OUR WINTER COMEBACK CHALLENGE WINNER - YING 

Meet Ying, our winner of the Winter Comeback Challenge.  For 8 weeks during winter the challenge focus was consistency.  
Have a goal, create a plan that suits your lifestyle and commitments and be consistent with your efforts.  
What gave Ying the edge was she knew the power of consistency before the challenge as she has had a transformation in her health over the past 6+ months prior to the challenge. She was able to kick her fitness into another gear thanks to the motivation that the challenge offered and not only did she see further results in her physique, but she found a love for running which is getting better and better each time because of ..... consistency!  She chose to focus on getting better at running as her personal goal in the challenge and once she realised it revealed a potential she didn't know she had in her, her hesitant goal became something she is thriving in loving the sense of achievement it gives her.  This is now an established habit that keeps adding to her health tank 

In Feb 2024, Ying was diagnosed with high blood pressure and placed on medication.  Her GP warned that if she didn't make lifestyle changes that included exercise then her health was at real risk.  Ying took the warning seriously and joined FBFM for accountability to show up when she knew it wouldn't be easy to know what to do or keep on track by herself.  
Within 6 weeks of regular exercise (including strength training and awesome huffy puffy exercise) and making great food choices, Ying was off her medication and her body was transforming even though that wasn't her main goal (she isn't complaining about losing 11kg & feeling better about the way she looks).  Weightloss has been a bonus side - effect of awesome consistent effort and choices, but the biggest gains from her lifestyle changes and what she achieved through the winter challenge has been her every improving mental health and self confidence.  Ying is advocating for all her friends to make changes towards their strength and fitness as she can't confess enough how much exercise has changed her life.

THIS IS WHY WE CREATE CHALLENGES THAT PROMOTE CONSISTENCY AND
EQUIP YOU TO MAKE EXERCISE A PRIORITY IN YOUR LIFE 


No one persons commitments and schedule are the same.  No one's personal goals and reasons why are the same. 
BUT THE ONE THING THAT IS IN COMMON FOR EVERYONE IS .......
HEALTHY, FIT AND STRONG LIFESTYLES ARE WORTH EVERY EFFORT BUT THEY DO NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE EFFORT

So we are finishing the year on a 6 week challenge to give you a boost to establish consistent exercise that will create internal habits & values that you can fit in to your life even when the social commitments (aka silly season) starts to show up in your routines. 
Summer upon us and it's a time to feel amazing about what your body can do.  We don't ignore that it also brings up feelings of low confidence if we aren't at our fittest and healthiest, so we are here to encourage you in the habits that will change the way you feel about your body when it is full of the energy and vitality that exercise offers.  Changes in the way your body looks will follow the more consistently you apply quality exercise values.  So if you are ready to get moving so that summer is full of adventure that's not limited by lack of fitness, low energy or ability to challenge your body, then get on board with us for this challenge.  

During this 6 week you will : 

- BUILD HABITS that will suit your lifestyle & commitments.  Even in the busy periods of life, you will realise you can conquer the excuses and find a way to prioritise exercise 

- MOVE consistently as you work towards a goal that interests you and take part in exercise tasks that will promote increased fitness & strength

- LEARN about nutrition truths that can make lifelong changes to the way you see and use foods in your day.  Meal plans are not a vibe at FBFM as we believe you have greater longterm success when you are educated about choices and how to apply that to your own circumstances.  We know that Nutrition is a real component of results, and whilst weightloss is not how you win this challenge, we can encourage and guide you on what impacts fat loss when it comes to nutrition and exercise.   

- ENGAGE with a community of people that want realistic & measurable results that won't leave them disappointed within a month of the challenge end because the process didn't consider their goals & lifestyle.  
Anyone can hack out major changes for a short time in the name of head turning results, but the maintenance of those results are proven again and again not sustainable because the methods are more weighted towards sacrifice than adapting genuine change. 

- COMMIT to you.  We all have someone or something in our life that needs us.  This challenge gives you daily opportunities to establish incredible declarations to yourself and those in your world that your health is important too.  Your commitment to you will inspire others as they notice more energy & sense you self belief growing.  The best outcome is they join you and experience the feels for themselves (even kids benefit from you including them in your journey) 

HOW DOES THE COMPETITION WORK ?
When consistency is the goal then if all challengers tick off the basic exercise tasks then the competition is even.  So for the competition element and determine a winner we have bonus points that reward you for applying genuine effort towards seeing your fitness improve.  It doesn't have to be so aggressive that you wear yourself out, we want you to learn that consistency is where you truly see and feel results you know you want to keep working on long after the challenge ends.  

POINTS
- 5 points of exercise up for grabs per week (tasks include Fitter Faster Stronger workout (FFS), Challenge of the Week (COW),
HIIT (huffy puffy effort) & GOAL efforts towards your nominated goal
- Bonus points awarded for the most improved by percentage in FFS & COW tasks
- Bonus points awarded for those finishing top 3 in weekly COW 
- Bonus Points are also awarded for taking part in tasks that focus on nutrition choices and awareness & community engagement

PRIZES & CHARITY OPPORTUNITY
This is hardly what should be at the bottom of the challenge run down because at FBFM we value highly the potential  influence we all have in our world.  And when we are healthy fit and strong, we have more energy and empathy to impact others in a positive way.  
It's no secret that the cost of living is hurting everyone at the moment, so we know that the prize money up for grabs here will mean something real to someone.  
To extend the reach of influence and include a bonus heart warming purpose to working hard, we will build blessing hampers to gift to someone via raffle that our challengers nominate in need.  Every COW completed, challengers will have an opportunity to donate a hamper item that will help fill someone's pantry with items that can help relieve some financial burden in their home. 

Cash & merchandise prizes valued over $1000 will be awarded amongst 1st, 2nd & 3rd place 
 

CHALLENGE ENTRY

$60 for current FBFM members

$200 Non-Members Unlimited classes access (value $264)

$369 Non-Member Personal Training + Unlimited class access (value $450)