100 km < 24h

June 2, 2025
by Jens Hevike
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Such adventures always sound brilliant when you think them up late at night over a glass of wine. The reality was … a little different. We’ll talk about blisters, burning muscles and a pizza surprise in a moment – but let’s start at the beginning.

Dhamma Vipassana – Meditation retreat on trial

February 8, 2024
by Jens Hevike
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After everyone had arrived, there was a light dinner and then the introduction that began the seriousness of the silent retreat, absolute silence. Basically no contact was allowed, not even with gestures or eyes. Part of the program was to hand in our phones. Reading, writing, sports, everything was forbidden.

Bodyweight Training – Starting out

August 7, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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I’m not the only person that works out in Mannheim. We organize our training through Facebook and Whatsapp. Everybody is welcome to join. I met Matthias at one of those meetings back in 2014. He is one of the most dedicated people to sport and a well-balanced diet, in my proximity.

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Being more massive

February 22, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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Over a period of about eight weeks, I gained around about seven kilograms of weight. I was curious to see how hard it would be. Now I know. Eating 500 kcal or more in addition to my normal basal metabolic rate was not an easy task. Sometimes I really had

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Weight Gain

January 8, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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I’ve never weighed more than a hundred kilograms. Reason enough to give it a try to reach that mark. This post seeks to introduce what diet means to me in general and how the challenge will work. In later posts I want to explore the different exercises that I do

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