TRIGGER WARNING - SHOULD YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR BELLY?
This post is a call out to the men that like BEING ALIVE!
I am doing this, because this week I’ve received three separate messages from men saying:
‘𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘉𝘉𝘈 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦!”
I’m going to explain something,
And then it’s up to you what you do with it.
The leading cause of death in Western men is Heart Disease
The first signs are often high blood pressure, which causes the heart to ‘overwork’
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲
Imagine going on a camping trip with 10 of your boys
It’s freezing cold, but they all forget their tent,
So, 10 of you must pack into a one-man tent…
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞?
Well that is exactly what’s happening to your organs when you get a belly
Imagine each one of those men in the tent, is instead an organ in your abdomen
Your heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc
And because there’s no room in the tent / belly,
Everyone’s piled on top of each other,
No one can get any air, and everyone is stressed to sh1t!
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭
Well it almost like you trying to drive down a freeway, in first gear
The engine is redlining and screaming for you to change up
But you’re like, “𝘧*𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦”
Eventually, the engine blows up and you have a heart attack
𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐁𝐀
He’ll tell you straight up, he’d near given up
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
He’s got a beautiful, young family
And he decided he needed to be here for them!
What a wonderful turn around Chris Lewis – I'm proud AF!
I hope posting this inspires just ONE other man to start their journey…
THE GUT IS CUT! BRILLIANT!
Mitch is your average Aussie guy
He loves soccer
Works his ass off
And is partial to a cheeky bourbon and coke
And after blowing out a bit at the ripe old age of 37,
And with a handful of kids to keep up with,
He and his beautiful bride Nicola decided…
𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐁𝐀!
They’d seen BBA super-couple Adam and Kate Overton getting amongst
And concluded it was their time…
𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍!
Nic’s amazing transformation will come later
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡!
He’s lost 10% of his body weight already!
And cut his belt size down by 12cm
𝐍𝐨 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝,
𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦
For their kids AND themselves!
𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬, 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐲!
Proud of you both!!
𝐏𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃!
41-YEAR OLD DAMO GETS DICED! BUT HOW?
‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨’
We’re told as men that it’s ‘𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦’
To gradually fade away and let go of ourselves
Succumb to dad-bod and accept The Decline
𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐍𝐎 – “𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦!”
And so, he signs up to Better Body Academy with his amazing woman, Hayley
They do it together
Aligned in a goal to get healthier
To feel good about themselves
To draw a line in the sand
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 ‘𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟔-𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤’ 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦
‘𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?’ (As long as they’re air-fried)
This is what happens when you stick to the plan
You can have days of falling off
You can be a busy parent with little time
𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬
I don’t know what Damien asked for, for Christmas,
But he got himself a new bod
A summer bod
𝐇𝐄’𝐬 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊!!
40’s The New 20!
Now Damo is an inspiration…
18KG + 16CM DOWN IN 3 MONTHS
Imagine this…
47 years old
You’ve got a great life
You run your own business
But a big part of your is worried about the future!
“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴?’’
At nearly 140kg, this was a reality for Trent
Especially given diabetes and heart disease run in his family
So, 3 months ago, he drew a big line in the sand
𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌! 💫
And with that, Trent started his BBA journey.
Trent is another example of these middle-aged fellas with zero ego
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡*𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐬 🤮🤮
Now they’re at a point where they’re ready to fix things permanently.
𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐄 𝗪𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇!
🚩 We’ve dialled in Trent’s nutrition
🚩 We’ve got him increasing his daily activity
🚩 And, he’s getting stuck into some gym work!
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵?
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬, 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬:
⚠️ Down 18kg in weight
⚠️ Down 16cm around the gut
But we’re only just getting started here.
I’m absolutely positive Trent’s going to get to his ideal 95kg
𝗪𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝟒𝟑𝐤𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬
He wants it, and is willing to follow the simple plan…
Trent brother, I salute you
Blokes like you inspire the shit out of me.
Want what Trent’s got?
16KG DOWN - I NEVER IMAGINED POSTING THIS!
Why?
Not because I didn’t think Leon 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 do it
I just never thought he 𝗪𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 do it
𝐒𝐨, 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞…
A few years ago, in what seems like a different life, Leon was my boss…
The thing about Leon, he is the hardest working man I’ve ever met
Bar none…
Working until 2-3am? No issues…
And whilst I admired and respected him,
𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐡𝐢𝐦
Although an amazing dad and partner, and great ‘𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵’ leader,
His physical health just wasn’t a priority
He used to laugh when I talked about gym and eating healthier
But my suspicion was that this was because he, like most men
𝗪𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞
If anyone had a legit ‘no time’ excuse, it was Leon.
Yet, it’s funny how certain life events reshape our perspective.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟐 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐋𝐁 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐱-𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭
He parked his ego and completely trusted our process
He made a genuine commitment to his health
𝗪𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐈𝐍
And made his health an EQUAL priority
From a guy that was ‘𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳’
𝐓𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭:
Is 16kg down and 19cm less around the belly
Has completed a proper adventure race event
Can enjoy a curry or a beer without it becoming a bender
Has become a genuinely ‘healthy man’
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟐 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 ‘𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞’
A dad that can keep up with his young family
And a man that no longer chooses EITHER career or health
𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐁 – 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐆!
I think this may just inspire a few more ‘no timers’ to get started
12KG + 12CM DOWN - CRAZY!
Dave Miller… Is that you?
The same Dave I was friends with in primary school?
Jesus, it’d been what 25 years since we’d seen each other
And yet, I remembered that beautiful mug.
𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝:
“𝘏𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘉𝘈?
𝘐’𝘮 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴/𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 - 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰.”
And with that, our boy started his journey.
Knocking on the door of 40,
Dave felt like he’d let himself go just a touch,
Kids, work… you know the story
𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝟖𝟎𝐤𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬.
Dave had never really trained in a gym before
So, we started by dialling in his nutrition
And completing bodyweight workouts from home
But as things progressed, and his confidence grew
Our man jumped in the deep end and got himself a gym membership
𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟒 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬,
𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬:
Down 12cm around the waist
And 12kg lighter on his feet
𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭
You could say, part one of the mission is done
Now, it’s time for Dave build some epic composition
What an excellent frame to start that process from
I can’t wait to see where he is in a year
So bloody proud of you my man
You’re a quite achiever that has absolutely crushed it
And you’ve wound back the years here dude!
𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!
9CM OFF WAIST IN ONE MONTH
Nutrition is EVERYTHING
I’ve rarely met a young lad that is dedicated like this one…
Meet Damon Brady
Wants to get sliced…
The fat is basically gone now…
So we’re gonna start build up our calories
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘌𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘌 𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘍𝘛𝘌𝘙.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱,
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗶𝘁,
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗶𝘁.
It’s one thing I can’t give you…
𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘 🔥🔥🔥🔥
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗮 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁…
SHITE GETS REAL!! Wow!
