19/12/2025
We held the 8 Week Challenge prizegiving at our Christmas Party recently, and having to judge between all the amazing results our participants got was a tough task!
Between the 13 people who completed their post-scan in time for judging, the crew collectively lost 44.5kg of bodyfat (or 89 blocks of butter)! They also lost a whopping 232.4cm² of visceral fat! 🤯
Our first place winner, taking home the Smiths Sports Shoes Tauranga voucher was Julia Archer!
Over the 8 weeks, Julia:
✔️ Lost 7.9kg of bodyfat
✔️ Gained 700g muscle
✔️ Lost 44.9cm² of visceral fat
✔️ Cut 10 sec from her 500m row
✔️ Went from 30 unbroken situps to 150
✔️ Wall sit went from 1.13 minutes to 6.03 minutes
In second place, winning the Rest & Relaxation Package from DB Massage Therapy & Recovery, Parker & Co, and Real Rad Food, we had Age Gibbs!
✔️ She lost 5.6kg of bodyfat
✔️ Gained 100g muscle
✔️ Lost 20.4cm² of visceral fat
✔️ Added 7.5kg to her Overhead Press 5RM
✔️ Her wall sit went from 1.41 minutes to 3.34 minutes
In third place winning the supplements from FitFam Aotearoa, was Pierre Lombard!
✔️ Pierre lost 3.9kg of bodyfat
✔️ Added 600g muscle
✔️ Added 20kg to both his squat and trapbar deadlift 5RM
✔️ Unbroken situps went from 101 to 340
✔️ Wall sit went from 1.59 minutes to 5.33 minutes
The battle between the teams got heated at times and the final result came down to a crazy 3 point difference!
The winners were Back in Black with 1190 points!
Congratulations to everyone for giving their all in the challenge!
Special thanks to Jack at NZ Body Scans for all our scans.
📷 Sarah and Chris on behalf of Back in Black with the BAMFIT shield.
