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#MakeAdamFitAgain: HK Mag Staffer Is Undergoing a Total-body Makeover

Faced with grown-up responsibilities, inspired by the Rio Olympics, and terrified by the spectre of the big 3-0, Senior Editor Adam White reflects on the colossal challenge in front of him.

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#MakeAdamFitAgain: HK Mag Staffer Is Undergoing a Total-body Makeover

So I’ve pretty much always been what you might call a larger gentleman. A predisposition to inactivity and those delicious things called calories will do that to a guy. The last time I was skinny, I was about 6.

But the other week our friends at the Pure Group came to us and said:

“Listen, we’re looking for someone to take on a 360-degree transformation. Food, fitness, yoga, we want them to do it all, a program tailored especially to them. For at least three months. By the time we’re done, you won’t recognize ‘em.”

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We brought this up in an editorial meeting, which is when my boss, Editor-in-Chief Luisa Tam, said: 

“What about Adam?”

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And the ENTIRETY of the staff said, rather too gleefully: 

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