No crazy fake before and after stuff. Just steady, solid progress 👍🏼💪

"So I should take the credit for all of the youtube thing then"... That line had me in stitches 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Hi Mark, I just wanted to share my little story with you, such as it is. 41 year old male. 2nd of January 2021, I had let my weight slip up to 17 stone (I'm 6'1") so I decided I'd start back in the gym. 15th of January 2021, on my way to work on a freezing morning, went to turn my steering wheel at a bend I had navigated 100's of times before - nothing happens. Car keeps going forwards and slams headlong into a Mini coming the opposite way. Fractured my spine (L5 burst fracture), internal bleeding on the stomach and bowels and a nasty concussion. Spend a couple of weeks in hospital and several months in recovery afterwards. My weight crashed to 11 stone due to my stomach issues before it finally stabilised. By this point though I had started to eat like crazy to try and combat the loss. May 2022. My weight ballooned once again to just over 17 stone so I decided to try and get back into some fitness. I was scared as heck up to this point to do it as I thought my back would simply give out and I'd find I just couldn't cut it anymore. I was pleasantly surprised though to find that not only was that not the case, but the gym was just what I needed. I took it easy at first. I almost exclusively used the cross trainer as it seemed to be lower impact. The weight started to come off again and my back was strengthened better than I could have ever hoped. About a month later I stepped onto a treadmill for the first time. Didn't really know what to expect but I just started going. Did the set programs the treadmill offered. Mostly HIIT stuff. My goal was to see if I could get anywhere near 30 minutes for my 5K. First time I tried it I failed miserably after less than 10 minutes. Kept grafting though. The second time I tried it I hit the 30 minutes. Now as of August 2022 I've lost exactly 3 stone and I just got a 27:47 which for me a few months ago seemed close to impossible. I feel great. In fact this is the best I've felt in years, even before the accident. This channel has really really helped in terms of motivation. Your down to earth 'better than average' motto is something I have taken as my own and keeps me driven, and I can't thank you enough for that. My goal now is getting to sub 25 minutes for my 5K, then after that who knows, I may focus more on resistance training. Once again thank you.

I just have to give Jenna a massive shout out for being open to putting all of this in the public domain! I wouldn't have been able to let the internet in, if it were me, so she is inspiring and helping others in more ways than one!!

When I was not overweight with a reletively good physique in my 20s I tried running and was left breathless and gave up whilst the obese people I was running with weren't out of breath and ran the distance. I learnt a lesson that fatness or lack of doesn't equate to fitness and not to judge a book.

Jen rocks, just wanted her to know that. Mainly for gamely agreeing to be your experiment and our entertainment! Jen you rock!

Cheers for this Mark - you're commitment to this space, fitness and educating others is inspiring. 👏

Big big respect to Jen. And respect to Mark for managing to do this without totally putting Jen off with your boundless enthusiasm.

Absolutely smashing it Jen! Love to see it. You can see that glisten in the eye that people get when they’ve just found something that makes them feel good. Keep up the good work and keep smashing your goals.

Great vid, Mark. Happy to see Jen is getting stronger and is enjoying the journey. Love the gentle, mirthful jabs and mother in law ...😉

It's great how proud you are of her!

These videos of Jen's progress are what have brought me to your channel! I enjoy them and I'm glad I found you!

Wow, Jen has made impressive progress in only 3 months! Very inspiring.

This is soooo inspiring and the small improvements can definitely add up. Go JEN!! I think i’ll start tracking more of my progress so that I can see the improvements over time. Thank you 🙏

Really interesting and great to see Jenna's progress. Also she is a delightful lady and whilst blessed with good genetics, she's an inspiration to others. Keep up the progress.

loving the 'Next Jen' content.. really good to see the process and progress is always a win 🤟

Thank you for sharing your fitness journey and inspiring the rest of us.

Love this series! Inspiring! I related in the "it's in the head" I'm a 50yo, have been running for about 4/5yrs. Started after a split from my ex wife. Love every minute but my weight goes up and down. Have 20-25kgs to lose to run my favourite trail series in Apr23. But "my head" keeps getting in the way of getting into training and weight loss. You have inspired me to focus. Thanks for these videos. Keep going, you help more than you know 👍💪

MASSIVE shout out to Jen for making this youtube channel what it is :).

Such a great video! Love seeing Jenna’s progress and all that hard work. Amazing Jenna, really well done 🙌

Commented on one of your other recent videos, but just want to echo again that this is really motivating and inspiring me. I was 250lbs after finishing cancer treatment, and having both my hips replaced. I've had some setbacks with binge eating disorder, but am now 216lbs. Since watching your videos I have decided to do a Hyrox (Surgery depending), start a KZfaq channel, and totally change my approach to fitness. Thanks for the motivation and inspiration.

Great content Mark, and amazing job Jen. Really interesting process for me as I’ve been training for about a year now but still have a long way to go as my first hurdle was and still is weight loss despite dropping 25kg. Looking forward to seeing the next phase.

She's hilarious! Awesome video! Very inspirational! Thank you Mark

Really impressed, we see a lot of our soldiers improving but then getting disappointed when they hit a barrier they feel like they cant crack, little improvements regularly and then suddenly they are through it. Well done Jen and great channel Mark

What a counter at the end :D Great stuff here Mark and Jen!!! I'm really enjoying this series

Killing it Jen. Keep up the good work.

Great video. And I love how you kinda 'soften' up your presenting style when the two of you are side by side.

Jen has shown that when you train and tone up you look slimmer and younger, like people who lift parts of their face with fingers to show what a face lift can do to take years off, Jen has done a full top to toe transform and it doesn't have to cost the earth, well done, keep it up. 👍👍

enjoyed that its always nice to see the changes people can make and its awesome you are working together. keep up the great work both of you. i hope to see you mark at a triathlon event in the future.

Great stuff, Jen! Hard work paying off is always a delight. You look amazing, although you looked pretty damned good before! Congrats to both of you for doing all this together. I hope it brings you both loads of satisfaction and joy!

Love her honesty too!

Excellent as always, just watched it on the big tv with my wife; she’s a few months into her journey too - love the content, congratulations to Jen for your channel 😉

Love your channel! Nice progress, Jenna! Good luck to both of you at Hyrox!

Love these videos guys, very inspirational.

Great video again, keep up the excellent work

Congrats on putting in the work Jen

love it Mark! great video and super happy for Jen's progress too.. keep on keeping on!

I have just started my Zwift journey, and this channel was one of the first I come across. As a very beginner rider (a bit of downhill MTB does not count) its good to see channels promoting steady progress with no fluff! Also well done Jen

Such a good reminder of seeing improvements in percentages rather than in absolute numbers! Sometimes I get upset I'm not lifting "impressive" weights, but seeing the percentages makes me feel like I accomplished quite a bit.

Don't know what I was watching months ago but got suggested to your video/videos and have loved them ever since.

strong to the interview ending! really made me laugh. Late 30's started at 250lbs 6ft I'm at the start of my journey and loving your content and can genuinely use the word inspired! Eight weeks ago this all started with being barefoot shoe curious to my sporty wife gifting me a garmin at Christmas. keep it up!

Excellent content as always. Glad Jen is enjoying the results so far! Could have been an interesting followup if not

Well done Jen Great achievement Interesting and entertaining content 👍🏻

From South Africa - I am very pleased 😃- well done 👏 you two 😊

such a great channel, love your videos!

Really enjoyed that video and suited my nefarious purposes perfectly!! I'd mentioned this channel to my wife a few times and we watched the Hyrox simulation one together (no particular reason, I just stuck it on and she found it interesting). Watched this video together and it put a few things into excellent perspective. I've been training a lot over the last couple of years and with our youngest children about to move into full education she'll have a lot more time on her hands. Been a tough few years of looking after 3 young children and she needs to drop quite a few pounds as well as becoming more active, getting more energy and improving cardiovascular health. She's sort of open to it but has a few mental barriers, all of which you addressed in this video (starting point, initial gains, rate of progress, etc..). There were also some great moment where I could have said "See, see, that applies to you as well!". But I didn't, not that stupid. Best one was probably when Jenna said that despite doing this training she has more energy, that's a point I've wanted to make when she's slumped on the sofa in the evening but haven't dared to! The other key moments were about pushing through when it feels tough and finding things you enjoy together. So hopefully this will pay off for both of us over the coming years and months. Tempted to start my own Wife Improvement channel but there's a very real possibility that any investment in cameras, editing software and teleprompters will be a complete waste of money!

Haha, I’m dead with Mum! Love it, glad she kept pushing you to Tube, the channel is sure entertainment.

It's great that she smiled in the before shot...that's one of the biggest tricks in before/afters...frown in the before, big smile and posture in the after.

Hey, I love watching your channel and this new angle with the beginner Jen. Good stuff! Never drop that humor. And Mark please, for the next q&a, let her answers stand alone more - without rephrasing them if not really necessary. Let the newbie (mis)communitcate on her own ;) Thanks!

I’ve really enjoyed this series Mark, as someone with a wife without a competitive bone in her body, it’s been fun watching Jen obviously push herself and find some competitive spirit.

Go on Girl! Smashed it 💪💪

Entertaining as well as informative - great job… to both of you 👏

Great video… thanks for the encouragement

Awesome journey. Love the way you guys make it a part of your relationship.

I’m thoroughly inspired to get my a**e in gear and have a go at Hyrox in January. Thanks for the motivation Mark and keep the fantastic content coming 👍

Great stuff! Happy training!

Really impressive improvements. Keep on pushing! 💪

Have come across your channel seemingly at the right moment. You have inspired me, 108kg 178cm fat slow old, to become a runner. 33:49 - 5k the other day, almost died, 1h 30 - 13k today, loved it. Times are awful but feels like the start of something exciting. Thank you. And go well Jen!

Loved this!! You two are so funny 😆

You hit the nail on the head with the comment re’ competing with yourself in this film. I’m the only person I compete with, I’m my own biggest critic but despite being far heavier and far slower than I’d like to be I am seeing improvement every day. I’m a former Paratrooper and I’ve always been competitive and certainly “a smidge +above average “ but I’m also a realist, I’m now 57 but have a resting heart rate of 46-48 and training is going well. This is the year that I hope to surprise myself and others. Great channel

Smashing! Great job! Both of you!

You guys are awesome.. love your videoes Mark. Keep it up man.. 💪

Trying to get my wife into fitness has been a failing challenge. Turns out that could be down to my approach. Great advice, great improvements well done both!

Nice work! Pics dont look like a small change at all. The posture change is the bit that i like to see the most. Well done!

Excellent video as always, I am always thoroughly entertained by your videos and they fly by, honestly could watch you all day. Suggestion for a video that I have seen on other running youtube channels (obviously after Hyrox etc are all done), spend a month doing the "suggested runs" from your Garmin.

Mate, I just got to say that I am really enjoying the channel. I found you when I was researching a Kickr Bike to upgrade from my Kickr Core as I was retiring the bike for good. I’ve since watched a load of your videos. You and your journey are an inspiration to me! I’ve been a similar path since November last year. I bought the Kickr and starting Zwifting through the winter. I’ve lost weight, toned up and gained power. I bought a Garmin watch and now suddenly I care about how many steps I do and I actually go for walks! Without being dramatic, it’s changed my life. I’m a loooooong way behind you and will still probably never run or go to a gym, but I love riding my bike indoors and outside and collecting those load points. I love the humour and the 80’s action movie scenes! I’ve now also started using your secret weapon… The Rocky Soundtrack! I used it today and won a sprint on Zwift! Coincidence? I don’t think so. Thanks, Mark. Keep the content coming.

Very Interesting. High quality content 👍🏻

Slow and steady is the best way. I'm currently working through the 8-week training program on the Hyrox site. I had to start somewhere.

mate your channel is awesome..just got back to gym..lost 12 kgs in 12 weeks....thanks mate your an insperation...jen is great!

That ending 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jen is proper smashing it and looking a lot fitter 💪🏻, such great progress! Looking forward to seeing how she does at hydrox singles as well the doubles soon 💪🏻 Great choice of watch strap colour too I’ve got the same 😆 Don’t let the wife take over the channel though 😆

Loving the sense of humour on this channel 👍👍

You 2 are inspirational. I love your attitudes. Very motivating 👍🏻😎

Mark you are very motivational and the message you give comes across in very plain English. I’m 68 in two months. I shall be running the big half next month. I ran the Richmond half last year in 2hours 3mins. I’m not expecting any improvement to that time but I shall run from start to finish and enjoy it. Ps I worked in an office environment for over 40 years and only took up exercise 6 years ago then i joined our local coastal rowing club and decided to join a gym to build up stamina and strength. Now I compete in park runs, having done 159, cycle locally and race against other coastal rowing clubs each winter. The message is you are never too old to try to get fit. 👍

see you guys there

This is a awesome topic I've been doing Endurance for 13 years and forgot how those gains feel That's when the " addiction to sport" starts, for me it was trail running 9 weeks til my 2nd 100k( 3 yrs apart) Im 6'4 100kg 49yrs ran a 23:30 5k a month ago "Anythings Possible" GO GET IT JEN

Fun to see Jen's progress. And while she looked fit, you clearly see now that what is there is muscle that is being used. It looks a lot fitter.

you are a legend, more videos!

Loving the videos. My wife and I signed up to do Hyrox in mcr too, both as solos. Will look out for you! 👍

Mark I just love your sense of humor 🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥👌great vid guys. Never stop working. Never be satisfied 👏

I just discovered your channel. Love it

1st off big fan of the channel, can’t get enough. 2nd your wife loves you so much. My wife hates cameras and she has a similar look. You are blessed and breathing rarefied air.

I found your channel when looking at sled training. You and your wife are great. I ordered my Max 1 and ready to start training with it. I'm 56 in fair to poor shape. Not over weight but also not physically very strong at 147 lbs. You and your wife's transformation has motivated me to be a stronger more fit human. At 56 I'm not out to impress anyone. Im more interested in having a better looking corpes.🤣 Can't wait to see how you do in your couples competition. Attack! From across the pond in Washington state. 😁

Great work Jen

Beginner percentages are huge. Jen is flying forward! I would love to see a 4% improvement in any of my main things in a single year. And Jen looks great. Huge gains, performance and looks are great.

Fair play to the both of you, hope all goes well in the competitions. Wish I could get my Mrs to be more active lol. Keep the content coming it's inspiring cheers mate👍

Team Jen all the way!!! Instagram & functionally fit are great assets to have.

Great job! Very watchable telly

Great video - well done Jen. I really liked your discussion about newbie gains. I'm 47, and trying to get back into running (well it's more shuffling at the moment). I've just cracked the highly impressive 40 min for 5K, and dropped a few kg (i'm a mere 125kg, 186cm now). Bit disheartening, but thinking about the % gains makes things feel better. Love your vids, have binged a fair few.

Beautiful couple, mainly because they are striving to be better together. Also, no crazy changes but realistic so that women don't get dissapointed and give up. It's all about the process and consistency. Awesome.

Good work Jen!

So entertaining and informative. Well done 😂

It is so refreshing to see someone say how fitness is not how you look! I am a transplant recipient and thus have a HUGE scar and several herniated gaps in that scar - I am a strange shape and will never have a six pack! All the motivation in the world struggle a bit when the medication means I can hardily stand up some days, yet most fitness folk on here are merrily pretend they take less meds than I do (and mine keep me alive, not cut down on the work I need to do) I am also a transplant field athlete , throwing shot, discus and javelin - hence I train stupidly hard and confuse doctors with my high BMI and 56 inch chest. "Normal" people being above average is great for me to see and aspire towards so thank you for the message!

Well done Jen! Good luck to both of you on your health and well being journey. Ps, Well done to mum for caring. That's nice.👏👏👏

Her facial twitch at the end when you said heavier was priceless

Well done Jen!!!

Super video Mark! Thanks for the feedback!!

loved the video. thanks.

She looks great. Great job!!

wow! Amazing job!!!!

Brilliant stuff.