The first ever Venus Index Transformation contest starts on Wednesday Jan 19th.
There are two categories:
1) Transformation Category
2) Open Category
The Venus Index TRANSFORMATION Category
The judging criteria is based on a combination of overall transformation from the beginning to the end of the 12 week competition and how close you get to your ideal Venus Index numbers for you height.
So it doesn’t matter how far you think you have to go, it just matters that you make progress. And the more progress you make in the 12 weeks the better you will do in the transformation contest.
The prizes for the transformation category are as follows:
1st place – $500
2nd place – $350
3rd place – $250
4-6 place – $200
Venus Index OPEN Category
There is also going to be an ‘Open’ class that will be judged on final Venus Index look and measurements only.
The prizes for the open category are as follows:
1st place – $500
2nd place – $350
3rd place – $250
Judges for both competitions will be: Brad Pilon, Brad Howard and John Barban
How to Enter the TRANSFORMATION Category:
The contest ends on April 13th at midnight EST.
Your ‘After’ pictures as well as your before pictures, along with your VI measurements will need to be sent in (emailed to me) together with a 250 word essay about your experience throughout the transformation before midnight April 13th 2011.
Once all of your pictures are emailed to me you are officially ‘entered’ in the contest.
What you need to do this Wed Jan 19th:
You need to take the following pictures Wednesday (or any day after Wednesday) and store them on your computer.
Required pictures:
There are 3 required pictures
In a bathing suit/bikini, or something that shows off your waist, shoulders and hips (some sort of workout shorts will also do)…just remember we’re trying to judge overall change, if you hide your body in this picture it might work against you if you make it difficult for us to judge how much you change.
Front - Facing camera with arms at your side
Side – 90 degrees to the camera
Back – Facing away from the camera
The pictures need to be full body head to toe.
Newspaper shot - You need to take a picture in this same group of pictures with the current day’s newspaper in your hand and the front page visible (it doesn’t need to be one of your official 3 pictures as long as you take it in this same round)
Newspaper close up – We also need a close up of the front page of the newspaper so we can confirm the date and the cover.
MEASUREMENTS:
Take the following measurements as outlines in the Venus Index Manual:
Shoulders
Waist
Hips
Weight
Height
Keep all of these measurements and pictures in a file and name it with you first and last name and ‘BEFORE”. Also name each picture with your first and last name and the word ‘before’ and the position you are standing in each (ex: name the side picture shot as follows – JaneDoeBEFOREside)
Your before pictures do not have to be sent in until the final day of the contest. In other words you’re not officially ‘entered’ until the last day when everything is sent in. After you take these pictures it’s time to get to the gym and get to work for the next 12 weeks!
How to enter the OPEN Category:
The Open category only requires that you take all the required pictures and measurements as outlined above on April 13th before midnight EST.
For the Open category there is no ‘before’ pictures or measurements that are required that you will be judged on.
The judging criteria for this category is based on how close you get to your ideal Venus Index numbers based on your height.
Coaching:
Throughout the next 12 weeks we will be coaching you along through the contest with the podcast and blog as well as the community.
Adonis & Venus Index Summit:
And finally April 15th-17th (immediately following the end of the contest) is the first official Adonis and Venus index Summit in Las Vegas. This is an informal meet up that everyone from both the Venus Index and Adonis Lifestyle communities are being invited to.
Brad H, Brad P and I will be there and many of the Adonis guys are already planning on attending. This is not a formal event as much as it is an invite to join us in Las Vegas for the weekend, and have a chance to talk to us, all the Venus girls and the Adonis guys. It won’t be formal and it won’t have ‘seminars’ or information break out sessions.
If you want to grill Pilon or Howard or I about diet and fitness stuff in person we’re game. If you want to just have a drink or play craps, we’re game for that too. Either way it’s going to be a loose atmosphere and all are welcome, and of course bring your spouse or significant other. Details will be worked out over the next 4-6 weeks.
JB
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Can we cut off the head/face in pictures?
Nope, you’ve gotta be loud and proud
If I don’t have a big surgical scar on my stomach, I will join the contest too
The summit sounds fun 
What Deb said
Since it’s all about “the battle” anyway, way let a scar that others might RESPECT (ah, you like that reversal right?) get in your way.
Hey Sheila – just enter anyway – you can wear a skin-tight one-piece bathing suit that covers your scar
So looking forward to doing this!
For the Back – Facing away from the camera. Do I put my arms down to the side or do I need to lift my arms and flex?
For the before’s, arms down is fine. We’ll tell you how to pose for the final pics before contest’s end.
Me, my daughter & 2 friends at work are TOTALLY starting this tomorrow! Woohoo!
Nice. Just remember that to be eligible for the dough, everyone has to have skin in the game … aka, be a Venus customer
Owwww… I don’t remember reading that. I’m a customer but everyone else isn’t. We’re doing the work outs together. Oh Man… how do I break that kind of news to them? They’re so pumped & working so hard
If they buy it NOW can they still enter?
Thanks
Yep, they can.
The big thing is being a member of the community. We realize that people share workouts with friends and family. No biggie.
But right now, it’s just cheaper to get Venus because it includes community access… where as in a few months, it won’t and community will be separate.
I’m so amped for this!
I’ve been listening to Adonis podcasts forever and although I’ve listened to everyone from Leigh Peele to Ben Greenfield I’ve NEVER bought any diet/exercise programs or entered contests but YOU guys have convinced this former personal trainer and model to finally shell out some dough for someone else’s advice and support. Really, it’s all the info I got from the Adonis podcasts that made me see the light! You guys get us past the b.s. and get real with what we all really want and stop all the goal hijacking and buying into marketing hype.
You guys ROCK and you’ll be seeing me on the forums!!! (oh, and Vegas of course! LOL!)
Any idea yet where in Vegas the Summit will be? Just trying to make holiday plans, etc with work
Thanks
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