{"id":3318,"date":"2018-11-27T02:45:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T02:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/blog\/david-le\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:14:37","slug":"david-le","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/blog\/david-le\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Gold&#8217;s Gym Challenge Winner: David Le"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"float: right; padding: 5px; clear: bottom;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sKoEVKg8lPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why did you sign up for the Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge? <\/strong><br>\n<em>David: My wife had done the Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge the year prior to get into shape and she motivated me to sign up. I really needed a catalyst to jump-start a healthy lifestyle for myself and my family and the Challenge was perfect.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the best part of completing the Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge? <\/strong><br>\n<em>David: Motivating so many others around me when they finally saw my before and after pictures together.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What would you tell someone if they asked you why you should join the Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge?<\/strong><br>\n<em>David: Joining the Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge will change your life if you give it your all. You\u2019ll make friends, learn lifelong healthy habits and see what you\u2019re truly made of.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your gym mantra?<\/strong><br>\n<em>David: Win one day at a time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite thing to do at the gym? <\/strong><br>\n<em>David: Bench Press.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best fitness (motivational) tip you received? <\/strong><br>\n<em>David: I was always nervous about being too weak or not being in good enough shape at the gym compared to everyone else there. So the tip that helped me was \u201cEveryone\u2019s too busy with their own workout, that they don\u2019t have time to judge anyone else.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite meal: <\/strong><br>\n<em>David: 3 eggs over easy, 1 cup of white rice with Bragg Liquid Aminos.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fun fact about yourself: <\/strong><br>\n<em>David: I saved another man\u2019s life lifting a 400 lb. barbell off of his neck.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;33 Pounds and 15 Total Inches Lost. \u201cI wanted to be a better role model for my kids&#8230;I was able to become the healthiest I have ever been in my life.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_subtitle":"33 Pounds and 15 Total Inches Lost | Gold's Gym Bridgewater, NJ","footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[204,153,160,103,119,155],"class_list":["post-3318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-stories","tag-12-weeks","tag-challenge-winner","tag-coaching","tag-community","tag-transformation","tag-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3318"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9654,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318\/revisions\/9654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}