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I challenge you to a challenge
Editors note: This article is intended solely for
those men and women that want to build a better body in the year 2000. This is not a solicitation for the best
excuse as to why one cannot live a lifestyle of proper nutrition and fitness.
Are you ready to take a
physical challenge that will give you the best body ever in the year 2000? If
you answered yes then read on. If you answered no then read on anyway, print
this article out on your printer then walk it over to your refrigerator and
stick it there on the door with a big magnet. Then read it every day for the
next twelve weeks.
It’s the beginning of a new
year, what are your plans? Do you have any resolutions? I would venture to say that the predominant
New Years Resolution is to loose weight. Is it yours? Do you want to have a
better-looking body in 2000 or perhaps increase your overall mental well-being?
Well, lets take a moment to be honest with
ourselves; we really want to lose fat not weight. Do you recall words like
toning, definition and bodybuilding? Those body sculpting techniques make our
bodies look great but also add weight and that weight is called muscle mass. Do
you really want to loose muscle mass. NO, you don’t, you want to lose fat. Fat
looks bad and muscle looks good. Are we in agreement thus far? O.k. then lets
continue.
Now
that you have decided to build a better body in 2000 what are your goals and
plans? What, no goals or plans? You don’t know exactly what it is that you are
going to do when you step into the gym? How do you plan on measuring your
success? You don’t know? Well now, this can certainly create less than desired
results or perhaps frustration and eventually lead to failure.
What
can you do to ensure a successful better body in 2000? I present to you several
options. The first: You can compete with me in the twelve-week EAS, Inc. Body
for Life Transformation Challenge. The challenge is sponsored by one of the
nations leading fitness trainers and founder of EAS, Inc. Option Two: You can
follow along as a spectator as I continue to post my progress, here in the
NewsZine, on a weekly basis. If at the end of the twelve weeks you decide that
you should have taken the challenge then don’t you fret. There will be a second
challenge to follow. Bear in mind though that these next twelve weeks will fly
by no matter what you decide to do. So, you might as well go for it.
Now
there is of course an option that I did not mention. You could always go start
an ant farm. They don’t require what I call PDOCS (pronounced “pea-docks”)
Planning, Determination, Organization, Commitment or Sacrifice. Oh, lets not
forget that Sacrifice later becomes Satisfaction.
Can
a person transform their body in twelve weeks? Well sure they can. At the end
of this article I’m going to direct you to a website where you can sign up for
the challenge. While there you will see a number of success stories. Think what
you wish when reading these stories and viewing the before and after pictures
but do not think with doubt. Doing so will provide you with the all to common
excuse of not trying because you don’t believe it can be done. Let me ask you,
in an effort to create a better body have you ever dedicated a full twelve
weeks to a fitness and nutrition program? I mean an all out effort. If you have
and did not achieve results then there were some important elements missing. It
could have been over training, under training or perhaps you neglected proper
nutrition.
What
do I know about this challenge? I participated in the Round Six Body for Life
Challenge that started on August 8, 1999. Did I win any prizes or a title of
Grand Champion? No. Did I achieve results like the grand champions? No. Here’s
what happened. I did my personal best. I acknowledged that I had no excuse valid
enough to keep me from achieving my personal best in a twelve-week period. What
was my biggest excuse? Chronic back pain, a bulging disc between my L-4 and L-5
vertebrae. What was my biggest success? Not using my biggest excuse.
So
what kind of results did an average guy like me with a ton of excuses achieve?
Since August my pant size dropped from 42” to 36”, I lost 29Lbs of fat and
gained at least five pounds of muscle. What did I do after the twelve-week
challenge? I maintained a lifestyle of proper nutrition and fitness. After
twelve weeks of discipline and results there was no turning back.
This
next challenge begins 01/01/00 and no later than 01/31/00. It is in this
challenge that I am going to lose the balance of excess body fat and “blast” my
muscles into a bulk of mass. I’ve spent the last five months strengthening my
abdominal and back muscles so that there is a protective barrier around the
bulging disc section of my spine. This is my final stretch, that last mile sort
of speak.
Participation
in the challenge contest requires that you take before and after pictures.
That’s right, it’s time to face your fear. I will be bold enough to place my
before picture in next weeks NewsZine Health and Fitness section along with a
weekly update. I dare not place my before picture from August though.
For
more information on the Body for Life Challenge and the $100,000 grand prize
(oh, did I forget to mention that earlier?) visit the following website:
Feel
free to e-mail me if you are interested in the challenge or would like to
attend a support group meeting.
Bryan
Cooley