{"id":8231,"date":"2015-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btc.si\/2015\/05\/participants-in-the-millenium-athlete-challenge-tested-their-flexibility-with-slovenian-gymnasts\/"},"modified":"2015-05-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T22:00:00","slug":"participants-in-the-millenium-athlete-challenge-tested-their-flexibility-with-slovenian-gymnasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btc.si\/en\/press-releases\/2015\/05\/participants-in-the-millenium-athlete-challenge-tested-their-flexibility-with-slovenian-gymnasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Participants in the Millenium Athlete Challenge tested their flexibility with Slovenian gymnasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Training in the company of a gymnastics team is only one in
\nthe mosaic of diverse challenges faced by candidates in the Millenium
\nAthlete Challenge. With personalized training sessions to get the body
\nin shape, lose weight, and gain muscle mass, the participants have
\nachieved incredible results after almost three months of effort –
\ntogether, they got rid of no less than 34 kg in only two months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To keep everybody motivated, the training was kept as diverse as
\npossible. This time, participants in the programme attended a training
\nsession of the Gymnastics Federation of Slovenia, also sponsored by the
\nBTC Company. Renowned gymnasts – Mitja Petkovšek, Sašo Bertoncelj, Rok
\nKlavora, \u017diga Šilc, and Teja Belak – first warmed up together with the
\nchallengers and then proceeded with their training. <\/p>\n

Emilija Hren talked about the flexibility challenge in the company of
\nthe gymnasts: “Today’s training session was definitely different, but
\nI’m glad that I managed to see it through. The toughest exercise for me
\nwas the leg raise on the wall bars. Because I set myself a clear goal at
\nthe beginning of the programme, which was to lose weight, I try my best
\nto keep up with the programme prepared by our personal trainers. When I
\nstarted training, I had 81 kg. And since the Millenium Athlete
\nChallenge is coming to a close, I’m proud to announce that I’ve lost 8
\nkg in the first two months alone.”<\/p>\n

The three-month-long Millenium Athlete Challenge promised to help
\nfive candidates with weight loss and body-shaping before the summer
\nseason by providing them with an active training programme. In Sports
\nCentre Millenium and the Fitness Clinic of the Professional Health
\nCentre in Atlantis Water Park, four experienced professional trainers
\naccompanied the challengers since March, guiding them in their training,
\nencouraging them, and keeping track of their results. When it comes to
\nweight loss, the wide-ranging line of Athlete sports nutrition products
\nwas of great help to all involved in the challenge.
\n“Old habits die
\nhard, especially if they’re as delicious as chocolate,” joked Darko
\nStranjak, and added: “But food and exercise are important. I’m happy to
\nnote that the three months of sweating have paid off – in the first two
\nmonths, I reduced my assessed metabolic age by 11 years and lost 9.3 kg.
\nI feel great! The coaches always stood by our side and encouraged us to
\ngo on, but a big part of this success story is also the quality diet,
\naccompanied by nutritious Athlete shakes and bars. I’m glad I could join
\nthe Millenium Athlete Challenge, since the encouraging words of the
\ncoaches and the diverse training sessions give me great motivation. In
\nthe company of gymnasts I realized that, despite my age, I’m still
\npretty flexible,” Darko said after the gymnastics session.<\/p>\n

In addition to some well-known faces, namely Salome and Werner, the
\nMillenium Athlete Challenge enabled three other challengers to step into
\nsummer with an attractive figure. Their last training session will take
\nplace next week. The final measurements will show how successful the
\nparticipants in the Millenium Athlete Challenge really were in attaining
\ntheir goals of losing weight, getting in shape, and going for that
\nperfect figure.<\/p>\n

Supporting projects that encourage an active lifestyle is one of the
\npriorities among the socially responsible activities of the BTC Company.
\nThrough these projects, the spirit of dynamism and an active lifestyle
\nis transferred onto society at large, forming an even closer bond
\nbetween the company and the stakeholders. Among other things, the BTC
\nCompany is a long time supporter of Slovenian gymnastics, once again
\nshowing support by signing eight new sponsorship deals with select
\ngymnasts this January.<\/p>\n

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Additional information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maja Oven, Director of the Market Communication and Public Relations Sector<\/p>\n