IT'S TIME TO GET THINGS TURNED IN

THE TIME HAS FINAL COME.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO START TURNING IN YOUR

PARAGRAPHS, PHOTOS, AND MONEY.

ALTHOUGH WE DON'T OFFICIALLY BEGIN

THE CHALLENGE UNTIL SATURDAY, I THINK THAT

WE ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO START TAKING PICTURES

AND MEASUREMENTS (IF YOUR GOAL REQUIRES MEASUREMENTS).

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR INFORMATION TO

ALAN@BEACON-METALS.COM

OR

AJOHNANDFAMILY@Q.COM

AND TURN IN THE CASH THE NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL AND I HOPE THAT

IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO

DETERMINE THE WINNER BECAUSE OF ALL OF

THE GREAT RESULTS.

Just A Little Exercise Video For You To Enjoy

Exercise Animation

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Nine Days Until We Begin

From all of us at the 90 Day Fitness Challenge...

Merry Christmas...

...and a FIT New Year

Remember,

Only

9

days until we begin.

Be sure to get your paragraph, pictures, and money turned in soon.

Questions About The Fitness Challenge?

So I have been asked several times what the details are for our Fitness Challenge and I have tried to figure out how to copy and paste them into this blog but I can't figure it out.

So if you would like to find out more please email me at alan@beacon-metals.com or leave a comment with your email adress and I will forward them on to you right away.

But for now, everyone enjoy the holidays with a full mug of eggnog and several candycanes because on January 1st the Challenge will begin.

They Keep Coming In...

Please welcome...

Korey

Conner

Joe

We are getting a fierce group of competitors.

Be ready to get things rolling on January 1st because it looks like there will be some stiff competition.

The First List of Participants

Please welcome...

Alan

Danielle

Ethan

Chantel

Mechelle

Ben

Chase

With more to come.

Participants are Beginning to Roll In.

Several people have already expressed their desire to participate in our first ever 90 day Fitness Challenge.

Are you one of them?

If not, why not?

Remember that you need to let me know if you are planning on participating within the next two weeks. Late comers are welcome but will be at a disadvantage because the competition only lasts until March 31st.

Remember--

14 Days

Until we begin.

Fifteen Days and Counting

The Fitness Challenge begins in

15 DAYS

Be sure to get everything turned in ASAP.

Determining Your Fitness Goal

Remember those New Year's resolutions you made a few years ago? There you were in bed, dreaming that by springtime you would drop those 10 pounds of fat accumulated during the holidays. Then you dreamt about flaunting your new lean and muscular body on the beach by July.

Well now's your chance to make that happen.

I have searched the Internet for a list of ways to help you reach you fitness goals and this lists is one of my favorite.

1. Write Down Your Goals
Whether you want to lose 10 or 20 pounds or make it your goal to be in the gym at least two or three days a week, list your goals on paper and elaborate a detailed plan with specific steps toward reaching them. Then, regularly refer to that paper each day. Keep copies of it in your car, on your desk at work, on the refrigerator, in your bedroom, on the bathroom mirror--anywhere that serves as a constant reminder.

2. Seek A Workout Partner
Motivation helps you stick to a program. Whether its lifting weights or jogging around the track, sometimes going solo won't get you far. Arrange workout times each week with at coworker, a buddy, or your wife or girlfriend. Training together can be more for encouraging than trying to meet goals alone.

3. Hire A Personal Trainer
A certified personal trainer might be the best investment and motivational tool. If that home gym you received as a holiday gift is collecting dust, a personal trainer will enable you to put it to good use. In-home personal trainers can be pricey, but they pay quick dividends in a shorter period than training alone to reach your goals.

4. Track Your Progress
Just as you wrote down your goals and strategy in the beginning, what can be more inspiring than seeing your progress in the mirror or noting your increasing bench press numbers? Record your progress on paper daily or weekly as another powerful source of motivation to keep you going.
Stay focused, be realistic, and give yourself a break once in a while...

5. Visualize Your Goals
It's not enough to have a goal (or even several goals); you must actually visualize being leaner or more muscular. This will help you achieve both your short-and-long-term goals. For example, if you are trying to add two more reps to you bench press, you must mentally prepare yourself right before you lift. Close your eyes and visualize that you will surpass the eight reps you achieved in your previous workout and eke out nine or ten reps, so that you will be able to add weight for the next set or the next workout.

6. Take It Slowly
You know the cliche, "Rome wasn't built in a day." Even if you lose one pound in 10 days, or drop 2% body fat in six weeks, that's progress. don't rush or become obsessed with reaching multiple goals, as frustration can wreck your game plan. Setting too many goals at once is unrealistic and potentially unrewarding. Opt for one goal at a time.

7. Be Realistic
Know before hand that there will be distractions on the road to your goals, such as work, school or family commitments that might disrupt your workout schedule. Therefore, set obtainable goals in a reasonable time period.

8. Be Flexible
If you can't get to the gym or do your workout one morning because of a snowstorm or a meeting at work, don't fret. Either reschedule it for later, or do a modified 10-minute workout of upper and lower body exercises, such as push ups and squats, and a lower intensity activity such as a brisk walk around the block on our lunch hour. Don't feel guilty or upset for not getting to the gym. You still burned some calories and promoted your heart health with the brisk walk, and those body weight push ups and squats benefited your muscles and bones!

9. Take a Day Off
You won't go off the deep end by taking a day off from your scheduled workout. Enjoy yourself by going to a movie, reading a book, dining out, etc. It could be a welcome change to, avert the monotonous routine, help you regain focus and prevent obsession, which may have turned off family and friends during the first days and weeks you began striving toward your goals.

10. Reach Your Goals
Congratulations! You dropped those 20 pounds, got the six pack abs, doubled you bench press, or ran three miles non-stop, and achieved your goals. Now you have two choices: (1) Maintain your fitness goals or better yet, (2) Set other reasonable, reachable goals so you're not complacent, but continually stimulated and physically active in a lifelong quest for fitness and health. The decision is yours.

The Countdown Begins

I would like to personally welcome everyone to our first ever 90 DAY FITNESS CHALLENGE.

I am very excited to get things started. I hope that you are as well.

The Fitness Challenge begins in

16 Days

Be sure to get your pictures, paragraph and money turned in ASAP.

During the course of our 90 days challenge I will be using this blog to keep everyone upto date with things that are going on.

Once the challenge begins I will be able to let everyone know how many people you are competing against so you will have an idea of what the final prize money will be.

As you should all know--this competition is open to our families and friends so the more people who are part of the competition the better the final prize money will be.

Good luck and let's get ready to start.