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Thursday, December 24, 2009

FITNESS CHALLENGE
The Mendham Township Police Department has entered into a nationwide "911 Fitness Challenge" to promote fitness among law enforcement, fire and medical services.  Teams will be measured upon their ability to lose body fat and gain lean muscle.

Lee County Sheriff’s Office Fitness Challenge
Source: Lee County Sheriff's Office

Lee County Sheriff's Office employees began the 6th annual LCSO fitness challenge this week. This challenge is an agency wide 12 week weight loss competition designed to make winners of the "biggest weight losers." Over 160 participants took the challenge this year and have begun to make healthier nutritional choices and incorporate exercise into their daily fitness routine.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office 6th annual "Fitness Challenge," started Jan. 4-7 for employees; challengers weigh in at the start and the finish of the 12-week challenge. There is an individual challenge as well as a team challenge. Whoever loses the most weight is the winner. A small fee was required to enter the challenge. These fees were used to set up a prize fund so cash prizes can be given to some of the overall team "biggest losers." The challenge concept of this weight loss contest is modeled after the 9-1-1 Fitness Challenge.

The 9-1-1 Challenge (911fitness.com) is on its 12th successful year and is run by retired police Lieutenant and former bodybuilder Jim Sayih. The results of the challenge are simple; help promote weight loss and a healthier life style to those who serve and protect the public. Look for the results in April of '10 for the challengers that "measured up."

Teams to lose it for the kids
By ELISSA DICKEY | Posted: Sunday, January 3, 2010 

There's a rivalry brewing in Day County.  Starting Monday, two teams of law enforcers in the county will participate in the National 911 Fitness Challenge _ basically, "The Biggest Loser" for law enforcement.

"There will be a little competition between the two teams in the county," said Jesse Coyle, Day County sheriff's deputy and captain of one team.

But the real winners will be kids: Proceeds from the challenge benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children. 

BY KAREN DEMASTERS

If you are already in good physical shape, how much body fat can you lose? That is what several Monmouth County law enforcement officers set out to test recently while they raised money for a good cause at the same time.
Monmouth County Sheriff’s Officers Anthony Torre and Herm Colbert, Freehold Township Police Officers Bill Gallo and James MacNamara and Wall Township Corporal Thomas Dowd joined forces to help each other lose body fat.
They each reduced their body fat from about 20 percent to between 6 percent and 13 percent over a 12 week period. Their accomplishment won them the 911 Fitness Challenge for the Northeast and they traveled to Los Angeles and Las Vegas to meet some of the children they were helping to raise money for.