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Archives for July 2012

34 Pounds In 8 Weeks: How I Got 6 Pack Abs and Dropped to 5.4% Body Fat Without Stepping Foot In a Gym

July 30, 2012 By Joel Runyon 189 Comments

Get the exact protocol & programming I used to get six pack abs in 8 weeks here. UPDATE: If you'd like to see better photos than the "mirror" shots here, you can see a selection of the photos from our shoot here, which gives a much better overall view of how I looked when I finished this program. This past spring I started a fitness regimen where I lost 34 pounds in 8 weeks, dropped to 5.4% body fat and FINALLY got 6 pack abs in less than 30 ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Fitness, Nutrition, The Impossible, The Impossible List Tagged With: fitness programs, how i got a six pack, how i lost 34 pounds in 8 weeks, paleo diet, six pack diets, six pack hacks, six pack programs, Six-Pack Abs, weight loss diets

The World Is Not As Scary As You Think It Is

July 28, 2012 By Joel Runyon 25 Comments

Over the next month, I'll be posting several articles on my recent trip to Jordan sponsored by the Jordan Tourism Board. These will be posting on Saturday's in addition to all of our regularly scheduled content and will be focused on travel, adventure and living a better story. Enjoy. I shot this video on in Aqaba, Jordan on the coast of the Red Sea. You can see Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel and Egypt all from where I'm standing. [click to watch the ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Hacks Tagged With: jordan, middle east, middle east travel, Travel

Plummet at the Summit 2012

July 26, 2012 By Joel Runyon 18 Comments

Interested in coming along on some Impossible Adventures in the future? Sign up for future impossible adventures here. Plummet at the Summit 2011 was an unexpected success. I wanted to go skydiving and was too scared out of my mind to do it, so I committed to doing it and asked if anyone wanted to come with me. I thought I'd have 4 people or so to sign up with me and I ended up taking 41 adventurers along for the ride. It turned out to be fantastic ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, The Impossible, The Impossible List, Updates Tagged With: amboy washington, Bungee Jumping, pacific northwest bridge, plummet at the summit, wds, wds 2012, world domination summit

Six Pack Abs ≠ Impossible

July 23, 2012 By Joel Runyon 66 Comments

For the last 3 months I've been quiet on the personal challenge front. It's not because I haven't been doing anything - in fact I've been rather busy - but I've been working on something that's taken a ton of focus. Fortunately, it's finally time for me to share. When I first started the list, one of the first things on it was Get a six pack and do a photo shoot to celebrate The Six Pack It's always been a little weird to have on the list as it's ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Fitness, The Impossible, The Impossible List Tagged With: fitness, six pack, Six-Pack Abs, weight loss

Why Physical Fitness Is The Ultimate Discipline

July 18, 2012 By Joel Runyon 16 Comments

Fitness is the best discipline training method on earth. If you want to build more discipline into your life, try becoming more fit. If you struggle with being disorganized or unfocused, try working out more, training for a triathlon or doing something physical that has to do with your fitness. You'll find those experiences are the best discipline training methods on earth. When I'm not working out and in a routine - I find other things are disorganized ...

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Filed Under: Fitness, Hacks

How To Do Anything You Want

July 12, 2012 By Joel Runyon 9 Comments

How To Do Anything I write a lot about physical related challenges. I realize not everyone is interested in them - and that's okay (you're certainly not required to read anything I write). But, the interesting thing about doing new and challenging things is that the the process of acquiring those skills and challenging yourself is the same whether you're trying to run a triathlon, get six pack abs, or learning to knit. While, I'm not going to write about ...

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The Intensity Tradeoff

July 5, 2012 By Joel Runyon 14 Comments

There's two ways to do almost anything impossible. Quick and hard. Slow and easy(er). But no matter which way you choose, almost all results come down to this formula. Intensity Allotted x Time Allocated = Results Realized In everything I've done, I've found this formula to be bulletproof. You can lower the intensity of your work, but it's going to take more time. Conversely, you can raise your intensity and often accomplish things much quicker than ...

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Your Physical Limits Reveal Your Mental Limits

July 2, 2012 By Joel Runyon 20 Comments

You might have noticed that around Impossible HQ we talk about physical limits a lot. Triathlons are undenaibly physical. Cold Shower Therapy is an undeniably physical experience.  A good 50% or more of things on my impossible list are physical. There's a reason for it (and it's only going to go moreso in that direction). And for someone reason I've learned that whenever you start to do something - people want you to do something else and lately I've ...

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Filed Under: Fitness, Hacks, The Impossible

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