Introduction: Mr. M.

Hi there I’m Mr M.

Age: 32 | Height: 163 cm /5’4 Feet | Weight 68 kg’s / 150 lbs.

A bit of background:

I've lived most of my life in Copenhagen, and as far as I remember, always been a chubby guy. I didn't do much physical activity, and I remember running at school was the last thing I wanted to do. I've had some initial health issues with high blood pressure. Then, around a year ago, I started working out with Mr. A., and I think it has helped me a lot getting more healthy. Weight wise I went down from around 70-72 kg down to my current weight today.

Goals:

Starting Date: 01/08/2013 || Goal Date: 01/11/2013
Weight goals -- Get below, and maintain sub 63 Kg / 139 lbs and a body fat percentage sub 20%, with a long term goal of around 16%.
Training goals -- Maintain a good training schedule, focusing on increasing core muscle and reducing fat (mainly around waist).

Sports: I would like to play some more squash :).

Inherent problems:

So we all have our own problems we need to work on and here are a few of my “issues”.

Maintaining workout: I am very dependent on others to push me, as my self-commitment is rather non-existent.
Prior injuries: Only have some issues with my left shoulder, when I do too much push ups. Perhaps the arm needs more strengthening. Otherwise, isn't an injury per say.

I have control over sugar intake and can control what I eat to a certain extent. There can be times where I am lazy though, where I tend to buy take away a lot.

Introduction: Mr. G.

Hi there, I'm Mr. G..

Age: 30 | Height: 170 cm /5’6 Feet | Weight: 78 kg’s / 172 lbs.
A bit of background:
I am born and raised in Copenhagen, where I quickly became captivated with the game of basketball at the age of 7. Playing and training every day during school breaks and after school, I soon began playing with the middle school kids instead because of the challenge. As I continued to play, I took interest in many other sports from football to table tennis to badminton. Sports was just my thing until I took a long break and decided to focus more on my studies instead.

Around 6 years ago, I started  playing basketball again and getting into better condition - tough times. I actually got into a decent condition which would have allowed me to keep getting better without feeling the urge to drop and puke. 2 years later, in the middle of a match, my foot got stuck on the hardwood whilst my body changed directions, and I managed to tear my MCL. Limping around this bulging knee, I never really quite recovered. I was soon playing again after 6 months with a sleeve on but I reinjured it at least another 2 times after, so I decided to finally stop.

Long story short, I didn't play as much from that time but I kept eating as much as I usually did. People for some reason called me the Human Blackhole or Human Dispenser - any left overs, just send it down the table. I soon found myself gaining incrementally to where I one day hit 80 kgs and soon after 84 kgs. I had never ever been this heavy before and I knew it wasn't muscle.

I fluctuated between 80 and 84 for some time and seemed to stabilize at 82. Here I started doing a bit more working out and am where I am today at 78-80. I still eat a lot but am unable to eat as much as I used to because my belly is pretty much pregnant.

So for the love of eating, I must lose weight :).

Goals:
Starting Date: 01/08/2013 || Goal Date: 01/11/2013
Weight goals -- Get below, and maintain sub 70 Kg / 155 lbs.
Training goals -- Maintain a good training schedule, start basketball again from September - at least 2 times a week, 1-2 gym workouts, plyometrics, and some running/sprinting.
Running goal -- obtain an ~15km / week schedule and work from there.
Nutrition goals -- [insert here] - to be determined
Sleep goals -- Usual 7-8 hour schedule
Misc/stress goals -- Running basketball dribbling drills outdoors more often.

Inherent problems:
Prior injuries: My knee is working okay but I can still feel that it is weaker than the other overall. At times it acts up a little because I believe it was stretched too many times during the recovery period. Unless I get an operation, this is simply how it will continue to stay. The best I can do for now is to strengthen the leg muscles around the knee further and monitor it as I progress.

Shin problem - Running has often been the main enemy of mine because my shins and the anterior tibialis (the muscle that runs along the front/side of the shin bone) get stiffened up until the point where I am unable to feel much of it anymore. It could come down to the shoes, running style, etc. But this is one thing I will need to monitor.

Food: I love eating - so I'll need to control my diet before I get into a better routine to pig out again :).

Snacking: Sugar based, chips/crisps, nuts, raisens, whatever - put a bag on the table and it'll be gone by the end of the day. Yes, I could simply attempt replacing these with healthier snacks in general :-P.

Introduction: Mr. A.

Hi there i’m Mr A.

Age: 29 | Height: 177 cm /5’8 Feet | Weight 78 kg’s / 172 lbs.

A bit of background:

I live in Copenhagen, but was raised in the suburbs, in my youth; I swam a lot, in the later years I have been doing some random sports most noticeably running, but unfortunately turned idle due to injuries 3 years ago. Around 1 year ago, after gaining quite a bit of weight, I started getting some exercise in that year I have roughly lost 10kg / 22 lbs, but there is still a ways to go to reach my goals.

Goals:

Starting Date: 01/08/2013 || Goal Date: 01/11/2013
Weight goals -- Get below, and maintain sub 70 Kg / 155 lbs.
Training goals -- Maintain a good training schedule, including 3x boxing a week, 2x swimming, 1-2x gym workouts, and as weight goes bellow 75kg start running.
Running goal -- get up to a ~30km / week schedule, and improve 1k time to 3:30.
Nutrition goals -- [insert here]
Sleep goals – Get a solid 7-8H sleep, and keep a constant rhythm/sleeping pattern
Misc/stress goals – don’t let small things bother me, go for a 2-30 min walk around lunch at work to get fresh air and distress from work

Inherent problems:

So we all have our own problems we need to work on and here are a few of my “issues”.

Prior injuries: I have some injuries that might surface again as the intensity and amount of training goes up
Nonstop eater: I eat a lot! and I’m almost always hungry, this worked out well when I was younger and did more sports, but as soon as I stop doing a lot of sporting activities I gain weight like crazy, this goes even worth with my next issue.
Sugar addict: pancakes, Ice-Cream, candy, cakes, pies, softdrinks, pretty much anything and everything with loads of sugars in it I just crave it to no end.
Love that booze: well alcohol is usually not the best thing for sports it is however another part of me I will have to hold back on, as with the sweets and eating in general

Introduction: Project

3 guys 1 goal, lose weight and get into a better shape, and what better way to do this than a friendly non-competition.

Every second week, we are going to do a weight in, focusing on weight and fat percentages of course finding 1-2 winners.

To motivate ourselves, and to make it easier to follow our progress we decided to do this blog, here you will be getting updates on the non-competition, write-ups about training, nutrition and motivation and up's and downs.

The 3 participants are:

• Mr A
• Mr G
• Mr M

Each of us with our own unique background, problems and goals, and we will all be blogging on the site, the first posts will be some write-ups on each of us, our current condition and our goals, short term and long term.