If you're looking for a jumpstart to your New Year's fitness resolution, look no further than Dan 'Jungleman' Cates' 2025 Shuffle & Shred Challenge, a 60-day poker and fitness challenge with a $20,000 prize pool.
The Shuffle & Shred Challenge officially starts February 1 and, with limited space available, now's the time to commit to strengthening your poker mind and body in 2025.
According to the website, it concludes with a $20,000 GTD tournament in March, and it is "designed to inspire transformation in both your body, mind AND bank account."
Burpee your way to big bucks
If you're interested in signing up, registration is now open, and – for the reasonable price point of $300 – you will receive fitness and nutrition guidelines, access to a private Discord channel, and the ability to track your progress through a private fitness app.
Throughout the course of the 60-day challenge, participants will have the chance to grow their chip stack for the $20,000 GTD tournament by completing physical accomplishments. In March, the $20,000 GTD tournament will play out amongst the members of the Shuffle & Shred Challenge and those who have done best in the physical tasks along the way will have a leg up on the competition with more chips to play with.
The 2025 Shuffle & Shred Challenge joins a long-standing tradition of fitness-poker hybrid competitions. Recently, Shaun Deeb took on a much-publicized fitness challenge against billionaire businessman and philanthropist Bill Perkins. The challenge for Deeb was to bring his body fat percentage to 17% or lower and, after a few months of hard work, he was well on course to succeed, which prompted Perkins to offer a buyout to save himself a couple hundred thousand dollars.
