Fitness Updated Contest - FAQ

It is a month-long competition, where participants work out from home, with the help of our platform, trying to lose weight, get fit and improve their health.

The winner will be awarded $1000.

We accept 30 participants only. We believe that such a small number will reflect positively on your level of commitment, offering a much higher chance of winning the prize.

Nope. You can enjoy the comfort of your own home – exactly what Fitness Updated was designed for.

Even the prize – if you are the winner – will be send to an account of your choosing as well. No need to leave your house for any of this.

Yes. New applicants are accepted for each round, and each competition starts on the first day of the month, while finishing on the last.

Each round will last for a month. So if January has 31 days it will last 31 days in January. The next contest, in February, will last only 28 days.

You can apply at any time – just visit the official contest page. You will have to leave your e-mail address, and we will put you on our waiting list.

Entering the contest is allowed via invitation only. If you are on the waiting list, you’ll receive an invitation at the end of the month, via email. Joining the waiting list is free, and all you have to do is leave your email address.

Yes! The contest is international, and as such, participants from all over the world are allowed to enter. You will, however, need a PayPal account in order to receive your $1000 prize.

We open the gates 24 hours before the first day of the month. If you’ve been signed-up on the waiting list, you’ll receive a reminder via e-mail.

Only 30 spots are available, so make sure to act fast.

If you don’t manage to enter, and all spots are filled before you try, you’ll remain on the waiting list and have priority over new subscribers.

No, there is no fee. However, since there is such a small number of spots available, participants have to buy a yearly subscription of Fitness Updated – the platform they are going to work out with – at a discount price of $54.

After you join the waiting list, you’ll receive an invitation to enter the contest via email. We send this invite 24 hours before the start of each monthly contest.

Then, you can decide whether to enter the contest or not. If you do, the fee is a one-time payment of $54. No hidden costs, no upsells.

As a bonus gift, you’ll get a full year subscription to the Fitness Updated platform – priced $79 for free.

We designed the contest in a way that each participant has a decent chance for winning. The number of applicants, exclusive as it is, warrants a certain barrier of entry.

Our experience also shows that financial commitments are much stronger than simply joining willy-nilly. It’s not fair to occupy a spot, if you are not committed, nor determined enough. The fee, we believe, is going to take care of that.

To offset the fee, however, we are giving you a full year subscription to Fitness Updated – a product that sells at $74, for free.

No catch. As math can tell you, we are not doing this for profits.

The contest is a great way of doing publicity, and just another way of showing that our product works.

The Fitness Updated community is growing strong, and we love incentivizing people to transform their body, health and mind.

It is an online platform with workout videos and nutrition programs that is designed to be highly personalized. Here is a very short video, explaining everything you need to know.

Honestly, it's up to you. For all we know, you can run, swim, bike, lift weights, and do a handful of our workouts within a single day.

However, we strongly recommend using the platform, because it is specifically designed to transform YOUR body. The personalization algorithms built inside will take care of your transformation, by charting a unique workout and nutrition program. You will know what to eat, and which workout video to play on a specific day.

Getting the full-year subscription, we believe, is going to motivate you to use the platform.

To become qualified for winning, you must first enter the contest, provide a before picture within the specified period, and send an after picture no longer than 24 hours following the end of the contest.

Then, you must cast your vote inside the platform, within the specified period by picking 3 separate people who you think deserve the prize - we are going to award one point to each.

After this voting process is over, our team is going to cast a vote as well. Picking 3 separate people, we are going to add 10, 8, and 6 points respectively.

At the end, an appreciation point, if you have one, is added as well. The person with the highest number of points wins the contest.

The appreciation point is rewarded for spreading the word. When you enter the contest, we will ask of for help in sharing the news. If you make a share, via Facebook or Twitter, you’ll get an appreciation point.

Of course not! However, we must note that a single point can make all the difference when the race is tight, so it’s up to you.

We understand that you don’t want to spam your friends, or share links to silly-looking pages. So, the share will link to the official contest page, and look like this:

Once the contest is over, and the specified period for receiving the after pictures closes, we will open a special page – there, all of the participants will be listed, with their name and before/after picture. You are going to click on the 3 participants who you think deserve the prize, and then click vote.

Your will not be able to vote for yourself.

Each transformation is different, and we ask of you to choose 3 of them in order to have a fair vote. Since many entries are close to one another in terms of results, we believe that this voting policy will represent the reality of the contest – and that is, that more than one person deserves recognition.

You must vote for 3 other people, within the specified period (24 hours), in order to comply with the voting policy, and become eligible for winning the prize yourself.

The first (before) picture should be sent in digital version via e-mail, by noon (12:00 PM) at the 1st day of the month, Eastern Standard Time. That is also the first day after entering the contest. You will, however, be notified via email, 24 hours prior.

The second (after) picture should be sent in digital version via e-mail, no longer than 24 hours after the end of the contest.

Sending each of these pictures should be done via email, by hitting reply to the reminder message you will receive. You can also send them via our contact form. We will notify you shortly, if the picture is valid or not.

We have certain requirements, yes.

You will have to hold a newspaper (with a clearly visible front page) published on the same day when the picture is being taken. It doesn’t have to be captured in full, so folded in half is definitely ok, as long as it is clearly recognizable.

You should stand, and have the front of your body facing the camera. A selfie is accepted, even with the help of a mirror, but for better results make sure to ask someone else to take the picture.

The same steps are required for both the before and after shot.

As far as our requirements go, that’s all you have to know. However, in order to increase your chance of winning, you should definitely pay attention to providing images with decent quality, lightning, that feature the same body position, clothes, etc.

Our advice for men is to be naked above the waistline, and for women to wear a bra or bikini only. Additionally, you can decide for yourself whether you want to take a picture of your whole body, or one that simply shows the upper portion.

Sharing a picture is the only way to verify your progress. And given how de-centralized and transparent our voting policy is, other competitors will need to look at your picture as well, so they can cast their vote.

That being said, your picture will be used for the voting process.

Entering the contest, you agree to give us permission for using your picture on the official contest page (along with a short testimonial) as well.

Your picture will not be used for anything else other than this, and certainly not as marketing material outside of the official contest page.

We will remind you via e-mail, and inside the Fitness Updated platform as well, so don’t worry.

If, however, you fail to send the first and second picture, within the specified period, you won’t be eligible for winning the prize.

We need 24 hours to receive and sort all pictures, additional 24 hours for voting, and finally, 24 hours for preparing everything before the official announcement.

The winner, therefore, will be announced no longer than 72 hours after the end of the contest.

The only option for receiving the prize is having a PayPal account. The reason for this is because PayPal payments are reliable, secure, and easy to send/receive.

We will send $1000, directly to an account you will provide via e-mail, no longer than 3 business days after announcing the winner.

We will keep your prize, for 1 year, waiting for you to open an account, or provide us with another one. If you fail to provide us with a legitimate PayPal account within 1 year, your prize will expire, and you are going to lose all rights for claiming it.

If no more than 18 people enroll after the application window closes, we reserve the right to cancel the contest.

In the case we cancel the contest you will immediately receive a full refund ($54 paid back to your account). As an apology for the inconvenience, you get to keep your 1-Year subscription to Fitness Updated, for free.

The $54 fee, unless the contest is officially canceled (see two questions above), is non-refundable. You will, however, keep your Fitness Updated subscription regardless of whether or not you exit the contest.

Just use the contact form and send us an email. We will reply within 24 hours (usually much faster). Much, much faster on important contest dates (window for the application process, submitting pictures, voting, etc) – within few hours.

The same team that created Fitness Updated is running Lifestyle Updated as well. The first is an online platform with workout videos and nutrition programs, with a subscription model; the second is an online magazine centered on Fitness and Personal development.

You can read more about the connection here.