Sydney man Ben thought it was a shoe to win a vacation to Fiji after signing up for a fitness challenge with his gym.
But now, after another winner has been crowned, Ben thinks the gym might be hiding something, after it refused to reveal the winners’ body scans.
“I’ve done my challenge. I challenge you F45: give us the results,” said Ben.
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Ben is up with the sunrise, starting his first of four daily routines with a run, every morning.
For the past four weeks, she has eaten protein powder, coconut water, and beetroot for breakfast, along with other prepared meals, and has lived this routine in hopes of winning a free vacation to Fiji after seeing a social media ad for the challenge. fitness F45. .
It was the motivation the elementary school teacher and aspiring MMA fighter said he needed.
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“From day one I already had food prepared for the week,” said Ben. A current affair.
“I told everyone that I was going to win the challenge and from day one I set out to win it and spent every hour of the day preparing food, training, going to bed at 8:30 at night, getting up at 3:30 in the morning.
“By the end I was eating, sleeping, breathing the competition.”
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Ben paid F45 $60 a week for four weeks, plus he claimed it was an additional $140 for scans of his body.
I thought it was money well spent.
“First of all, my nine-year-old son said, ‘Dad, you can win this,’ which was a huge motivation,” Ben said.
And after Ben’s body transformation, he’s become slimmer, meaner, and nearly nine kilograms lighter.
The winner of the competition has lost 15 kilograms.
But Ben said he’s now unsure whether the competition was about weight loss or general health.
Ben has since moved to a gym that claims it judges his challenges using only body scans.
“We all took the scan before and after the challenge, so let us see them,” Ben said of the winner’s results.
“I’m sure the winner would be very happy to show off their results if they won, right?
“Is there something to hide?”
a current affair asked F45 how the winner was selected and to see the terms and conditions of the competition.
F45 Training Incorporated told us that it has been made aware of and is reviewing the situation.
“You really should be judging fitness, health, strength, how people have progressed and improved over that time period using individual parameters,” said fitness expert Marcus Bondi.
“If you’re judging solely on weight loss, it becomes a starvation competition.”
Ben said he has a message for anyone who might think they’re a sore loser.
“I took time out of my little boy’s life, my partner’s life… I paid my money to be in that competition and I wanted a fair shot,” she said.
And his message to the winner: “Enjoy your trip to Fiji. I think I should go, but enjoy your trip to Fiji.”
F45 Training Incorporated Statement
The F45 Challenge is a community-focused health transformation program designed to create life-changing results.
Each franchisee is responsible for conducting and delivering the program and outlining the terms, conditions, and criteria for the Challenge.
F45 Training Incorporated has been informed and is reviewing the situation.
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