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It seems like the F45 8 Week Challenge has shredded everyone from ol’ mate next door to Mark bloody Wahlberg.
The latest epic body transformation? 47-year-old Kiley who won the greatest body weight loss component of the infamous program.
We spoke to the Pacific Pines local about the highs and lows the two-month process and what helped him stay motivated to smash the competition.
I was rapt to place on the global stage. It felt like acknowledgement for the hard work and commitment I had put towards the F45 8 Week Challenge. But admittedly I was curious what the overall champions results were as I’m very competitive and knew my results were strong.
My wife had competed in the F45 8 Week Challenge prior to this one and was our local winner. The changes to her body and mindset were inspiring. I was obese and had troubles tying the laces on my work boots due to the size of my belly. I had to hold my breath while bending over as my stomach made it hard to breathe. I had to stop and take another breath after tying each boot.
I am also very competitive and the idea of a challenge was to be a great motivator to assist with my weight loss.
I really enjoyed the Challenge. It pushed me but kept me motivated. It gave me the tools to change my life and transform me.
I was very unfit and found the training hard for the first week. Lots of aches and pains as my muscles were awakened, but this was temporary and I soon felt fitter and stronger. After two weeks I was attacking my training and pushing myself harder.
Sticking to a meal plan and food prepping was also hard at first but made the challenge so much easier once I had food prep sorted.
Eating by far. I have a sweet tooth and I suspect a sugar addiction. I had cravings hard around week three and tried some sugar free treats but felt they hindered my weight loss progress. Birthday parties, Father’s Day and social gatherings were also a struggle and admittedly I did slip up a few times but the trick is to not let a slip turn into a slide and get straight back into training and diet.
I’m very competitive and smashed out the training. I never missed a day of training, trained multiple classes a day if possible. On my days off work I was doing three classes a day and for the last half of the challenge I was doubling up doing back to back classes.
I did additional training at home on a treadmill every night. I also made a few tweaks to my daily calorie intake as I found my energy levels fine and I was able to complete all training without feeling fatigued.
I’m very competitive and had my eye on the prize. My motivation was to win our local challenge and have a competitive result to take to the Global stage.
The more I worked the more determined I was to push harder to get a stronger result.
I felt a million dollars. I’m in the best shape of my life at 47 years old. Fitter, stronger and healthier than I was as a youngster when I was playing representative sport and training nearly every day of the week.
My lifestyle has changed and the Challenge has had a huge effect on how my family live now. Better nutrition and a lot more family physical activities.
Get into it. It’s life changing and the results will come if you stick to the challenge. There are a lot of members of our local F45 whose lives have been transformed through the challenge. You don’t need to attack the challenge like I did to get great results.
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