It’s that time again...challenge time! This month-long challenge will focus on creating new habits. Sometimes the easiest part of the journey to health is getting to the gym, and the hardest is changing your habits outside in the “real world”. How we fuel our bodies is just as important as exercise. Our hope with this challenge is to draw attention to how you’re fueling your body: Are you eating too much sugar? Are you getting enough rest? Are you chronically dehydrated? There will, of course, still be points for getting to the gym, and weekly physical challenges to complete on your own - or with co-workers, friends, and family!

Entry Rules

Entry is $10. The challenge will begin Monday, July 2nd, 2018 and end Sunday, July 29th, 2018. You must pay your entry at the gym by Monday, July 2nd. Once you sign up you’ll be given a chart to track your points. Your point charts will need to be brought to the gym on Monday, July 30th, 2018. We’ll announce the winner at a party at the gym on the evening of Tuesday, July 31st, 2018! You do not need to be present to win, or participate!
The grand prize will be the total sum of the money paid as entry for the challenge. In our last challenge the winner took home nearly $300, so the more that participate, the more you could win! The winner will be the individual that has earned the most points by the end of the challenge. If there is a tie, the prize money will be divided equally amongst the winners. There will also be prizes for 2nd and 3rd place.

How to Earn Points Each Day

7+ hours of sleep
At least 7 consecutive hours in the evening. You do not get a point if you sleep for 5 hours at night and then take a 2 hour nap during the day.
Drink half your bodyweight in ounces of water
i.e. A 160 lb. person would need to drink 80 ounces of water to earn 1 point. Yes, we know there’s water in coffee; no, it doesn’t count towards your water consumption for the day.
No sugar
This is a really tough one. Sugar and other sweeteners are a sneaky ingredient in a lot of common foods, especially condiments and sauces (ketchup, dressings, etc.). Read all labels. We know there are some “healthy” alternative sugars out there, most of which are on this list, and we’re by no means saying that these are bad to consume in your regular life, but for this challenge we really want to focus on the fact that we have a sugar problem as a society, and we’re so accustomed to eating sweet or sweetened foods that we don’t even realize we’re doing it anymore. By omitting the following ingredients from your diet as much as possible for the next 30 days, we hope to form some new habits while also learning something about what’s actually in the food we eat on a regular basis. Plus, it’s July in Moab - visit the Farmers Market and check out all the fruit that’s in season!
1. Here is an exhaustive list of sugary ingredients that you may find on labels:
  1. Sugar alcohols
    1. Arabitol
    2. Dulcitol
    3. Erythritol
    4. Glycol
    5. Glycerin (Glycerol)
    6. HSH
    7. Iditol
    8. Isomalt
    9. Lacitol
    10. Maltitol
    11. Mannitol
    12. Polyglycitol
    13. Ribitol
    14. Sorbitol
    15. Threitol
    16. Xylitol
  2. Artificial sweeteners
    1. Aspartame
    2. Acesulfame-K
    3. Equal
    4. Nutra-sweet
    5. Saccharin
    6. Splenda
    7. Stevia
    8. Sucralose
    9. Sweetleaf
    10. Sweet-n-Low
    11. Truvia
  3. “Natural” sugars
    1. Agave nectar
    2. Coconut nectar
    3. Coconut sugar
    4. Date sugar
    5. (Evaporated) cane juice
    6. Maple syrup
    7. Honey
    8. Molasses
    9. Monk fruit extract
    10. Rice malt (extract)
    11. (Sweet) sorghum
    12. Treacle
  4. Science-y names for sugar
    1. Dextrose
    2. Disaccharide
    3. Glucose
    4. Galactose
    5. Maltose
    6. Monosaccharide
    7. Polysaccharide
    8. Ribose
    9. Saccharose
    10. Sucrose
  5. Just plain sugar
    1. ______ sugar (brown sugar, cane sugar, raw sugar, beet sugar, confectioner’s sugar, etc.)
    2. ______ syrup (high fructose corn syrup, malt syrup, refiner’s syrup, rice syrup, brown rice syrup, date syrup, etc.)
No alcohol
Pretty self-explanatory. No beer, wine, liquors. No alcohol for 1 day earns you 1 point.
Eat 4 cups of veggies
Much like the “no sugar” aspect of this challenge, consuming 4 cups of veggies each day is meant to bring awareness to your diet and what you’re putting into your body. Rather than talk about what you can’t have, this rule is about what you can! Potatoes and sweet potatoes do NOT count as a vegetable for this challenge! You can of course still eat them, they just will not count towards your 4 cups of veggies.
1. Some ideas to get you started
  1. Turnips, radishes, rutabagas, beets, carrots, kohlrabi
  2. Squash, zucchini, cucumbers, green beans
  3. Celery, broccoli, cauliflower, artichokes, asparagus, cabbage
  4. Tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, onions, garlic
  5. All greens (lettuce, kale, chard, spinach, etc.)

How to Earn Points Each Week

Completed weekly challenge

We will post a different challenge at the 6am Monday class each week. Don’t worry! You do not have to be at the 6am class to play. :) The challenge will be something you have the entire week to complete. As long as you finish the task by midnight on Sunday of that same week, you get the points.

2. Worked out 3x throughout the week

Attend 3 classes at the Gym on 5th Monday-Saturday and you get the points. If you’re going to be travelling, you can still participate! We will provide a list of at-home workouts you can do while you’re out of town. Dropping in at other gyms will also count towards your 3 classes.

3. Points for bringing in someone new

Share the love! You know what it means to be a part of this community, and how good it feels to push yourself out of your comfort zone while being supported and cheered on by everyone around you. If you have that one friend that you’ve been trying to get in the gym since you started, this is the time! Of course it’s good for the gym, but we also want to include and invite anyone that’s interested in creating healthier habits and leading a healthier life. For every new person that you bring in to one class, you get 1 point. They do not have to sign up for the challenge, or become a member, or even pay for a class! Locals get their first class free and Saturdays are free for everyone. However, if they do participate in the challenge, that only means the grand prize gets bigger!

4. There may be some surprises along the way. Keep an eye out for extra bonus points and double point days...

The Zero Talent Challenge

Good luck!