https://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9082/healthfitness.gif Current Activities of GMAT Club Health & Fitness Group Members (12 Athletes) Av – Taking baby steps into the world of bodybuilding jko – Cycling and climbing Michmax3 – Yoga, cardio, and improving nutrition bpengage – Training for a half marathon and improving nutrition eskimoroll – Weight training, cardio, tennis, golf, and improving nutrition tssambi – Weight loss and improved flexibility Entwistle – Weight loss, as well as increased speed, stamina, and strength 730i – Training for a marathon mbanimal2011 – Training for a marathon humphy – Running for weight loss and increased stamina futurestrategist – Training with Scooby’s bodybuilding workout vwjetty – P90X and basketball BMR21 - Crossfit Let me start by commending the members of this community for having such amazing work ethic. Over the past couple of years, I’ve seen thousands of people labor through months of GMAT prep (sometimes more than once), endure the painful and humbling experience of business school applications, and go on to attend some of the most prestigious business schools in the world. Unfortunately, none of these achievements come without sacrifice, and I’d wager that most of us abandoned our health and fitness goals somewhere along this journey. We’re now in the early months of spring and many of you are probably waiting for business school to begin in the fall, or perhaps waiting for next year’s essay questions to be released sometime this summer. In either case, your goal-seeking personality is probably feeling a little under-challenged right now. So, I’ve got a new challenge for you to achieve over the next 3-6 months: realize your health and fitness goals now (even if they're short-term goals!). I’m not a fitness expert, but I enjoy researching a new hobby and working hard toward a goal, just like many of you. I’m guessing that we have a few GMAT Club members that are fitness fanatics, so hopefully they’ll stop by and share their advice! I’ll make a post with my own goals as a template, but feel free to add/omit anything you’d like for your own post. If enough people are interested, I’ll add a sticky thread like we use for applicant profiles for everyone to track their results.

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What are everyone's thoughts on the best extracurricular sport that doesn't involve a team/varsity ex: marathon running etc...

At the moment I'm a bodybuilder, but I'll never get to a level where I would compete, so I'm looking for alternatives that would look extra-ordinary on an application.

Marathons/triathlons aren't that unusual among MBA students so I doubt they'd really stand out on a resume. You said you're looking for something that doesn't involve a team, but do you have any interest in playing rugby? Despite its barbaric-looking nature, plenty of corporate-types play well into their 40s and 50s so it's got a big upside on the networking side in addition to being a very social sport that's a lot of fun to play. And you could potentially take on an officer role within the club or head up a community service effort or something like that, which wouldn't hurt on an application.

If you're near a big city they should have a handful of club teams at all experience levels so you could start playing even if you've never watched a match before.

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Thanks for the suggestion! I actually played rugby for a half dozen years when I was younger, and it would definitely be good for networking. However I'm more looking for something that makes my application stand out. eg: the admissions officers talking about "that guy who runs marathons" except better than marathons.

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Individual activities: golf, surfing, sailing, martial arts ... Not sure how much those are unique in the grand scheme of things, but you can make those activities add to your story

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Anyone got a good workout routine and diet for a beginner?

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Anyone got a good workout routine and diet for a beginner?

It depends on what kind of situation you are in . If you need to gain weight then a 4day workout routine is something I would stick too (I still stick to a 4 days workout routine ).

If you need to loose weight then the normal 6day routine is good .

You can check out a site name bodybuilding-.-com , they have some amazing plans over there . you can start off with any of them in the beginners section .