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Sanne dropped almost 5% bodyfat in just 3 weeks!(click pictures below to enlarge)
Click here for contest pictures of Sanne's 2nd place finish in the 2003 Oregon Ironman Figure Championships!Scroll down further for most recent pics.How did Sanne do it?
See below for Sanne's personal testimonial and X Gym experience. Individual results vary, but everyone experiences success at the X Gym. See PJ's results from 13.1% body fat to 7.4% See Sharmon's results from 12.4% body fat to 7.7% Click thumbnails below to enlarge pictures of the Oregon Figure Championships on May 17th, 2003
Click thumbnails below to enlarge pictures of Sanne's Vegas shoot in November of 2003
Dear
PJ and Sharm,
Monday, May 19, 2003 In
retrospect, a couple of days after what appears to me to be one of
the absolute highlights of my fitness carrier, I’m reflecting on
what exactly it was that made this experience so very different from
my past experiences within the fitness industry. A
little bit of introduction to my background might be helpful to
understand my starting point. Prior coming to The States I had done
a couple of national contests in Denmark coached by my Danish
bodybuilding trainers. I got some fairly good results there but
found the whole process of dieting down and following the training
schedule my trainers suggested extremely exhausting both mentally
and physically. My
trainers are former bodybuilders of the old school and firmly
believe in doing things the hard way, the only way. In short, diets
consisting of white meat, egg whites, leafy greens and absolutely no
supplements of any kind, with the exception of a weekly cheat day.
Training consisted of literally tons of cardiovascular training and
a 4-1-4-split weightlifting program. I felt I had to make a lot of
social and physical sacrifices to comply with my program and
wondered over and over despite my love of being on stage whether it
was really all worth it or if it really was the only way. When
I came to The States I had not in my wildest dreams imagined that I
would/could compete over here, but was fortunate enough to meet
someone who would give me the opportunity to give it a shot. As it
turned out she was yet another person committed to the “old
school” of bodybuilding and as I started losing pounds I felt the
exhaustion and my worries come creeping back.
However
she gave up on me before I gave up on her methods, and luckily I was
introduced to another way of doing things that totally changed my
way of thinking about fitness. Introduced
to the X Gym and their training methods left me initially somewhat
skeptical, because it was in contrast to everything I had learned
about diets and training beforehand. But as I was on the verge of
giving up on fitness, deciding that I just was not cut for it, I
felt like I had nothing to loose and everything to win and gave it a
try. I’m telling you, that is the best decision I have ever made
in my years of training. Gone
are the hour-long sessions on treadmills, Stairmasters, bikes etc.
Introduced is high intensity interval training of duration of
maximum 21 minutes a day. Does it sound easy? It is not! But it is
SO much easier to cope with having to give it full speed for 21
minutes than to engage in hours and hours of boring low impact
cardio. Not only did this new approach prove easier to comply with
concerning motivation, but the results I got were fantastic. I
leaned down in no time compared to how long it usually took and my
fat just seemed to melt away. There
is no way around dieting when you are training for a contest and you
will be tired and feel a lower level of energy, but there is no need
to make it harder on yourself by sticking with old methods that are
not efficient. This new approach left me with an energy that I had
never felt during my previous experiences. X
Gym’s weight training protocols are also very different from what
I usually do. Again, the old bodybuilding traditions stuck with my
habits and for years I’ve done a 4-1-4 split program. What
characterizes this is that you do few but heavy reps aiming at
tearing your muscle fibers to achieve growth. This method worked
great for me for a while and then I hit a plateau. What X Gyms
methods have taught me is that I achieve the best result if I vary
my training. The protocols X Gym uses are diverse, meaning that they
stress the muscles in different ways using different methods. The
protocols are aimed at exhausting the muscle with lighter weights
but continuing to exhaustion. This means that the result you get
from the workout is not one of bulking up but one of getting
stronger. So if you are looking to tone and strengthen your body
without getting bulked up, X Gym’s training protocols are close to
perfect for the cause. I
also found out that you can in fact use dietary supplements in your
contest diet with great success. Dieting down is hard work but again
there is no reason to make things harder for yourself than
necessary, shakes are a good source of protein and most importantly
they take the sugar-cravings you might experience. So use it if it
helps you! Another
lesson I learned concerns the mental part of competing. Too many
trainers and athletes focus on negative body images and the work you
put into sculpting it. The strategy is to “fight” your body and
the motto of “no pain, no gain” is taken way too literally. Let
it go! You do not have to fight your body, it will be more than
willing to shed fat if you give it what it needs, and stop letting
negative thoughts drive you. I know it sounds a tat alternative, but
it is true. Try it! So
PJ and Sharm, thanks for giving me an awesome experience and a very
useful perspective on how much fun fitness is supposed to be….
always!
Sanne
Victoria Moelgaard
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