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We have a mission to help 1,000,000 people be a part of the Fitness Epidemic!
What side are you going to be on?
Which Epidemic are you going to join?

We would love to have you join the movement!

“2014 All-American Fitness Epidemic”

Why a Fitness Contract?

A contract carries a much higher level of commitment than a simple goal or New Year’s Resolution.

A contract is binding.  Once the terms of a contract are agreed upon, whether by signing the dotted line or the use of a good old fashioned hand-shake, it is honored because it is ones word and one’s word is ones honor.

The primary beneficiary of this contract is yourself, however it will also benefit those people whom you come in contact with on a regular basis such as family, friends and neighbors because they love and care for you and your wellbeing.

To honor this contract, individuals need to realize that the body is their most valuable asset.  Without it……………well, what does anyone have?

In order to honor this contract it is crucial that each individual fully realizes the huge impact a healthy or unhealthy body can have in relation to the longevity of life and come to understand that the way we care for our bodies today can literally determine a person’s life expectancy by twenty or thirty years or more.

Fully comprehending the abuse our bodies take when we fail to eat properly along with insufficient activity is crucial in leading a long and healthy life and will also determine the success of each individual who chooses to be a part of the “2014 All-American Fitness epidemic”

Likewise, the benefits are enumerable and invaluable to all who choose to lead a healthy, active lifestyle.

Abusing drugs, excessive drinking and smoking as well as any other compulsive habits or addictions are all incredibly harmful to one’s own health and wellness and also cause severe undesirable consequences.

This contract is not a fitness program.  This contract is intended to assist each individual in finding that commitment level, at which point, we take action in achieving what we dream and desire most.  And with that level of commitment we experience a whole new level of discipline along with enthusiasm and excitement.  This contract will not fulfill any dreams or desires on its own but it is a tool in which it will assist anyone and everyone to be loyal to themselves.

When you choose to sign this contract, it is extremely important that you fully understand the severe consequences of being unfit as well as the incredible unimaginable benefits of being fit because they are equally beneficial, motivating tools when working towards a healthier happier life.

Health & Fitness Contract Agreement

If I am presently leading a healthy lifestyle then I agree to continue on with all due diligence while at the same time providing support, encouragement to those individuals around me who are willing to do what it takes to transform themselves into stronger, healthier and happier individuals.

If I am not presently leading as healthy a lifestyle as I should, I am committed to do whatever is necessary to transform my body into what I want and know it can be regardless of the time it may require or the amount of hard work.

I know by placing myself in a positive environment, much of my success can be attained by receiving strength, encouragement and support from those around me.  So I will show my contract and share my new level of commitment directed towards leading a healthier life by inviting others to join me in this fitness epidemic, while together we can encourage, support and motivate each other as we all become stronger, healthier and happier individuals.

I                                                                                   have read all of the above documented comments and statements and as of this moment do honorably and truthfully declare that I will comply and  commit myself to a lifestyle of proper nutrition and vigorous exercise to where I can maintain or transform my body into what it needs be so I can live a long, healthy, full and happy life while at the same time be a part of the first ever “All-American Fitness Epidemic” committed to providing strength and support in numbers.

Congratulations!

Welcome to the 1^st annual,

“2014 All-American Fitness Epidemic”

 

 

AAFE

Welcome to the First Annual
ALL AMERICAN FITNESS EPIDEMIC 

How many people in the world are effected by Epidemics? 
How many people die on average from an Epidemic or Pandemic?

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe" the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster.

The Grim Reaper by Louis Raemaekers
In the fall of 1918 the Great War in Europe was winding down and peace was on the horizon. The Americans had joined in the fight, bringing the Allies closer to victory against the Germans. Deep within the trenches these men lived through some of the most brutal conditions of life, which it seemed could not be any worse. Then, in pockets across the globe, something erupted that seemed as benign as the common cold. The influenza of that season, however, was far more than a cold. In the two years that this scourge ravaged the earth, a fifth of the world's population was infected. The flu was most deadly for people ages 20 to 40. This pattern of morbidity was unusual for influenza which is usually a killer of the elderly and young children. It infected 28% of all Americans (Tice). An estimated 675,000 Americans died of influenza during the pandemic, ten times as many as in the world war. Of the U.S. soldiers who died in Europe, half of them fell to the influenza virus and not to the enemy (Deseret News). An estimated 43,000 servicemen mobilized for WWI died of influenza (Crosby). 1918 would go down as unforgettable year of suffering and death and yet of peace. As noted in the Journal of the American Medical Association final edition of 1918:

"The 1918 has gone: a year momentous as the termination of the most cruel war in the annals of the human race; a year which marked, the end at least for a time, of man's destruction of man; unfortunately a year in which developed a most fatal infectious disease causing the death of hundreds of thousands of human beings. Medical science for four and one-half years devoted itself to putting men on the firing line and keeping them there. Now it must turn with its whole might to combating the greatest enemy of all--infectious disease," (12/28/1918).However, a first wave of influenza appeared early in the spring of 1918 in Kansas and in military camps throughout the US. Few noticed the epidemic in the midst of the war. Wilson had just given his 14 point address. There was virtually no response or acknowledgment to the epidemics in March and April in the military camps. It was unfortunate that no steps were taken to prepare for the usual recrudescence of the virulent influenza strain in the winter. The lack of action was later criticized when the epidemic could not be ignored in the winter of 1918 (BMJ, 1918). These first epidemics at training camps were a sign of what was coming in greater magnitude in the fall and winter of 1918 to the entire world.

The war brought the virus back into the US for the second wave of the epidemic. It first arrived in Boston in September of 1918 through the port busy with war shipments of machinery and supplies. The war also enabled the virus to spread and diffuse. Men across the nation were mobilizing to join the military and the cause. As they came together, they brought the virus with them and to those they contacted. The virus killed almost 200,00 in October of 1918 alone. In November 11 of 1918 the end of the war enabled a resurgence. As people celebrated Armistice Day with parades and large partiess, a complete disaster from the public health standpoint, a rebirth of the epidemic occurred in some cities. The flu that winter was beyond imagination as millions were infected and thousands died. Just as the war had effected the course of influenza, influenza affected the war. Entire fleets were ill with the disease and men on the front were too sick to fight. The flu was devastating to both sides, killing more men than their own weapons could.

With the military patients coming home from the war with battle wounds and mustard gas burns, hospital facilities and staff were taxed to the limit. This created a shortage of physicians, especially in the civilian sector as many had been lost for service with the military. Since the medical practitioners were away with the troops, only the medical students were left to care for the sick. Third and forth year classes were closed and the students assigned jobs as interns or nurses (Starr,1976). One article noted that "depletion has been carried to such an extent that the practitioners are brought very near the breaking point," (BMJ, 11/2/1918). The shortage was further confounded by the added loss of physicians to the epidemic. In the U.S., the Red Cross had to recruit more volunteers to contribute to the new cause at home of fighting the influenza epidemic. To respond with the fullest utilization of nurses, volunteers and medical supplies, the Red Cross created a National Committee on Influenza.  The medical and scientific communities had developed new theories and applied them to prevention, diagnostics and treatment of the influenza patients.

What Epidemics are happening these days?  From 1990 - 2000 diagnosis of Diabetes in America has gone from 345,000 people to 517,000! 
That is nearly DOUBLE in 10 years..

 In the mid 2000's we have more information on health than we have ever had before, we have more access to gyms and good foods than we have ever had before in history, yet we are making history and going in the WRONG direction!