Lifestyle

Beyond the Desk

When I'm not at my desk, I'm out on the road or in the gym. 200 km on the bike in a single day, 30 km on foot across the Ruhr area, five years of strength training and 18 countries on the list.

Yunus Kokott in sportswear during a run in the woods

My three biggest athletic achievements

Map of the 200 km bike ride from Bochum to Münster and back, with several personal-record badges along the route

Cycling

200 km

25 July 2026

6,978

Calories

809 m

Elevation

138

Avg. HR

My longest distance in a single day: from Bochum to Münster and back through a few small villages.

Map of the 30.75 km hike from Bochum via Witten to just short of Dortmund

Running & hiking

30.75 km

8 August 2026

3,275

Calories

39,967

Steps

236 m

Elevation

From Bochum via Witten to just short of Dortmund, exploring the best corners of the Ruhr area.

Gym

150 kg

4 April 2025

6

Reps

110 kg

Body weight

5

Years training

6 × 150 kg on the bench press at a body weight of 110 kg, my personal best so far. And the day I realised that being wide isn't everything.

What Drives Me

Three things that work the same way for me in sport and at work.

01

Discipline

The 200 km day wasn't the real achievement. The achievement was the weeks before it, when I got on the bike in the rain and without any motivation. Sales works the same way: the deal is what people see, not the 60 calls that came before it.

02

Consistency

150 kg on the bench came after five years of adding plates in 2.5 kg steps. I like things where progress only becomes visible after months. Anything faster is usually a flash in the pan.

03

Balance

The 30 km across the Ruhr area were never part of a training plan, they were a free Saturday. Sport is my opposite of a screen, not the next item on a list.

What else I spend time on

Cooking Reading Building websites Automating processes Planning projects

Before anyone assumes cooking is only on that list to impress girls and I cannot actually do it: here is the proof. Made it myself.

Home-cooked meal in a bowl: two pan-seared chicken breasts with herbs, roast potatoes and a salad of grated carrot and courgette

Countries

18countries visited

From the Ruhr area right across Europe to the Bosphorus and beyond. Every stamp stands for a country I have travelled through myself.

DE

Germany

BE

Belgium

NL

Netherlands

FR

France

GB

England

IT

Italy

AT

Austria

CZ

Czechia

PL

Poland

SK

Slovakia

HU

Hungary

HR

Croatia

BA

Bosnia

RS

Serbia

BG

Bulgaria

TR

Türkiye

SA

Saudi Arabia

DK

Denmark

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