{"id":348345,"date":"2021-07-21T06:02:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=348345"},"modified":"2021-07-21T06:02:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:02:59","slug":"ruechoway-santos-win-golds-gym-saipan-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ruechoway-santos-win-golds-gym-saipan-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruechoway, Santos win Gold\u2019s Gym Saipan Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
Participants of the 2021 Gold\u2019s Gym Saipan Transformation Challenge pose for a group photo during the awards banquet last Saturday. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paul Ruechoway and Emily Santos topped the 2021 Gold\u2019s Gym Saipan Transformation Challenge with the former shedding 34 lbs and 9\u201d around the waist and the latter losing 19.6 lbs and 6\u201d around the waist.<\/p>\n

Ruechoway and Santos were awarded $500 each during the 12-week fitness campaign\u2019s awards banquet held last Saturday. A total of 42 took part in the challenge which awarded over $5,000 in cash and prizes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis entire journey has completely changed my life. I\u2019ve become the healthiest I\u2019ve ever been in my life and I feel confident and secure in my own body. Joining Gold\u2019s Gym is one of the best decisions I\u2019ve made in my life. I\u2019ve found a new hobby and made great friends,\u201d said Ruechoway, who was also won the most inspirational essay award. <\/p>\n

Santos, for her part, said she didn\u2019t let a defeatist attitude get the better of her in winning the female category of the transformation challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways believe in yourself when you feel like quitting because you will like the end result which will become your greatest reward,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Santos was also the leader in the number of points awarded for visiting Gold\u2019s Gym for boot camp, workouts, and classes. <\/p>\n

Winners Paul Ruechoway and Emily Santos ate the winners of the 2021 Gold\u2019s Gym Saipan Transformation Challenge. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gold\u2019s Gym Saipan\u2019s general manager Tyce Mister asked, \u201cIs it a coincidence that the winner of most points also won overall? We don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that their mission is to help people achieve their potential through fitness. <\/p>\n

\u201cOne motivator is the Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge that began earlier this year in March. Gold\u2019s Gym Saipan in partnership with PHI Pharmacy, Michelob Ultra, Brabu Pharmacy & Wellness Center, and Turn Key Solutions offer a huge \u2018congratulations!\u2019 to the participants in the 2021 Gold\u2019s Gym Transformation Challenge,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Mister added that this year\u2019s transformation challenge had a very high completion rate. \u201cForty-two challengers began the 12-week transformation challenge journey and 35 completed the challenge. This is a transformation contest, but 99% of the participants had the goal to lose weight. As a group, these 35 challengers lost over 388 lbs! This is an average of 13.8 lbs per person. Around the waist, the group lost an average of 4.4 inches with a total of 152.5 inches lost around the waist.\u201d <\/p>\n

Gold\u2019s Gym hosted a boot camp throughout the competition that was led by Aaron Tomokane, NASM certified personal trainer. <\/p>\n

Tomokane emphasized, \u201cThis is a transformation challenge and not a weight loss competition. We want everyone to be safe. We encourage body fat loss when necessary to be healthier, but we want to see lean body mass (muscle) either maintained or even increased as part of the transformation challenge. It is very difficult to lose fat body mass and at the same time maintain or even gain lean body mass.\u201d <\/p>\n

The transformation challenge is grateful to Tomakane for his role in completing the before and after photos and measurements. <\/p>\n

Pomaikai Aldan, one of the other participants of the transformation challenge, shared this secret, \u201cI ate very clean cooked foods and as much as possible avoided fast food and fried food.\u201d <\/p>\n

Additionally, Aldan offered some advice to others with the goal of weight loss, \u201cWeight loss is very hard for many people so the best advice I can offer anyone is to commit fully to your health. We only get one body so we should do our best to treat it great. Take baby steps to reach your goals because all that matters is that you reach your goal, not how fast you get there. Health and exercise is a lifetime marathon not a short term sprint.\u201d (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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