Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge 2009 edition

project history · status: past edition (2009) · last event: milestone (2009-11-03)

Parts: John invites Nerdfighters to join the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge via the Ning group (2009) · John asks Nerdfighters to suggest ridiculous fitness challenges (2009) · John challenges Hank to beat his Jumping Jack Push-Up Dance Move circuits (2009)

About: Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge, Body mass index, Punishment, A Song About an Anglerfish

date	event	what	video
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied)	launched	John announces the Vlogbrothers 2009 Fitness Challenge: in two months, run three miles, most consecutive push-ups, closest to ideal BMI; he proposes the loser be punished by Nerdfighteria.	Half a Beard 00:01:34
2009-08-10 (said on 2009-08-09, implied)	proposed	John proposes extending the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge to October 1st, opening it to all Nerdfighteria, with five ridiculous disciplines.	HipPOTATOmus 00:01:45
2009-11-03	milestone	John starts the first event of the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge: circuits of Jumping Jack Push-Up Dance Move during Hank's anglerfish song; a dance move needs two distinct movements.	This Machine Pwns n00bs! 00:00:47

Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).

What is said about it

11 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — John says he is about 20% bigger than he used to be; the Wii Fit he and Sarah got calculated his BMI and made his Mii portly. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:05
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — announcement: John announces the Vlogbrothers 2009 Fitness Challenge: in two months, a three-part contest - a three-mile run, consecutive push-ups, and getting closer to ideal BMI. — 00:01:34
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — John concedes BMI is unscientific and not that important but keeps it as a category; he is tempted to forfeit the push-ups. (playful) — 00:02:06
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — announcement: John: Confident of winning, John proposes that the loser be punished by Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:06
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — John has hired a personal trainer, a semi-professional strongman; in the first session he thought he would puke and was told to go ahead. (playful) — 00:02:06
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank got a Wii Fit, which will give him his body mass index; he doubts it will do more for his health than his $20 High School Musical 3 DDR dance pad. (playful) — 00:01:27
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank tells John he is ready to take him on in the fitness challenge, though he can't recall its name; he did six push-ups, his Wii Fit age went from 28 to 45, and his BMI went down. (playful) — 00:02:31
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank boasts he will beat John in body mass index: he started at 24 and says he only has to get to 22; he tells John to start doing push-ups. (playful) — 00:02:31
2009-06-30 · Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL — John says he has lost about three pounds in the fitness challenge but expects Hank to win the BMI part, so he must focus on running and push-ups. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
2009-08-10 (said on 2009-08-09, implied) · HipPOTATOmus — announcement: John offers three suggestions ('we') for the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge: extend the deadline to October 1st, make it Hank vs John vs all Nerdfighteria, and five ridiculous disciplines. — 00:01:45
2009-11-03 · This Machine Pwns n00bs! — announcement: John rules that, to count, a dance move must feature at least two distinct movements. — 00:01:08