On August 17, I invite you to join me in changing your life. For 90-days, we are going to eat right, workout hard, and get fit.
Here is is my official welcome video:
Anybody can participate in this challenge. It doesn’t matter if you are 18 or 80. You just have to commit to get fit and do something about it over the next 90 days. We aren’t going to recommend a certain workout routine or diet plan. People are different and we all have different goals. There are plenty of books and web resources that you can use to build out your plan of attack. A great place to start would be to look through the DailyBurn workouts section. I’ll be explaining what I plan to do over the 90-day challenge in a follow-up post. You can join me or do your own thing. It doesn’t matter – just do something!
To officially join the challenge (and be eligible for the prizes) you will need to do the following:
- Join one of the official DailyBurn Challenges:
- Create and upload a YouTube video that does the following:
- Mentions that you are officially joining the “DailyBurn Fitness Challenge”
- Explains the goals you have over the next 90 days. Creative videos are highly encouraged.
- Shows or describes your initial starting stats (weight, body fat, age, etc.). Showing the actual scale and “proving” the date will help with judging, but is not totally necessary. Update: If you are sensitive about your weight/bodyfat, you don’t have to say it on camera. You can just send it to us as in #4 below…
- Post links to your video in the comments and in the forums of the DailyBurn challenges that you joined. This will serve as “proof” of the beginning of your challenge. Look for the quick way to include YouTube videos in the comments, it looks like this:
- Email ceochallenge@dailyburn.com with your Name, Address, Email, DailyBurn User account, and YouTube entry video URL.
- At the end of the challenge, on November 17, 2009, you will need to submit another YouTube video with your final results. We will give you instructions on final submission on this blog.
To officially “kick things off”, I have uploaded my YouTube entry video. Here is my entry video, and you can also see it in the comments.
We highly encourage you to track your weight, food, workouts, and other activity on DailyBurn during the challenge. Keeping up with this information will help you stay honest and allows the community to help keep you motivated. We also encourage you to tell lots of people about your 90-day commitment! Positive peer pressure is a great motivator.
I’ll be describing specific steps I am taking during the 90-days along with other tips and tricks I learn to this blog, so be sure to subscribe by RSS, email, or twitter.
After the end of the 90-day challenge, the DailyBurn staff will view the results and pick one winner for each challenge. We will also have a prize for the “best transformation story” during this challenge. We will explain the prizes in a follow-on post.
OK, and now for some legal mumbo-jumbo:
- Do the right thing. Don’t do some crazy diet that hurts you. Ask your doctor before beginning any exercise or diet changes.
- We are limiting prizes to United States only. Feel free to participate wherever you are, but we can only ship prizes in the USA.
- Don’t enter this competition if prohibited by law where you live.
- Here is a link to the full terms and conditions.
This challenge wouldn’t be possible without the help of our sponsors. Please visit these fine organizations and also let them know you appreciate their support of this challenge.
August 17 is right around the corner. You have about two weeks to prepare yourself, clean out the kitchen, get your workout plans in order, and enter the challenge. Let’s do this!
