Whole Life Challenge Wrap Up

Apr 17, 2013

Today is a mobility/rest day/make up day. Come in and do some targeted mobility work, active recovery and light skill work, or make up a workout you missed earlier in the week.

Congratulations to our athletes who just finished the 8-week Whole Life Challenge! Everyone who worked hard to stick to the guidelines over the past 2 months saw tremendous results, whether it was in body composition, performance, or both!

Twenty-two athletes completed the 2 month challenge, and these are the results for the 20 people for whom I have complete scores.

Workout Results

It was so much fun watching everyone push hard and cheer for each other on Saturday’s workout. For the 12 minutes of 5 burpees, 10 sit ups, and 15 squats, we went from an average workout score of 274 to 307, an improvement of 12%. That’s more than a whole extra round increase! As a gym, we did 668 more reps the second time around. Woohoo!

Individually, Karl W. led the pack with a 41% improvement in work capacity, improving his score by 77 reps. Steph L. showed a 34% improvement of 62 reps, made all the more remarkable because she made these gains  in a 3 week time span!

Body Composition Results

Gym-wide, we lost 41.75 inches. (It was really 43.75 inches, but this was offset somewhat by slight gains among the men who didn’t have inches to lose, but had muscles to build!)

Cory lost a whopping 7.5 inches (8% loss) over 8 weeks.

He was followed closely by Doni, who lost nearly 6 inches (5% reduction).

Both stayed strong on the challenge in spite of challenging travel and work schedules during the two month period.

We are so proud of all of our athletes for the dedication they brought to this challenge. Your hard work shows in the results! Even better, I’ve heard multiple people comment on how great they feel. Cory said it best yesterday: “While what other people can see are the physical changes, I know how great this feels, and I don’t want to give it up!”

Keep up the great work everyone!