Six new contestants get to try a brand new lifestyle when they throw themselves into season two of “16 Weeks of Hell”.
There will be blood, sweat and tears in the monitor when, among others, Alex Rosén (54) and Jenny Jenssen (58) must master everything from training – and at the same time preserve their mental health.
Now one of the participants reveals that they originally refused to participate – before a terrifying message from the GP changed everything.
Newly saved
Despite the fact that the recording and the stay may not have been as much fun, Rosén states that there are only good memories afterwards:
– It has been fantastic, and it has been a huge development! Something has happened every single week, both when we have been closely involved with training and diet, he tells Good morgen Norge, and continues:
SAVED: Despite the fact that the journey was hard, Alex Rosén describes it as a party. Photo: Discovery/TVNorge
– Everyone is so kind and clever, even if you bump into yourself all the time. It is part of the scheme, and the results have been absolutely incredible. But it has been terrible, he emphasizes with a laugh.
Jenssen agrees that it was hell in the first few weeks, but that you get into the routine – which means you get used to the scheme.
– Then there is something about getting into it a bit, and becoming dependent on the steps and the scheme. Then it starts to roll faster and faster, and you also start to see that things are starting to happen.
– The form will also improve. We are sitting here and we are newly saved!
This is how the “16 weeks of hell” participants are doing today
Originally said no
What many do not know is that Jenssen initially refused to take part in the programme.
Then she went to the GP, and the message she received was startling to say the least.
– The GP looked at me sternly and said: “Jenny, you have to say yes to that.” You have sky-high blood pressure, and have struggled with it for many years. You have a pelvic problem, bad knees, struggle with heartburn, so hello!”, she recounts, and continues:
– “Go home, pick up the phone and call there right away.” And I just thought: “Should I change my GP?!”
THE MESSAGE: Jenny Jenssen received a message from her doctor – which led to the participation. Photo: Discovery/TVNorge
Nevertheless, she did exactly as the GP said. She went home, picked up the phone, and jumped into a brand new adventure. Later, she showed her great gratitude to the doctor. On Christmas Eve itself, she stood right outside his door, with a large bottle of wine.
– I wish all GPs could be honest and push so positively.
On the journey to hell, it is former top athlete Martin Johnsrud Sundby (38) who will test the participants’ limits – and it has been quite an experience for him too.
– It has been fun and sometimes challenging, with lots of ups and downs in such a journey. There are six different people and everyone has their own entrance, their own way and background – and come from different places about why they want this.
– Jenny and Alex have their own stories, so I can’t attack them as a unit. I have to meet them and talk to them.
– Who was the hardest nail of the six?
Hardly a second passes before Sundby replies:
– The tightest birth is right here on the right, he reveals and looks over at Jenssen.
Terribly frustrating
He says that he thinks many people recognize what is terribly frustrating about exercise, food and improving lifestyle.
COACH: Martin Johnsrud Sundby accompanies them on the journey. Photo: Good Morning Norway/TV 2
– You can feel that you are going “all in” for four to six weeks, and you also look at yourself in the mirror and nothing has happened. You cannot visually see that something is happening, because that gain comes after some time. If you don’t have that perspective, you just feel like you’re hitting a wall. And we took some time to get through.
What Jenssen struggled with was that she constantly felt that she was the last in line to reach the finish line – and lifted the lightest. In addition, she explains that it felt like the training was going nowhere, despite the fact that she had done everything she was told.
– But it did, but I couldn’t see it. And there you were fantastic, she says and looks over at the trainer.
At the same time, it should not be hidden that she wanted to kill him too, at one point.
When the journey only lasts 16 weeks, a little over a hundred days, many are excited about how things will go afterwards, when the cameras are packed away.
Do they still pop up and grab a carrot, or are there lazy days with their hands in the bag of chips?
– I have gained so much energy that I am bubbling over all the time, and I had little of that before. Then I had to work for it. I had a lot of shows all the time, and when I finished I looked like Elvis in 1977 – I was sweating so much that I couldn’t open my eyes, says Rosén and continues:
Answering the TV criticism: – Incorrect manufacturing
– And now I do those shows without breaking a sweat afterwards. It’s absolutely amazing, and wonderful to experience!
And to get a brand new lifestyle, Sundby explains that it takes around three months before you are well into the journey:
– If you manage to establish that discipline, or to stand in this for several weeks, then it doesn’t take more than three months to establish a new lifestyle, he states and concludes:
– I say this to the participants: “You will be motivated for the first two weeks, and feel the energy. Then you meet at the wall, but if you stand in it, you get to the point where this becomes a regular part of the day. It becomes a regular part of the routine, and if it becomes, there is no turning back.”
