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Day 43: Cough, cough

After two weeks of sickness I carefully returned to my workout last week. I reduced weights and sets for the first week but intended to return to my regular workout style the next (this) week.

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Day 34: 14 days of sickness - the aftermath

After 14 days in bed I had my first day in the gym today. Started out very carefully and will keep slower pace during the first week. I had a drop in strength of about 20% (bench press) but at least I decided to start my abs workout today (only a few sets of leg […]

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Day 27: I lost at least 10 pounds!

It is fantastic, it is unbelievable. I lost at least 10 pounds in the last 10 days! Do you want to know my secret?
Get sick. I had a stomach bug for 6 days. Then I felt so much better - until I got fever and headache again yesterday. Not the healthiest way to drop weight. […]

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Day 9-13: I still love beer

Just a short report for the last few days. Had my regular workouts on Thursday, Friday and Saturday including some short but intense cardio sessions again. At the moment I really stick with the treadmill using an 8% uphill setup. I also increased duration of my intervals from 90 secs to 2 minutes. In 20 […]

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Day 8: Back to work…and “no whey out”

Finally had the time to go to the gym in the morning. As I mentioned yesterday, my protein intake was too low during the first week. Today I started with whey protein as a first supplement and additional protein source. I ordered my favorite Whey Supreme Strawberry Flavor by Ultimate Nutrition and take 20g 30 […]

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Day 5-7: Relax and Refeed

Last three days I had no time to workout because of lack of time and weather conditions. We had sudden black ice and a total of 191 car accidents in less than 24 hours in our city. So I decided not to go to the gym on Sunday.
On Monday I had a business meeting outside […]

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Day 2-4: Why is Cardio so boring?

Worked out every day starting with weight lifting exercises followed by cardio (except the legs/thighs workout, where I start with cardio). “Bodybuilding” Exercises are fine, but cardio exercises are so damn boring. I always try to do 20-30mins of cardio after about 60 minutes of weight lifting exercises. Because these workouts are rather short, I […]

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Day 1: Face your Fears

First things first: I took a picture of my belly. Any comments or hints about how to shave body parts beyond the face are welcome. Top picture is what I call beach-boy-pose. It is taken while seated and shows the man’s pride in its whole beauty. And now you know, why I don’t shave this […]

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Return of a Fat Guy: The 20 Weeks Experiment

Hello and welcome to my 20 Weeks Experiment. Starting today on January 2nd 2008 and finishing on May 21st 2008, exactly 20 weeks later, I’m trying to get rid of tons of nasty body fat around my hips (and anywhere else) and get ripped abs within those weeks.

I’ve been eating whatever I wanted (and a […]

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