Bravo!
The Love Challenge Awards Ceremony
- Love Challenge 2010!
We launched The Love Challenge on Valentine's weekend. How do you train for love, we asked? Wink, wink. It was timely and sexy and whimsical. And also deadly serious. Really, what higher goal for "fitness" than the capacity to love? Can you be present mentally or emotionally, if your mind is restless and your body whiny? Can you be sensual if your muscles are stiff, and your skin clogged. Can you be giving if you are fearful? Biologists, Buddhists, and Casanovas all agree: The stronger the mind and body, the better the lover. Warriors train for war, lovers must train for love. See?
And our challengers did. 400 or so people signed up on short notice, of which 63 completed at least one feat — and 34 true lovers completed all four. This challenge, our seventh, produced some of our most inspired blogging. Some set aside a day to cook, and eat, and stroll with their spouse, others walked to the edge of town to watch the sun set. Some bought themselves a hamburger, others took themselves to hot yoga, or went to a farm and shoveled shit. Some kept gratitude journals, and others went to the Erotic Heritage Museum. (Who knew?) In short, it was a killer love fest, and tremendous fun to follow along.... Everyone is a winner, of course, but after reasonably careful review, our rules committee was able to agree on five challengers whom they felt deserved special mention, not to mention special prizes. Put your hands together, then, for all our love challengers, and for the lucky winnahs of the 2010 Social Workout Love Challenge....
Four Fabulous $100 Spa Week® Gift Cards from Spa Week Daily!
go to...
nicoledeB
ADRIANA
babarbanel
100Pounds
and
Five Days of yoga, surfing, and paddle boarding in Rincon, Puerto Rico with Jessica Bellofatto & Gina Bradley...
goes to...
Bravo, and onward all!
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AWESOME!!!!!!
Submitted by Mr. Mohawk on 02.26.10 at 03:04.
Congratulations! woo hoo!
Submitted by kornflowers on 02.26.10 at 03:14.
Why am I crying? I'm crying. I'm so proud of everyone, and especially Llaves.
Submitted by vonhottie on 02.26.10 at 03:19.
So beautiful. Llaves really ran away with this one. Such amazing accomplishments and posts. Brava! & Bravo to all!
Submitted by spindig on 02.26.10 at 03:29.
OMG POST THE NEW CHALLENGE!!! I keep hitting refresh and pretty soon my patience will run out and I'll join one of those stupid bikini challenges.
Submitted by vonhottie on 02.26.10 at 03:36.
This is so beautiful!!!! This is why Time magazine loves Social Workout. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll go to Puerto Rico.
Submitted by k.ben on 02.26.10 at 03:37.
This challenge was awesome. I was truly moved by the individual stories and the genuine efforts to make changes. Congrats to all the winners! Have fun in puerto rico, Llaves!! you'll love Jessica!!
Submitted by Kaitlyn on 02.26.10 at 03:50.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
This is the best birthday present a gal who makes pinata's could ever get :) Yep, I'll be blowing out my 29th year candles on a beach!!!!!
THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!!
And congrats to everyone else too! You all are amazing and lovely and I am blessed to have you in my life :)
Submitted by Llaves on 02.26.10 at 03:50.
Thank you, Social Workout! And congratulations to everyone who completed love feats! Extra special congratulations to Llaves, you absolutely deserve this...your feats and posts were so incredible, and your photos look stunningly gorgeous. Have a wonderful trip!
Submitted by babarbanel on 02.26.10 at 03:51.
That is brilliant - well done too all, but especially to Llaves - you're dedication to the challenge was truly awesome and inspiring.
Submitted by CakeOrDeath on 02.26.10 at 03:51.
Wow! Congrats to you all!
I wimped out of this challenge...so I give you mad props! :)
Submitted by michlny on 02.26.10 at 03:53.
Lots of Love to everyone who won- and everyone won in my <3
Submitted by sassletics82 on 02.26.10 at 03:54.
congrats to all, but especially the beautiful sexy amazing Llaves, who showed us all what it means to be in love with yourself.
Submitted by sandyliz on 02.26.10 at 03:58.
vonhottie and all other challenge-hungry refreshers: we're close to posting the new challenge, truly we are! but it's at least T minus a couple of hours.... So just hold on a tiny bit longer. It's coming, and it's going to knock your bikinis off (in a manner of speaking).
Submitted by Charity D. on 02.26.10 at 04:00.
Trips to PR, time magazine, new challenge - such a big day on SW!!!
Submitted by Butwhatifido on 02.26.10 at 04:04.
congrats winners and so excited for the new challenge!
Submitted by Fraidy on 02.26.10 at 04:04.
outstanding! congratulations to everyone!
llaves, have a fantastic time in puerto rico! you totally earned this one :)
Submitted by twinklefee on 02.26.10 at 04:07.
Congratulations to all! It was wonderful and inspiring to read everyones feat posts...
...and thank you Charity for the heads up about when the next will go live, my refreshing was starting to seem a tad bit obsessive!
Submitted by FatBottomSlim on 02.26.10 at 04:08.
Ahhh snap, holla! I won my first prize, so exciting! Very convenient of a time that the first non-workout focused challenge came as I was under the weather.
Thanks SW! Congrats Keys!
Submitted by ADRIANA on 02.26.10 at 06:23.
This is so fantastic! Y'all deserve it. Congrats all!!! xo
Submitted by zuzupetals on 02.26.10 at 06:25.
Congratulations Llaves! Promise to blog the whole thing so we can be there with you in spirit! Woot!
Submitted by Evangeline on 02.26.10 at 07:26.
congrats everyone! you guys were all so inspiring!
Submitted by msh258 on 02.26.10 at 09:03.
Umm, wow! Thanks! And big congrats to Llaves. Take lots of pictures!
:)
Cindy aka 100Pounds
Submitted by 100Pounds on 02.27.10 at 11:27.
Yay Llaves!!! And high fives to everyone all around -- this challenge was stretching in a good way -- so glad to be in on it with ya'll!
Submitted by shaynet on 02.27.10 at 12:41.