In February, The Mall at World Trade Center Abu Dhabi (WTCAD) partnered with Primal Gym to launch its phenomenal “Biggest Winner’ fitness competition. Last night at the awards ceremony held at BU! at The Hub at WTCAD, the winners of its three categories (Weight Loss, Stronger and Fitter) were revealed, with the finalists losing a total of 100 kilos between them in six weeks.
During the competition, over 200 men and women were invited to attend exercise classes three times a week by Primal Gym at Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid at WTCAD, and were offered extensive nutritional advice from Dr. Nutrition, each battling to win the Biggest Winner crown.
After weeks of intensive training, the finalists were decided by a full body composition test, which assessed their weight loss, Body Mass Index (BMI) and body fat loss. The Biggest Winners divided by categories were: Lara Abu Ata, Zena Abou Said and Peter Mutizwa for (Weight Loss), Shelly Houston and Fadi Theodary for (Stronger) and Ruben Sharma for (Fitter).
Examples of how the competition changed people’s lives was how Peter Mutizwa lost 9.7 kilos, which equates to 4.3% of his total body fat. All the finalists were aged between 32 and 46 and everyone improved their body mass index, which is a measure of body fat based on height and weight, with Nada Dana improving his by 2.6 points whilst Lara Abu Ata lost 3.7% body fat.
The Biggest Winners were awarded 300,000 Etihad Guest Miles from Etihad Airways. This one-of-a-kind prize gives its owner the choice to travel to exotic locations like LA, Sydney or Toronto or redeem exclusive gifts at the Etihad Reward Shop which includes the choice of electronics, fashion & accessories and much more. The second runners up of the competition in each category were given a 6 months’ membership to Primal Gym and the third runners up received a voucher worth of AED 1000 from Dr. Nutrition. In addition to that, each of the entrants will be offered an exclusive membership to Primal Gym from 1st May – 25th May, with three classes a week for only AED 60 per class.
The Biggest Winner Competition was created as part of The Mall at WTCAD’s commitment to provide its staff and Abu Dhabi partners with the tools to get fit, giving them the gift of well-being through exercise and nutrition.