The thirst for achievement has existed in humans for a long time. In mythology they even distinguish the Heroic Age, when you don’t take a step - that’s a feat for you. Now there are only chimeras in the head, which, nevertheless, are also interesting to fight. We have put together 8 challenges for you that you can use to shake up your little ship of a measured life.
The most common challenge, which you usually come to in two cases. When fumes pass after fumes, some events are remembered through a tobacco haze, and autopilot turns on in you at every social event. Then you understand: you have to let go and take a sip of ordered reality. However, usually this passes quickly, and you return with renewed vigor to a friendly revelry.
The second case is when you are slightly over thirty, your life takes on a measured outline, the daily palette of which is diluted with fragrant red or dark colors. Giving up alcohol under such circumstances brings back a bit of the former agility and desire to be in good shape. At this point, either you accept the rules of social ostracism and become closer to a healthy lifestyle, or you return to the cozy embrace of the evenings. With or without company.
What does it lead to: to healthy lifestyle, promising thoughts, solitude
Another challenge that a modern, advanced person faces. You want to spend a month in a pristine offline after you begin to suffer from incessant monitoring of your feed and the fear of missing something important (the so-called FOMO syndrome).
In the first days of the challenge, the experimenter usually feels a surge of strength from the freed up time, but all this is just the effect of novelty. Soon you will find something to fill it with: catching up on a TV series, engrossing yourself in a book, or learning the seven vital sea knots (we do not deny that some of these activities are more useful than social networks). One way or another, after the allotted time, a person understands why social networks are truly valuable: receiving an offer to work on a new project and not missing an announcement about exclusive screenings of Chilean cinema is, most likely, possible there. And if you want to get out of your routine for a while, with or without social networks, you will find a way to do it.
What does it lead to: to understanding the meaning of social networks, an easy attitude towards online battles, and the diversity of life
Challenge for the stern in spirit. Usually it is announced to show (to oneself, mainly) that our habits and needs are conditional, and a person is free to choose what he really needs and what he can refuse by figuring out how to get it, make it or grow it himself.
There are also two developments here: the month will end, you will feel how cool you are, and you will allow yourself to celebrate this event by spending half of the previous budget. Or you will continue to understand that you don’t need extra spending, and you will gradually come to freeganism, soda instead of soap and a garden of complete security.
What does it lead to: to resourcefulness, to the opinion that “you can’t live like that,” to leftist beliefs
A challenge for those who all their lives considered themselves a dead caterpillar, but turned out to be a muscular ant. After the first classes, your body suddenly turns into a soup set ground in a meat grinder. However, over time, you are surprised that your muscles spring back with energy, you are always cheerful and take on any task with genuine ease. And after a while you suddenly realize that you can run a half marathon. How this happened, for example, with the former editor-in-chief of 34travel Nastya Erokho. And, as experience shows, after 30 days your passion for sports only begins to flare up.
What does it lead to: to cheerfulness of spirit and clarity of mind
If you want to update your musical tastes, which remained in an unfinished glass of champagne at a student graduation and are treacherously supported by the radio in your car, then this challenge will help you reduce the distance between incomprehensible youth and your “gold standard”. The fact is that slag was produced 15 years ago, and is still produced today (and it also remains popular). But there is a lot of other cool music coming out that doesn’t shout about itself from every shawarma shop. She needs to be found. Based on relays, listening to advice or your own instincts. And you will again have something to discuss with your friends. For example, where is The Knife going and why DJ Shadow’s latest releases are so good.
What does it lead to: to curiosity
Another motivating challenge. If you feel that your daily movements engrave a clear trajectory on the map of your life, then this challenge will add some compass rose to it. A new day means a new place in the city, be it a secluded embankment, a new little bar or a rooftop in a “sleeping room”. Second option: new day - new city event. And if you are from Minsk, then come to our telegram channel, where we easily prove that
You get to know yourself better on the road. Instead of resort and hotel travel, which restores strength and tranquility, sometimes it’s useful to get into trouble. Your limits (or lack thereof) are ready to be tested in crazy challenges around the world: from climbing Kilimanjaro to sled dog racing. Weak or not weak?
Rally: by car, motorcycle or rickshaw
Participation in a rally takes you away from the well-trodden tourist path. During an active journey, the country through which the racing route passes will not be seen from the typical angle from which it usually appears to a foreign guest. Because both places and customs can be seen from the inside. And in addition - to get truly natural, close communication with the locals.
Where to look for adventure? There are four main companies that organize the rally: Large Minority, Travel Scientists, Dakar Challenge and The Adventurists. The conditions and timing of the test are always different. Sometimes it takes 9 days (for example, The Philippines Challenge), but it can last up to 2 months, like The Mongol Rally. Route, vehicles, hotels, medical assistance - the organizers do not always help the participant with this. You often have to figure out how to finance a race yourself, especially if you don't ask for an entry fee before the start. If they ask (for participation in Dakar the fee is $20,000), you can count on something.
You can choose a rally anywhere in the world: conquer the Siberian Ice Run in 12 days, drive across West Africa in The Banjul Challenge for 3 weeks, or travel 1000 km of The Monkey Run in the Sahara. In addition to these, the best races are The Lanka Challenge, The Central Asian Rally, The Amazon Challenge.
Exotic lovers found a curiosity: as opposed to the traditional meaning of rally, racing on cars or motorcycles, the auto-rickshaw rally in India The Rickshaw Run.
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Marathon
The first marathon runner in history, a Greek messenger with news of victory, ran the distance, conveyed the news to his fellow citizens and died on the spot. After which it was decided that the marathon was really a good idea for those who want to test their strength.
Today, marathons are run everywhere and often. One of the fiercest is the World Marathon Challenge, the essence of which consists of 7 separate distances of 42.2 km in 7 days on 7 continents: in Europe - Madrid, in Asia - Dubai, Australia - Perth, Africa - Cape Town, Antarctica - Novolazarevskaya station, South America - Barranquilla, and North - Miami.
Pepper was added to the traditional challenge in Brazil, where they created the Jungle marathon (entry fee: $3,185). The distance has increased to 240 km, the time has increased to 6 days, and to the runner’s weight, feel free to add the supplies that he or she will have to drag along the Brazilian Amazon tropics. Jungle marathon is more like an obstacle race, where you will climb, crawl, and risk meeting a jaguar, snake or scorpion. True, regular medical stations with mobile donkeys and medicines will come to the rescue at any time.
You can spend 6 days (and 225 km) on the run in another location, choosing The Marathon des Sables across the Sahara, in Morocco. Don't forget your Panama hat if you don't want to get sunstroke in the sand dunes.
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Bike Challenge
You can find classic challenges for two of you on a bicycle in The Telegraph or by flipping through The Guardian. But if your soul asks for hardcore, it’s time to sign up for a cycling race, the 400-kilometer route of which lies above all others in the world - along the Himalayan peaks in Nepal’s Annapurna. The highest point of the Yak Attack cycling tour is 5,416 meters. But these are not all bonuses: in addition to the temperature balancing down to -15C, there is snow, mud, slush and possible landslides. They will charge you $2,539 for participation, but they will feed you, give you something to drink and put you to bed.
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Triathlon
Triathlon for amateurs and pro-level athletes is a regular event in time and space. For example, Triathlon Travel and RaceQuest Travel will help you search for competitions, where options are not limited to the contest itself, but include training, training camps, short or large-scale tours.
If all the standard triathlons are too tough for you, pay attention to The Brutal Double Iron Triathlon, which is located in the Snowdonia National Park in north Wales. In some places it is called a killer, and there is an explanation for this: the brutal triathlon begins with a 7.7 km swim in the ice-framed Lake Padarn, continues with a 360 km bike ride through the hills and an 83 km running distance, and for dessert - an ascent of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales (1,085 meters). All this lies within a time frame: you need to manage it in 42 hours. If the challenge is accepted, expect to pay $494 for solo participation or $653 for a team.
Climbing the mountains
Most mountainous regions are willingly given over to those who want to overcome themselves. Even private companies like The Dolomite Mountains in the Dolomites offer similar challenges, adding a dozen other collective and solo activities to the climb. And in the summer of 2018, for example, enthusiasts are climbing Elbrus. Large centralized “races” are also not in short supply. Do you want to climb Kilimanjaro? Join the 2019 TANZANIA Climb Kilimanjaro Open Challenge and get your gear ready.
Hiking and trekking
This version of the test is not as ceremonial as a rally, triathlon or summit: it does without the intensity of competition, racing and a grandiose prize fund. But popular mountain (and mountainous) routes, especially over long distances, do not go unnoticed. For example, The Travel Pocket Guide talks about the best in the United States and one Australian route, and you can find a selection of ideas for Europe from Iceland to Corsica at Fodor’s Travel. Organized tours for groups of hikers and trekkers, for obvious reasons, do not expand to several thousand participants: it is not very convenient. But you can fit into small challenges. For example, travel tens of kilometers along Mont Blanc.
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River quest
For a water lover there are special challenges. If you can navigate a kayak 715 kilometers across the water, Canada's Yukon River Quest is just what the doctor ordered. It is the world's largest canoe race each year. You can become a participant in the summer quest alone or with a team: the size of the contribution depends on this, which ranges from $300 to $1200 Canadian dollars (you can share a larger amount with your friends). The distance is designed for 5 days. During this time, the organizers promise you rest stops, ice water, sometimes bears and a polar day. Therefore, an alternative name for the quest is the Race of the Midnight Sun. And if you are especially addicted, you can sign up for membership in the association.
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Sailboat race
The Vendée Globe does not require any payment from you. True, in order to sail a solo yacht without stopping and without help, first prove your skill. A potential participant must either have previously completed any transoceanic solo race on the same vessel, or have qualified to sail at least 2,500 miles across the ocean at an average speed of 7 knots or more. And then, when there is no doubt about the experience, the yachtsman undergoes sea survival courses, medical examination and training.
The Vendée Globe takes place every four years. From November to February, participants, leaving France, pass the North and South Atlantic, round Antarctica and return to the Atlantic Ocean, repeating the path of the woolen clipper ships of the 19th century.
Good news: between Tanzania and Zanzibar there is a route of a lighter (if only in comparison with the previous) race, the Ngalawa Cup. Here, in 7 days, have time to show all your speed and skill. The Arctic Circle Ski Race. The challenge at sub-zero temperatures will take 3 days and 3 nights (skiers stay overnight in special tents). Participant fee - $1849 including transfer and services for your basic needs. And if you want to wax your skis in a country that is less predictable for this, go to the annual race in Afghanistan.
Sled dog race
You can test the endurance of not only yourself and your friends, but also your team of four-legged companions in Alaska by signing up as a participant in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a dog sled race. The program includes a distance of 1850 kilometers through the mountains, forests and rivers of the northern part of the USA. The route is designed for 9-10 days, and, as the organizers warn, it requires serious preparation. This is confirmed by the amount of the fee: the entered team pays $14,000.
Life is a movement: to meet your soulmate, to work and, finally, towards change. Only a person who is open to new things and strives to improve himself every minute can get full enjoyment from what is happening around him. One of the ways that allows any of us to try something unusual, thereby getting to know ourselves from a new side and testing our endurance, is a challenge. The use of the English version of this word is considered more common, because it was abroad that the fashion for so-called self-tests began.
What is the meaning and feature of the challenges?
When the Ice Bucket Challenge, designed to raise awareness of a disease such as amyotrophic sclerosis, took over the World Wide Web a few years ago, no one could have imagined that the idea would appeal to Internet users so much. The charity campaign gave rise to challenges of various types. Suddenly, people began to come up with all sorts of crazy and funny tasks that did not carry any semantic meaning, but were only designed to amuse the audience and get on the nerves of the performer of these ideas.Below are some video examples:
Fortunately, the idea of challenges did not remain just for entertainment. It seemed to many to be a really good method of improvement and self-development. Despite the fact that you don’t need to film your successes or pass the baton to anyone, the value of the idea is not lost.
How to become the best version of yourself with the help of a challenge?
The most popular way to prove your abilities and break out of your comfort zone is the 21-day challenge. Quite a lot has already been said about him, because the number of his fans is constantly increasing. The point of the 21-day challenge is to eliminate or instill one or another habit. Psychologists assure that it is the designated time that contributes to a radical transformation of thinking.Most often, with the help of “21 days” people try to give up smoking, alcohol, junk food and sweets. It would seem that what could be easier than holding out for just 3 weeks? However, our body, sensing a catch, quickly begins to resist the new regime, trying to confuse the person who has decided to change. Therefore, the number of successful days often does not exceed 10.
Those who once managed to overcome their stubborn alter ego get a taste for it and continue the challenges, coming up with new restrictions. So, you can combine giving up junk and sweet foods with instilling the habit of drinking two liters of water daily. Or stop eating after six with the help of a challenge to visit the gym or pool.
The main value of "21 days" is that you are not obliged to report your results to your friends or blush in front of your Instagram followers. You must honestly fight with yourself, because this is only necessary for you. Believe me, by putting a few pluses on this or that day, you will not become stronger, but will only once again follow bad habits.
If you don't know where to start, you can use the tips below. Having fallen in love with this idea (and this will definitely happen), you will not notice how you will begin to come up with tasks on your own, testing your strength again and again.
Useful and simple 21-day challenges
So, armed with markers, a notepad or a sheet of paper, you can start numbering the days and choosing a task. Decorate your creation with all sorts of stickers, stickers and magazine clippings: it will be much more enjoyable to check the box. What to choose for the first test?- 21-day abstinence from alcohol consumption
- Reading 40 pages of fiction every day before bed for 21 days
- 21-day morning exercise
- daily squats (3 sets of 25 times) every 21 days
- 21-day refusal to complain about life and whining
- 21 days without social networks
- 3 weeks of eating a full breakfast
- daily introduction to new foreign words every 21 days
In this article we will tell you what popular YouTube challenges are that every blogger could complete.
So, what are challenges? Challenge from English. challenge - challenge. The blogger poses to himself (either one of the viewers or another blogger) a challenge that must be accepted and fulfilled at any cost. All this, of course, needs to be filmed.
What are some popular YouTube challenges?
Challenges for YouTube are gaining popularity every day. This fashion came from the West and very quickly took root among us. There are many different challenges and now we will try to talk about the most popular ones.
Stuff Your Mouth
Translation: occupy your mouth. Typically two people take part in this challenge. One stuffs a full range of some kind of food (most often marshmallows) and after that says some phrase. The second one must guess the phrase. Then the roles change. The challenge is considered completed only when both guess the partner’s phrase. For honesty, phrases do not need to be spoken to each other in advance.
Whispers Challenge
As in the previous challenge, 2 people are needed here. The point is that one puts on headphones with loud music, and the second says some words or phrases. The task is to guess what your partner said.
Yoga Challenge
This YouTube challenge can be either solo or group. The task is simple: display any selected yoga pose on video. The challenge is not the most difficult, but it requires some physical preparation.
Blindfolded Makeup Challenge
You need to apply makeup to your partner with your eyes closed. Usually the eyes are blindfolded. The makeup turns out to be very, very funny.
Touch My Body Challenge
A minimum of two participants will also be required. One's eyes are closed. And the other substitutes some part of his body. A blindfolded participant must touch only one finger and guess what part of the body it is. If there are more than two participants, then you can also try to guess who is being touched, and not just the body part. But this is not necessary.
Ice Bucket Challenge
And of course, the most popular challenge of 2014-2015. You need to pour a bucket of ice water on yourself or pay $100 to charity. After which the call was transferred to three other people. Many famous people took part in the challenge. Not only bloggers, but also movie actors and just billionaires like Warren Buffett.
What are the challenges on YouTube? final list
And so, earlier we talked about the most popular Youtube challenges, now we will repeat them again:
- Stuff Your Mouth
- Whispers Challenge
- Yoga Challenge
- Blindfolder Makeup Challenge
- Touch My Body Challenge
- Ice Bucket Challenge
Use different challenges on your blog - this can increase interest in it and add new subscribers. The main thing is to do everything honestly and make every effort.
Today, all over the world, especially among teenagers, so-called “challenges” have become very popular - competitions or flash mobs in which people do crazy things. For example, look at the Ice Bucket Challenge, during which people all over the planet poured a bucket of ice water on their heads, filming it on camera. This review contains the most popular challenges that anyone can take part in..
"Ice Bath Challenge"
This challenge is quite simple. You just need to fill the bath with ice water and sit in it for as long as you have patience. Apparently some people think it's fun to get hypothermia. "Oreo Challenge"
The Oreo Challenge is an adorable diabetes test in which participants try 12 different types of Oreo cookies while blindfolded. They must guess the flavor of each Oreo correctly to win. "Raw Onion Challenge"
The next test is also quite simple. People eat as many onions as they can in 60 seconds. The one who loses must rub onions into his eyes. "Nose-less Food Tasting Challenge"
In the "pinched nose tasting," participants must wear a blindfold and have someone hold their nose while they eat something. What a fun way to eat something delicious and not even taste it. "Blindfold Makeup Challenge"
The “Blind Makeup Challenge” requires a lot of courage for women. The idea is that makeup is applied to them by another person who is blindfolded. Chubby Bunny Challenge
From childhood, everyone was taught not to talk with their mouth full. However, this clearly went unnoticed by the Chubby Bunny Challenge contestants. You need to put as many marshmallows or marshmallows in your mouth as possible and say “Chubby Bunny.” "Egg Drop Challenge"
In this competition, participants must make a box out of cardboard, paper, straw or any other materials in a short period of time, and then put a raw egg inside it. After this, the box is thrown to the ground. The winner is the one whose egg does not break. "No Mirror Makeup Challenge"
It's like applying makeup blindly. Only in this case, the participants apply their own makeup, just without a mirror. "Blindfolded Drawing Challenge"
The challenge for this challenge is drawing. Participants are blindfolded and must draw a specific object. The one who draws it wins. "The Powdered Donut Challenge"
It seems to be simple - you need to eat five donuts sprinkled with powdered sugar in less than 1 minute. It's harder than it seems. "Baby Food Challenge"
In the baby food challenge, contestants place ten jars of different types of baby food on a table. Blindfolded, they must taste each sample and guess what it tastes like in order to fully experience the torture they inflict on their children. "Accent Challenge"
In an "accent challenge," contestants try to speak with different accents while others try to guess what the accent is. It sounds and looks stupid. "Foot Ice Bath Challenge"
Participants in the next competition draw a foot bath... from ice water. Then they put their feet there and endure it. Hello, cold. "Blindfolded Hairstyle Challenge"
And again a blind challenge. One participant, blindfolded, does another person's hair. "Popsicle Stick and Cup Tower Challenge"
It's pretty simple. The Popsicle Stick and Cup Tower Challenge involves building a “house of cards” using cup sticks until it falls apart.
