How a MedTech EMEA President lost 15 kg and stopped his atrial fibrillation

Wilfred Van Zuilen · Group President EMEA · Regal Springs · Zug, Switzerland

Weight loss

-15kg

Travel schedule

EMEA-wide

AFib-free

6 months

Energy

High

Weight loss

-15kg

Travel schedule

EMEA-wide

AFib-free

6 months

Energy

High

The Situation

Group President EMEA, leading a 6,000-person MedTech organization across the region. Extensive travel, constant dinners, a schedule that left very little room for himself. At 103 kg, Wilfred had managed to lose 5 kg on his own through willpower alone — but he knew he needed real help to go further.

Two separate medical diagnoses had arrived in the same period. His orthopedic specialist confirmed hip dysplasia after a painful walking holiday in Peru, and told him losing 10 to 15 kg would benefit his joints significantly.

His cardiologist said the same thing about the atrial fibrillation that had been recurring every six weeks for two years. Then a former colleague showed up visibly transformed. That was the moment.

The Problem

He wasn't new to exercise, HIIT, E-gym, cross trainer, weekly golf. But effort without the right structure doesn't produce results. And now the stakes had a medical dimension.

'I could feel that 25,000–30,000 steps, normally I could do that easily. And this time I thought: I need to fix something.'

He also realized, only after starting the program, that he had been doing the wrong things in the gym for years. More volume. Wrong focus. The result was a lot of effort and very little movement in the right direction.

The Result

We didn't add more. We adjusted. Training frequency was recalibrated to quality over quantity.

Nutrition was structured to fit EMEA-wide travel, team dinners, and the reality of an executive schedule.

5 months later

15 kg gone. From 103 kg toward his 90 kg goal, with a flatter belly and chest. More athletic posture. More energy. Better sleep.

And the one that matters most: the last atrial fibrillation episode was December 19th. Six months of silence.

Even through Christmas, the Austrian ski chalet, the dinners and the alcohol, he came back lighter. The gym was a short walk away. He made it every other day. He stole the time.