You’ve put on some weight lately or feel unfit and hard to get the motivation to start again living healthy? Fitness Challenge is an online challenge, where participants get points by their healthy nutrition and physical activities. You can challenge yourself and others at the same time in an entertaining and motivating way. You will put your body back in shape while learning different ways of healthy living from each other. Interested?
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
1- You need to register online and pay the attendance fee of EUR 10.
2- You will join Midmen Fitness chat group on Whatsapp, where you share your healthy living posts to get points.
3- The challenge starts on the 3rd of August at 6 am and ends on the 13th of September at 8 pm.
4- Whoever has the most points on the last day, he/she will win the challenge and win a Freeletics coupon worth EUR 25.
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Reward and attendance fee
The winner gets gift certificate from Freeletics worth EUR 25.
Attendance fee is EUR 10
You can use your past MIDMEN badges and trophies to receive discount as follows:
- Platinum: %25
- Golden: %10
- Silver: %5
You can pay with PayPal or Bank transfer:
- PayPal (international): contact@midmen.eu
- Midmen IBAN: DE42 1203 0000 1067 7921 58
HOW TO PLAY
Earning points
There are three ways to earn points:
- Target points: Reaching the weight or BMI targets that were set at the beginning.
- Physical activity bonus: You can get points by sweating out.
- Nutrition bonus: By having a healthy/balanced diet, you can get points.
Target points
- You will be sharing your weight (always to be shared with one decimal) at the start of the challenge. The target for weight is to lose 4% of your total weight and the target for BMI is to reach or keep the normal BMI-level.
- BMI categories are as follows:
- Underweight: <18.5
- Normal weight: 18,5-24,9
- Overweight: 25-29,9
- Obese: 30 or greater.
- Those who achieve either the target weight or the target BMI will receive 4.000 points for each.
- Those who achieve the weight target earlier than the challenge end will receive + 100 points per every single day he/she maintains his/her status.
Nutrition points
- As you all know, nutrition is a very relative subject. Everyone has a different metabolism and the effects of food we eat may have different outcomes. We have tried to identify which food and diet is considered “healthy” in the light of generally accepted studies and findings.
- Therefore, please read the following descriptions as to give you an idea about what a “healthy nutrition” diet should/may look like. More or less, we all have an idea which food is good or bad for our body, so YOUR incentive and self-assessment will be the key to gain nutrition points.
- Only the main meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) get you points. You can munch between the main meals but they won’t get you points. However, you are allowed to eat only a little (few nuts, dried fruit, carrots, fresh greens…) in order to remind your metabolism to start running again. Munching after dinner is strictly prohibited 😉
- What we consider “healthy” meal:
- Small portions
- Protein-based meals
- Salad and fresh greens (not soaked in tasty Ceasar dressing please 😊)
- Fish and poultry
- Low-carb
- Sugar-free
- Trans fat-free products.
If your meal fits into one of these categories, you can get points as follows:
- Each healthy meal of the day: 50 pts.
- Last healthy meal of the day before 8 pm: 50 pts.
- Day combo bonus (if you get 50 pts. from each main meal of the day): 50 pts.
- Skipping a main meal: 50 pts.
- 2 liters of water/day: 50 pts.
Example (daily nutrition cycle)
Healthy breakfast: 50 pts.
Skipped lunch: 50 pts.
Healthy dinner: 50 pts.
Day combo bonus (because you’ve earned all main meal bonuses on that day): 50 pts.
Drank 2 litres of water: 50 pts
Dinner before 8 pm: 50 pts.
Therefore, maximum points you can get by nutrition points are 300 pts./day
Physical activity points
The main goal is to increase physical activity whether be it jogging or tennis or swimming. Since it is almost impossible to calculate each different sport’s calory burn and classify them, we use the following time scale on a general basis:
- 20-30 minutes: 50 pts.
- 30-60 minutes: 100 pts.
- 60-90 minutes: 150 pts.
- 90+ minutes: 250 pts.
You can get the above points doing a single physical activity.
You can also combine various physical activities. Then you get your points by adding up the minutes of each physical activity and get points according to the table above.
Since walking is the most preferred and common type of physical activity, it has its own scoring table as follows:
- 7.500 steps: 50 pts.
- 10.000 steps: 100 pts.
- 15.000 steps: 150 pts.
- 20.000 steps: 250 pts.
Examples (daily physical activity cycle)
DAY 1: You’ve walked (20.000 steps): 250 pts.
DAY 2: You’ve played tennis (60 minutes): 150 pts.
DAY 3: You’ve rode bicycle (30 minutes), you’ve worked out at the gym (30 minutes) and you’ve done yoga (30 minutes), a total of 90 minutes: 250 pts.
The maximum points you can get from physical activities are 250 pts./day.
General rules and important notice:
The aim of MIDMEN Fitness Challenge is to have fun while getting fit by increasing physical activities, eat on a balanced/healthy diet, and put your body back in shape as much as possible.
Rules, descriptions, and considerations are derived from different sources about healthy living, which are generalized based on generally accepted data and to the best of our knowledge. What we consider “healthy” may differ from individual to individual.
It is very important that you follow your own individual health program and agenda. If your individual healthy living agenda fits into those of the game, you simply get points.
You can always question the rules and veto about the sharings. Those objections will be discussed on Weekly Panorama and will be resolved by the MIDMEN jury.
You are required to share your weight info at most on a weekly basis. It should be done on the same weighing scale every time. The photo must be shared and the value should be input to Weight Input Page @ https://midmen.eu/?page_id=448 with a point and two decimals after the point. Exm: 71.20
Participants are free to motivate each other with their comments. Jokes are welcome.
Sharing and entry of data and photos.
When you post a healthy meal or a physical activity photo, you should also type # to claim points.
How should you type on Whatsapp chat group?: First, the “#” sign, then how many points you claim, then the point type (nutrition or physical activity).
Examples:
You post a healthy meal photo which is worth 50 nutrition points.
You should type #50n (# to claim, 50 for points, and n for nutrition).
Or you post your daily physical activity worth 100 physical activity points. You should type #100p (# to claim, 100 for points, and p for physical activity).
It is very IMPORTANT that you should post the photo and # in separate Whatsapp messages.
Posting on Instagram with @midmen.eu mention will get you MIDMEN Badges and Trophies which could get you prizes, offers, discounts, and free admissions in the upcoming MIDMEN events. If you’re posting on Instagram, please don’t forget to mention @midmen.eu so that we are notified about your post.
FAQ
I don’t live in Europe and don’t have the opportunity to transfer the attendance fee in EUR? Can I still register?
– Yes, you can register. Just contact us via mail (contact@midmen.eu) and inform about your country and currency you want to use for the attendance fee. We will guide you according to the payment.
What is the deadline to post meals of the day?
– 9pm. Meal photos posted after 9pm, will not get you points.
What happens in the event of a post considered points by one participant and not agreed by other participants?
– MIDMEN Jury makes the final decision upon feedback from participants at the Weekly Panorama broadcast.
Do pasta, rice, bread bring you points?
– No
Do buckwheat, quinoa, bulghur, get you points?
– Yes, but only a small portion. And not fried!
Do sausage, salami, pastirma, sucuk and alike get you points?
– No
Do potatoes get you points?
– Yes, but in small portions
Do muesli or yogurt get you points?
– Yes, as long as there is no added sugar.
Do fruits get you points?
– Yes, as long as you don’t eat 1 kg. of watermelon which has high sugar content.
What if I post point info without a photo? Do I still get points?
– No, you must always support it with a photo to get points.
Are these rules very strict?
– No. We will try to stick to the rules as much as we can. In the event of disagreements, rules may change with common sense.
How does decision making work, if someone gives a veto?
* Voting rules:
– VetoOwner has a vote (If the VetoOwner is in the jury then he can vote only once)
– PostOwner has a vote
– 3 Juries each have totally three votes
– The special guest has a vote
Remarks:
– Vetos against the rules can be also discussed and adjusted within two weeks after the challenge starts. After two weeks rule changer discussions are going to be noted for the next rounds as requests.
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