G’day,
Below is a “Time Machine” that covers the last 8 years of my life. Click the links if you’d like to read more about how each Physique Transformation Mission unfolded in real time (via blog posts, images and videos).
Eat Clean, Shred Hard, Think BIG!
Cheers,
Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT
Mission 1: PRW/Goal/Visualization Image
PRW = Powerful Reason Why
Celebrating my 33rd birthday with a chocolate birthday cake while holding a six-pack of abs. On a deeper level I also felt that after 6 years of failed attempts this was my “final shot” at a fair dinkum physique transformation before “middle age” set in.
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Mission 2: 46 Days – Before & After
February 7, 2007 to March 24, 2008
Locations: Osaka and Phuket
Mission 2: PRW/Visualization/Goal Image
PRW = Powerful Reason Why
Get redemption in Phuket by going back to the exact same beach I was at 6 months earlier (when I was overweight) with a shredded six-pack. I also drew a lot of “positive pressure” from the process by which the result would be decided, i.e. public vote.
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Mission 4: 125 Days – Before & After Pictures
November 19, 2007 to March 22, 2008
Locations: Osaka, Orlando, San Francisco,
New York and New Jersey
1) M4 Training Day With Tom Venuto
Real Time Video Archive RTP Blog 1.0
Day 505: M4 Training Day II WIth Tom Venuto
Say Mercy To The Quad Blaster!
2) ECSS 2008: East Coast Shredder Summit -
Real Time Video Archive: RTP Blog 1.0
Shredder Sunday #8:
New York Four Behind The Scenes At ECSS 2008
3) NYC Stealth Mission: New York City Pro Pics
Real Time Video Archive: RTP Blog 1.0
Day 510 Video: NYC Pro Pics Go Live – 8 Years in 8 Seconds
Includes Tracking Down The “Undisclosed Location” With
My Fellow Secret Agent To Recover Classified Images!
Since I started Mission 1 back on November 8, 2006 I have traveled to places I had always dreamed of (but never thought I’d get to) and met many of my online friends in person, including my fat burning mentor Tom Venuto and The New York Four, Suzette, Debbie, Joni and Lilla.
Trust me, amazing things can happen when you take massive and immediate action!
In the pics below you’ll see my hometown of Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Korea, San Francisco, Orlando, Miami, Atlantic City, New York and New Jersey.
Enjoy!
Day 52: Gold Coast, Australia
A beautiful day today at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast.
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.
Day 59: Kowloon, Hong Kong
Day 470 to Day 482: Orlando, Florida
I won this trip to Disney World in Orlando for a Web 2.0 Conference via an online video contest (you can watch the video below).
My Winning Contest Video
Disney World Shredding Highlights Videos
1) In front of the EPCOT entrance.
2) In front of “Mission Space”, this was the coolest attraction here!
3) Going for a cruise on “Test Track”, this was very cool too.
5) A quick tour of France!
6) Over to Italy
7) Shades of “home”
A Goodyear Blimp in Japan!
9) A real squirrel!
10) Last stop, Morocco (I loved this pavilion!)
Helicopter Tour of Florida from my online buddy, AL.
1) The man himself, Al, my online buddy and chopper pilot!
2) At the Kissimee airport before take-off.
3) The view from the cockpit.
4) Rising to 300 ft. above Orlando
5) Overlooking an Orlando golf course
6) What Florida is famous for: The Everglades!
7) An aerial view of our destination, Cedar Key: a remote town on the West Coast of Florida which was about 1 hour from Orlando.
Approaching the Cedar Key runway.
9) Getting ready to touchdown.
10) A very soft landing! Great piloting Al!
11) Al radioed ahead to have a taxi pick us up at the airport and take us downtown to this great restaurant ooverlooking the water for lunch (Caesar salad of course!). The local people were very friendly too.
12) Me and Al after our lunch (just to the side of the restaurant).
13) Back in the chopper for the ride home. You can see from the arrow the restaurant where we had lunch.
14) The Central Florida Power Station (might be nuclear!)
15) Sunset touch down in Orlando, another perfect landing from Al!
16) As we were approaching the Kissimee Airport for touch down a Lear Jet whizzed past us! Here is the jet on the ground, wonder who was in there?!
Before I sign off I’d like to say a massive thank you to Al for his generosity in giving me such a cool experience and the time he spent (he also had to fly from Jacksonville to meet me) to pick me up and drop me off at Disney.
Thank you Al! I’ll never forget this experience!
A few pics from my hotel room at Disney World. If you look into the distance you can actually see EPCOT in two of the pics!
1) The right side view with EPCOT in the distance.
2) The Middle view of the pools.
3) The left side view of the jetty.
Day 496 to Day 498: San Francisco
1) Standing next to a statue of Joseph Strauss, the architect behind the Golden Gate Bridge.
2) At Twin Peaks (the second highest point in SF) overlooking the city.
3) At Pier 39 the world famous Sea Lions come to play (and bicker!) which draws huge crowds every day.
4) I saw an amazing performing artist who tight-roped and juggled knives and fire sticks, all the the same time!
5) What a combo! Alcrataraz and Pier 39.
6) The world’s first ever RTP Approved Restaurant!
Day 498 to Day 510: New York
Videos and pics from my trip to New York to meet and train with Tom Venuto and the New York Four.
Me and Tom at “Little Italy” in New York City on Day 499.
Day 505: Live From Times Square – Catching A Broadway Show!
Live video from Times Square where Tom Venuto and I check out Rent, an awesome Broadway Musical!
We also make a stops at New York Times HQ, ABC HQ, The Majestic where Phantom Of The Opera plays, NYE Ball Drop on Times Square AND the best place to lose your six-pack abs!
REM Live at The Colbert Report in New York
Day 563: Atlantic City
Caesar’s Palace in AC in front of the man himself!
On AC Beach opposite the famous AC boardwalk.
On the AC boardwalk.
Day 568 to Day 572: South Beach, Maimi
Day 570: Puttin’ On The Ritz At South Beach, Miami
I played “dress-ups” last night at the Ritz Carlton on South Beach, Miami. As you can see from my Seared Prawn Caesar Salad in the video the Ritz certainly lived up to their reputation. The salad was awesome!
Video Tour Of South Beach, Miami For ShredderSphere!
In this video you’ll see SoBe up close, cruise ships, a light plane, a Shredder Smoothie, Lincoln Road boulevard (great for shopping) and the Ritz Carlton.
1) Standing on the one and only South Beach!
2) Standing on South Beach (reverse) overlooking
the world famous art-deco skyline.
3) A perfect way to cap off my first day in Miami…a South Beach Caesar!
I located the World’s First RTP Approved smoothie today! Check out the The Shredder® Smoothie with Gladiator Protein below!
1) The Shredder Smoothie! (check where I’m pointing).
Getting Crunched!
After my close encounter with The Shredder Smoothie I headed over toCrunch Gym (the major competitor to Gold’s Gym on South Beach) and I was very impressed! As there are two Crunches in South Beach I’ll file a detailed report tomorrow about the best one.
While I couldn’t take pics inside the gym I did get a pic out the front.
2) Out the front of Crunch Gym, South Beach
Chillin’ On Lincoln
From Crunch Gym I made my way back towards my hotel via the famous boulevard of Lincoln Road which runs right through the heart of South Beach. Lincoln Road is famous for its many restaurants, cafes, stores, clubs and the buzz it generates from 7:00PM every night!
3) In front of Van Dyke Cafe (hang out for “South Beach Royalty”) on Lincoln Road
SoBe 2.0
To cap off another awesome day I made my second pilgrimage to South Beach (SoBe). While yesterday was a write-off due to the constant downpour today SoBe was back to its stunning best.
The sun was out, the weather was perfect, the people were chillin’, just another day in paradise!
4) Chillin’ On South Beach
Day 1000 at the RTP NYC Shredder Summit
Today was a massive day in Shredder Folklore…the NYC Shredder Summit Awards Ceremony Goes Live! Myself and 50 of my fellow Shredders gathered in NYC for a special Awards Ceremony that celebrated the achievements of all Shredders who shredded their way to to the Summit!
Here are just a few of the 1000’s of pictures of the Awards Ceremony below and the great time we had together on this very special night!
- MC Earl moments before the official Awards Ceremony
- Receiving my certifcate from my fellow Shredders!
- Presenting Tom Venuto with his special NYC Shredder Summit Plaque!
- Presenting Carlos DeJesus with his special Shredder Summit Plaque!
- The Official Shredder Summit Banner (signed by my Fellow Shredders!)
- Shredder Ben giving me a lift!
- Carlos, Shredder Francesca, Tom and Adam
- Carlos, Shredder Michelle, Tom and Adam
Until next time…
Eat Clean, Shred Hard, Think BIG!
Adam Waters
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oh I get it…. now Thanks. You’re really cool and hot. hahaha
Haha, thanks Liz!
big ambition!
Hi. My name is Zach I’m from Mesa, Arizona in the United States. I happened to stumble across your website and I think it’s so cool that you’ve been doing this for so long. I purchased Tom Venuto’s book about 3 months ago and have been going strong since day 1. I started out at 217 lbs. at my heaviest about 6 months ago and am now down to 185 lbs. When I started Tom’s program 3 months ago I was 22.8% body fat and as of 05/15/08 I was 17.8% body fat. It’s amazing what can happen when you stop taking fat burners(pills) and start building muscle and losing fat with hard work and consistancy. It would be nice to have someone like all you to talk to and share progress. Thanks, Zach -Taking it meal by meal/ Day by day.
Are you single?
Awesome work dude.
Its nice to know that the ability to “transform” is always there, if you’re willing to put in the effort of course.
Letting yourself go is easy, because you don’t notice it happening, I learned that, but its good to know you can make the change again just as easy.
I came across your video on you tube and then went to your website. Do you have a book out yet? I would like to train along with you via internet since I am in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
nice work in your fitness. your body seem’slike a arnolds fijic. i think your are working very hard for aabs
Gday Adam
From an Aussie living in the Middle east, in Qatar, City Doha, with the wife and kids, You are an inspiration Mate, Its so true that we call achieve amazing things when we put our minds to it.
Im 48 and started road cycling at 40, i was 105 kg, which is terrible for a 5ft 5 inch guy.
so over twelve weeks I took up cycling with the help of a good friend Graig Deane a tri-athlete in Melb and lost 18kg, and went from riding 4km and almost dieing to riding 200+ and feeling great.
Over the last the last 2 years we moved to Qatar ME and almost didnt ride for a year, Put on 8 kg and now over the past 4 months Im back on the Bike and starting to loose weight, my goal is to loose 13 more from here and be 80kg over the next 5 months and get back to long distance rides, 100km is Next week.
You will inspire thousands of people around the world, Keep it Up, You are a great example of what Aussies are as people.
regards
Paul Materazzo
way to go mate.
adam, becareful of all that tuna,
it has lead in it you know!
try chicken and turkey, and sardines. sardine have natural dha in it.
natural anti again hormones.
im 43 and look pretty good, but never eat tuna ,
best robert
your a goodlookin mate as well!
Hey Adam, what an accomplishment you’re an inspirational person.. I’ve been afraid to go to the gym I think I’ll be the most out of shape person there haha although i’m not over weighted person, I’m kinda skinny and I want to build muscles. Tell me what to do I need your help
Hi Taam, thanks for your kind words mate. If you’d like tips on training please check out the “Article Section” on the left hand side. There are tons of tips there for you mate. Also, I will be releasing my RTP Transformation System very soon too (a 90-day body transformation program designed to reprogram your mind and re-shape your body. Stay tuned to this blog for release info.
Shred hard mate,
Adam
Hey Adam,
I saw your video on You tube and thought it was going to be an add thing for some piece of equipment. After checking it out I realised how much hard work you have put in and discipline you must have to get the amazing results you have achieved. Plus you’re an Aussie!!!
Thanks for showing me its possible
Hi James, Thanks for your kind words mate! I guess you are an Aussie too! Shred hard mate!