12 Week Fat Loss Challenge

Start: November 8, 2006
Finish: January 31, 2007

Day 52 of 84

Status: Round 6: Phase 1: Day 4

G’day,

A beautiful day today at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. As you’ll see in the pictures below…I’m really doing it tough at the moment!

First stop was Cavill Avenue, the heart of Surfers. We had an awesome seafood meal at a restaurant called “Seafood On The Beach.” The food was great and so was the location, situated on the boardwalk overlooking the main drag along the beach.

After that we took a ride up “Q1″, the world’s tallest residential tower. The 77 floor ride by elevator took only 47 seconds! The views from the observation deck are NOT million dollar views they ARE 100 million dollar views! Absolutely breathtaking.

I took my Day 52 pics in front of Surfres Paradise beach, sorry, the quality is not great due to the shadows cast across me. I did however, get a nice shot from Q1. Check’em out below.

Here are Day 52 pics for December 30, 2006.

Peace, AJ

12 Week Fat Loss Challenge

Start: November 8, 2006
Finish: January 31, 2007

Day 51 of 84

Status: Round 6: Phase 1: Day 3

G’day,

Wow! That was cool! We went to a waterpark on the Gold Coast today and surprisingly got in a great cardio workout (I’ll fill you in as to why in a sec.). The Wet’n'Wild waterpark had a record crowd in attendence, I overheard two workers say over 11,000. This is because it is both summer holidays and school holidays here in Australia now.

The waiting time for each major waterslide ride was about 45 minutes. As we didn’t get to the park until 3.00pm we had only two rides under our belt by 5.30pm. The park was staying open until 9.00pm once their Dive’n'Movie showing in the wave pool had finished. This was our best chance to get some rides in quickly!

By 7.00pm the park had really thinned out, most people were watching the movie now. We went for it. We hit every major ride twice in under 1 hour. With our adrenalin pumping and our endorphins flowing, we were running back up the stairwells to go on the rides again. We felt just like kids again. By the end of the day we had got in a steady-state cardio workout due to all the running we were doing!

I will have a workout tomorrow in the only gym in Surfers Paradise! Can’t wait for that, it will be my first “Lactic Acid” workout
since December 14. I will be feeling it!

I must go now…

Peace, AJ

P.S. Here are Day 51 pics for December 29, 2006. These pics were taken on the Gold Coast at my Mum’s house.

12 Week Fat Loss Challenge

Start: November 8, 2006
Finish: January 31, 2007

Day 50 of 84

Status: Round 6: Phase 1: Day 2

G’day,

My brother and I did our first ever workout together! We went to a local gym in Brisbane and did some “Fat Loss Circuit Training” HIIT cardio and “core combo.” My brother got his Australian PGA Pro card 3 weeks ago. I’m real proud of you mate.

Me and my brother really focused on “the core” of abs, lower back and obliques. My bro knows that this area is extremely important for golfers. This is for two reasons, firstly the speed and power of your golf stroke is largely determined by the amount of strength you posess in your core. Secondly, and equally important, exercising your core regularly can help to prevent injuries in this critical area.

Anyway, today my bro was already feeling it…especially in his legs (we did some hardcore lunges!) He could barely stand up by the end of the day. I told him about DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) and how the sooner the soreness comes the fitter you are. He was happy to hear that.

In fact, my bro may become my first personal training client (I will receive my certification very soon). I have a lot of exciting idea I’d love to implement in personal training. I want to make it more results based by using new twists on accountability, discipline and motivation so that clients who put the effort in will see massive results in a short period of time.

Gotta go now, will be hitting Dreamworld and/or Wet ‘n’ Wild today.

Peace, AJ

P.S. Here are Day 50 pics for December 28, 2006

12 Week Fat Loss Challenge

Start: November 8, 2006
Finish: January 31, 2007

Day 49 of 84

Status: Round 6: Phase 1: Day 1

G’day,

This will be real quick. I’m in Oz right now and everything is hectic, catching up with family and friends. But you are gonna love the background to my photos! My brother-in-law painted this wall for his son’s room, as you can see he is very talented! If you’d like to hire him to paint your kid’s wall let me know.

Unfortunately these photos are not great quality, my cameraman had a very unsteady hand. It looks like I’ve put on a few kilos! I was back in the gym today, hardcore! I did “Fat Loss Circuit Training” with core combo and 10 mins of HIIT cardio.

Here are Day 49 pics for December 27, 2006

Peace, AJ

12 Week Fat Loss Challenge

Start: November 8, 2006
Finish: January 31, 2007

Day 45 of 84

Status: Round 5: Rest and Recovery Period ( Day 1 of 3)

G’day,

Let me explain…I had a weird flashback today.

I was rummaging through my wardrobe trying to find some summer clothes for my Christmas vacation to Australia.

They are all stacked at the back gathering mothballs for two very good reasons.

The first is because it is winter time here in Japan now so I have no need for summer clothes. The other reason is that even if it was summer time in Japan I still wouldn’t be wearing any of those clothes.

This is because I haven’t had a physique in the last 6 years that required wearing my summer gear! I was the kind of guy who would wear oversized long sleeve tops and baggy pants to hide my gut during summer. There is no way on earth I would ever even have considered wearing something as revealing as board shorts!

In fact I used to sweat my ass off at work wearing suits during the summer time. I got lots weird looks, probably something like “Hey Tomoko, why is that guy in a suit? Its 35 degrees in the shade!”

Anyway, back to my story, as I was packing my suitcase I found a pair of board shorts I got for my 18th birthday! That is 14 years ago! You wanna know a funny thing…they hardly look more than a week old! They haven’t been worn since a few days after my 18th birthday, because during that time I started working at Sizzler Restuarants. With all the staff discounts I stacked on a spare tire around my gut in no time.

But this is not the flashback experience I am talking about, this one is much better. About 6 months ago I started a short-lived physique transformation program. I only lasted a few weeks before I made some lame excuse to myself about how difficult it was, and quit soon after.

And check this! Just as a gag I thought I would take before pictures in my 14 year old board shorts. The look on my face seems like I am laughing, but I’m definitely not. More like grimacing in pain. It was a brutal struggle just to get them up that far. I’m serious! It took me a good 30 seconds to get them past my thighs.

Anyway, right now there is a happy ending to this story. Before I packed my boardies in my suitcase I thought I would amuse myself by doing today’s Day 45 pics in them.

Yeah…as you can see, just a slight difference in fit!(and tan). Boy I’m glad I started this thing 6 weeks ago. The timing couldn’t be better…now I can wear my boardies instead of my baggy pants on the beach in Surfers Paradise!

Well, I gotta wrap this up now and hit the sack. I have to get a good night’s sleep tonight so I don’t mess up my body clock for the flight tomorrow night.

I’m going to have a rest over the next 3 days, I’ve worked my butt off the last 18 days so I think I earned it. I will recommence my workouts on December 27.

From that point I will have exactly 36 days to carve out a six-pack following David Grisaffi’s “Six-Pack In 36 Days” advanced ab circuit training program (I just renamed his book because I only have 36 days instead of 6 weeks!).

Here is the direct link to David’s site: Firm and Flatten Your Abs

Important Disclosure: This link will give me a commission if you decide to buy. However, if you do purchase through this link I will be happy to answer any question you may have about how to implement David’s advice (after you have read his book).

Within 24 hours of your purchase you will receive an email from me. This will come from my private email address that I check multiple times daily.

I will give you a detailed answer to any question you may have as you progress through your physique transformation journey.

When you do ask me a question you will recieve an answer from me within 24 hours no matter where in the world I may be.

Disclaimer: I know David’s book back to front as I have printed it out and constantly refer to it when I am fine-tuning my abdominal training program. I have used David’s book successfully thus far by implementing his “7 Level System”.

However, neither David nor I can guarantee you results if you decide to buy. The results you get will be directly proportional to the effort you put in.

Anyway, I won’t be posting here again until December 27. From then I’ll be posting daily updates from Australia and Hong Kong over a two-week period. It’ll be mad, I’ll be up and down Brisbane and the Gold Coast, in and out of gyms and hotels getting my workouts in and celebrating Christmas with my family. But, like I said yesterday I have a plan, so there is no need for me to panic.

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, especially to any members of Tom Venuto’s excellent fat loss support site BurnTheFatInnerCircle.com who are reading this (Link opens up new window).

If you are not a member yet check it out, it’ll be the smartest play you could make if rapid-fire fat loss is your goal.

Peace, AJ