This page is for PTs.
1.The Testing Manual
This is full of templates for each category and instructions and is provided to all entrants. You really need to take a squizz at it before you fitness test your entrants.
If you are very confident with using Word and Tables and want to type directly onto digital copies, or want to use something similar in your business download the alterable Word version here.
2. Entrant’s Start Up Guide
This was given to entrants before the 20 Week Challenge started or on sign up after May 1st. While PTs don’t have to read the Guide it can be useful to on a number of fronts.
a) The Guide will give you, the PTs, an idea of how we are setting up entrants for a successful journey.
b) If you disagree with anything you can bring it up with clients early on, your opinion overrides ours.
c) If you do agree with the content you might want to quiz your clients about it or help them follow through on some of our suggestions.
d) You may want to use our articles and the ideas in them with your other clients.
Part A – Six Top Tips to Winning
Part B – Entrant Checklists
Part C – The Solo and Team Challenges
Part D – Support Crew Tips
Part E – First Four Exercises
Part F – Recommend Optional Reading
Part G – Walkers, Runners & Happy Hikers Special Editio
3. PTs Only E-mag
Some supportive material for PTs of the 20 Week Challenge.
- PT Support info for week 12 and 13 is in your email :-)
- PT Support Mag Week 11 – click here and be sure to read your email that came with it!
- PT Support Week 10 – do a photo and a video – see this week’s email for details.
- PT Support Mag Week 9 – The Art of Quitting.
- PT Support Mag 6 – Stripping
- PT Support Mag 5 – HIT Lists
- PT Support Article for Week 4 – Member of the Month – How and why to do them. This wee article will be in your actual email.
- PT Support Article for Week 3 – Why we run the Solo and Team Challenges. This wee article is in your actual email this week sent 13th May NZ.
- PT Support Mag for Week 2 – Programme Ideas – How Often to See Clients
- PT Support Mag for Week 1 – Fitness Testing Tips, Shin Splints
4. For Entrant’s – The Winner’s Guide
Each week a Chapter is sent directly to entrants and uploaded here for you PTs to look at if they are keen.
Chapter 1: Portion Distortion.
Chapter 2: Warming Up – how and why to do a great Warm Up.
Chapter 3: The Solo and Team Challenges
Chapter 4: Back Up Plans – what to do if you slip up.
Chapter 5: Feeding Your Feelings – emotional eating.
Chapter 6: How to Burn Body Fat Faster with Weight Training.
Chapter 7: Heart rates, HIIT training, hydration and best time of the day to train.
Chapter 8: Sleep – our 28 day Sleepy Easy Programme plus we reveal our 2nd solo and team challenges.
Chapter 9: Recovery Training – why and how to take time off training.
Chapter 10: Entrant Updates, Vit D, Chemicals and exercising in the cold.
Week 13: Laughing Training They say laughing is good for you and they do not lie. We’ve put together a 30-day giggle programme to get you chuckling, plus our final team and solo challenges are announced.
Week 14: Play PT – our surprise 4th solo challenge.
Includes this ‘Recipe Extra’ – Three handy recipes from Lauren Parson’s book Real Food Less Fuss.
What’s coming up.
Week 15: Celebrating Success
How do you commemorate all that you’ve achieved in this challenge? We think a 20 Week time capsule is a great idea. Packed full of photographs of what you’ve been up to and a record of how far you’ve come, we encourage you to open it in a years’ time to remind you of what you accomplished.
Plus, find out how to change categories and what the story is with the Awards this year.
Week 16: Pack Your Bhags
What happens when the 20 Week Challenge ends? You go on to smash more goal, that’s what. We look at setting big hairy audacious goals (bhags) for you to aim for beyond the challenge, and how to make sure you don’t look back.
Week 17: How to Party
Just in time for some post-Challenge celebrations, it’s out how to party and be healthy issue. We look at balancing out alcohol consumption and healthy hangover cures.
Week 18: Tuning In
It’s a conundrum; there’s only an hour left before bed time and you’re yet to do your workout BUT The Bachelor is on. What to do? We look at tricks to exercising while watching your favourite TV programmes.
Week 19: You’re Almost There
You are so close to the finish line. We look at what you need to do to get there and talk about final fitness testing and reporting procedures.
Week 20: That’s a Wrap
It’s all over for another year. You’ve put your all into the last 20 weeks and it has been an awesome journey. This is our final edition and is full of tips on how to celebrate, stay on track and avoid the post-challenge blues.