Operation Battle the Bulge

Think you have what it takes?! Enter our fitness contest Battle the Bulge™ and submit your workout.

Operation Battle the Bulge™ is a contest where individual Guard Soldiers are encouraged to compete in GX magazine's first ever Battle the Bulge challenge! By utilizing the template provided by Army Master Fitness Trainer SSG Ken Weichert (also known as 'SGT Ken'), individuals may create and submit one (1) full-body workout. The workout must follow the rules and specified guidelines listed on http://1800goguard.com/fitness/contest. All participants must be current ARNG members and at least 18 years of age.

The Battle the Bulge panel of judges will select one winner. The winner will be selected based on technical merit, creativity and overall effectiveness.

The winning workout will undergo a photo shoot, editing, the print design process, and will be published in a future issue of GX magazine!

Now is your chance to show your state and country your fitness creativity!

Please visit http://www.1800goguard.com/fitness/contest for official rules.

HOOAH!
SSG Ken Weichert a.k.a. "SGT KEN"

Ken Weichert (a.k.a. “SGT Ken”) is a Six-time Soldier of the Year, Master Fitness Trainer and veteran of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Desert Storm. Ken and his wife Stephanie, a Certified Personal Trainer, founded START Fitness, a group exercise and hiking business that delivers military-style workouts to Soldiers and civilians since 1998. Ken and Stephanie have led thousands of Soldiers to better health through Operation Fit to Fight, a tactical fitness instructor training program designed to prepare Soldiers for Basic Combat Training, deployments, leadership schools and post-deployment reintegration. Operation Fit to Fight creates tactical athletes who lead by example and are ready to perform necessary duties in response to natural disasters or in defense of our country! Ken and Stephanie currently produce health and fitness programs for GX magazine, and for the National Guard website.