Remember when Drew Manning from Fit2Fat2Fit came in to take the Throwdown Challenge? We sure did our part to help him gain weight for his grand experiment and now he’s all over the media revealing his success story. Yes, he lost that 70 pounds in six months and now he looks like this again…
Here’s a link to his feature on ABC NEWS.
Good Job Drew, we’re proud to say we knew you when!
It was a pre-Christmas workplace celebration when Kelly came in with his co-workers to try the Five Star Five Pound Show Me What You Got Throwdown Challenge (the name is as over the top as the challenge, don’t you think?)
There’s Kelly on the left, watching as Geriden cuts and weighs the brisket.
This was a well-documented challenge. Smartphones everywhere.
Signing the waiver… perfect shirt choice!
One last shot of the food before the challenge begins… dollar bill included for scale.
How are you feeling, Kelly?
He downed the first 2.5 pound plate in record time~ 17 minutes! The lunch service got very busy after that so we missed getting pictures of the rest of the challenge. We’re sorry to report that halfway through the second plate the meat conquered Kelly. We didn’t see it, but we heard it wasn’t pretty :)
It was a noble effort, though! Thanks for giving it a shot!
Last Saturday we had an interesting challenger come in for the throwdown. Drew Manning is a personal trainer who is spending 5 months gaining weight on purpose. You can read about his journey AND his experience with the challenge HERE.
Drew’s family and friends showed up in force to watch him take on the challenge.
2 1/2 pounds of delicious brisket all ready to go!
And…. begin!
He has gained 55 pounds in 13 weeks (hope we got that right!) and the brisket is likely to add a few more pounds to that number!
Drew’s wife, Lynn, filming the video of the challenge.
It cracked us up when we cleared his table after the challenge and saw these bottles sitting there.
Drew did an amazing job at the challenge. He is our current record holder having consumed 3 lbs of Brisket, all of his sides and both pieces of bread!
Here’s the video he posted on youtube documenting the day. Thanks for coming down and taking a crack at the challenge Drew- We’ll be following your journey from fat to fit again!
The Five Star Five Pound Show Me What You Got Throwdown challenge was issued and so far three brave men have taken their best shot!
On 8/01/11 Ryan Kerr and Jason Warren came in together and faced down 10 pounds (!) of meat, 4 sides and 4 pieces of garlic bread.
(watching Mike slice the brisket!)
All right, guys! Get ready to dig in…
Your 55 minutes start now!
Still going strong at about 20 minutes… our favorite quote at this point was “mind over meat”-but eating 5 pounds of meat along with sides is no easy task and in the end the guys had to admit defeat.
THE AFTERMATH! Another classic quote from the challenge “I’ve got the meat sweats”.
The other Throwdown challenge happened on 7/15/11 when Alex Walton came in all the way from Clearfield to make the first ever attempt!
Signing the release!
Weighing out the portions.
Take a deep breath and…
CHOW DOWN!
Alex put in an incredible effort but at just under three minutes to go he had to admit he wasn’t going to make it.
He did, however, eat FOUR WHOLE POUNDS during the challenge making him our current record holder!
We can’t help wondering--- who might have the mettle to take the record away from him?
If you think you can, just give us a call and we’ll set up a time for YOUR challenge!
