THE RULES

The challenges take place about 3 times each year with the coordination of HCF.  The information is updated before each challenge.  You will know when a paleo challenge is happening at least 1 month in advance so you can prepare you mind, body, and household.

This challenge is a way to better health and performance for a longer, happier life.  You must consider new habits, routines, and time management to help this new lifestyle become easier.  You might have to overcome temptations while you’re “on the go,” with friends, attending a wedding, birthday party, on vacation, or in your own home.   There are no exceptions.

You are doing this challenge SOLO, no teams. It’s $20 to participate.  The more people who participate, the larger the cash prize.

Preparing for the Challenge

1. Take a Before & After picture.  To be eligible to win, you must take a before/after picture.  If you’re a challenge winner, we reserve the right to promote your results.  It’s best to wear a bathing suit or something tight fitting to observe your results.
2. Take measurements. Weight (in bathing suit), waist (largest area), chest, arms, thighs.
3. Complete body fat % test – we have a sign up sheet at the gym for Friday Afternoon (1/27), Saturday before and after the 4pm bring-a-friend WOD (1/28), and Sunday before and after the seminar (1/29).
4. Complete bench mark workout:
   CINDY – AMRAP 20 MINUTES of 5 pull-ups, 10 pushups, 15 squats
   Before: Friday 1/27 and Monday 1/30 (make-up day)
   After:  Wednesday 2/1 and Monday 2/3 (make-up day)
5. Get a Journal. We will give you one if you don’t already have one. Or, you may keep your journal in a document that can be emailed to us.You will write the following in your journal:

* The Date
* # of hours you slept
* Detailed breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks (protein, veggie, Fat, herbs & spices). Consider posting portion sizes.
* WOD and Results (you must attend WODS minimum 3x/week)
* Mood: were you grumpy, happy, anxious, energetic, stressed?

         6. Want to go the extra mile? Purchase The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf.

During the Challenge

1. Community Blog: Every Sunday you will post a comment on theHCF challenge blog. I’ll either have questions for your to ponder, or a review of how the past weeks went.
2. Journal Review: This time around, You need to submit at least 1 Journal entry weekly via email or you can write it down on a sheet of paper.  It will be submitted to me between Friday-Sunday every week.  I may reply with some suggestions.  This leads me to bullet point #3.
3. Keep a balanced meal plan: Your plate should include mostly meat, vegetables, and some fat.  For optimal results, Fruit/nuts should be limited to 1-2 servings/day, and you should limit pale baking and desserts.  If you don’t, you’re sabotaging the challenge and chances are you won’t see major changes.
4. Weekly Prizes:look forward to a weekly challenge submitted every Sunday on the HCF Challenge Blog.  Challenges may or may not be related to food.  You do not have to participate, but we will have Gift Certificates and awesome prizesfor you to win!!How to be a challenge Winner!

We will choose 1 male and 1 female winner and we will take the following into consideration:

• overall improvement in WODs and personal achievements
• Detailed journal entries of your wod, food, sleep, mood, etc.
• Participation in weekly meetings, blog entries, and challenges
• Eating foods acceptable on the paleo menu – no exceptions. If you drink beer, eat butter on the broccoli at the restaurant, have a drunken late night pizza, or play dumb and “accidentally” cheat, then you cannot be a winner.