What would you do if someone offered you $150,000 to try and
match the weight of a buddy within a year? But there are only two
catches, you have to get within a single pound of each other and you
have to achieve this in a year. Well, for Jaime Staples and his brother
Matt this was a real offer. A high stakes poker player named Bill
Perkins bet the brothers $3,000 at 50:1 that they couldn't achieve this
goal, but of course, if they did, they'd earn big bucks. So, since the
brothers loved a good deal, they decided to accept the challenge, and
you won't believe the remarkable transformation.
The Staples brothers were challenged to alter their weight so that they matched within a year.
While on board The Streamboat, streaming poker from the Bahamas on
Bill Perkins' yacht, Jaime Staples weighed 306 pounds, while his brother
Matt was only 135 pounds. But when they got on that scale on March 25,
2018, at 5 p.m., they both had to weigh within a pound of one another.
To achieve this goal, one brother would have to end up eating more, and the other eating less.
There was no way that one brother could lose weight or gain weight in
order to match the other, so they decided to meet each other half way.
To do this, one brother decided to pack on some pounds, while the other
opted for a leaner menu.
Matt and Jaime were both on the same track to look and feel awesome, while meeting the goal of the challenge.
Matt spent a lot of time doing weight training in order to build
muscle mass, while Jaime did a lot of cardio to burn calories. As far as
Matt was concerned, he was loving this new lifestyle that involved
increasing his muscle mass.
The brothers were super supportive of one another when it came to working out every day.
Whenever one needed a bit of encouragement, or a helping hand while
doing pushups, the other was there. This definitely made what looked
like a difficult challenge, somewhat more manageable to achieve.
Matt and Jaime started out looking like this and as good looking as they were, they had to work fast.
A year wasn't a lot of time to get their weights to match within a
pound, and they certainly didn't want to lose the bet. So not only did
they include some insane workouts, but they also had to change the way
they ate.
They knew it wouldn't be easy, especially given that they had to undergo a completely different diet.
Jaime, who absolutely loved fast food meals, had to opt for healthier
alternatives like nutritious smoothies. He also cut down his carb
intake, ate more protein and veggies, and went cold turkey on sweet
stuff. While Matt added complex carbs like pasta, and rice to bulk up.
Dealing with the dietary change was tough for Matt, especially towards the final three months.
He was eating 3,000 to 3,500 calories a day in the final months, even
though he had gained more physical mass, and it was wearing him out.
But after a year of dieting and exercising, the brothers pulled it off.
Matt gained over 50 pounds of muscles, and Jaime lost 115 pounds.
It had been a year, and not an easy one, but the brothers had achieved what they set out to do.
Matt and Jaime each weighted 188.3 pounds. Of course, now, fellow
poker player Bill Perkins had to honor the bet, because he lost. After
the brothers were officially weighed in, they got their hard-earned
money, and decided to hug it out.
So, their friend, Bill Perkins had laid odds that the Staples brothers couldn't do it a year ago.
Matt and Jaime still thanked Perkins for the prize money, which
became a huge incentive in helping them turn their lifestyle around. Now
they're taking their health a little more seriously and have learned to
eat better and exercise more.
The Staples brothers live-streamed the weigh-in on Jaime's twitch.tv channel, and got lots of views.
10,500 very impressed viewers watched as Matt and Jaime proved to
Perkins that they had achieved their goal. They even chatted with fans
and shared videos of their ordeal that made them $150,000 richer. Great
job, boys!
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