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g'em

Inspired by the suggestions in this thread I thought it was prime time for the Fitness Community to do something positive and use all this excess energy for a good cause.

Raising funds for schools' sports equipment is a brilliant cause imho but are there any other suggestions about what we could do and who we could do it for?

Roper

Well for what it's worth, I think if there's to be anything done it should be done for people who don't have the benefit of health and fitness, or many of the things we take for granted. My vote would be for the CRC clinic in Clontarf www.crc.ie

Actually just to add to this, the Hospice Foundation is a really good cause. http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/ as I know members of my family have taken enormous comfort from this service in their final days and weeks.

I'll definitely do something for this as it's been a long time since we've done anything like this.

Roper

Lots of views, no posts, no suggestions?

Vegeta

Roper wrote: »

Lots of views, no posts, no suggestions?

So are people thinking like:
Pick a charity/organisation we want to support
Do something where people give us money
We give money to charity

I'm struggling to think of anything we could do. Get sponsorship for a bench-a-thon, a squat-a-thon (feel light headed even thinking about that), collectively do 1000 pressups, Row-a-thon, ?

Or are we thinking more along the lines of trying to educate people about fitness? That seems a bit tougher? Maybe start Boardsfit (sorry Crossfit) where people on the fitness forum who train together/know each other offer to help others get into it.

Roper

I think it would be a good idea and much easier to organise if the individuals or groups who post here did their own bit of fundraising for an agreed charity. That way everyone would be able to get involved or donate even if they did nothing.

I already know what Informed Performance MMA will do. I'm going to get my guys to do a spar-athon. They'll hate it though!

--amadeus--

Big vote for the CRC here. Without going into details my son has been there and in fact they will be looking at his gait this Friday. Brilliant charity and probably going to get hammered with budget cuts.

And I'd get divorced if I didn't promote my wife's charity. She works for teh Carers Association - they look after people who look after family members (if that makes sense). The winner of the Carer of the year award last year was a lovely guy whos wife has dementia of some form (and has had for a long long time). He feeds her, dresses her, washes her - basically looks after her 24-7. And somehow manages to also find teh time to look after his 30something son who has severe brain damage following a motorbike accident. Nicest person I have ever met.

A co-ordinated event would make a lot more sense - why not try and break a WR of some kind? Most people simultaneously weight lifting or something?

Good idea G'em

Hanley

Back in my teamtest days 2+ years ago I suggested the very same thing, and had a pretty damn good plan with a long dicussion around it, but never followed it thru to fruition... Think it was all lost when the server died.

It was basically deadlift some stupid number (coulda been 1,000,000kg or something over top like that). Would have to be an all day event in a high profile location with good footfall so people can donate as they see it and hopefully raise even more.

So like pick whatever charity, find out how many people they specifically deal with, find out how many more people in Ireland suffer from that condition, and multiply it by an "average" bodyweight of 75kg or something and you have your target tonnage.

Have a few stations set up;
40kg
60kg
80kg
100kg

Let people chose to lift on whichever one they feel most capable of and work out what ya'd need to hit to get the target tonnage.

RE: equipment;
-bars and plates (maybe an equipment retailer or gym would volunteer use for the day)
-lots of signs and posters (again, someone probably knows someone)
-energy food for the athletes (prime opp. for some great exposure for a supplement manufacturer or store)
-some of that low Garda fencing like you see on match days to set up a barrier around where the lifting's happening (maybe rope and poles would do instead)
-a sh!t ton of willing lifters who don't mind killing themselves for a good cause

EDIT: Could possibly start indoors in somewhere like Stephen's Green SC, then when closing time comes move outside under a marquee to the top of Grafton street to finish it. Saturday would be the best option for this imo.

Pretty simple, high profile, catchy and easily (well to organise anyway) do-able suggestion off the top of my head.

Personally my vote goes to The Simon Community, but CRC is another charity close to my heart so I'd happily see them get proceeds.

EDIT 2: And lets face it, most of us have the contacts to make this happen. But at the same time most of us have the egos to prevent it, so how 'bout putting it aside for the duration and doing something nice for a good cause?

drdeadlift

Hanley wrote: »

Back in my teamtest days 2+ years ago I suggested the very same thing, and had a pretty damn good plan with a long dicussion around it, but never followed it thru to fruition... Think it was all lost when the server died.

It was basically deadlift some stupid number (coulda been 1,000,000kg or something over top like that). Would have to be an all day event in a high profile location with good footfall so people can donate as they see it and hopefully raise even more.

So like pick whatever charity, find out how many people they specifically deal with, find out how many more people in Ireland suffer from that condition, and multiply it by an "average" bodyweight of 75kg or something and you have your target tonnage.

Have a few stations set up;
40kg
60kg
80kg
100kg

Let people chose to lift on whichever one they feel most capable of and work out what ya'd need to hit to get the target tonnage.

RE: equipment;
-bars and plates (maybe an equipment retailer or gym would volunteer use for the day)
-lots of signs and posters (again, someone probably knows someone)
-energy food for the athletes (prime opp. for some great exposure for a supplement manufacturer or store)
-some of that low Garda fencing like you see on match days to set up a barrier around where the lifting's happening (maybe rope and poles would do instead)
-a sh!t ton of willing lifters who don't mind killing themselves for a good cause

EDIT: Could possibly start indoors in somewhere like Stephen's Green SC, then when closing time comes move outside under a marquee to the top of Grafton street to finish it. Saturday would be the best option for this imo.

Pretty simple, high profile, catchy and easily (well to organise anyway) do-able suggestion off the top of my head.

Personally my vote goes to The Simon Community, but CRC is another charity close to my heart so I'd happily see them get proceeds.

EDIT 2: And lets face it, most of us have the contacts to make this happen. But at the same time most of us have the egos to prevent it, so how 'bout putting it aside for the duration and doing something nice for a good cause?

That sounds like a great idea!

Hanley

^^Thanks!!

Obviously a cardio aspect could be added in as well on top of it for a bit of variety and to cover a broader spectrum, and hopefully raise more money if people are that way inclined!!

But to be honest you always see guys in shopping centre's on bikes cycling X distance. I think the weight endurance has a better novel and "buzz" potential.

drdeadlift

Hanley wrote: »

^^Thanks!!

Obviously a cardio aspect could be added in as well on top of it for a bit of variety and to cover a broader spectrum, and hopefully raise more money if people are that way inclined!!

But to be honest you always see guys in shopping centre's on bikes cycling X distance. I think the weight endurance has a better novel and "buzz" potential.

I think people are more impressed by strenght, and im sure it would be more eye catching to see a bit of weight being fecked around

g'em

Hanley wrote: »

Back in my teamtest days 2+ years ago I suggested the very same thing, and had a pretty damn good plan with a long dicussion around it, but never followed it thru to fruition... Think it was all lost when the server died.

I actually had that in mind but couldn't for the life of me remember the details, thank you for that

I'd be +1 for a group effort - I'd like to see as much of the boards.ie Fitness community come together as possible to do this.

As Hanley said, there's plenty of big ego's here (and that's not necessarily a bad thing ) so why not get everyone together and put our money where our mouths are and really do something good and worthwhile?

boards.ie is a bloody huge site now - we have massive exposure. I'm quite sure that some of the Supplement companies who frequent this page will be more than willing to provide some bits and bobs for the athletes on the day (free advertising lads, we can advertise this in a big way if we get enough interest) and given the current state of horrible, depressing shite that this coutnry is going through I'd be fairly confident that we could get quite a bit of interest from the medja if we wanted it. I know I could certainly pull a few strings if needed.

But this will only work if we have a collective effort, so please, bring us your ideas, or at least pledge your support for this

brutusthebarber

Firstly, great thread G'em.

Secondly, Hanley that sounds brilliant. Would take alot of organisation but it could well be done. Lifting for charity ftw.

Helping any charity is always a win, no matter who it is.

To throw something else in, raising some funds for one of the children's hospitals would get my vote. Lately, it is clear they are in dire need of funding. BUT, I'll support funding for any charity of any kind.

Roper

I'm not sure a deadlift would be all that inclusive, even at 40kgs. Any other thoughts?

Killme00

How about rowing a multiple of 10,000m in a 24 hour period on a group of concept rowers (rowathon). Its easy to row and it is all inclusive ie anyone can do it.

I did this last year as part of a group fund raiser for Console and would love to do it again for the CRC (just around the corner from me), St Francis Hospice or whatver charity the majority choose.

Oisinjm

I'd say benching would be easier to be honest, rather then a deadlift. But then that leaves the problem of the bench itself being more stressful to bring to somewhere

Roper

Killme00 wrote: »

How about rowing a multiple of 10,000m in a 24 hour period on a group of concept rowers (rowathon). Its easy to row and it is all inclusive ie anyone can do it.

I did this last year as part of a group fund raiser for Console and would love to do it again for the CRC (just around the corner from me), St Francis Hospice or whatver charity the majority choose.

You just don't want to do the sparathon.

I think that idea would be more accessible to more people. I think the deadlift idea is grand but not very accessible and I think it would be a bit dull to sell to people too. I've done some fundraising in the past and part of it is getting people interested enough to part with cash. Something they can relate to is best and distances tend to be better understood than weights.

I'll actually stop sitting on the fence and 100% go with the Hospice on this one too. It's tricky as my sis attended the CRC and I helped raised some money for them before, but of late the Hospice foundation has been amazing to a fair few friends and family and I've done nothing in return so I'd like it to be for that great cause, But ultimately if the majority decides elsewhere I'll do that.

Hanley

Roper wrote: »

You just don't want to do the sparathon.

I think that idea would be more accessible to more people. I think the deadlift idea is grand but not very accessible and I think it would be a bit dull to sell to people too. I've done some fundraising in the past and part of it is getting people interested enough to part with cash. Something they can relate to is best and distances tend to be better understood than weights.

I'll actually stop sitting on the fence and 100% go with the Hospice on this one too. It's tricky as my sis attended the CRC and I helped raised some money for them before, but of late the Hospice foundation has been amazing to a fair few friends and family and I've done nothing in return so I'd like it to be for that great cause, But ultimately if the majority decides elsewhere I'll do that.

I don't know how much more interesting an endurance based event would be. You see people doing distance covered fund raisers all the time in shopping centres on bikes and treadmills. I offered (What I think anyway) is a pretty decent selling point - "lifting the combined weight of those with disabilities in Ireland) - or words to that effect. The weight based one would be something novel, and in that regard might attract people for the weirdness value if nothing else....

I dispute the idea that a 40kg deadlift is exclusive, but I guess for older men and women wishing to take part that may be the case, so instead I offer this - 25-30kg using 2.5 aero bumpers like we have in Hercs. They're hollow plastic plates that put the bar at the correct height to DL from without really adding any weight. And they look big and heavy too

There's a bit you could do with the weight based stuff too.... Exhibition lifting etc... some strongman, some heavy squats or DL's, I'm sure some of the Crossfit guys would come along and kill themselves for the laugh too.

That being said, if the row-a-thon idea is what's decided on, a lot of that stuff could still be done to draw in some extra attention and increase footfall.

I think the key to it being a success is going to be getting the exposure, and having a really good MC who can get people interested and build the atmosphere. Media wise, I would think something "odd" like lifting would be more likely to get coverage too, something that hasn't been done before like.

But anyway, like I said, egos aside for this one. Whatever's decided on (even if after all my persuasion it isn't the deadlift-a-thon) then I'll help out and support it.

Hanley

Oisinjm wrote: »

I'd say benching would be easier to be honest, rather then a deadlift. But then that leaves the problem of the bench itself being more stressful to bring to somewhere

I don't think benching would work as well for a few reasons (I don't think squatting would work either, but that's a different story!!);

1) You can use less weight, therefore it would take longer and be harder (you can't use a big eye catching figure as a goal). And it probably wouldn't look as "cool" if you're using a near empty bar and small weights.

2) You can't really run multiple stations as easily as you could with a deadlift

3) Endurance wise, you can probably deadlift submaximal weights for a longer period of time over the course of a day without as high a risk of injury (and don't worry, everyone would be watching everyone else for form breakdowns etc I would imagine)

Roper

You may be right, but my point is that if someone is coming in and easily lifting 40kgs for a few reps and then putting the weight down, sweat free and walking off, it would look a bit dull. I think it only works if the weight is big and not doable for the average person. On the rowers for example, people will be staggerring off sweating and i think that will be more accessible.

The alternative is a whole heap of events from different disciplines, all happening on the same day.

Killme00

Max Kickouts in 24 hours :pac:

Ive thought of a name for a sparathon "kicking the dis out of disability"

Hanley

Roper wrote: »

You may be right, but my point is that if someone is coming in and easily lifting 40kgs for a few reps and then putting the weight down, sweat free and walking off, it would look a bit dull. I think it only works if the weight is big and not doable for the average person. On the rowers for example, people will be staggerring off sweating and i think that will be more accessible.

The alternative is a whole heap of events from different disciplines, all happening on the same day.

Fair point actually. I may have a relatively simple solution to point 1 - use 10kg bumper plates for the stronger guys to make it appear heavier and assume no one will expect miracles out of the lighter guys who don't look like thye can lift as much! Might be a bit bad like, but sometimes it's about creating the illusion. If it was started early in the morning when where ever it was to be done opened then people wouldn't see the "boring" stuff with the lighter weights, and by the time footfall incresed we'd be well into it and no doubt working hard.

Another alternative is in addition to having the endurance lifting, have some heavier lifting happen on the hour every hour and try to get peoples attention that way. I reckon I'd pull 180kg for 5 or 6 reps 10 times thru out the day without too much hassle. I'd say there's people out there who'd do more than that too. Make enough noise and people will probably pay attention.

Multiple events could be a winner as well tho. And with the rower and it's relatively safety you could set up a "challenge" for spectators to come in and try to beat 500m times or something during the day. I'm sure the CF guys would love the opportunity to coach them thru a warm up for it and then the actual event.

I think if it's set up right there's a pretty broad range of people in different areas expertise and favours can be drawn from, and they'd definitely stand to benefit from the exposure too.

Killme00

Hanley wrote: »

Multiple events could be a winner as well tho. And with the rower and it's relatively safety you could set up a "challenge" for spectators to come in and try to beat 500m times or something during the day. I'm sure the CF guys would love the opportunity to coach them thru a warm up for it and then the actual event..

Thats a savage idea

Im confident i could lift 180 * 6 ten times in a day but not after rowing and sparring.

cmyk

First off, fair play to g'em and others for wanting to do this, though I've no specific ideas myself I'd be happy to plough in on it. Maybe something along the lines of the crossfit games maybe. Build some sort of event around it?

I'm also a graphic/web designer so happy to offer my time to the cause with regard to posters etc.

g'em

If we wanted to break a record there's plenty to choose from...

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/sports_and_games/

kevpants

Haven't had much boards access the last few days but just to say this is a deadly idea!

I think to cover both sides you could have a lifting section lifting the combined weight of disabled people in Ireland and maybea rowing section who have to row the combined circumference of all the wheelchair wheels in Ireland. I dunno maybe that's not a very big number.

In terms of charities I think a poll would be required. The carers association really tugs at my heart strings. Those people just don't get the recognition they deserve and Mary Harney is too busy getting seconds at the buffet in the Dail bar to do anything about it. In fairness the Hospice is great too but I'd just say one thing, that they are very well organised and do a lot of fundraising, and fair play to them. I just think a 70 year old man looking after his bedridden wife doesn't have the opportunity to fundraise.

Probably not fair to rule out the Hospice on those grounds but it might be nice to support a charity that doesn't have the same fighting chance as others.

If you're talking about weights of disabled or wheelchair distances then it might be more relevant than Hospice.

It's hard to ignore anything to do with sick kids though.

kevpants

For the deadlift bit, any chance of getting a car and gearing it on the strongman eqipment to be about 200kg?

Reckon over the course of the day we could organise guys who could knock out 100's of reps and that would sure as sh1t get the shoppers to stop and watch. Dunno if anyone has any strongman connections.

Just an idea.

Hanley

kevpants wrote: »

For the deadlift bit, any chance of getting a car and gearing it on the strongman eqipment to be about 200kg?

Reckon over the course of the day we could organise guys who could knock out 100's of reps and that would sure as sh1t get the shoppers to stop and watch. Dunno if anyone has any strongman connections.

Just an idea.

SWEET idea!!!

Pretty sure Mickk had one made for his hummer (no way anyone's lifting that 100+ times during the day, but it might be useable on a normal car). I'll ask around in Hercs if it's not suitable, there'll be someone who knows someone there for sure.

The rowing idea's quality too.

I think a challenge based event running during the day would be really cool too. It COULD even be set up in multiple locations (2-3) for space purposes and to get some more exposure. Hell, ya could have the different stations "challenging" each other too to make it a bit more interesting.

The scope and possibilities are actually limitless.

Gonna throw down a provisional date to get this moving - one of the last two weekends in September.

Colm_OReilly

Sounds like a great idea. We'll definitely get involved and help out where we can.

Maybe a few challenges, and I'm just throwing ideas off the top of my head. Like a 10,000 burpee challenge, a weight deadlift challenge, a team distance/sprint challenge on the rowers.

Give people more variety throughout the day?

gabgab

This is a brilliant idea lads,

I agree with Hanley the weights thing is much more of a spectacle. What if we used something to highlight the goal, you get a friendly builders providers that I am sure we can link inot to drop down however many bags of cement that matches the weight,

Or a couple of diggers, tippers construction machinery, so that people can relate to it. There are a few people I kow in TV that could have an interest in coming down,

How hard is it to set up a charitable donation by text message?

Colm_OReilly

Just to flesh out my idea from above.

If we'd a few challenges going on, I think it would add to the entertainment factor during the day.

While a deadliftathon would be cool for a bit, it might run out of steam/excitement after a while. If there's a burpee, rowing and maybe pull up challenge going on, it gives people a chance to rotate around.

Also, think of the passer by. If they wanted to to contribute, they could do 10 or so burpees to add to the total. Also, if we set up light (7Kg/20Kg) bars, we could teach people how to deadlift if they don't know already and they could add that way.

Vegeta

What's the dealio with insurance for an event like this, anyone have any experience with it.

gnolan

Migt be a long shot, but any of you enormous bastards reckon you could beat this one. An irish fella already holds it.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/sports_and_games/gymnastics_and_weights/bench_press_most_weight_in_one_hour.aspx

cmyk

gnolan wrote: »

Migt be a long shot, but any of you enormous bastards reckon you could beat this one. An irish fella already holds it.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/sports_and_games/gymnastics_and_weights/bench_press_most_weight_in_one_hour.aspx

You might be on to something there, has to be some sort of world record we could set? That would give an angle to it?

Hanley

cmyk wrote: »

You might be on to something there, has to be some sort of world record we could set? That would give an angle to it?

Fastest time to deadlift Xkg... probably doesn't exist. so should be a slam dunk!!

I agree with Colm in that after a while the DL event may get boring, hence my earlier suggestion to have some form of challenge or exhibition every hour!!

Could be CF based, pure strength, combo, particapatory (sp) whatever.

BossArky

Good thread.

I'm not a big ban of raising money. Often the money is used for the proper purpose, often it is not. You can never be certain. My perference is for doing something tangible.

Previously I have run charity events such as the following:

Project A: heathland restoration with a group of 15 people. Lots of chopping down & clearing weeds, planting trees, digging drainage, cutting up wood, erecting fences, and the likes.

Project B: redecorating the home of an innercity family: removing junk, old wall paper, washing, painting kids rooms, etc.

Projects such as this involve organising a group (or groups) of people to do something tangible for the less fortunate/worthwhile causes in the community in which they live/work.

The benefits of activies such as the above (vs "raising money") is that you can see exactly the value you have added by the end of the day, plus get to know a few people through working in a team.

I'm sure there are many charity organisations in Dublin/Ireland which are waiting for groups of volunteers to help out.

This kind of work is more inclusive than picking a specific sport/exercise and raising money by distance/reps/weight.

My 2c.

Roper

Well you have a point to a certain extent but I think it's a little cynical. Much of what you're talking about is regarding collection agencies for charities. Direct donations go direct to the cause itself whereas agencies take a fee.

If anyone else has a concern about that then we could just raise money and actually purchase the equipment required or something. The carer's association is a good idea too. As I've said I'll go along with the consensus.

Parsley

I'd love to join in but i'm a little geographically challenged! might be able to arrange something closer to the time though.

BossArky

Roper wrote: »

Well you have a point to a certain extent but I think it's a little cynical. Much of what you're talking about is regarding collection agencies for charities. Direct donations go direct to the cause itself whereas agencies take a fee.

If anyone else has a concern about that then we could just raise money and actually purchase the equipment required or something. The carer's association is a good idea too. As I've said I'll go along with the consensus.

My opposition to raising cash has nothing to do with collection agencies for charities.

My thinking is that it is more satisfying to do a good deed rather than pay your way in to heaven

I'm not knocking the other ideas on this thread, merely providing another angle.

d'Oracle

gnolan wrote: »

Migt be a long shot, but any of you enormous bastards reckon you could beat this one. An irish fella already holds it.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/sports_and_games/gymnastics_and_weights/bench_press_most_weight_in_one_hour.aspx

:eek:
Reckon he did that before doing the Lunch Time show on Newstalk?

g'em

Keep all these ideas/ chats coming, I'm going to try and sort out some of the logistical goals on this in the next day or so.

Oisinjm

Hanley wrote: »

I don't think benching would work as well for a few reasons (I don't think squatting would work either, but that's a different story!!);

1) You can use less weight, therefore it would take longer and be harder (you can't use a big eye catching figure as a goal). And it probably wouldn't look as "cool" if you're using a near empty bar and small weights.

2) You can't really run multiple stations as easily as you could with a deadlift

3) Endurance wise, you can probably deadlift submaximal weights for a longer period of time over the course of a day without as high a risk of injury (and don't worry, everyone would be watching everyone else for form breakdowns etc I would imagine)

Yeah I see what you mean, but your average joe would probably have seen benching before, but I dont know many people who know what a deadlift is

brutusthebarber

Colm_OReilly wrote: »

Just to flesh out my idea from above.

If we'd a few challenges going on, I think it would add to the entertainment factor during the day.

While a deadliftathon would be cool for a bit, it might run out of steam/excitement after a while. If there's a burpee, rowing and maybe pull up challenge going on, it gives people a chance to rotate around.

Also, think of the passer by. If they wanted to to contribute, they could do 10 or so burpees to add to the total. Also, if we set up light (7Kg/20Kg) bars, we could teach people how to deadlift if they don't know already and they could add that way.

Defo a good idea to get more challenges going, the more challenges there are the more poeple involved = more money raised.

Just an idea, there could be a beat the Cross Fitter type thing for a passer by. X amount of money to beat Mr S at Pull Ups or whatever. Don't know how that would work insurance wise but it might draw more attention to th goal.

I'm setting my stance with raising money for Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin. I second Kev, a poll is needed.

kevpants

Oisinjm wrote: »

Yeah I see what you mean, but your average joe would probably have seen benching before, but I dont know many people who know what a deadlift is

Benching would be a nightmare. It's just too dangerous to have multiple benchers needing multiple spotters. Not to mention the logistical issue of getting benches. I guarantee a day of benching would result in an injury. Plus in terms of fatigue, you're gonna run out of bench puff before you would with a deadlift. You can keep pulling through tiredness with deadlifts. A bench will make it's way rapidly towards your face when tired. All the same points apply for squatting.

If the deadlift is a car they don't have to know what it is it's just "ooh look a man lifting a car".

itsallaboutheL

kevpants wrote: »

Benching would be a nightmare. It's just too dangerous to have multiple benchers needing multiple spotters. Not to mention the logistical issue of getting benches. I guarantee a day of benching would result in an injury. Plus in terms of fatigue, you're gonna run out of bench puff before you would with a deadlift. You can keep pulling through tiredness with deadlifts. A bench will make it's way rapidly towards your face when tired. All the same points apply for squatting.

If the deadlift is a car they don't have to know what it is it's just "ooh look a man lifting a car".

Ya it could be a mini!!

and the slogan could be.. please give as much as you can because
"a little lift goes a long way":)

Hmm i might try and get into marketing...:rolleyes:

Zamboni

Love this thread.

I really like Hanleys idea with a Crossfit combo.

I'll be on the deadlift side of the barrier, sweating less :pac:

--amadeus--

Insurance will be the killer here. Anyone involved will have to have a personal liability disclaimer but I doubt you'd get the ok for the general public getting involved in anything beyond the very basic (push up, pull up) without making the insurance unrealistically expensive.

And if this is going to be done then it probably should be done right. We seem to have three or four charities shaking out as the leaders. Why don't we approach them and ask them to give us a "pitch". We could have the pitches in a thread with a time limited poll to decide which charity we go for. Then get the winning charities fundraising dept to help with logistics, insurance, etc. They'll have a lot of contacts - and critically a lot of experience - that will give this a much better chance of happening.

I can get the fund-raising manager of the Carers Association roped in to give a pitch, does anyone have any contacts with the CRC or the Hospice?

The A/R/T forum kicked around the idea of a challenge a while back as well, we could cross post because if you do a cardio element there are people on there who can run/bike/swim/row or whatever for hours

g'em

bump... I'm not letting this one slide into oblivion without a fight

Remmy

What about overhead dumbell press for reps or for max weight?Say like a fat handled circus dumbell in strongman but on a much smaller scale.They would be easy to transport and would look impressive.What would be a reasonable weight tho?

Khannie

I haven't posted in here yet because I've just been ducking in and out of the forum over the last while and this is a biggy. Anyway, I'm up for contributing my body for abuse in whatever way is decided.

Mickk

I only saw this thread now and it looks like a great idea. I would say do a bodyweight challenge, say 5,000 pullups, 5,000 dips, 5,000 pushups and 5,000 sit ups in a day. Don't get any of the public involved, it's far too messy if they hurt themselves. It would be very compact to run and doesn't involve heavy weights being dropped on the floor so it could be held in a shopping center. Having 4 events running constantly gives people something to be interested in as they walk past and hopefully donate some money for the cause. Somewhere like Dundrum or St Stevens Green shopping centers have massive volumes passing through so you could make some serious money. Between 25 of us we could probably get through 200 of each the above through out a day? (or we could just ask transform if he has a few hours free...)

brutusthebarber

Mickk wrote: »

I only saw this thread now and it looks like a great idea. I would say do a bodyweight challenge, say 5,000 pullups, 5,000 dips, 5,000 pushups and 5,000 sit ups in a day. Don't get any of the public involved, it's far too messy if they hurt themselves. It would be very compact to run and doesn't involve heavy weights being dropped on the floor so it could be held in a shopping center. Having 4 events running constantly gives people something to be interested in as they walk past and hopefully donate some money for the cause. Somewhere like Dundrum or St Stevens Green shopping centers have massive volumes passing through so you could make some serious money. Between 25 of us we could probably get through 200 of each the above through out a day? (or we could just ask transform if he has a few hours free...)

This would probably be the easiest thing to run.. great idea!