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Welcome to the life of a fitness freak.
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Hello, I'm Joe.
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The kid who was spending his life trying to build muscle and get massive.
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You see, for around the past year my diet has been very clean.
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High protein, lean meals, day in and day out.
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This, with the addition of intense training, has resulted in rebuilding a pretty solid physique that I'm not yet satisfied with but very proud of.
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However the other week, things took a turn for the worse.
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For two weeks straight, I had an infection on my lips and tongue.
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It resulted in any food or liquid being almost impossible to consume.
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I was on a lot of medication.
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And for two weeks straight, I ate pretty much no food.
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I could see myself getting skinnier.
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I could see the weight going off me.
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And there was absolutely nothing I could do about it.
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It definitely isn't my finest hour.
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So I'm back.
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My lips are still a bit screwed, but I can finally eat again.
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Today is the first day.
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It's been mentally and physically horrible, but I'm just happy I'm back.
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So how did two weeks of no eating and no gym affect me?
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It was evident that I lost a lot.
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I looked so flat.
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In addition to that my weight, at my peak I was weighing 88 kilos, but now...
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184 pounds.
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That was 5 kilos or 11 pounds of weight lost.
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So f*ing annoying.
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I couldn't live like this any longer.
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I wanted my weight back fast.
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So one idea, one admittedly not so great idea came into my head.
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Dirty bulking.
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This is essentially where you just eat pure crap to put weight on weight on.
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I used to do this years ago but have never done it since.
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Until now.
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For the next seven days I won't care about nutrition, I won't care about my health, I will just eat whatever the fk I want and see how much weight I gain.
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Starting off the day, eggs, fat bowl of cereal and also, coke for breakfast.
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Something about that feels illegal.
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Obviously, this week started off bloody awesome.
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It was like a childhood dream come true.
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I went to my local food shop and just bought as much crap as physically possible.
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It was meals out pretty much every meal, or if not, it would be a fast food takeaway.
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And to lift the mood even more, I finally got myself back into the gym. For the occasion.
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You get it?
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Dirty ball king.
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Tastes really good though.
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Day 2 felt the exact same in the fact that I was f*ing loving eating whatever I wanted.
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Bloody hell.
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Good morning.
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Bit of a change of mood today.
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So, the big breakfast, that one you all.
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Eating crappy food feels great, but for a very short period of time.
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You see, all I've been doing is eating crappy food for the past couple days.
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And what's that resort in?
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Me feeling like crap.
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Today my general mood was low, but most noticeably, so was my energy.
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You see, I wasn't fueling my body sufficiently, and it resulted in me just lazing about doing nothing.
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There we go.
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The weight is finally starting to slowly creep up.
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Alright, we're like half a week in right now.
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Here's what I've noticed so far.
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Healthier food is now tasting nicer than sugary junk food.
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I am on the toilet 24 hours a day.
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I am lazing about constantly now.
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And yeah, I just in general don't feel the best.
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However on a positive note the pumps are Brilliant because of all the sugar and salt in my body Yes,
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I wasn't really enjoying the actual eating aspect, but there was no doubt the weight was flying at this point .
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Boy, something mad has happened.
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You see all of these old stretch marks, they're kind of faded.
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Well this week, for the first time in like two years, a brand new stretch mark has appeared.
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That just shows that I am gaining weight very fast right now.
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I only had two days left.
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The stretch marks unmotivated me, but for these next two days there was one thing on my mind grab food inside my body
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to get as much food down me as physically possible i alternate between salty food and sweet food
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I've been on an extreme dirty boat for the past seven days
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and I know what you were wondering how did it affect
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me well my weight at the start of the week was 83 kilos what about today
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89.9
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Around 7 kilos in just 7 days That's unheard of
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But the bigger question And I'm sure the thing you're all wondering How much did my physique change from day 1?
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Well There was clear visible fat or water gain
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But I personally felt a lot more confident With the physiques on the right you

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Perché questo video è ottimo per imparare l'inglese con YouTube?

Il video di Joe è un materiale perfetto per chi vuole esercitarsi a parlare inglese: la lingua è colloquiale, i sentimenti sono autentici e il racconto fluisce come una conversazione reale. I dialoghi includono espressioni informali ("bloody awesome", "f*ing loving") e frasi con una struttura semplice ma efficace, ideali per capire come gli inglesi parlano nella vita quotidiana. Inoltre, la varietà di emozioni (frustrazione, entusiasmo, stanchezza) aiuta a notare come l'intonazione cambia a seconda del contesto, un aspetto chiave per migliorare la pronuncia inglese.

Analizziamo alcuni passaggi: perché suonano naturali?

  • "It resulted in any food or liquid being almost impossible to consume": La struttura "resulted in + gerundio" è tipica per spiegare le conseguenze. Usa "being" per connettere "food or liquid" a "impossible to consume", rendendo la frase fluida senza ripetizioni.
  • "I couldn't live like this any longer": "Any longer" è una variante di "any more" usata per esprimere il raggiungimento di un limite. Suona naturale perché è una frase semplice ma ricca di emozione, tipica di chi parla spontaneamente.
  • "Eating crappy food feels great, but for a very short period of time": L'uso di "crappy" (informale per "scadente") e la contrapposizione con "but" riflette il pensiero diretto di Joe. La brevità della frase la rende credibile, come se stesse pensando ad alta voce.

Una routine di pratica: shadow speech per migliorare

Per esercitarti con questo video, prova il metodo "shadowing": ripeti immediatamente dopo Joe, cercando di imitare la sua intonazione, il ritmo e la pronuncia. Ecco come fare: 1. Guarda un frammento di 10-15 secondi e ascolta attentamente. 2. Ripeti il frammento subito dopo, senza fermarti. 3. Registrati e confronta con l'originale: nota le differenze nella velocità o nella pronuncia di parole come "physique" o "infection". Ripeti il processo per 5-10 minuti al giorno: questo aiuterà a rendere la tua lingua inglese più fluida e naturale. Se vuoi approfondire, cerca un shadowing site che offra esercizi simili, ma con questo video hai già un materiale eccellente per iniziare!

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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