Paul Plakas Tells us to Race Towards the end of the Challenge

With just over a week until the final weigh-in day (July 10^th), we asked Paul Plakas to tell us how to deal with this last week. Not surprisingly, Plakas is telling us all to go hard, right up to the end!

Don’t slack off now you are almost there. Treat it like an athlete would, with determination. When athletes get near the finish line they'll sprint to the end even when they are not going to win anything: They always want to finish hard.

That's the attitude you want to have with anything in life: When you're there, you always want to finish strong because that's always going to reflect in everything that you do. It's a good habit to get into. Don't get lackadaisical and think “Oh whatever, there's only one week left so what's the big deal”. Try to sprint to the finish.

That's what I always tell people on the show. Some participants on X-Weighted have really pulled it together at the end, and there are also people who think that because there is just a few weeks left and they aren’t hitting their goal that they should just give up. Don’t do that.

I want people to develop the habit of always working hard right up until the end. Don't let up. Striving for it, whatever it may be, is a habit you can build within yourself.

I think that it is fantastic that so many people signed up to do the X-Weighted National Challenge. It has exceeded all of our expectations so far. So many people signed up, and I am looking forward to seeing a whole bunch of those people finishing and succeeding.

It's going to be absolutely great to see the Grand Prize winners at my weekend retreat. I’m looking forward to meeting with those people that have done their very best and succeeded.

I can't wait to hear the winner's story and see how they did it. There are so many ways to lose the weight. It is always really neat finding out what path each person took to get to where they are. I like to know what their biggest obstacles are and how they overcame them. I learn from people who succeed on X-Weighted, and then I'm able to pass those experiences onto other people I help, so I’m looking forward to doing the same thing with the winners of the Challenge

Plus, the winners of my prize will get to meet with me and learn how to take their fitness to the next level. It’s a fantastic opportunity, so go hard in this last week!