Come on guys! Five more spots I want to fill in order to provide 3 awesome prizes for this season!
All it is about is doing more, getting moving and trying to eat a little better.
It's not hard, it's not strenuous, you set your own pace.
You will have a WONDERFUL group of people going on the journey with you to keep you motivated!
Don't you want to include more GOOD stuff in your life?
Be encouraged to keep going when you feel exhausted?
Have people to moan to who know exactly how you feel?!
Come on, it's only for a few weeks, give it a go!
ANYONE can join! New or old!
Email me and I will email you an application questionnaire - which is also short and painless!
sandi@steeplemedia.net
We're doing this thing on February 18th, so i would really like to get all applications in by Feb 4th.
I need at least 8 more people to sign up by Feb 4 in order to offer prizes for Fit Club!!
Email me if you want to join and I will send you the application form. It's easy!
It's IMPOSSIBLE to fail Fit Club! All we ask is that you do a little more than you do right now. make small changes daily for a healthier and happier life!
sandi@steeplemedia.net
*This post will be repeated in Winners Circle Blog, however all future Fit
Club Blogs will be posted on Fit Club Blog only. Also, please use the
Fit Club Forum to chat and support each other!*
Welcome to FIT CLUB Sandi Style!!!
I
hope you will embark on a quest with me as I endeavor to become more
HEALTHY and include more ACTIVITY in my life and make BETTER food and
drink CHOICES.
Here is a basic rundown of what the program will involve. Of course there WILL BE PRIZES!!!!
This program is a 10 week program. During the 10 weeks you will be responsible for checking in with SteepleMedia Fit Club 6 days a week.
In addition I would like to include a 26 wk, 52 wk and 104 wk check up.
Daily program
Five times a week I will select one of the following goal behaviors for you to report to me on:
Water count day (email me how many glasses you drank) I will ask you this once a week.
Exercise Day (email me mins of exercise) I will ask you about exercise 3 times a week on random days.
Healthy Choices Day - email me a food substitute you used, a change you made or a food you resisted that day. I will ask you this once a week.
In addition, one day a week will be Baseline Day - you must complete
the baseline exercises (outlined below) and email me results. This will
be on the same day each week so that you can plan time for it.
For example, on Tuesday I may ask you to report how many glasses of
water you drank on Monday. The number answer submitted will count as
points towards your total. If you do not submit your data, you will
score a zero. You will have until 9pm EST each day to send your data.
The aim is to drink more water every day, exercise a little every day
and make healthier food choices every day. The weekend counts as one
day - you can have one weekend day off if you choose.
MAXIMUMS
I do not reward people for over doing it. The goal is to make
reasonable and permanent changes to your lifestyle. Exercising for 4
hrs a day is not sustainable. Therefore, I have maximum points that can
be allocated for each activity. I will not tell you what the maximum
is, but all contestants who go above that number will earn the same
number of points.
Example, if the maximum number of glasses of water is set at 8, then a
contestant who drinks 8 glasses of water that day will earn 8 points
and a person who drinks 22 glasses of water would also only earn 8
points. However, a person who only drinks one glass will only earn one
point.
Weeks outline
Week 1 - Baseline data - no need to do extra, try to do norm, this is for improvement comparison
Weeks 2 - 8 The competition. Six days a week you will email results
Week 10 - Follow up journal - all contestants must write a blog post about the experience
6 months
Follow Up Contest
One Year
Follow Up contest
Two Years
Lifetime Change contest
Rules
1. Anyone can enter, any age. However to receive any prizes you must reside in the USA
2. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the program to the individual who is MOST IMPROVED and MOST COMPETITIVE.
There is also a prize for the person who takes time to motivate others to achieve their best and to keep going!
Prize
1 - One year subscription to SHAPE or MEN'S HEALTH Magazine PLUS a
Prevention Fitness Personal Trainer DVD PLUS a set of head and wrist
sweatbands will be awarded to the contestant who shows the greatest
IMPROVEMENT over the whole course of the program!
Prize 2 - One year subscription to SHAPE or MEN'S HEALTH Magazine PLUS
a set of WRIST WEIGHTS will be awarded to the contestant who records
the largest NUMBERS over the whole course of the program
Prize 3 - One $10 iTunes gift card will be awarded to the contestant voted most motivating to others!
Any contestant is eligible to win one or both prizes. Any winner of Fit Club season one is also eligible to win prizes in subsequent seasons. Any data
submitted to my email over the course of the 10 weeks will be used and
counted as a submission.
3. Any data submitted may be published, along with name/pseudonym of your choice.
4. Contest is 100% HONOR based. I will take all submissions on your
WORD. However if I have reason to believe you are not being honest you
will be disqualified from the contest.
5. This is NOT a weight loss program. I will not ask your weight at any
time. However, if you would like to record your weight changes over the
course of the program, you are welcome to do so and to share those
results with us.
6. All contestants must complete a registration questionnaire and must
agree to publish ONE final blog post in week 10 describing their
experience. The post should be a minimum of 150 words.
7. You should NOT undertake this program without a doctor's consent if
you can say YES to any of the pre-registration medical questions. (see
questionnaire)
8. Neither I nor SteepleMedia can be held responsible for any injury
resulting from taking part in this program. If you do take part, it is
at your own risk and it is presumed you have your physician's approval
if needed.
Baseline Data Exercises
1. Sit ups - how many until exhausted?
2. Push ups - how many until exhausted?
3. Stationary running - how many steps in 3 mins
4. Sit and Reach - measure how many cms from toes you can reach
5. Heart Rate Test - Step on and off a step for 3 mins, then measure heart rate
6. Squats - how many until exhausted?
** If you are physically unable to do one or more of the baseline
exercises, you must let me know before beginning the program. If the
inability is sincere, for that particular exercise you will be given
the average number of points gained by other contestants, by default. If you can substitute any exercise you can't do with one you can, that's even better.
FREE PASS CHALLENGES
On occasion, I will issue a special FREE PASS challenge. The winner of
this challenge will receive a free pass, which you can use on any day
of your choice in place of submitting your actual data. If used, your
score that day will be the average score earned by your team mates. It
can only be used one time.
Equipment / Requirements to Join
1. Pedometer
2. Ruler / tape measure
3. A Step
4. Clock / Timer
5. Record sheet with columns to record water consumption, minutes of exercise and healthy choices made each day.
6. Completed application form
Please send your registration requests to sandi@steeplemedia.net by
Monday, February 4th, 2008 to enter. Contest begins February 18th, 2008
and ends Sunday April 27th, 2008.
I need a minimum of TEN participants to host Fit Club, so please join in!
As soon as I get your email request, I will email you a registration questionnaire.
Let's get started!!!
Any questions?
Thats right, after a fairly long break on the fit club blog, I am going to start it up again!! If you would like to join, please email zach@steeplemedia.com OR smfitclub@yahoo.com and your in!! I will be sending out more information later this month!!