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How To Reverse Diabetes – How Les Shed 80+ Pounds, Surprised His Doctors, And Manhandled Type 2 Diabetes

October 28, 2013 By Joel Runyon 27 Comments

Disclaimer: This is not a medical recommendation or take on type 2 diabetes. Talk to your doctors before undertaking any program or diet. That said, this is a true story, and Les's story is real. If you're cool with that, read on. We've had tons of people drop 20-30 pounds, and a couple people lose 30-50. But few people have impressed me as much as Les - a 56 year old college professor who (in just 9 months), dropped over 80 pounds, reversed his type 2 ...

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The New Years Contest Transformation: 3 Incredible Stories

April 12, 2013 By Joel Runyon 7 Comments

Woah. I'm finally getting my butt in gear and announcing our winners for the New Years contest. We had so many entries - it took me a while to get through them all. It's been a big process, but it's been really cool to see some of these transformations happen in real time. It was tough to narrow them down, not only going through physical changes, but also the stories of the people behind them but after much deliberation, we narrowed it down to our top 3 ...

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Impossible Abs 2.0 Is Here

November 29, 2012 By Joel Runyon 4 Comments

It's here...again! After releasing Impossible Abs in August, we've had hundreds of people pick it up, put it into action and use it to lose a ton of of weight and change their lives. Here are a few of their stories... T lost 30 pounds in 8 weeks. I started on 27th September 2012. 3 weeks later I’d lost my first 10 kilos (22 pounds). The last 4 weeks I just lost a kilo a week (2.2 pounds/week). When I started I weighed 72kg and on week 8 I finished ...

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Impossible Abs Is Here!

September 4, 2012 By Joel Runyon 21 Comments

I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty excited today. After 6 months of planning, testing, programming, some more testing, a ton of work and even more anticipation, it's finally here. As promised, Impossible Abs is now live. This project will help you burn fat, kill your excuses and get six pack abs through a zero-excuses 8-week fitness program designed to work anywhere in the world without fancy equipment or an expensive gym membership. You can read more or ...

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30 Questions About Six Pack Abs

September 2, 2012 By Joel Runyon 13 Comments

Impossible Abs is coming out in just a few days. Whew. After working to create a library of 25+ video tutorials for Impossible Abs, I decided that I'm going to be incorporating more video throughout the blog as we move forward. So, when I got a bunch of questions via emails, comments and facebook, I decided to bust out the video camera and answer them all at once. 30 questions total - dang! You can watch each of the videos or click on the questions that ...

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How To Deal With A Sweet Tooth On The Paleo Diet

August 28, 2012 By Joel Runyon 33 Comments

Sugar. You can't escape it. Even after you cut out the usual culprits – desserts, candy, and simple carbohydrates – there are still plenty of places sugars manage to sneak into. Even the "healthy" foods are loaded with it. Take for example: Chobani - The yogurt you see all those Olympians eating - has 19grams of Sugar in a dish. Naked Juice - The "natural" fruit juice smoothie - has 28g in 8oz (Compare that to 26g in the same serving of Coca ...

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