The League of Eagles                                                 Gym Athlete of the Year

The League of Eagles are the gyms in the UK that are prepared to challenge other gyms to fitness challenges and show results based only on their members fitness.

Gym Athletes trains for the sport of X Training. A 'Gym Eagle' is the fittest gym member in Gym Based Sports based on results on the WGC Leader Boards.

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Why start the monthly gym challenges?

Please click here to find out why? And a little more .... !

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Coming soon

Brought to you by World Gym Challenge.com and Physique TV, the first ever detailed TV program on X Training and Gym Athletes.

A focus on the Camberley Ice Breaker, part of the UK Gym Fitness Challenge Series 2010.

How do they train? Who are they? What are the events like? And more importantly of all - could I become one?

Have a look at the trailer and watch this space for more details.

http://www.physique-tv.com/videos.aspx

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Personal trainers - read the blog page and see what you think?

Monthly Gym Challenges commence in March

Monthly gym challenges of different disciplines begin in March to add that something extra for personal trainers and clients. The challenges will come in multi functional disciplines, but mainly concentrating of cardio challenges for ease of making sure time keeping is logged correctly.

The first challenge is The Five Zero's Gym Fitness Challenge

5000m run

500m row

Enter Here

Results are submitted by registered personal trainers only who may charge clients a training fee to authenticate times. The entry fee is just £5.40 and results will not be published until the 31st March to see who got the fastest time. Closing date for entry is the 25th March.

If your client has registered you as their personal trainer your name will appear in the leader board - if your client chooses to display it.

It is free to register as a Personal Trainer on WGC. Just contact info@worldgymchallenge.com for further details.

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Will X Training get the kick start it needs this year?

Next issue of Ultra FIT magazine see's how the Royal Marines train and who is their fittest? Last year WGC covered the Royal Marine X Training Challenge and witnessed first hand just what happens when a group of very motivated and very fit individuals compete to be the fittest and awarded the Marines with its own trophy in celebration of who would win.

All the splits and results were entered into the WGC leader Boards (Results) and as those that know about X Training know all too well, the winner was Chris Lord with a time of 15 min's and 55 seconds, almost a minute quicker then his nearest rival and who features on the back pages of this months Ultra FIT magazine.

The forces are a prime breeding ground for X Training and with Men's Fitness launching a new challenge with FIT Brit, it certainly looks like X Training is going to be on everybody lips by those who are serious about fitness by the end of the year.

Gym Athletes compete in the sport of X Training and the Royal Marines have been competing for years.

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Do you want motivation?

Enter the events below and start your training for a reason when you go to a gym.

Gorton Grueller and Brighton Nut Cracker are now available to enter on Line on the 2010 Events tab or as a pdf download.

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On Line results for 'Gym Challenges' from your own gym.

Coming soon for WGC will be the ability for personal trainers to submit heir clients results on line for the World Gym Challenge and many other gym challenges and see them published on the results leader boards and be entered into personal folders.

This is great news for the sport as it opens up the potential for hundreds more gym athletes who have not been able to compete because of the inability to travel.

The first on line challenge is Gym Challenge for Haiti please ask your gym to take part and get results published onto the the WGC Leader Boards. 50% of revenue less vat will be donated towards the DEC (Disaster Emergency Committee) Registered No:1062638

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The Camberley Ice Breaker

Congratulations to Richard Vint and Trudi Hawksworth who both won yesterday. Both names are added to the WGC Hall of Fame which has been updated.

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The Brighton X Training Gym Challenge (The Nut Cracker)

The next event in the UK Gym Challenge Series is The Nut Cracker. On Line booking details can be found here

Or if you go to the Events tab and scroll down to the The Brighton X Training Challenge.

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The Camberley Ice Breaker has adapted to the WGC one judge one event system of judging. All judges would have completed the course, or have constant involvement in it. Please click on the updated Race Plan to see race times, judges and time keeper details.

Please remember the judges decision is final and as with any sport - sometimes they are bang on the money and sometimes errors are made. With the experience in the line up of judges at the Camberely Ice Breaker, I hope you would agree, it has been one of the best line ups ever for judges and every effort has been made to inform you of the race plan in as much detail as possible.

Good quality judging makes an event and Lloyd Millichap - Head Judge and organiser has some of the most experienced judges in X Training at this event. Be warned the judging will be tight and consistent.

On behalf of WGC and Lloyd Millichap - we hope you enjoy it and good luck to all the Gym Eagles who takes part.

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Women's Fitness

Great exposure for Gym Challenge for Haiti on Women's Fitness website

Getting more women involved in X Training and raising money for a great cause.

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Ice Ice Baby .... Ice Ice Baby ... Ice Ice Baby ... The Camberley Ice Breaker

Is the X Training scene due for some changes in who wins challenges this year? Can anybody reach close to Royal Marine Chris Lord's impressive performance of last year - can he be caught?

Well until the sport expands and brings new blood into it, or returning Gym Athletes come back into the sport- we will not know for sure.

What can be said, is that this event is a great start to the season, full of top seeded Gym Athletes raring to get their teeth into a fresh new challenge with inspiring changes to the normal format of events.

The final races between Steve Mead and Richard Vint, between Andy Lett and Steve Dowse, between Dan Edge and Martin Carter are going to be awesome. But for me and no pressure ladies, the race of the day has got to be Becky Nicholas (Calso Gym ) and Trudi Hawksworth (LA Fitness Derby) For those in the know - know that surely this will be one of those races that will go right to the wire - the cardio specialist vs the weight specialist ... I can hardly wait.

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First Draft of the Race Line Up for the Camberley Ice Breaker can be seen here Plus some photos from last year.

If you are thinking about taking part at the next event, or thinking about taking up X Training as a sport just ask yourself could you ? Those that can - do ! Those that can't - don't! X Training is not a sport for the seriously fit, but the seriously motivated.

The next event in the first ever UK Gym Fitness Challenge Series is The Brighton Nut Cracker and details will be released soon.

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Personal Trainer and one of the fittest Gym Athletes in the country Alex Woods is the first person to enter the Haiti Gym Challenge on Line.

To view Alex's result click on to the Leader Board

Alex runs his own Personal Training Business Golf Fit which specialises in fitness for golfing professionals and effective training for golf enthisiats of any level.

A regular on the X Training scene, Alex has made many a long trip from his home town of Edinburgh to compete in the southern parts of England where there are more events. He says of X Training as a sport " X-training has challenged my ability in fitness more than any other sport I have ever competed in"

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The Gym Challenge for Haiti will be set on two levels

• Individual (£5.00 to enter)
• Gym Based (£100.00 to enter) 50 split times published.

Individually all that is required is the name of your personal trainer who has verified your time and results will go straight into the Leader Board.

Gym Based will reflect gyms that are taking this on as a Gym Challenge Charity Day and details will be released shortly.

It is proposed that less admin costs that all the proceeds will go to:

www.dec.org.uk

You will need to travel no further then your own gym to compete.

 

Please Help ..... Because you can !

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As the end of January approaches and the thought of February and the Camberley Ice Breaker is nearly on us (just two weeks to go) those of us who have known the secret to real motivation in a gym, we have been training very hard and are looking forward to a fantastic day full of inspiring and challenging races.

Those who don't know about Gym Challenges here is one for you to consider very carefully....

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The Gym Challenge for Haiti (Its in your personal folders - under GymXTC™)

1 Row .                                2. Squat Thrusts                             3. Sit Ups

4. Treadmill                                          5. Bench Press

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The clock starts	Club	Club Plus	Club Xtreme
Row	500 m	750 m	1000 m
Squat Thrusts	50 (25 each Leg)	70 (35 Each Leg)	100 (50 Each Leg)
Sit Ups (Full)	20	30	50
Treadmill	500 m	700 m	1000 m
Bench Press	20 x 20 kg Men	30 x 30 kg Men	50 x 40 kg Men
	20 x 10 kg Women	30 x 15 kg Women	50 x 20 kg Women
			The Clock Stops !

Only attempt a gym challenge if you are of good health. Consult a doctor or trained fitness professional for advice if in any doubts.

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Publish all results on line for your gym and challenge your friend .... wherever he may be.

Contact www.worldgymchallenge.com for further details

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Accomodation for the Ice Breaker (From Farouk Vawda)

I booked two rooms at Travelodge Camberley for the night before the Ice-Breaker. Each accommodates 3 adults & cost £29. Only Mike, Craig & I are now coming down from Gorton. Therefore, if anyone wants accommodation for that night (either to take one of the rooms or share with us) please let me know.

Contact Farouk

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Core Dynamics Gym (New York)

The first gym in the United States to engage in X Training event hosted by WGC was completed yesterday. The 'USA' Run, Bike Row, which uses the imperial measurement sytem, was attempted by over 25 Gym Athletes.

Results can be seen here

Joao Monterio a personal trainer encouraged members to try this very daunting challenge as a first event, to see just what the gym members think of it - and by all accounts they are suitably impressed!

Joao Monteiro

Manager, Personal Trainer,, Cycleops Power Cycling Instructor

Joao graduated from Gama Filho University in Brazil with a degree in Physical Education and Marketing.

Since arriving in the U.S. nine years ago, he has been an active competitor in distance running, triathlons and Jiu-Jitsu.  He has also completed four Iron Man triathlons.

Joao is an international trainer with years of experience in Brazil and the U.S.  With his experience in training for various distance marathons and triathlons as well as his education, endurance training is his preferred area of expertise.

Joao is a passionate professional and will take the necessary steps to ensure members, clients, as well as his students, maximize their time to accomplish all of their goals.

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The Camberley Ice Breaker

The Camberely Ice Breaker is nearly full and you must register soon to guarantee your place. Entries have been listed and can be viewed here.

The closing date is the 1st Feb, but demand may well see that date close early ... you have been warned!

Points will be allocated to X Training Gym of the Year and Gym Athlete of the Year after this event.

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