2012 Nutritional Challenge

The "Challenge" will start on January 2nd and run for 9 weeks.

Participation in the Challenge requires a $50 buy-in. How you perform during the Challenge dictates how much of this money you will get back.  More on this below.

• Base lining - On January 2nd, everyone who wants to participate in the Challenge will do the following:
  • Body Weight
  • Body Fat Percentage (using the handheld BF calculator in the office)
  • Measurements - Thigh, hip, chest, waist, and bicep
  • Lean Body Mass (Body Weight - (BF% * Body Weight) = LBM)
  • Fight Gone Bad - This will be the WOD for 1/2/12
  • Picture - 1 from the front, and 1 profile
  • All of this information will be captured on a form that I will have in the office on Monday. We will attach the photos to each athletes form. 
• Goal- Setting - once the base lining has been done, each participating athlete will set a goal for the 9 weeks (e.g., "I want to lose 10% body fat", etc.). Each goal will need to be documented on the form and agreed upon by a Trainer (the idea here is to make sure each athlete is setting specific, realistic, and attainable goals that aren't too easy). 
• Tracking progress - we will do ad-hoc measurements and benchmarking throughout the challenge for anyone that would like them. At about the half-way point, we will have some sort of organized check-in for people to check their progress. It will likely just be body weight and body fat percentage at that point.
• Completing the Challenge - at the end of the 9 weeks, we will re-do all of the base lining, including FGB. We will then compare the results against everyone's goals. This will determine how much of each athlete's money gets returned to them. This will all be based upon their success against their goal. So, for the example above where the athlete's goal was to lose 10% body fat, if they only lost 8% bf, then they would get 80% of their money back. If they exceed their goal, then Lee has offered to give them a free t-shirt. Any money that is not "won back" by the participating athletes will be donated to the Sheep Dog Foundation and not Lee's new shoe fund.
• Periodic Recipes and Nutrition recommendations - the goal is to post recipes and nutrition related information either on Facebook or on the website every so often throughout the challenge. Look for updates as we are not sure as to the frequency of posts at this time. 

GOOD LUCK!!