Back to School. Back to Work: The Kingdom FIT 60-Day Myzone Challenge

A New Season Is the Perfect Time to Get Back to Work

The end of summer has a way of changing everything. Vacations begin winding down, children head back to school, schedules become more structured, and families start settling back into their normal routines. At Kingdom FIT, we believe this transition is also the perfect opportunity to recommit to your health and fitness. That is why we are launching the Kingdom FIT Myzone 60-Day Back-to-School Challenge: “Back to School. Back to Work.” Beginning Monday, August 24 and running through Thursday, October 22, 2026, members will have 60 days to work toward one simple goal: earn 3,000 Myzone Effort Points, or MEPs. This challenge is not designed to see who can spend the most hours in the gym or complete the hardest workouts. It is designed to encourage something much more important: consistency. Sixty days gives us enough time to move beyond the initial excitement of starting something new and begin developing habits that can continue long after the challenge ends.

One of the biggest obstacles people face in fitness is the belief that they have to do everything perfectly. They decide they are going to exercise six days a week, completely change their diet, wake up earlier, run every morning, lift every afternoon, and somehow maintain all of that while managing work and family responsibilities. When life inevitably interferes, the entire plan falls apart. Our Back-to-School Challenge takes a different approach. The goal of 3,000 MEPs over 60 days averages approximately 350 MEPs per week. That is challenging enough to encourage regular activity while still being realistic for people with busy lives. You don't need a perfect week every week. You simply need to keep coming back. If you miss a workout, you haven't failed the challenge. If you have a difficult week, you haven't failed the challenge. You have another opportunity tomorrow to put your Myzone belt on and get back to work.

The timing of this challenge is intentional. Back-to-school season represents structure, schedules, goals, progress, and learning. We want to bring those same principles into our fitness journeys. Just as students don't master a subject by attending one class, we don't transform our health through one great workout. Progress comes from repeatedly doing the work. Some workouts will feel incredible. Others won't. There will be days when you are motivated and days when showing up requires discipline. All of those days matter. Over the course of 60 days, we want members to experience what happens when individual workouts become weeks of consistency and those weeks begin turning into a lifestyle. That is the real purpose behind Back to School. Back to Work.

Understanding Myzone and the 3,000-MEP Goal

What makes this challenge different from a traditional weight-loss competition or workout challenge is the way Myzone measures effort. We are not determining success by who loses the most weight, runs the fastest mile, lifts the heaviest barbell, or completes the most workouts. Instead, the challenge revolves around Myzone Effort Points (MEPs). Myzone uses your individual heart-rate information to measure the effort you put into physical activity. As you exercise in different heart-rate zones, you accumulate MEPs based on your intensity and duration. That creates an opportunity for people with very different fitness levels to participate in the same challenge. An experienced athlete and someone beginning their fitness journey may train differently, but both can work toward accumulating MEPs based on their own effort.

That philosophy fits perfectly with what we believe at Kingdom FIT. Fitness is personal. Two people can stand beside each other during the same workout and have completely different experiences. One person might be lifting significantly heavier weights, while another may be working just as hard with lighter weights. Someone may be able to run while another person needs to walk. A member who has trained for years shouldn't be the standard by which a new member determines whether their workout mattered. The question is: What effort did you give? Myzone helps us recognize that effort. Your heart doesn't care what the person next to you is doing. It responds to the work you're asking your body to perform.

The official target for the challenge is 3,000 MEPs in 60 days, but we have created several achievement levels along the way. Members reaching 2,000 MEPs earn Honor Roll status, while 2,500 MEPs earns Dean's List status. Reach the official 3,000-MEP goal and you've earned Valedictorian status and completed the challenge. For those who want to push beyond the official target, 4,000 MEPs earns Kingdom Elite status. These levels give everyone something to chase. Someone who starts slowly can focus on reaching Honor Roll. Someone approaching 3,000 can fight for Valedictorian. And the person who reaches the official goal early doesn't have to stop—they can continue toward Kingdom Elite and see how much further they can go.

Your MEPs also aren't limited to what happens inside Kingdom FIT. Of course, we want to see you at the gym. Your FORGED workouts, boxing, cardio, strength training, personal-training sessions, and other Kingdom FIT workouts are excellent opportunities to accumulate MEPs. But your health doesn't begin when you walk through our doors and stop when you leave. Go for a walk and wear your Myzone belt. Take a run and wear it. Ride your bike. Complete an outdoor workout. Train while traveling. Find another way to move. As long as you're using your Myzone belt, your effort can contribute toward your challenge total. The goal is to make movement part of your life rather than something that exists only during a scheduled gym session.

Sixty Days of Consistency, Accountability, and Community

The first week of almost any fitness challenge is usually the easiest. Everyone is excited, motivation is high, and the finish line feels possible. The real challenge begins after that excitement fades. That is one reason we chose 60 days. We don't simply want to motivate people for a week. We want members to experience what happens when they continue showing up through different seasons of motivation. The first target is approximately 350 MEPs during Week 1, which we're calling the First Bell. By the end of Week 2, the cumulative target is approximately 700 MEPs. Week 3 brings the goal to around 1,050, and by the end of Week 4—our First Report Card—members should be around 1,400 MEPs if they're on pace. At that point, the challenge becomes less about starting and more about maintaining.

The second half is where consistency really matters. Around Week 5, participants should be approaching 1,750 MEPs. Week 6 brings the target to approximately 2,100, followed by approximately 2,450 during Week 7 and 2,800 around Week 8. The remaining days become the Final Exam—the push to 3,000 MEPs and Valedictorian status. These benchmarks aren't intended to discourage anyone who falls behind. They're checkpoints. If you're ahead, keep going. If you're on pace, stay consistent. If you're behind, you know exactly where you stand and can decide how you're going to respond. Fitness doesn't always progress in a straight line. The important thing is that you don't allow one difficult week to become a reason to quit.

And you won't be doing it alone. One of the things that makes Kingdom FIT different is the community surrounding the workouts. We're going through these 60 days together. You'll see other members accumulating MEPs, pushing themselves during workouts, reaching new achievement levels, and working toward the same finish line. We will also recognize the Top 3 overall MEP earners at the conclusion of the challenge for those who enjoy a little friendly competition. But the leaderboard isn't the only victory that matters. A member earning their first 2,000 MEPs may have accomplished something personally significant. Someone else may discover that they can maintain three workouts per week for two straight months. Another person may become more active outside the gym because they want those additional MEPs. Those are victories too. Competition can make fitness fun, but community and accountability are what can make it sustainable.

There is also an important mental shift we hope happens during these 60 days. Instead of asking, "Do I feel like working out today?" we want members to start asking, "What can I do today?" Those are very different questions. You won't always feel like doing your hardest workout. That's okay. Maybe today is a walk. Maybe tomorrow is FORGED. Maybe Saturday is boxing. Maybe another day is personal training or strength work. Consistency doesn't require maximum intensity every day. It requires continuing to make choices that move you forward. When dozens of Kingdom FIT members begin making those choices together, the challenge becomes bigger than an individual number on an app. It becomes a community deciding together that we're getting back to work.

The Finish Line Is 3,000 MEPs—but the Real Goal Goes Beyond October 22

There will certainly be something to celebrate when the challenge concludes on October 22. Everyone who reaches 3,000 MEPs will officially complete the Kingdom FIT Back-to-School Challenge and be entered into our finisher prize drawing. We'll also recognize our highest overall MEP earners, with the proposed prizes including a $100 Kingdom FIT credit for first place, a $50 Kingdom FIT credit for second place, and Kingdom FIT apparel for third place. Anyone who reaches 4,000 MEPs and earns Kingdom Elite status will receive an additional entry into the grand-prize drawing. The prizes give us something fun to chase, but they aren't the most valuable thing you can walk away with after 60 days.

The bigger prize is what happens to you during the process. Imagine reaching October 22 knowing that for the previous two months you made your health a priority. Think about what 60 days of regular exercise can teach you about your schedule, your habits, your strengths, and the excuses that sometimes get in your way. Maybe you discover that morning workouts work better for you. Maybe you finally become consistent with strength training. Maybe you attend a class you had always been hesitant to try. Maybe you start walking on days when you don't come to the gym. Maybe wearing your Myzone belt gives you the accountability you needed to stop guessing about your effort and start paying attention to it. Those lessons can remain valuable long after the leaderboard resets.

That's ultimately why we're doing this. At Kingdom FIT, we believe fitness can have an impact that reaches beyond what happens during a workout. Becoming physically stronger can build confidence. Keeping commitments to yourself can develop discipline. Working alongside other people can build relationships. Learning to keep going when motivation disappears can change the way you approach challenges outside the gym. That's where our philosophy of Faith. Fitness. Purpose. comes into the picture. We're not simply collecting MEPs for 60 days. We're using a challenge to encourage people to become more intentional about taking care of themselves and more consistent about doing the work required to become stronger.

So when Monday, August 24 arrives, put on your Myzone belt and start earning. Don't worry about October 22 on Day 1. Don't worry about who is at the top of the leaderboard. Don't worry about whether someone else earned more MEPs than you did. Start with your first workout. Then complete the next one. Keep stacking days, workouts, and MEPs until you look up and realize how far you've come. 2,000 MEPs puts you on the Honor Roll. 2,500 earns Dean's List. 3,000 makes you a Valedictorian and an official challenge finisher. And 4,000 puts you among the Kingdom Elite.

School is back in session. The challenge has been issued. You have 60 days.

BACK TO SCHOOL. BACK TO WORK. 🎒🔥

Faith. Fitness. Purpose.