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31st July 2018
07:05pm BST
"When I had my initial assessment for the gym, I didn't actually realise how unhealthy I was.
Else's diet gave rise to the weight gain he experienced."I was pre-diabetic, at high risk of heart disease, weighing in at 21 stone and sporting a 56 inch waist. Having just hit 30 and knowing all this really hammered home that I had to make changes after many years of never being truly happy with my weight."
"I was the kind of guy that would destroy six bags of crisps and look at it as merely a palette cleanser.
"I was really bad - no regular meals, living off takeaways and my body could be 80% chocolate on a bad day."
"I always tell people that if you have a desire to really want change then you're already ahead of where I was. You can absolutely do this too!"Now, the 31-year-old is 100 pounds leaner and in training to become a Level 2 Fitness Instructor at his local ActiveNation.
What helped Else realise such impressive results was a no-BS lifestyle change.
"I basically took my entire lifestyle back to basics: no fad diets, no crazy juices and no medical miracles, just an entire lifestyle re-evaluation.
"I started to eat a better and more varied diet and began training three times a week with swimming and walking. From there, I just saw a general change with my all-round wellbeing."
A blend of workout principles helped Else achieve his goals, but you only get out what you put in."I've been a huge advocate of CrossFit and attribute it to the bulk of my weight loss. I visit CrossFit Leyland and they've been awesome in taking what I've achieved already and pushing it to another level.
"The first time I tried to do a workout like an athlete, I had my head in a toilet bowl afterwards! HIIT, Tabata and CrossFit-style training methodologies will really help you lose serious weight along with a good diet."
Else looked up to many elite athletes as a source of fitness inspiration.
"I have a poster of Conor McGregor saying 'I stay ready so I don't have to get ready' which inspired me not to lose focus and fall back in to bad habits."
He also credits top CrossFit competitors.
"I follow Mat Fraser on social media; he's how I discovered CrossFit and his high-intensity training videos have inspired me so much."
https://www.instagram.com/p/BloVsZnAdAK/?hl=en&taken-by=thatnickelseThis 12 minute workout follows a HIIT principle of 30 seconds work followed by 30 seconds rest:
"My diet is much better these days. I weigh around 152-155 pounds right now, so I am on a maintenance diet.
"I will eat up to 2500 calories on a non-training day and 3500 on a training day depending on the amount of volume I go through. With me doing CrossFit twice a week, I need a lot of calories on those days."
A normal day's diet for the designer looks like the following:
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