2024 Become Better Fitness Olympics

2024 Become Better Fitness Olympics

Overall Recap:

In my opinion, the 2024 Olympics were a success again. Team Danicole took the victory largely thanks to the amount of bonus points they received from their team doing a fantastic job of coordinating outfits and encouraging one another to fully participated in all events.

  • This year we added some fun activities such as the clothes matching bonus and the healthy recipe submissions.

  • The coaches also fully participated this year and clients were able to see how they stacked up against them.

  • The top ten had 3 new members, Brandon Hanson, Aaron Morgan, and AJ Greco.

  • Although we thought we had a good variety of events this year, we saw 2 of the most dominant performances we’ve ever had by Matt Michaels and Alex Sepcic.

  • We saw a lot of extra team comradery this year, with a lot of that stemming from the clothing matching bonus. Both George and Shawna were winners of the Big Blue Award for their help with their team and for the effort they put in all summer.

  • Heidi Calhoun once again won the sleeper pick award for the women, finishing 28 picks better than she was drafted. Matt Gillespie competed in his first Olympics and won the sleeper award for the guys, finishing 24 picks better than he was drafted.

  • Jen Smith was the overall winner for the weight loss award. She lost 11 lbs (5.5% of her body weight).

  • Although no one beat Coach Dan in the overall standings (Matt was very close), the clients top 5 did beat the coaches, and because of that, the coaches will all be doing 100 burpees (after Morgan’s arm heals). We were unfortunately unable to cater food for the Olympics party, so we will do so at a later date, or find a different form of payment.

As always, we are also looking to Become Better. We take a ton of time making these events to try and make people who have different strengths able to compete. It’s impossible for us to make them perfect, but if you have ideas on how we can improve this whole competition we would love to hear it. We already have some plans for next year. Please click here to see what we have planned so far AND to submit ideas on how we can Become Better.

Head to the main page to see the results of each event and the overall scores

Here is a recap of the top 10 finishers:

Honorable Mention: Abby Yates  4500 and Ryan Tierney 4450

Ryan

  • Won 2 mile, and sprint, 9th in 6 inches, 3rd in BBB, 6 in chin up

Abby:

  • Won chin-up and sprint, 2nd in 2 mile,  9th in 6 inches, 8th in bench

10th place: Brandon Hanson: 4975

  • First top ten finish - 2nd round pick

  • Won the sprint (tied)

  • Placed top 6 in Jerk, BBB, 6 inches, Seated Row

  • Improved Power clean, Back Squat, and Jump

9th place: Aaron Morgan: 6003

  • Also first top 10 finish

  • Took first in the 6 inches at 9pm Wednesday night

  • 3rd in Darts and chin up. 4th in BW squats, 5th in 2 mile, 8th in BBB

8th place: Jen Smith: 6175

  • Won Weight loss - 500 points

  • 1725 bonus points - all completed

  • 2nd in BW Squat

  • 3rd in Jerk and Bench (tied)

  • 6th in BBB and Seated Row

7th place: AJ Greco: 6325

  • Big Blue winner last year

  • First top 10

  • Placed in 7/10 events

  • 2nd in the Dart Game and BBB

  • 4th in 2 mile run

  • 5th in 6 inches

  • 6th in BW Squat

  • 8th in sprint and chin-up

6th Place: Jenna Nymick: 6450

  • Left after only one month of participation to go to grad school at Texas

  • Completed all bonuses and improvements before leaving - 1050 bonus points

  • Won BBB and Dart game. Even found a ski to do in Texas

  • 2nd in the Jerk

  • 4th in seated row

  • 6th in sprint

  • 8th in 2 mile run

  • Took 3rd our first Olympics and 6th last year

5th Place: Claire Jeans: 6943

  • Placed in 7/10 events

  • Tied first in bench

  • 2nd in BBB and 6 inches

  • 4th in Jerk and BW Squat

  • 5th in seated Row

  • 8th in Dart Game

4th Place: Ben Avon: 7161

  • Placed in 7/10 events

  • First Overall Pick for Men

  • 1561 Bonus Points

  • 2nd in Jerk

  • 3rd in Bench and 6 inches

  • 4th in Seated Row

  • 5th in BBB and Dart Game

  • 8th in BW Squats

3rd Place: Jen Michaels: 7600

  • First time in the top 10

  • Placed in 9/10 events - first time ever

  • Won 6 inches

  • 3rd in Seated Row, BW Squats, Bench (tied)

  • 4th in 2 mile run and Dart Game

  • 5th in chin-up hold

  • 6th in Jerk

  • 8th in BBB

  • 14th in Sprint

2nd Place: Matt Michaels: 9175

  • Finished in 3rd last year

  • Placed in 9/10 events

  • Gave me a scare twice including the last day after going up on the chin-up hold.

  • Beat coach Dan in 5 events the Bench, Row, 2 mile, BW Squat, chin-up hold

    • Beat the other coaches in every event except the sprint and anthony on the 6 inches

  • Won Bench, BBB, Seated Row, Dart Game - First time someone won 4 events

  • 2nd in chin-up hold and 6 inches - losing at the last hour

  • 3rd in BW Squat

  • 6th in 2 mile

  • 8th in Jerk

  • 18th in Sprint

  • Missed only 25 points of participation - Sled

  • Didn’t submit a recipe, attend a dance fitness class, or nutrition

  • I’m guessing he could have redone the 6 inches if he would have known he would get beat.

1st Place: Alex Sepcic: 9200

  • 4th Overall Last year and won for the women

  • Also Placed in 9/10 events - missing out on the BW Squat

  • Won Jerk, Bench, and Seated Row

  • 2nd in Darts and Sprint

  • 3rd in BBB

  • 4th in 6 inches (last day)

  • 6 in Chin-up Hold (last day)

  • 7th in 2 mile run - took 2 minutes off first attempt

  • Completed 10% PR last day in Seated Press after not doing it since last summer

  • Completed 10% PR on the Rower Dart Game the Last day

  • Would have lost by 25 points if Claire could have finished the last rep of bench press to get 35

  • Would have lost if Aaron didn’t pass Matt on 6 inches

  • Would have lost if she didn’t do the Nutrition Consult with Candice

  • Would have lost if didn’t max all 5 participation bonuses - 1050 points

  • Would have lost if her best friend Hannah showed up - would have beat in sprint and 2 mile