Nutrition Tip #4…Revving up your metabolism
We just finished our first ever Skinny Jeans Lifestyle Transformation Contest. And the results are nothing short of amazing. If you weren’t involved, the contest was a test of compliance and making healthy lifetstyle changes. Each contestant was given a score card and a scoring system by which to earn points. Points were awarded for nutrition, strength training, cardio and supplements. Who ever had the most points at the end of the 6 week contest won. It was called the “Skinny Jeans” contest because you had to comply to the latest fashion trend and borrow...
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One week ago we launched the anagrual EXL Fitness Skinny Jeans Contest, a lifestyle transformation contest based on compliance. I’ve been genuinily surprised at the response. I think there is something in our DNA that responds to competition. Even if it’s just to improve oneself. It’s strange some people view competition as evil and advocate cooperation over competition, claiming competition always produces a loser and more is accomplished with cooperation. I disagree competition makes us better, it imbues a deep desire that drives us to explore our limits and to...
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