!

Weeks 7 & 8. Welcome to the Lab B*#che$!!!

Week 6 is complete... leaving 10 weeks until the end of this competition.

HEY PEOPLE! We are sensing a bit of apathy and lack motivation out there!!!

Our job is to help you guys push to your limits and acheive your goals.

It is time to mix things up. So here it goes...

-We will not be awarding week 6 winners male or female due to low numbers on weight loss and personal evaluation ratings.

-There will be no report next week because for the next two weeks you will be entering "The Lab"

-What is the Lab you ask? Here are the requirements:

WELCOME TO THE LAB.

1. As the name implies, "The Lab" is an environment to experiment and discover new boundaries. For our purposes, your "Lab" will be the next 2 weeks and the ONLY purpose is to initiate a personal experiment for you to see what happens when you eat better and workout harder than you have in entire life!

2. Yes, we mean it. No excuses, no complaints, no rationalizing. How will you know you are doing it? Every single day over the next 14 days will be HARD. You will curse the ripquest name and wish you were dead. Each night as you go to bed you will be tired, hungry, and cranky! And as you crawl into that bed you will need to set your alarm in plenty of time to get that morning workout in.

3. Give your scale to someone to hide. Everyone is getting too hung up on that daily trip to weigh in. During the lab there will be no weighing in, just hard freaking work! When the 14 days are up, everyone will do a weigh in report and take their 8 week photos.

4. Perfect Eating: Yes we mean it. No junk food, no grease, no refined sugars, no bad food AT ALL!!! We don't care if it is your birthday or your wedding. There will be no cheat meals, sneaks, or snacks! For 2 weeks you can be perfect.

5. Double Workouts EVERYDAY: We mean this too. Twice a day you will engage in some form of fitness activity even if it is 15 minutes of stretching and sit ups before bed. The point is obviously to burn calories and create muscle but even more so, for you to prioritize your health and get you out of your current routines by forming new habits.

6. This contest is all about YOU achieving your goals and changing your life and as such is on your honor.

7. Recognize that we have put you in a horrible place with only two difficult options....

First Option: Read this, think to yourself ummm yeah whatever I will do what i can and if not oh well... blah, blah, blah go through the same old motions... blah blah.

OR

Second option: Commit fully to this experiment, enter the lab, struggle, work your butt off, and come out of these two weeks unstoppable.

*Each ripquester needs to print up the above rules, post them where they can see them and reply to this email by typing "I name commit to my own personal Lab fitness experiment and will do everything required to complete it."

Over these 2 weeks we will posting on the blogs every tip and piece of motivation we can muster to see you through.

Have a great next 14 days!!!

Obama & HTFU

Obama
Current Weight:194
Total Loss: 7
Weekly Rating:6
Favorite Healthy Food: Bran Muffins
Best Workout Song: Bulls on Parade
Who is your biggest competition so far? Rumbling Tummy
Describe your fitness level and weight on May1? 160 in may and will be in Better shape then I was in high school and more ripped!

HTFU
Total Loss: 6
Weekly Rating: 2
Favorite Healthy Food: Carrots - yum
Best Workout Song: I'm a Man - Black Strobe
Who is your biggest competition so far? Everyone
Describe your fitness level and weight on May1? Better than now.

Rumbling Tummy

Current Weight: 261
Total Loss: 20Weekly
Rating: 5Favorite
Healthy Food: fruit and veggies...sounds crazy I know
Best Workout Song: eye of the tiger by survivor
Who is your biggest competition so far? myself...
Describe your fitness level and weight on May1? able to run 3 miles no problem and weigh down to 240 i think that is a more realistic goal

Big Papa & Cobra Kai

Big Papa
Current Weight: 178.6
Total Loss: 10 lbs
Weekly Rating: 4
Favorite Healthy Food: grilled salmon
Best Workout Song: anything from My Chemical Romance
Who is your biggest competition so far? my love for snacks
Describe your fitness level and weight on May1? down to about 160 with visible abs! I know I have them under here somewhere!

Cobra Kai
Current Weight: 236
Total Weight Loss: 22.5 lbs
Weekly Rating: 5 great workouts, terrible diet
Favorite Healthy Food: that is an oxymoron but if i have to say something it would have to be fruit.
Best Workout song: Casino Royale by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Biggest Competition: Otto and Aspartame
May 1st: I think I'll be feeling great down around 210 lbs, afro flowing, upper thighs glistening in the sun as I prepare to dominate the Salem Spring Tri. I think the real test will be May 14th at my first post Rip Quest Angels day game. If I'm not a sweaty mess it will have all been worth it.

Slub & Beef

Slub
Current 192
Loss +1
Rating 5
Song let's get it on
Food fruit bowls at work
Competition beef
I was sick last week and worked out onceThis week I'm going strong

Beef
Current Weight:218
Total Loss:19
Weekly Rating:8
Favorite Healthy Food:bananas
Best Workout Song:eye of the tiger
Who is your biggest competition so far? Bearclaw
Describe your fitness level and weight on May1? Perfectly fit and toned

Maverick & Bear Claw

Maverick
Current Weight: 254
Total Loss: 18
Weekly Rating: 5
Favorite Healthy Food: Lara Bars
Best Workout Song: Cool answer-BB’s Skills to Pay the Bills Cheesy Truth—Destiny’s Child Survivor J
Who is your biggest competition so far? Looks like BearClaw is setting the bar as of now! (Despite the Doritos)
Describe your fitness level and weight on May1? A lean and mean 210 or less running 5K’s in 20 or less!

Bear Claw
Current Weight: 203 lbs.
Total Loss: 30 (I hit the big 30 in weight loss!)
Weekly Rating: 7 I have been sick for the last week and a half.... ugh. Too bad hacking up mucus doesn't burn calories.
Favorite Healthy Food: egg whites
Best Workout Song: Sandstorm... it is a techno dream
Who is your biggest competition so far? Cobra Kai, Maverick, and Beef make me the most nervous.
Describe your fitness level and weight on May 1? Sub 180 lbs, strong, fast, flexible, and ripped!