Starting The Biggest Challenge of My Life - Ep. 1

It's official: we're doing an IRONMAN in 6 months... This is by far the toughest challenge we've started so far. We promised Marten Van Riel we'd do an ironman during our triathlon video together. So since we're men of our word, we're going to take on the challenge... with only 6 months to prepare. Some might call it crazy, some might call it dumb. But we're down for it. The IRONMAN is one of the craziest sports disciplines in the universe. A full triathlon consisting off: 3.8km of swimming, 180km of biking and then finishing off with 42km of running. A litteral recipe for disaster haha. Lucky for us we're being coached by the 2 Belgian Ironman world champs: Luc Van Lierde (won in 1996 & 1999) and Frederik Van Lierde (won in 2013). Enjoy episode 1 of the series! Bisous, wish us luck!

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[laszlovarga]

I love how the performance expert at the lab and the nutritionist are merely focusing on the numbers when it comes to chances, however, the hardcore triathlete legends talk about character and are optimistic!

[markphilpottultra]

Raced against Luc in 1996, a amazing athlete and really nice guy. Great to see this after all these years and to see him giving back and making a difference to other peoples lives, awesome. Good luck guys, you can BECOME AN IRONMAN.

[MrTheGiant]

I have trained a couple of high performance athletes but I can tell you this; At a IRONMAN I saw overweighted people crossing the finish line and ripped dudes with perfect lats and pecs gave up half way through! It's all bout the mindset and the resilience that comes with it. Wish you guys the best of luck!

[leotard]

When I saw the coaches using lactate tests, I instantly knew they can do this challenge. This guys are for real

[halogenmusicgroup]

If this really is this case (and I really love all the things you do on the channel), I woudn't mind to see just the running, cycling and swimming videos in the upcoming months, since you can't have time for other stuff (right??)!? Good luck!

[Hansbeeckman]

Their 6 month challenge, my 5 year plan 😂. Crazy dudes, ma komt goed bruhs!

[lrkenielsen]

Recently found this Channel and i absolutely love it so far!

[PeterPorsche]

I am always impressed by how sympathic the pro athletes are in your videos. I guess this is also some belgian (generally nice ppl) thing but they all have been incredibly friendly, participated in all the funny stuff yet still professionaly teaching.

[Thron]

I love that the actual iron man champions are the ones with the most hope that Rob and Arno could do it.

[pattrapunn]

a triathlete myself. Thank you so much for putting triathlon on the map. It’s such an amazing sport not many people fully understand.

[JOPEYDOPE]

I did Ironman this July, hardest day of my life, but holy shit I'm glad I did it. The feeling of accomplishment is hard to compare to anything else.

[tylerhamedi]

So happy to see you boys going after this, I did an Ironman with 6 months of training, it’s 100% possible! It’s so much about mental strength and if I have learned anything from watching your videos for the last year and a half, both of you have tons of mental strength! So excited to watch your progression!

[lievengoossens]

Have been watching these videos since the start and I would like to give Milan a big thumbs up as well. The quality of the videos has insanely improved since he is editing. Best of luck 💪🏻

[random]

I love the positivity from everyone. Makes me think I can work towards an Ironman in a year from now. Awesome video!!!

[Archimede]

Very ambitious goal, and regardless of the results, i wish you all the best!

[sebastian.physio]

I've seen 3 times this 4 videos !! and I'm convencing myself to prepare for my first Iron Man !! thank you !! I've always done a lot of sports ! but now I'm motivated by this new challenge !!

[DavidPinsonneaultTri]

Looking forward to following this! I was very impressed with Rob's swimming -- shows how helpful learning technique is early & how that doesn't really go away. To still be able to rip a 1:08 100m shows sub-21:00 1500m potential. Wouldn't be shocked to see an IM swim well under 1hr. The run/just gaining general aerobic fitness are probably going to be the biggest challenges in such a short window. Arno is going to be able to push some watts on the bike. What IM did ya'll pick out? I would avoid anything that's overly hilly.

[op]

This is so sick, I really believe in you guys!!!! Smash it!

[AstroVero]

Super excited for this journey! I believe in you!

[ryanm]

I would love to see you both manage this. It would get so much publicity and blow my mind. Especially if Arno can get in shape.