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to Fitness Cameron McGarr CSCS Ever wonder how certain people are able to lose fat or gain muscle so easily while your results poke along slower than a two year old on a tricycle. What could they possibly be doing differently to have such great progress? That question is asked so often I decided to offer an insight into my little black book of secrets. Also it has been awhile since I have gone on a rant. I have not flipped out and yelled at anyone lately and I have not bitten anyone’s head off for quite some time. How can this be? This is just not my style. I feel something is missing. A politically incorrect article is overdue and just the thing to scratch that itch. It seems as though there is a misconception about what it takes to achieve fitness goals (dropping body fat/gaining lean mass). We all know that joining a gym helps and working with a trainer is even better right? Right! Apparently what many have forgotten is that you actually need to go to the gym. There is no substitute for consistency. Over and over I hear people telling their trainer that something is not working or they are getting bigger in areas they want smaller. The humor in this situation is only enhanced when these same people are looking at pictures of clients who have lost 30 plus pounds and say, “How did they do that?” For one thing I can guarantee the clients who lost fat did not cancel every other appointment. They saw the importance of each workout. They made sacrifices in other parts of their lives to make sure fitness was a priority, not the other way around. They stretched. They did the cardio. They kicked butt with the weights and are you ready for this, they did not eat crap. Yes, hard work and good nutrition, that is it. No tricks, no secrets, just hard work and good nutrition. It does not get any simpler than that. As for the role of the trainer, there is no magic there. You still have to do the work. We can not do it for you. We are here to help keep you motivated, give you a program and change that program to keep exercise interesting and avoid injury. Help you get there faster but ultimately you are the one who will make it or break it. It will take sustained efforts to reach your goals. There are 168 hours in the week. You are probably in the gym only three, a mere 1.78%. The road to the desired physique does not end when you leave the gym. You must hold yourself accountable for the other 98.22%. I do not think badly of anyone who does not lose body fat or gain muscle. Just do not think it is someone else’s fault for you being fatter when you ate pies all week long. Portion control matters as well. You can still get fat on good clean food if you eat too much. Here is another thing. It is easy to gain fat, it is hard to lose. Get that part right! That is the brutal truth of the matter. It is possible it will take longer to lose the fat than it did to gain the fat. Generally speaking a loss of two pounds of fat per week is good. Any more than that is not too realistic. Now with that in mind we know it will take at least five weeks to lose 10 pounds. That is if you do every thing right. Don’t miss any workouts, eat right and get the recovery needed. That is not that long but it is defiantly not immediate. Let’s recap. No excessively bad foods (i.e. cookies, pies,
chocolates). Eat proper portions in every single meal. Give a consistent effort in butt kicking
workouts week in and week out and the progress that was once a two year old on
the tricycle will turn into Lance Armstrong.
In the words of my favorite Irish, beer drinking cartoons, Brilliant! | |
