Pavel After One Year of Training

Date: May 30, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: 50.08571135742802, 14.42510231252285

On this day, at this exact time, a completely ordinary guy walks into a gym. He is 49 years and 3 months old, unemployed for over a month, taking medication for blood pressure and cholesterol. He is definitely not doing well, neither physically nor mentally. He keeps thinking about what comes next, who would hire him, how he will support his family, where he will get money from.

This is probably how a movie or a TV series episode could begin…

But this is exactly how my story began. It’s been a year since I decided to message a completely unknown coach. Some guy named Vladimír Veverka. His reviews looked decent, so why not give it a try? And he replied.

So we met. I met a person who was straightforward with me from the very beginning. He didn’t downplay anything, but he didn’t exaggerate anything either — just fair and honest communication.

When I stepped on his scale for the first time… well, I wasn’t expecting a miracle, but 108.6 kg — that was honestly quite an achievement.

The whole story continued and still continues. We agreed on a meal plan, regular training sessions, and eventually he invited me to the OCR Veverky – SPARTAN circuit training. I used to watch that on TV and think, “Those guys are beasts.”

Then on June 10, 2025, I came to my first training session. After the workout, I thought about calling an ambulance… or maybe even the undertakers. But once again, I met an amazing group of people there. People from different professions, with different experiences and their own problems — but a TEAM. And that was something incredible.

The whole Veverky team lives together as one. We train, we race, we support each other.

After one year, I think I can finally evaluate something.

• I am 14 kg lighter
• I no longer take any medication
• I still have worries, and I probably always will, but I’ve learned how to work with myself, and I am definitely in a completely different place mentally
• Physical fitness — I honestly think I’m somewhere completely different. What felt like pure science fiction a year ago, today I know can be done. I just must not be such a “PANICKER,” as my coach says

I’ve already completed a few races too. Not that I’m winning anything — I definitely don’t have what it takes for that — but I defeated one huge opponent. And I’m incredibly grateful for that. I defeated myself. That negative, scared, panicking version of me.

I do not regret meeting Vladimír, and I do not regret meeting the entire Veverky team — every single person in it.

I believe we can still achieve many more things together.

But so this isn’t only praise… it did cost me something. For example, I had to buy new pants.

Author: Pavel Ruda

Vladimir Veverka
Personal trainer and nutrition consultant