{"id":3620,"date":"2017-06-05T16:33:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T20:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/blog\/2017-golds-gym-challenge-national-winners\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:54:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:54:37","slug":"2017-golds-gym-challenge-national-winners-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/blog\/2017-golds-gym-challenge-national-winners-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge National Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The annual Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge is a 12-week full-body transformation competition. This year we awarded over $100,000 in cash prizes to the 30 top Challenge participants from around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The national cash prizes were awarded to the 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place male and female finishers in five adult age categories to recognize that people can improve their health and fitness at any point in their lives. Participants shared their success stories at the local level, with finalists advancing to the national level. Winners, including two overall winners, were selected by a national panel of experts who reviewed criteria such as overall fitness goals achieved, total weight lost, muscle tone, personal testimonials and physical transformations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2017 Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge National Winners are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017 Overall Challenge Winners<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monica L., Northwest (30-39)<br>\nJude J., Gwinnett (30-39)<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017 National Female Winners:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age Category 18-29<\/strong><br>\n1st Place \u2013 Cayleigh W., San Antonio<br>\n2nd Place \u2013 Chelsea M., Colorado Springs<br>\n3rd Place \u2013 Ruby Ann F., SoCal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age Category 30-39 <\/strong><br>\n1st Place \u2013 Monica L., Northwest<br>\n2nd Place \u2013 Jessica V., Newburgh<br>\n3rd Place \u2013 Danielle B., SoCal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age Category 40-49<\/strong><br>\n1st Place \u2013 Amanda A., SoCal<br>\n2nd Place \u2013 Kim B., Destin<br>\n3rd Place \u2013 Sheri S., Chesterfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age Category 50-59<\/strong><br>\n1st Place \u2013 Susan P., Northwest<br>\n2nd Place \u2013 Charlene B., RVA<br>\n3rd Place \u2013 Anne K., Tampa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age Category 60+<\/strong><br>\n1st Place \u2013 Gail H., Brassfield<br>\n2nd Place \u2013 Tinnie S., SoCal<br>\n3rd Place \u2013 Velma G., Newburgh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017 National Male Winners:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age Category 18-29<\/strong><br>\n1st Place \u2013 Marvin S., San Antonio<br>\n2nd Place \u2013 Ethan M., Twin Falls<br>\n3rd Place \u2013 Damon A., College Station<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age Category 30-39 <\/strong><br>\n1st Place \u2013 Jude J., Gwinnett<br>\n2nd Place \u2013 Mario P., San Antonio<br>\n3rd Place \u2013 Ryan F., Fairfax Station<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age Category 40-49<\/strong><br>\n1st Place \u2013 Elmer B., Gwinnett<br>\n2nd Place \u2013 Brandon F., Pelham<br>\n3rd Place \u2013 Carmine G., Bridgewater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age Category 50-59<\/strong><br>\n1st Place \u2013 Dan A., Cheyenne<br>\n2nd Place \u2013 Tercelino T., Newburgh<br>\n3rd Place \u2013 Kevin B., Carmel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age Category 60+<\/strong><br>\n1st Place \u2013 Pete A., Longmont<br>\n2nd Place \u2013 Michael R., Newburgh<br>\n3rd Place \u2013 Roger M., Woodinville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year we also introduced a motivational social media component to the Challenge, awarding cash prizes to one male and one female who best documented their 12-week journey on social media using #ggchallenge2017 and #contest. Winners were selected based on how well they shared their progress, inspiration, results and the support the participant received during the Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017 Document Your Journey Winners<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Male \u2013 Mo M., San Antonio Legacy Trails<br>\nFemale \u2013 Laura B., Twin Falls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 2017 Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge! We wish you continued success on your fitness journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For the full list of the 2017 Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge National Winners click&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.2017goldsgymchallenge.com\/2017-challenge-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Gold\u2019s Gym is proud to announce our 2017 Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge National Winners! &lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":6717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[204,146,155],"class_list":["post-3620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-success-stories","tag-12-weeks","tag-golds-gym-challenge","tag-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3620"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9711,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions\/9711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}