Below are some of the entrant updates, the good, the bad and the ugly, from our Facebook page and emails.

Toni Ferris: A Classic Hits $1000 Package Winner

As at 21 April 2012 I am often on the second step from the bottom but with starting this competition I have now moved up a step and the only way is up from here.

As at 10 May 2012 I have managed to get further up the steps. I am now sitting at the “I CAN DO IT and I DOIT” stage. This one sits so well with my Massey Stairs Challenge!!! WILL

Cate Grace: Leap Fitness and Motivation

Wahoo! Congrats to our 4 LeapStars who did an amazing job today @ St Clair!

Kate Lugtigheid:  Pumped Personal Training

Good morning all! A few of my 20 week challenge athletes and other Pumped athletes started their day with at least 1195 stairs, 50 press ups and over 300 up hill walking lunges followed with a run back to Flava Cafe where we washed our session down with a cup of coffee Hope everyone is still on track with their challenge and seeing great results!! Bring on week 5!!!

Jodie Haitana

1.5kg of Tatties! That’s how much I lost last week after my weigh in with Roger. Have you seen what I eat? Let’s just say I never go hungry. If you would like to see what I eat check out my blog.♥ Have a great week everyone!

This week you can scroll through recent updates from our Facebook page via the box, down there on the right, under the ‘What’s been happening’ box  :-) Just use the scroll button on it’s right to view past entries.

Unfortunately you cannot see what the entrants have posted on that page (only our  CatchFitness posts) and there are squillions of entrant posts on it!  so we will copy and paste a few here for you all and some of the ones we have been emailed through.

Aimee K

Goal. This week I wanted to keep up my water in take. Add one more work out and try a new food. Has been the worse week for water really noticing it too. I was going to go boxing with a friend as an extra workout but she pulled out so I went for a walk instead. I don’t like any hot drinks but this week I tried a mildly warm herbal tea thought it might help to get the water in take back up.

Something I learnt. That i need to make sure I get my 8 hours sleep a night as it gets colder so I don’t get cranky and want to over eat

Challenge I’ve faced. Swimming – I had surgery on my ear a month ago and I wanted to get back in the water but i wasn’t aloud to get water any where near my ear so I did a combination of walking in the water and kicking with a kick board and flippers, just because you can’t actually do something fully doesn’t mean you can’t modify it to suit.

Can’t believe next week is week 4 – Time flys when your having fun

Raewyn

ok so my new book – April Loses it – is proving to be very hard to put down – the more I read the more I feel like I am reading my own life story (keeping in mind I’m probably at least 10 years younger than April).

Page 48 – “Exercise allowed me to totally surrender to my true feelings and let anythin I was harbouring in my body SWEAT its way out”

I have learnt that over my short 28 years that when things got on top of me and I was heading for a very fast descent downwards that exercise was a way to over come that.

When things seems to get too tough – put your sneakers on and go for a walk – Not only is it an extra workout for the week but it gives you some me time in the fresh air to think things through – by the time you get home things should feel alot more manageable…. Hopefully

Rara

Tough love

Jodie

Have been at home doing as little as possible. My body is still feeling the effects from that stunner or a Core Yoga class. I must have worked hard because I’m still pretty muscle whipped. hehe Even though I kept pulling back out of poses and movements. My muscles were almost going into shock! hahaha I am very satisfied by my effort nonetheless…

Lou

Week 3 has definitely been a challenge! Super stressed due to assignments being due. I missed out on exercise on Monday and my mood felt it for sure. Made myself go to zumba on Tuesday and so glad I did as it perked me up like I knew it would. The Leapstars are an amazingly supportive team and have helped heaps along these last few not so great days and also my mate Rara. Looking forward to a session in the gym with Cate today. In days of old I would’ve given up after a week like this but this challenge and the Leapstars have kept me motivated and focused on my mission .

Ruth

Just had an awesome workout with Roger – my legs will never tbe the same!!!…..but thats a good thing!! – but just think we need to give Roger and the other pt’s a pat on the back cause when you think about it, they put up with all the moans and groans,the smells (hopefully more pleasant than not!!), and theres swet flying everywhere and they choose to come back the next day…..AMAZING really!…Thanks heaps .You deserve a medal!!

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Thanks heaps to all those who updated us as to how they are getting along. The following posts are from our Facebook page. Have a great week 3 and enjoy this week’s Winner’s Weekly which includes some essential Tricks to Eating Less and details on how to win a weighted skipping rope from XLR8 and a free hair cut and blow wave from True Grit..

Sheta (PT) Well done to 10 of my clients who are in the Catch Fitness 20 Week Body & Lifestyle Competition… first weigh in with a combined loss of 13.7kg! Be great to see the total once everyone checks in!

Bree I’ve been focusing on getting my kms up for the LoveNZ Challenge. I said I’d do it rain, hail or shine and true to my word, Friday was pouring down and still went out. Quite liked it.

Jodie below (20 Weeks with Classic Hits Winner) Planking good fun! One of the workout stations in our Group Circuit Training Session this morning at Palmy Snap Fitness! Feel the burn… Love the burn… Be the burn… ♥ — with Roger Symes.

Toni (20 Weeks with Classic Hits Winner) Awesome first workout with Alex this morning. Will update my blog about it soon. Looking forward to the next one and all those to follow.

Helen Boothby Found out that 50 minutes of aquajogging burns over 800 calories… feeling pleased with myself right now

Helen Dent Orienteering run today, I guess it depends how lost I get as to how much exercise I get.

Heather Wow!! Excellent train this morning with Roger Symes and the Palmy crew. We rocked. I am feeling fantastic bring on the weigh in.

Nicola Missed out on a good train this morning…on the plus side, have discovered new meal options

Sam Omg – I think I enjoyed running this am lol

Wendy Here is a photo of me in 2010 and also last year at the end of the 20/30 weeks competition. Well sometimes I think you don’t realise what you look like until you see yourself in a photo like this and I am so glad I did the 20 weeks last year and feel AMAZING. Yes I have joined up again to loss a bit more and to focus. So glad I am back!!!!!

Kendra Weekly update #2 – Still having a rough go. I have a scratched cornea (still) and I am getting a bit tired of being asked why I am dressed like a pirate. I am a new Tupperware demonstrator and I did 2 3-hour parties this week, on Friday and Saturday, plus my regular job. I was a good girl eating wise – packed lunches, not takeaways ) My exercise has been the daily walks of the dog, and I am counting the Tupperware parties as excercise too, because after 6 hours of standing – my calves are sore! Did I mention I also have RA? I think I am going to need to work on pacing myself…

Watch Out World, Sam is Competing Again

Her real age when from 52.2 years to 42.2 years, she did 42.5 more full pushups in 2 minutes than at the start of the comp, 40 more sit ups and 37 more squats but that’s not why she won the Em Power Cookies Cardiovascular Award.

These are some of the improvements she made -

Her resting heart rate went from, 102 beats per min (BPM) to 61 bpm.

After travelling 30% further in her treadmill test her recovery heart rate after 2 minutes went from being 100bpm at the beginning of the competition to 78 bpm at the end of the comp.

Her heart lung fitness (done via a Vo2 Max test) improved 55.5% and she did a 1 km swim 4 minutes faster.

Watch out world – Sam has entered again this year with her 2011 personal trainer, Desra Barron, from Unwind Studio in Christchurch.

Spread the word. Auckland peeps are in luck.

Sign up with Imagine Fitness and you’ll get your entry into the 20 Weeks comp plus 5 PT sessions for just $199. Better be quick. Final cut off date is just around the corner!

Below are some of the updates that we have received or that have been posted on our Facebook page during the week.   If you’ve checked out the first of your Winner’s Weekly you’ll know that sending us just one update a week for 9 of the first 10 weeks is what will put you in to win that $500 credit with Romantic Gestures! Any pictures would be fab too!

Chris Mawer

My highs were biking 15km. It was a goal I had set to be able to bike that far. The second thing was that I also done my exercises every day and got in some walks with my new puppy.

My low was that I rolled my ankle and it put me out of action for a couple of days. It is getting better slowly but is still badly bruised and a tad tender. The goal I have set for next week is to try harder on my eating. Try and eat more of the good healthy foods and less of the nuts etc.Hope everyone’s week had been enjoyable.

Kerrie de Haan

My 20 week Promise, I will keep eating right, I will rember this is my dream for a better life, I will continue to work though the pain, I will keep smiling, I will wake up every morning DETERMINED to go to bed with satisfaction, I will remind myself I am not alone, I will drink more water, I will push harder, I will not give up. Ever!

Emily Morgan
Woohoo! Haven’t been for a run for 2 weeks so made myself go out and do one today. Didn’t really feel like it so I made a deal with myself to do at least 1 lap and then if I still didn’t feel like it I could stop (I normally do 2 laps of South Hagley park) and I would just run not do my normal interval program. However, like Forest Gump, once I started running it felt so good I just kept running and running and running …. 10.8km later I decided it was time to go home now

Juliet Hawes
Had my 1st lot of fitness testing with Pascale ‘Ostra’ Battrick at Oxygen Fitness this morning bright and early. Rearing to go and can’t wait to begin seeing the improvements. I have entered after losing nearly 20kg since 25th Jan this year, and now my goal is to get toned up and be able to run!

Wendy Pearce
Well I lost 700grms this morning, not to bad for the start. This week has been hard, there has been times when I saw the chocolate in the cupboard and even put it in my mouth and then said to myself what are you doing and spat it out. mmm no chocolate aloud in my cupboard I said to my family as I want to again do this challenge without having any

Aimee Kerr
Goal
This week my goal was to Drink water, lots of it 2lt a day.
4 days so far and I’ve managed to down at least 2lts a day every day.

Something I learnt
I eat when I’m bored at work, now that I’m drinking more water I’m not wanting to eat as much.
Also take the long way to the toilets sometimes go use one on another floor, not only does this mean time
away from my desk (don’t tell my boss) but it means I’m walking more or like today that’s 6 extra flights of stairs
more than I would have normally done.

Challenge I’ve faced
Eating a Moro, learning how much exercise it takes to burn it off, then changing what i had planed for dinner to
accommodate for my emergency life saving chocolate fix (honest it was an emergency) then getting out and exercising
and not feeling like I’d blown it. Actually felt proud instead of a loser.

The Good, The Bad and the Inspirational.

Our West Coaster’s Conversations!

DEB ” Wow my first 3km run tonight, felt great after I got my breath back.”

GLENYS “That is just so good to hear. I have never run in my life and never ever thought I would. Now at 54 yrs old, I have started. Ran 5ks yesterday, but with occassional short walks to get my breath. I keep telling myself it will only get better. I can manage 2ks on the treadmill without stopping, so I guess there is hope. Well done Deb, you are an inspiration.”

GLENYS Ooops…nearly forgot the Sue Slim’s Step Challange. Has been a busy week, and the weather has been awful. Hard to get out and do things, but there has always been the Gym as a backup. My hubby said he would do the Step Challange too so that was great. His support all through this journey has been amazing. It certainly wasn’t a walk in the park. Our step measured 22cm and I completed it in 13mins 28sec. Paul done it in 16mins 43sec. So not long to go new everyone. Got the Greymouth Mighty Mud Challange next Sunday with Deb and then its off to buy a new dress for the awards. Have a good week and keep smiling.

Deb is trained by Michelle from Bodyworx and Glenys is trained by Charlotte from Bodyworx.

Amanda’s Amazing 100km

Only 20km to go and my 100 is done! Butt is sore and my legs want to leave me! My head though is so pleased and although it’s been a tough week I’m glad I did it. Really need to get a saddle that fits me properly. Hope everyones sprint to the finish is going well. Give it all you got guys Xa. Amanda is trained by Bronwyn Adams Hooper

Nicola’s Daily Run

Completed my weekly challenge to run 4km a day! So started again today, children on bikes with mum running beside. Great!  Nicola is trained by Elly McGuiness

Alison’s Glass Overflows

Glass half full or half empty? Went for a run yesterday and after 61/2 km walked the last two home. Drink bottle had leaked all down my back, knee and foot were both hurting, it was getting really cold and the legs just would not keep up to my husband. However, sitting the spa, decided it had been a beautiful day, I had had 1 1/4 hours exercise and 6 km was way more than I could run at the 20 week start – so the glass is over half full. Out for another run tomorrow – maybe I’ll make that 10km again. Will make 21 km my goal for the week. Alison is trained by Bronwyn Adams Hooper

Wendy’s Walks & Workouts

Great work out with the team at Zeal this morning, Roger, Jo Lean and Wendy!!! Only 4 weeks to go WOW!!!

My hubby and I just finish doing a practise walk of the 10km this morning, did it in 1hour 38 min. In readness for next weeks 14 August event. Very sore feet and legs hope I can walk tomorrow!!!! Wendy is trained by Roger Symes

Helen goes Public

I’ve not done too well recently and when I do well I keep a journal (it is currently packed in a box waiting to be moved house) so I decided to go public….30daysleftof30weeks.​blogspot.com…no slacking now. Helen is trained by Natasha Guy

Liz’s BHAGS

Managed to complete my 16 week goal and wow I’m sore. My goal was to run for 90 mins and when I started my run I thought today’s the day. Once I sorted out my shorts from falling it down there was no looking back. Now onto my 20 week goal. Bring it on!!!!

Liz is now training for the Auckland Marathon on October 30th and is roping in the other entrants!  We call these post competition goals BHAGS! Big Hairy Audacious Goals which you can read more about in the book “Fighting Globesity”  Liz is trained by Jean Scott.

Dave & Dwayne

Getting excited and a bit anxious now : )

I’m training well and enjoying the ‘text’ challenges from Dwayne. My main focus is ‘radically’ increasing my cardio to create a calorie deficit and therefoe ‘strip’ fat. I have totally revamped my eating for the remainder of the challenge to incorporate some of Dwayne’s Key’s to Success, these include using a zig / zag rotation for my daily calorie needs (3 days on deficit and 1 day on excess calories), tapering my meals more in the mrning less as the day goes on, removing all (OMG!) bread and other processed carbs and a smentioned ramping up my cardio whilst still doing 3 X resistance sessions a week. I have two 4 X day self imposed ‘boot camps’ planned between now and September 3. It’s really exciting and a bit scary to see the days flying by now.

In relation to the ’500′ step challenge Dwayne has video of me completing two sessions – session 1 – 500 X steps in 9mins 55 seconds, session 2 – 500 X steps in 9mins and 38 seconds. to be honest I’m not sure I can shave much more off that time and if anyone has done better than they have done well. I have a lot of exercise planned for the next few weeks I will keep you updated as Dwayne and I head out on our ‘boot camps’. Dave is trained by Dwayne Thomas

20 Weeks with Classic Hits

Sue Slim

Update 1: Every day brings a new challenge. Work is extremely busy at the moment with an audit coming up. I feel totally knackered and its hard to keep an even balance with home life, work and working out. I am feeling tired and a bit fed up with it all. I know that I need to find a way to make all this work for me cause this is life. Guess this is all part of the learning curve.

Update 2: Have had an active weekend despite the weather. Feeling alot more motivated in the last few days, long may it last. Went and tried on a couple of dresses over the weekend ready for the prizegiving in chch and it was quite depressing. I am not going to let it get me down because I have to be proud of the fact that I actually tried them on in the first place. I never would have done it before as I would have let the fear get to me. They may not have fitted on saturday but one day they will.

Jo Lean

Update 1: These past couple of weeks have been really tough for me. I have had a bad chest infection which affected my working out. Everything seemed to get me down and I felt so alone. My head was in a horrible place. I had a good chat with Roger tonight which I needed as it has been ages since we last cought up. I never want to go in that space again. Bring on the next 4 weeks:-))

Update 2: I am back Yippee. I had an amazing workout at Zeal at 7.30 this morning, it was awesome. Thank you so much Royal, Roger and everyone else who was there. So much fun but also hard work. After the last few weeks of feeling awful this morning brought me to where I need to be. Smiling face here for sure. Thank you so much.

PTs Talk You Up

PT Pascale’s Advice to Emma

‎Emma Battrick (my client) says to me, “bugger, my skinny jeans are no longer skinny enough! “(get a belt, or buy new jeans woopwoop!) well done girl!

Roger’s Photo Shoot Advice

Wendy Pearce please do not stand side on in a group or crowd any more with all that weight loss you are to hard to find LOL proud HOPE COACH Zeal Exercise Studio. Have an amazing day.

The Good, The Bad & The Inspirational

A new take on exercise today, Not quite the weather for a run

Mel is trained by Tracey Butler Dempsey

Dave & Dwayne Stories

I had an unexpected day off work yesterday so I decided to get in some extra training, here’s how my day went:

8am – ran in my gumboots from my house in Casebrook to Pak N Save Northlands, 6km round trip in glorious snow. I fell twice but fortunately no one saw me

11am – Sue’s 500 step challenge – 7minutes 15secs!, my daughter used the stop watch on my phone to time me as I ran up and down the stairs in our two storey house, legs felt really heavy but it was a great test. I’m going to do this with my PT to make sure I have an ‘official’ time.

11:30am – 1 X 10 minute session on the stationary bike followed by intense cardio session 20 miniute session – set new record – 6.7 km, 156 calories, 89 rpm, 20.2 mph speed, 111 watts

3:30pm – regular Monday session with PT – intense circuit session in Dwayne’s garage, set against a background of snow in his driveway whilst it as pretty I had no time to admire it as Dwayne ‘hammered me’ as I was his only client for teh day, evryone else had cancelled due to the snow.

Dave is trained by Dwayne Thomas

Jimmy’s Side of the Story!

I have been training so hard I have had no time for the blog Strategising is also training I tell myself.

Wellington has turned on a beautiful sunny and windless day, even if it is still chilly. Running along the waterfront was great even if I had to dodge people and kids on bikes the whole way. Why take kids out cycling at lunch time when you have the rest of the day?

Still losing weight but the rapid loss has slowed down. Need to watch this.

Spin class this evening. Tuesday has become my cardio day. Wednesday is weights and strength. Enjoying my training at the moment as I can see and feel the results. Ran my first 6km run without stopping.

Jimmy is trained by Claudia Disney (check out her side of the story further down under the ‘PTs Talk You Up’ section)

Mel

Was a very cold morning, but Yah we did it. Well done to Angela Syme, Emma-Jane Wood and Shireen Spaull and Pepper Mel is trained by Jean Scott and is commenting on the Duathlon Jean held on Sunday.

Playing in The Snow Photo Mel Goes to the Mall

Had a fab trip to the Mall with my mum today. Shouted the kids to the movies (I’m the best mummy! ) then I had 2 hrs to cruise the mall. Went into all the clothes shops I wouldn’t have even walked in the door of before. Bought a wee top in stax Tried on lots, great boost to the ego as every thing I tried fitted. Oh I love clothes shopping now:) It haS probably been 20 years since I WAS ABLE TO SHOP IN A NORMAL SHOP! Happy! This Mel is trained by Tracey Butler Dempsey

Amanda’s about to Sprint

Time to start the sprint to the finish! my PT’s comments in this weeks news letter …… it has just kick my brain into a higher gear, rather than slacking off and cruising to the end. Thanks B I owe u so much, love the way you can get into my head, keep pushing those buttons. Amanda is trained by Bronwyn Adams Hooper.

The 20 Weeks with Classic Hits Crew

Sue

Okay embarrasing moment to tell. When this challenge started I got a Catchfitness shirt sent to me from Broni and the team. I tried it on and it didn’t fit me and so I haven’t been able to wear it since. It was the biggest size I could get and so my husband ended up wearing it. Tonight I tried it on again, and whilst it is still snug, it actually does fit me. That is the story of my life and I want that to change. Need to keep working so it fits me even better.

Yesterday we went for the day in the snow at mount Ruapehu. What a workout! sliding down the mountain on my butt and then having to climb back up to do it all again! Great fun and felt good afterwards. Nice to spend the day with family and friends. This morning we did the 500 step challenge again. my time was 14.56 and hubby’s was 12.32. both improved on last time.

PTs Talk You up

Claudia tells up about Jimmy

Since the beginning of the competition he has dropped 9 kg’s. Considering the time that has gone by since then this is not a lot but he’s an insulin dependent diabetic.

He’s so happy he can fit into some of his old jackets and shirts, and has already indicated that he’ll keep the momentum going even when the competition is finished. He’s seeing results and excited about it, and is planning on running a small 5 km race next week. Check out his blog on The Orange Sweatbox for his take on things (http://orangesweatbox.blogspot.com/).And oh I forgot to mention, James currently injects one third less insulin now that he’s exercising!

Roger’s Special Request!

Cate’s Great Day at the Office

Awesome day at the office today! 500 Step Challenge Complete for July thanks to the suggestion from the Catch Fitness 20 Week Body & Lifestyle Competition! The boys were so pumped they did their 1 Tonne Challenge in the blink of an eye – 9 Full Chin ups for David Race + 1 more so he could say he did 10! & 10 x 100kg Seated Row for Riwai. Legends!

More updates being uploaded now – check back in 15 min

Bike Challenge Stories

Entrants were challenged to do a 10 km distance with bonuses for wearing an orange top and eating a potato or Em’s Power Cookie during the ride.

Deb 

Man I’ve had an awesome day

Firstly off for my monthly visit to see my PT at Bodyworx in Hokitika, Michelle, who by the way is fantastic, she really pushed me today which was great, after a 5k warmup on the cycles and various exercises, onto the treadmill for a wee 1k run, and then the stepper just for fun lol, I had tired legs, but she convinced me to do the bike today. On the way home I phoned up my sister to arrange to meet later for the bike.

When I got home my daughter asked me to do some of her pamphlets with her, so I did and ended up running the last bit as it started to rain. Then off back to town for the bike. I was lucky enough to be able to borrow my brother in laws Jamis Durango 3 mountain bike which is super light, it was a bit big but heaps better than the bike I am used to, it had cleet pedals on so they were fun with normal shoes lol.

Off we set at 2.23pm complete with my orange fluro vest on, we went south down the Main Road, turned off and went up a back road, came out at the Paroa Hotel, stopped for the potatoes and then back off again. Half way back, we went off the road and onto the new mountain bike track that isn’t finished yet and biked thru sand and rocks nearly falling off several times, it was fun. We finally arrived back at 3.10pm just as the snow was beginning to fall. Back home again, realizing my daughter hadn’t finished her pamphlets (and had gone for a sleepover) so I had to go out again and do some more running about.

Wow I don’t think I’ll be able to walk tomorrow. Thanks Michelle for the motivation. Deb is trained by Michelle Morris from BodyWorx

Nicola

…so does just orange sleeves and a 30g Ems power cookie count? (yes !) Just finished a 20km bike with a 4km hike at the top where it started to snow, with my mate Lisa (Lisa wore a full orange top – part of the Challenge to gain extra points!).  Nicola lives in Reefton and is trained by Elly in Christchurch

The Warriors

The Warriors (top) on a Sunday morning before the snow, rain and before 8am! and (below) eating potatoes , with a little help from an extra. “Thanks Elliot for helping the warriors complete there challenge” says Jean Scott, The Warriors trainer.

Shireen (one of the Warriors)  ”Elliot he completed 15km in the time it took us to do 10km… about 45 minutes each (180 minutes) less orange tops (-7.5mins), less potatoes (-7.5mins), less mountain biking (-10mins) and less a non-team member – thanks Elliot (-2.5mins)… So 157.5 minutes.Pam was there earlier… Emma Jane has a beautiful orange t-shirt on under her jacket…”

Andrea

So after not having been on a bike in about 17 years I agreed to go on a 11km forrest track at McLeans Island with Bronwyn Adams-Hooper! The oddest thing about it was I actually enjoyed it and did it in 48 minutes which astounded me more that everyone else! So now to buy me a bike… Andrea is trained by Bronwyn Adams Hooper.

Ironman Distance Efforts

One of the Challenges that put entrants in the draw to win a treadmill from Elite Fitness

Shireen

‎1km done on the ironman challenge. Only 3km to swim, 180km to bike then 42.2km to walk and jog! Woohoo – here I come! (Shireen is trained by Jean Scott)

Liz

I’m loving the Ironman challenge and was just wondering. If I do the distance twice do I get two entries into the draw for the treadmill? (Liz is trained by Jean Scott and Yep we vote you do get two entries if you do the distance twice)

Sue’s Step Challenge Update

Sue, our Palmerston North 20 Weeks with Classic Hits Entrant, put up this Challenge a few weeks ago i.e. to see how long it took you to do 500 steps using a 20 cm step.  Anyone who had a go is in the draw to win Patterson Stark’s book “Live Now, Die Later”

Looks like heaps of entrants have had a go at this and we’ve received tons of emails with times!  He’s a few updates.

Leanne

I’ve just completed the 500 step challenge. Step was 22cm high and I completed 500 full steps in 10 mins and 38 secs. Was certainly sweating after it and the heart was pumping at an average of 151!!! Phew, great challenge. Everyone loves it. R U going to have another go this week Sue?  Leanne is trained by Di Lauder

Deb

Hi Guys - I did this challenge in the lounge this morning (Saturday) using a 23cm step, it took 13:05 mm/ss to do 500 steps and man I was sweating at the end of it.

My son wanted to join in so I got him to get a little box to step on,he would step up and start counting random numbers then he kept falling off and thought it was a great joke, thanks for the support Jake.

I love these challenges, they’re so much fun. Thanks and what am I going to do when this is finished???? Deb is trained by Michelle Morris from BodyWorx.

Wendy

I did the step challenge the on the 6th July time 13min 50 sec. I wanted to do better than that so did it again today just finished the second attempt on the 500 step 20cm high challenge, with sweat running down my face I did it in 10 mins 26 sec. on the 19th July!!!!

Phew great work for the second part of my day. My first part was a work out with Roger this morning at 6am and then I thought I should get off my backside and do something this avo STEPS here I come J GREAT CHALLENGE!!!! Might feel this tomorrow. Wendy is trained by Roger

More Updates from Entrants

Environ Skin Care

The Warriors (trained by Jean Scott) recently had an evening with Mel from Environ Skin Care

Sue H

Less than 50 days until I hit 30 weeks since I measured up and took photos for the comp!! On the home straight now peeps Sue is trained by Sheta Swinerd

Dave

46 days to go and counting!

There have been a lot of times during this competition when I could quite easily have said “it’s all too hard”. I didn’t for lots of reasons but mostly because my PT (Dwayne Thomas) was so positive that I / we could get through the earthquakes, the destruction of the gym, losing all of my clothes in my ‘red stickered’ house and most recently breaking my fingers (photo attached) playing soccer. It didn’t matter what happened he always responded positively, for example I sent him a dejected text recently from hospital telling him I’d broken and dislocated my fingers and he replied “no problem, they tape up well!” I thought I had lost all chance of completing the challenge but he had other ideas. I’m not saying I always like him and if you were a fly on the wall as he tortures me with ‘one more set’ you would hear some pretty colourful language. Dwayne’s approach to health and fitness is comprehensive and whilst I struggled initially to understand why I had to keep eating more I eventually started to see the benefits. But I’m not doing the challenge for Dwayne I’m doing it for me!, that’s why I put up with the pain of lifting weights with the ‘McGyver like’ contraptions Dwayne invents so I can still train. I’m doing it for me, that’s why I get up every morning and do my specially designed 20 minutes of high intensity cardio (torture) that Dwayne says will strip the fat. I’m doing this for me, because believe it or not I’ve started to see my ab’s for the first time probably in my life! So as much as I curse Dwayne I can’t argue with the results. And now there are 46 days to go, I will be up early again tomorrow morning (as I was this morning, photo attached) on my stationary bike joining in with my fellow competitors in The Tour De France, I’m the one in the yellow jersey just out of picture J If like me you are a competitor in this challenge ‘go for it’ I will look forward to seeing you at the finish line and at the Awards Night, I’ll be the one sitting next to Dwayne, eating heaps.

The Classic Hits Crew

Sue Slim

Yesterday we went for the day in the snow at mount Ruapehu. What a workout! sliding down the mountain on my butt and then having to climb back up to do it all again! Great fun and felt good afterwards. Nice to spend the day with family and friends. This morning we did the 500 step challenge again. my time was 14.56 and hubby’s was 12.32. both improved on last time.  Sue is trained by Roger Symes

Jo Lean

Just taken the kids to the Mall and stopped to say hi to Roger’s daughter Hannii. My eye caught the shop across from Munchkins because they were having a sale. I popped in for a peek and walked out grinning. I bumped into Bernice and showed her that I had bought 2 tops SIZE 14. Yee Haa. After this emotional and bad week this was the cherry on the cake for me. I am on a HIGH )

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Michelle Edwards

I love my clients. They constantly amaze me.  In last weeks’s update there’s a photo of Kerrie (on the left)  - she’s not a strong swimmer and is pictured with Deb on the West Coast (whom she travelled over to)  doing the Ironman Distance.  Below is a photo of Michelle’s client doing a personal best on a deadlift and another one of from the 1 tonne challenge day.

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Kerrie

I went over to Greymouth (from Christchurch) for the night and meet up with an awesome lady called Debbie. We did half of the swim part each which I think was 1.96km in a 0.25metre Pool 78 times each. We Aqua jogged it and wonderful Support from her Mum,Dad,Sister,Sisters Daughter,and Debs Daughter and Son! .Awesome time away! and a big Thank you to Debbie for her help etc Kerrie is trained by Michelle Edwards

Alison

Just had an awesome day. One of my goals was to be able to walk up mountains faster and today we conquered Mt Richardson and I was first to the top !!! It tried raining, gale force winds and snowing to stop us but no such luck. Made it up in 2 hours 15 minutes and down in 2 hours 35 mins. Great way to spend a cold blustery winter’s day in Canterbury. Now off to the spa to relax. Alison is trained by Bronwyn Adams Hooper.

Sue

Man, what a difference 20kg and some fitness makes! Just dug over the vege patch to start getting ready for planting. Easy peasy and so quick when you aint stopping for breathers every five mins!  Sue is trained by Sheta Swinerd

Wendy

Just finished doing the Jo Lean Massey Vet Stairs challenge in good time I think, even though it started raining a little Wendy is trained by Roger Symes

Marie

Dear Cookie Time Cookies, please leave me alone, i’m sorry i wanted you to hang out with me this afternoon but now i’d like you to leave. . . damn chocolate, got me again! Marie is trained by Michaela Knusden.

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Charlotte Breeze

Just wanting to say well done to everyone who have come this far and completely turned their lives around awesome stuff! this is such a great thing to be part of so positive! and loving every minute, I am realy enjoying training glenys Breeze she is an absolute legend who is very determined she continues to amaze me each week today she is buying some new running shoes- I strongly rec asic trabuco they a comfy and can also handle missions over goat pass:) Nike free are also a good option for classes and weights training in the gym.(it is good to keep your running shoes seperate from the gym) I hope the running article has inspired many of you keep up the great work.

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Sue

I think everyone is sick. I have had conjunctivitis and was not allowed to go to the gym. Now have had a cold since Friday but feeling a bit better now. Did 7km on the treadmill to see how I went. Not a bad effort.

Jolene

Myself and Sue Henderson did the Vet Stair Challenge this morning. It was freezing at 7.30am this morning and after I defrosed the Ute and picked up Sue we headed out to Massey. I only managed to shave 14 seconds off from my first attempt but my chest was conjested and I started coughing badly and with the taste of blood in my mouth, that made me feel worse. Sue did really well, thanks for the company…..shortly after Jolene writes…Well it is official I have the FLU. I was trying to pretend that it was not happening but after yesterday it hit me hard. Just cleaned the house to the best of my ability. Now my bed is calling me, but not for long as I have to take kids to birthday parties later. Oh the joys. I just hope that this doesn’t last for long as still have so much to do like work and working out.