all right guys so I am here with uh one of the superstars of my program guys he's not just handsome and has one of the best beards in the UK but he he's he's in pretty good shape uh Xavier man how you feeling today brother um very good thank you very good so so I usually do these just sort of interviews with people who've had a lot of success in the program with the idea of giving those who are like thinking about you know finding out more just you know some more of like information on
What It's Like on the other side and what I want to know is like what was your health and fitness like before joining the program um so I've been going to the gym for quite a few years but um I guess um not very um not very frequent um and especially with uh kovid and the lockdown and everything it sort of I lost my routine so I was maybe going to the gym two three times a week but I was just spending maybe 20 minutes there and not really knowing what to do kind of doing
a bit of Weights randomly so it wasn't great um and my food intake was very random so I mean obviously I I should know everything about nutrition because I'm a medical doctor but but um it was it was hit and miss I mean I was I was I was yo-yoing a lot so I would lose if he pounds or kilos and then put them back on so um um yes it was it was a constant kind of yo-yo diet I got you man and what interested you about joining the program um I mean obviously watching
your watching your videos on Facebook um I thought I wanted something to give me more structure throughout the week um and not just with exercise but also actually somebody to tell me what to eat on a daily basis because I find it easier when when I'm told what to do and what to eat um it just becomes easier because you don't have to think about it so that was that was the reason really um to get more structure in my days I got you man and what was your first impression when like going through the
process of joining were you skeptical excited nervous tell me a little bit about that no I was not I wasn't skeptical because um I mean obviously our senior results um on Facebook um I had seen your story as well from where you started and where you are now um so I I was confident that you knew what you were talking about um and yeah I was excited I was um I just wanted to give it my best um and have I been 100 accurate with it probably not you know but I've I would say I've
been about 85 90 percent ish accurate with what I've done um according to why what I had to do um but yeah I mean um I I think what helped me was to not question what you were saying um and um it's interesting because um when you know stuff about nutrition and I I guess a lot of people know things about nutrition and it's not just what you know but also everyone else's opinions around you when people say what are you eating now or why are you eating that why are you eating so many calories
why are you eating that much carbohydrate and you have to kind of stay focused and say no Corey knows what what I should do and I'm just gonna do what he says not gonna deviate from it you know um I think that's that's the thing really just um trusting the process and just sticking with it yeah man and how would you describe your overall experience like throughout the program and like really good really good really good I mean um I was um I was glad that there was a uh there was an explicit nutrition plan
day by day there were ideas about what I could do and it sort of helped me to find a routine in my day that I could eat the stuff I liked um but that would give me the result um so it wasn't like you you didn't say you have to eat you know stay four times a day because I couldn't have done that because I don't eat steak so it was it was very much adapted to what I wanted um and that was very helpful um and the exercise routines were quite varied um interesting um
not boring at all um yeah it was it was good it feels good following the program it just changes all the time so so that was good yeah yeah and what kind of differences has it made you know in your health and fitness and in your life as a whole well I mean um I have now lost um from when I started with you I think I've lost about um about six seven kilograms so that's quite a bit um um and um Everybody comments on the way I look everybody that I see notices that I
have lost weight they say I look great yeah um and so that's good and obviously um I can get back into my um clothes or my wardrobe um the post lockdown baby bump is gone and uh yes I generally feel I have a lot more energy I get up early mornings do my routine and I I feel like in the mornings I'm I'm ready to go to the gym now more or less every day whereas before uh it was like you know some weeks it was just twice a week and I would reluctantly go for
20 minutes just quickly just to show my face you know and that was it so it has made a huge difference looks like yeah and that being said like what would you say to someone who was hesitant to apply to join the program um I I you know um I know quite a bit about nutrition because I'm a medical doctor and I actually um do um help people to lose weight having said that um when it comes to yourself it is often very difficult to stay disciplined so I think you always need an external uh
reference point um somebody who you know who you report back to because it keeps you on track and I think from that point of view you were really great because um you were in touch with me every day um we have a weekly Zoom call um the other thing is I I have done programs with online personal trainers before but none of them were like you um and I'm not saying that to um you know just you know say anything that is not true because you um your the way you program it's it's very specific
to the person um and also because you're in touch with that with with your customers all the time and I think that helps a lot um and again as I said before the nutrition is very much adapted to what you like eating so it's easier easier to follow and um I have to say incredible value for my incredible value for money um one of the things I remember when um when we had our first interview to kind of for you to take me on and um and you you said it's going to be x amount
for X number of weeks I was like wow that's really good value for money sign up straight away yeah yeah and I I appreciate the kind words and it's truly been a pleasure to take on and Coach someone of your caliber to have the type of immense success that you've had man so uh a lot of it's obviously us collaborating but you know I I I'm I'm indebted I'm I'm grateful to have been able to like coach somebody like you man so oh thank you no I mean it's it's great to have the accountability and
uh as I said um we're coming to the end of my um program now but I will definitely come back um after Christmas afternoon here to to do another another few months with you get my body ready for the summer so that that would be the best so so this side of Christmas was really just get rid of all the fat and then next year is going to be get get Beachbody ready so awesome awesome well thanks again you know for participating in this and being a part of this and and uh guys you heard
it here first you know Xavier is so excited about the success like he wants even more right so that's that's what this is all about just continuing to improve and pursue excellence and really become the best version yourself so that's it and I saw signing out see you guys on the other side thank you [Music]
