What are the Fittest Professional Competitions?
What do contenders receive for participating?
Who will be featured in Austin Fit Magazine?
Who should enter the competition?
How fit do I need to be to complete the fitness challenge?
How much time is required to be a competitor?
What is tested in the competition?
When is the competition?
How do I sign up?
How do I become a sponsor of the competition?
Who is the Fit Company Institute?
What are the Fittest Professional Competitions?
The Fittest Professional Competitions offer professionals an opportunity to show their colleagues, clients, and the greater Austin community that they live fit and healthy while being challenged to see how fit they are! Through a fitness challenge that is both a mental and physical test of toughness along with a short interview competitors will be able to see how they rank as a fit Professional. The competition is currently open for Execs, Entrepreneurs, Doctors, Lawyers, and Fitness Professionals. Finalists in each category will be featured in Austin Fit Magazine, and all contenders will be promoted through our promotional sponsors and will be recognized for promoting fitness and health in the professional community.
What do contenders receive for participating?
Our #1 mission for Austin’s Fittest Professional Competitions is to recognize each contender for living fit and leading by example. Each contender receives their own contender profile page with unique website URL which will be featured on the site, along with a recognition package they can use to promote their participation in the competition. Each contender will also be up on the Fittest Professional Facebook page and Twitter (@FittestPro). These posts are often re-tweeted and posted through our media sponsors and other contenders which can expand the recognition received for participating exponentially!
Who will be featured in Austin Fit Magazine?
Every finalist will be featured in Austin Fit Magazine (AFM) and the top overall Male and Female contenders in each competition track will receive special recognition. The competition tracks are for Fittest Exec, Entrepreneur, Doctor, Lawyer, and Fitness Professional. Additionally, the Male and Female contender who completes the fitness challenge in the shortest time will receive special recognition in AFM.
The top contenders will also be recognized on the Fit Company website, through the Fit Company social media pages (Facebook and Twitter), and announced to all competitors, sponsors, and their colleagues at the Fittest Professional final event!
Who should enter the competition?
Any professional that lives a fit and healthy lifestyle! We encourage any exec, entrepreneur, Doctor, Lawyer, or Fitness Professional that lives fit and healthy to compete, get recognized, and find out how they rank in their community of fit professionals.
Fittest Exec - We require all contenders of this track to be a company Vice President, President, C-Level executive, or Director.
Fittest Entrepreneur – We require all contenders of this track to be a company founder, or partner.
Fittest Doctor – We require all contenders of this track to be a practicing M.D., D.O., D.D.S., or PhD. In response to a large number of requests, we have opened the Fittest Doctor category to other health care professionals including Physical Therapists, Chiropractors, and Veterinarians.
Fittest Lawyer – We require all contenders of this track to be a practicing attorney, counsel, or a non-practicing current member of the bar association.
Fittest Fitness Professional – We require all contenders of this track to be providing direct fitness related services to clients. This includes personal trainers, boot camp instructors, fitness studio owners and teachers, nutritionists, multi-sport training instructors, etc.
How fit do I need to be to complete the fitness challenge?
For a list of exercises that we recommend you are able to complete in order to be ready for the fitness challenge, CLICK HERE.
How much time is required to be a competitor?
All we require is 60 minutes during the month of April for the fitness evaluation. There will be multiple testing dates and times during April. If a competitor is unable to attend any of the testing times, special arrangements can be made to complete their evaluation.
What is tested in the competition?
The overall competition is measured by 3 tests –
- Fitness Challenge (50%)
- Survey / Interview (40%)
- Online voting from the public (10%)
Each contender will need to come in for a 60 minute evaluation where they will complete brief interview and survey followed by the fitness challenge.
The fitness challenge includes a number of fitness stations which include cardio vascular, endurance, and strength (primarily body weight) components that must all be completed for fastest time. While the exact fitness challenge will not be announced until mid-March, 2012, we expect each contender to be able to complete the challenge, but also to be tested to their fullest potential (and have fun!). Click here for a list of exercises we recommend contenders are able to complete to be ready for the fitness challenge.
Once all the testing is complete, we will open up each contenders page for voting. This is the contender’s chance to share their page with their colleagues and promote living fit and healthy! The voting segment of the overall competition makes up 10% of the contender’s score, so while we encourage all contenders to promote themselves to their community, voting does not play a large role in determining the competition winners.
Each competitor will need to schedule a 60 minute appointment during the month of April for their fitness evaluation. Online voting will commence in May, and winners will be announced at a final event at the beginning of June, 2012.
Register now by clicking here and completing the sign-up form.
How do I become a sponsor of the competition?
Send a quick e-mail to sponsorship@fitcompany.com and we’ll be in touch to discuss sponsorship opportunities.
Who is the Fit Company Institute?
The Fit Company Institute LLC is an Austin, Texas based company on a mission to recognize and promote professionals in the workforce who Work Fit. With stress level and hours spent working at an all time high, finding the time and discipline to live fit and healthy as a professional is more challenging than ever. We have set out to recognize those professionals who make the commitment to live fit, challenge them to be the fittest they can, and inspire others to follow. Work Fit. Live Fit.
