Catching Up: This week’s show started with an interesting beach challenge that had the contestants walk with heavy metal frames that weighed 60% and 75% of the women and men respectively. The two dominant players, Hollie and Phil, set the stage for a Shakespearean tragedy that began with Hollie’s dominance and ended with Phil’s triumph. His red team won and got videos from home, and just like the Survivor home videos if you were not moved by these messages and the reactions of the contestants there is something quite wrong with you (sociopath). “Cowboy” David was reduced to a puddle at the sight of his countless kids and their well wishes, and we found out he has a hot wife! He must be packing more than his saddle bags in the bedroom (winkety-wink).
Work It: The workouts were especially hard for trainer Kim this week, not because she was running a particularly intense session rather her charges started to mutiny. David was puttering duck footed at a mere 2.5 on his treadmill and Kim wanted him to ramp it up to 3.0 so he could see some results. Come on lady! That guy’s not just carrying around a few extra pounds and a set of pare tires, he’s also lugging a tripod. Obviously FCC decency laws preclude Cowboy from whipping out his extra appendage to help him out on his runs, so until you find a better solution for his 4 kilos of kielbasa BACK OFF LADY!
The Weigh-In: Back to the contest…Big Bob Harper’s once floundering Blue Crew came up big in the weigh in with half his team in double digits. They lost an impressive 2.74% of their total body weight trouncing the red and black teams. Black came close also in the 2% range, but red had a dismal week with a mere 1.28% weight loss. Their biggest loser was David who shed a meager 5 pounds so he couldn’t be voted off. Kim gave the team a stern dressing down (thankfully they were clothed, although the man boobs are starting to look more family picnic than pornography) and exhorted the team to come to a group decision and keep B and Phil whom she called the soul of her squad.
Good-bye: If a team ties at elimination the weigh-in winners come in and break it with a single vote. The two clear choices for elimination this week were weak Amy (who cried and said Kim threw her under the bus when she told everyone not to vote for Phil and B and they knew they couldn’t vote for David, and that left Amy with treadmarks on her tuchus) and strong, confident Phil of the future. This team has won 5 of the 6 challenges because of Phil who is a former NFL player and future hottie once he loses the rest of his weight, and he is a marked man in the eyes of black and blue because of his dominance. In the end it was a tie and Phil was sent home to tackle his wife and daughter.
Condolences: In an emotional ending to the show Hollie had to leave for her mother’s bedside who was once again battling leukemia. Her mother passed shortly after Hollie left and the players were devastated. Hopefully this girl will use her mom’s memory as sweet motivation to come back and win the game. We’re thinking of you Hollie!
