Since they bought underway in summer time of 2025, MAN v FAT’s leagues in New York have been vastly profitable, setting its members on the trail to a more healthy way of life.
Our group in Lengthy Island Metropolis have loved outstanding weight reduction numbers, having achieved almost 800lbs weight reduction because the yr’s periods come to a detailed.
They’ve achieved that success below the tutelage of Karl Cereno, who has been accountable for the league because it first bought began.
We spoke to Karl when he first joined MAN v FAT and it’s been a interval of non-public achievements for him too, having additionally lately taken on a task throughout the MAN v FAT Soccer HQ group. We caught up with him to get the lowdown on why his MAN v FAT expertise has been such a constructive one to date.
Having been teaching MAN v FAT for a number of months now, what has stood out probably the most to you and what have been your highlights?
What has stood out probably the most is how shortly the blokes purchased into MAN v FAT’s mission of reducing weight and residing more healthy lives. As a coach, I actually didn’t should do a lot motivating—they got here in prepared. All I needed to do was give them a roadmap and a few construction.
A significant spotlight for me was the early success we noticed in Season 1. I’m unsure how different golf equipment stack up, however so lots of my gamers had been reducing weight each week, with a big quantity hitting their 5% and 10% milestones, some even surpassing that.
How proud are you of the group that’s been constructed and what has been the key to the success of LIC?
Proud is an understatement. I genuinely love what we’ve constructed right here in LIC. We’re greater than a soccer membership – we’re a household. Actual connections have shaped. We go to MLS matches collectively, host BBQs, and even present up to one another’s household occasions.
I don’t suppose there’s a single “secret” to our success, as a result of that may take away from everybody’s contribution. What I attempted to do from the beginning was create an area for guys to be guys in wholesome methods – speak sports activities, bust one another’s chops, joke round, be foolish. Our group chat displays that tradition. It’s nothing however jokes, memes, and constructive power that retains everybody engaged.
The load loss from the blokes exhibits no indicators of slowing down, how have you ever saved them focussed on that a part of their membership?
A few key video games this season had been selected the scales. One group gained on the pitch however misplaced general as a result of the opposite group hit their weight-loss objectives. That was an actual turning level and confirmed everybody how vital the burden element actually is.
To maintain the blokes centered, I consistently remind them of the implications of letting that half slip and the way it can actually change the result of a match. I additionally empower the captains to carry their groups accountable all through the week. That mixture of consciousness and peer accountability retains weight reduction entrance and heart for everybody.
You’ve now stepped into the MAN v FAT group in your additional function – how have you ever discovered that to date and the way do you hope to assist coaches and gamers on this capability?
Entering into my additional function has been nice as a result of it’s allowed me to see the group by way of a unique lens. I now have a a lot clearer sense of the place golf equipment are thriving and the place they want assist.
On this function, I hope to assist coaches and gamers by sharing what has labored for us in LIC—retaining gamers, constructing sturdy group tradition, and sustaining security requirements. I additionally need to be a useful resource for newer coaches who should be discovering their footing, whether or not that’s serving to them interact their groups, navigate tough conditions, or arrange easy programs that maintain their membership working easily.
