Drum roll please! The winners of the 2009 Paleo Challenge are……..Jen Muir and Blake Altemara. Jen won the most first place votes and that makes her the overall winner. She will receive three months worth of training with us. Blake will get one. Jen won the womens title in convincing fashion with Sheryl coming in second. On the mens side the race was very close. Blake won by just two votes over Brook which makes Brook the runner up. Coming in a close third was Ali G. Congrats to everyone that participated and you all deserve credit for sticking with it. Out of 29 people that joined back in July only 12 people bothered to take after photos. So all of the contenders deserve a ton of credit for living the paleolithic lifestyle for 2 months.
Runners up:
This reminds me to not take ourselves too seriously.
WOD
5 Rounds of:
5 Hang power cleans (185#/115)
10 Box Jumps (24″ box for both girls and guys)
150 m Run (around building, touch fence and return)
Coaches: Take athletes through Burgener warmup. Focus on the hang position and developing velocity on bar.
congrats guys!!! you worked really hard for this one! See you this week.
Congratulations guys!!! Jen you are such an inspiration and you really took this challenge seriously. Keep it up remember it is a life change!
MABUHAY to both of you!!! Your commitment and self discipline really paid off. Also would like to say congratulations to eveyone else who joined the challenge and were featured on the blog. Eveyone had an amazing transformation and trully a winner too in every way for achieving a positive change in their lives.
Congrats to Jen and Blake and everyone who participated! Blake let out a legendary roar at 6am that could probably be heard from blocks away!
Congrats Jen and Blake!! You guys look amazing!
Thanks everyone for the kind words. And congratulations to Blake, Punky and Brooke and everyone else who participated. Punky is right — it totally is a life change. I get hangovers from cheat meals now. My body doesn’t want them anymore. And thanks to Justin for challenging us and guiding us all throughout. You’re the best!
Jen/Blake: Tip of the hat! You are now the OCC poster children! Great example of the results perspiration and no big macs can deliver. Don’t stop now!
Jen and Blake you two have truly transformed yourselves. Good Job!
Jen and Blake, YOU GUYS ROCK!
Aloha from Hawaii, I miss the box already, hope to get back in on Friday if my red eye in at 5am doesn’t kill me!
Cheers!
Good job guys!! These results are incredible! Way to stay committed throughout the whole challenge
Congrats you both worked extremely hard and stayed committed. You both bring great energy and heart to the box and that is why crossfit has no equal.
Congrats Jen! Congrats Blake! Thanks for setting the bar and leading by example. Seeing your results inspires me to eat better and work harder. Cheers!
Justin- thanks for the challenge and providing us with the motivation to reach for and achieve our goals.