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DALLAS, TX<\/strong> – Gold\u2019s Gym, a trusted fitness authority, has selected 30 national winners in the annual Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge, its signature 12-week body transformation competition offered exclusively to Gold\u2019s Gym members. These Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge national winners received a total of $100,000 in cash prizes for their incredible and inspiring results.<\/p>\n Starting in January, thousands of participants from across the country competed in five age categories ranging from 18 to 60+ as part of their Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge journeys. Over the course of 12 weeks, and despite the coronavirus pandemic, participants worked to make changes in their lives to improve their physical fitness and overall health while reaching new levels of inner and outer strength. While gyms were temporarily closed, participants were provided free digital fitness solutions to continue working out at home \u2013 including premium access to the GOLD\u2019S AMP\u2122 digital personal training app, which was offered free through May 31, and free on-demand video workouts from around the world at www.goldsgym.com\/anywhere<\/a>.<\/p>\n Participants shared their success stories at the local level, with local finalists advancing to the national level. A panel of experts selected the national winners in each age group, plus two overall winners (one male and one female), using criteria such as fitness results achieved, total weight lost, muscle tone gained, personal essays and overall physical transformations. A full list of all the winners can be viewed here.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge has always showcased the personal drive and perseverance that Gold\u2019s Gym members have, and even more so this year considering the added difficulties brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. We congratulate all of our 2020 participants on their amazing achievements,\u201d said Gold\u2019s Gym President and CEO Adam Zeitsiff. \u201cThe Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge is about so much more than losing weight. We know everyone who participated is inspiring others to become healthier and stronger versions of themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n National Male Overall Winner Drew Key, 62, of the Lawrenceville, Georgia, Gold\u2019s Gym, realized early on as a child in the foster care system that he wanted to do something special and be someone special. As a kid, he found his talents through playing and excelling at football and basketball. Inspired by previous Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge winners, Key and his wife joined the challenge with a new mission: to serve as ambassadors for good mental and physical health.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Gold\u2019s Challenge has afforded me an opportunity to reflect on my childhood and the challenges, individuals and accomplishments which have shaped me,\u201d he said. \u201cI am passionate in my desire to encourage others to transform their lifestyle because I want them to feel good and full of life.\u201d<\/p>\n At the end of the challenge, Key maintained his starting weight of 186 pounds, but transformed his body composition, taking his body fat percentage from 22% to 12% and shrinking his waist almost 7 inches.<\/p>\n National Female Overall Winner Rachel Tempia, 31, of the Hamilton Mill, Georgia, Gold\u2019s Gym, almost didn\u2019t join the Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge due to insecurity. As a daily gymgoer whose progress had become stagnant, Tempia reached out to a Gold\u2019s Gym trainer who pushed her and often believed in her more than she believed in herself.<\/p>\n \u201cThese past 12 weeks taught me so much about myself and about the \u2018why\u2019 in why I do this,\u201d she said. \u201cI never considered happiness to be a part of why I work out, but the biggest thing I have come to realize is that it is a result of me working out. Though I have struggled with depression badly in the past, a huge disease that runs through my family, I have not struggled with it once since finding my place in the gym.\u201d<\/p>\n Tempia lost 27.6 pounds and a total of 28.5 inches across her waist, hips and right thigh.<\/p>\n The Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge is a collaboration between Gold\u2019s Gym and the Gold\u2019s Gym Franchisee Association. 2020 Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge sponsors included Optimum Nutrition, BSN, Isopure, A.B.B. , Lenny & Larry\u2019s and Matrix Fitness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DALLAS, TX<\/strong> – Gold\u2019s Gym, a trusted fitness authority, has selected 30 national winners in the annual Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge, its signature 12-week body transformation competition offered exclusively to Gold\u2019s Gym members. These Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge national winners received a total of $100,000 in cash prizes for their incredible and inspiring results. The Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge is a collaboration between Gold\u2019s Gym and the Gold\u2019s Gym Franchisee Association. 2020 Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge sponsors included Optimum Nutrition, BSN, Isopure, A.B.B. , Lenny & Larry\u2019s and Matrix Fitness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[30,298],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5703,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5702\/revisions\/5703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}