Thanks very much to everyone who submitted entries to our Fit for Fatherhood contest in honour of Father’s Day.
For those who are just tuning in, these were the questions our contestants were vying to answer. The prize up for grabs was a free copy of Bodyweight Exercise Revolution for the winner of each of the three categories.
Category 1 – Dads
Why do YOU feel that your health and wellness are an important part of being a Dad? What fears do you face regarding your health and your Fatherhood? What is standing in the way of fully embracing the health and fitness lifestyle you want? How is Bodyweight Exercise Revolution the perfect tool to set you on the right path?
Category 2 – Wives
Why is it important to you that your husband take care of his health and fitness? Why do you think Bodyweight Exercise Revolution would be perfect for him?
Category 3 – Sons & Daughters
Why is it important to you that your Dad take care of his health and fitness? Why do you think Bodyweight Exercise Revolution would be perfect for him?
And the winners are….
All of your entries were heartfelt and sincere. Each story made us pause to reflect, because each one contained a lesson that we could apply to our lives. We hadn’t expected the caliber of your responses to be so high right across the board. It was extremely difficult for us to choose three winners from among them. We wracked our brains. We fought. We argued. Only distance prevented us from coming to fisticuffs. But in the end we reached a consensus.
We decided that, given the high quality of the responses, three winners would be far too few. We’ve decided that in addition to the first place winner in each category (who will receive a free copy of Bodyweight Exercise Revolution), we would also choose a Runner-up in each category. The three Runners-Up will each receive a free copy of Ryan’s new 12 Minute Stage Crazy program. Yes, the same program that was just featured on primetime television right across Canada.
So let’s get to the moment you’ve all been waiting for! The winners are:
Category One – Dads
Winner – Steve
I’m a 24 year veteran of being a dad. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that things that worked in the past don’t necessarily work now. I’m older, obviously, & things like time & energy levels, which weren’t an issue are now very important. I can’t invest as much time as I once did exercising & when I do exercise, it takes me longer to recover. This a problem that looked unsolvable; that is until I read about what “Bodyweight Exercise Revolution” can do. How great would it be to get in a result producing workout without going to gym, feel refreshed & energized & not be bored with the same routine by doing something called the “4 X 7 wave”? I’m intrigued, heck, I’m genuinely excited! Also, within the last year I have become a granddad. My paradigms are shifting awfully fast. The Bodyweight Revolution looks like a great way to keep pace.
Runner-Up – Lahad
As a father of two, part of my ‘job definition’ has been to serve as a one-man amusement park, a platform to be jumped onto and from, pulled on and by, etc. Occasionally, just being a simple pack mule will do. Both functions, which put quite a strain on my not-so-slender frame, were recently called into play. We were ‘stranded’ car-less a mile from home, when my son (aged 
started to cry in agony with severe leg pain. In a stroke of fatherly self-sacrifice, I offered him a ride home on my shoulders. Thus perched, his pain was gone and, as happiness rushed in, he started bouncing and swaying every which way. As much as I love bodyweight exercise and exercise sophistication, this was pushing the leverage too far. It took me a week to realign my back and hip. While this may sound like a lot, even this level of resilience is no small feat for me: Ten years ago, at 35, I suffered from debilitating back pain which projected down my legs. However, I refused surgery and exercised through the pain to improve my muscular balance and develop better strength, agility and flexibility. This saved my back, and much more.
It was the quest for this kind of training for health and balance that led me to discover CST, and recently the Bodyweight Exercise Revolution. I believe the BER program can safely take my ‘resilience’ skills to a much higher level, ensuring that I can continue to keep up with my kids (and future grandchildren). I also love a challenge, and the mere drive to manage the exercises will surely motivate me to restrain my eating, currently my greatest obstacle to true fitness.
Category Two – Wives
This category resulted in a tie. We simply couldn’t decide between these two great entries. It wasn’t that Adam was voting for one and Ryan was voting for the other (in such a case Ryan, being an accomplished martial artists, would simply beat Adam up and impose his will). Both of us were stumped. A tie was declared, and both winners will receive free copies of Bodyweight Exercise Revolution.
Winner – Lisa
First off..thanks you guys for even doing this contest. I have been an avid fan ever since I thankfully discovered your site. I am entering in the “wife” category. My husband IS the COUCH potatoe. He is going to be 60 years old on June 30 and I am so worried about him. He is terribly overweight and goes about wanting to lose weight all the WRONG WAY. For example…he is the person who thinks by starving himself all day (just a hardboiled egg and apple for breakfast and lunch). He has been having nightmares lately about dieing and leaving me and our 4 children alone. He is the sole supporter of our wonderful, loving family. My children and myself are all fitness fanatics… He has watched me transform my own life in the last 2 years having dropped over 90 lbs myself and finding my passion after 50 years… I love every aspect of fitness. I want him to love it as well! Time is running out for him but as we all know it is NEVER to LATE! He is not about or able to do any explosive type of exercise in his current shape. He works a job he hates and has for the last 27 years to provide a living for the 6 of us. I have been blessed to be a stay at home mom, thanks to my husband. Please allow me to give him this wonderful program and help him get the most out of the precious time he has left. There are no words to tell you how much this would mean…he can hardly walk, his knees hurt, his clothes are all too tight…he snores so loudly i cannot even sleep with HIM! He is a GREAT HUSBAND and FATHER… this would truly be a “GIFT OF LIFE” for him. Your program is amazing in every way… Please help me to help my husband… Thank you so much~ Bribes you say? hmmm.. just what would i have to do to cinch the deal? LOL
Winner – Donna
I have seen my husband faithfully devote his heart and soul to supporting our family for the past 29 years. Ours has been a one-income family. My husband generously made the decision to provide the means for me to stay home with our three children as they were growing up.
This sacrifice on behalf of his family created tremendous pressure on my husband, starting around 21 years ago. At that time, his health plummeted and he gained a lot of weight in response to the stress. Despite many attempts to reduce and control the excess weight over the years since, he has not been able to successfully keep it off and get back the fitness that he so much desires.
My husband is a volunteer Scoutmaster, influencing many young men every year. I know it is his desire to increase his fitness so that he can continue to serve these boys. Since we live in a very rural area, access to gyms and other equipment is non-existent. I believe that a copy of Bodyweight Exercise Revolution would be a perfect way for him to achieve the fitness and body weight goals he’s had for 21 years!
Category Three – Sons & Daughters
Winner – Trent
My father is the most inspiring person in my life.
My father’s family originally lived in Tasmania, Australia. In his teenage years a series of wildfires swept through the state, destroying thousands of acres of homes homes and farmland. His family were forced to flee their farm leaving all their possessions, livestock, pets and photographs behind. The life they had worked so hard to build had been destroyed in a matter of seconds.
Forced to rebuild their lives from scratch, they relocated to a small country town in Western Australia, using what little compensation they were given. My grandfather was unable to cope with the emotional toll of these events and took his own life not long after the move.
After losing both his father and his home in a matter of months my dad has built his life from the ground up. He became a very successful farmer, starting with nothing, leasing land and equipment until he could buy his own.
He recently realised a long time dream by almost single-handedly (apart from plumbing and electrics) building our present home from rammed earth.
Now the farming business is winding down, making the once regular manual labour a rare event. The effects of this show on my father, he is gaining weight quickly. I want him to remain healthy so he can enjoy the fruits of his years of past hardship.
The Bodyweight Exercise Revolution is perfect for him. Allowing him to quickly improve his health in our home without having to buy expensive equipment. The improved quality of life this product would bring is a fitting reward for someone who has endured so much hardship.
Runner-Up – Michelle
I am a daughter and from my dad I got my love for keeping fit. He was always out playing football and if not coaching it. He set up a football club for our local area when I was very young. As I got older the local lads would slag him for wearing his socks over his trackie bottoms, so funny but true and he didnt care he was there to teach them and they loved him, they want him to coach them again and now they have their own kids. I would love my dad to have this book as I have learned from my own trainer that bodyweight training is the way forward and no matter how old he is, I know he wants to find new and interesting ways to keep him fit. One of the ways was when he was 50 he completed a 26mile marathon and he did it, if I remember correctly in under 6 hrs.I messed up by parking about 3 miles away from the finish line, we got a taxi it was ok ha ha!!He inspires me every day to stay fit and healthy and at 28 its just one of the many gifts he has given me 
We also added a category for Most Inventive Response. This goes to Winnie, who is both acting-Dad and Mom. Winnie didn’t qualify for the contest because it was run for dads, and so the subject of the essays had to be a guy. But we felt that because she’s doing twice the work, she’s twice as deserving of a break. Congratulations Winnie, a copy of 12 Minute Stage Crazy will be sent to you this weekend.
Congratulations to all of you!!!
We ask the winners to please email their contact details to info@bodyweightexerciserevolution.com so we can send you the download links for your prizes.
And for those who didn’t win, we thank you for participating, and for taking the time to write such excellent stories. Don’t worry if you didn’t get lucky this time. We’re planning to run another giveaway contest within the next two to three weeks for an entirely new product we’re about to launch. Stay tuned!
Wishing all the dads out there a Happy Father’s Day, and the best of health and happiness.
Ryan and Adam
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