Top Team In Thinner Winner Challenge Announced

The Muskingum Recreation Center has officially announced the top team in the Thinner Winner Challenge!

The contest began in January and lasted 8 weeks. Teams of 4 to 6 people took part and the team with the largest overall loss of body weight percentage won$1,000. Health and Special Populations Coordinator, Brooke Smith, told us the motivation behind the contest.

“It was the new year and we knew that we were going to have a lot of people utilizing the facility and the new year was a great time to re-invest in our health and get involved in some sort of fitness center or health challenge so we thought that was a great time to do so.”

Smith says the winning team consisted of four individuals, and they called themselves the Team Pounders, losing a huge 9.8% of their overall body weight. This equaled about 87 pounds. Smith told us what they were feeling about the accomplishment.

“They felt great. They were excited. They felt so much better. We actually provided them with YouTube videos throughout the challenge and I know one of the teammates, she did utilize those videos because she wasn’t always able to utilize our facility.”

Smith says the contest was a huge success and they plan on holding more in the future.