While the hours aren't 100 reps per 30 minutes (thank you), a general trend is starting to snowball that I'm trying to figure out how to handle. We're starting to blur the lines between recreational sports and pure dedicated fitness activity.
I know they're all real time and effort, but what happens if a ultra marathon runner joins this challenge and runs 10 hours a day? Where do I start to draw the line?
It's a tough spot for me to be in when the spirit is mainly for hammering out gym reps as the primary focus, with cardio as something to use more for rest days or modest supplemental workouts. When I play baseball for 6-8 hours, I personally view that as fun and not exercise, which is probably why I count it for so little and feel this way about this (not singling you out, but trying to get through to some people here). I know tennis games can be great cardio (at times very intense) as well, but I'm personally biased to think of that as sports for fun versus me exercising.
Feedback more than welcome. I never want anyone to feel discouraged from being active, so I'm trying to find out how to draw the line between fun and concentrated exercise across everyone here before 1,000+ rep days are the new norm because of long bike rides and calisthenics.
I fully understand this! I'd recommend possibly capping the "maximum reps" for cardio to 200 or 300. Also, something that's worth thinking about is making the 100 reps=1 hour of cardio instead of the 30min currently!
This is truly something that needs to be addressed because, as you said, soon there will be those 1,000+ rep days of just walking or cycling... If I started counting the walking I do every day (not for working out purposes), I'd easily have 1,000 reps every day :/. I understand counting walking/cycling as cardio if it's specifically for WORKING OUT purposes (i.e. going on a walk in the evening after work) not just counting the walking that you do every day at work/school!
↑ Something like that might be good to mention in the rules ↑
PS. I personally think that sports should definitely be included in the "cardio" section of this challenge (even if they're just for fun)! Of course, this depends on which way you want to take this challenge, but still, if I play 1h of tennis, it's definitely more intense cardio than walking for 3 hours :D! But the idea of capping the cardio reps is a really good idea in my opinion!