Interested
in Becoming Certified as a Personal Trainer?
...............................................................................
Eugene Thong:
First off, let me say that genetic limitations are real – some folks do
truly have more difficulty losing weight than others – but what you do
can greatly affect these so-called genetic limitations. That you’re
losing weight at all is progress and you should celebrate that.
Okay – onto weight loss solutions!
What sort of diet are you consuming? Fat loss is almost entirely a matter of diet: both what you’re eating and how much.
Whenever a client or gymgoer asks me this question, upon exploration I find that their diet is inappropriate for fat loss. Usually, they’re eating low-fat style: a lot of grains (but healthy ones), not a whole lot of protein. This is no good; as we’ve described in the various articles on this site, fat loss depends not only on the calories you take in, but on where those calories come from. In other words, “you can eat just 800 calories’ worth of cookies for your daily intake, but you ain’t goin’ to lose no weight!”
Next, it’s great that
you’re an experienced exerciser. The question is: what do you do in your
exercise program?
This isn’t a glib question. Many people have this conception that all they
have to do is get on the treadmill, pound away, and the fat will magically
melt off somehow. Not so.
While you can have limited success “doing cardio” to lose weight, the real
deal is in
strength training to build muscle mass and increase metabolic
rate and adjusting diet to reflect fat loss. Not only is it the most
time-efficient method, it saves a ton of wear and tear on your joints.
Lastly, if you’re firing on all cylinders, strength training for muscle, eating right to create the proper hormonal environment for fat loss, and doing Mike’s HIIT to speed up the fat loss, and are still not losing fat, then I not-so-humbly suggest that you pick up a copy of Black Book of Secrets.
This book contains all the little tricks Mike and I have picked up through our years of training clients and researching studies and exercise journals. We only included the things that worked, either in practical application or in the lab.
We don’t discuss “snake-oil remedies” like Hoodia or “miracle supplements” like Cortislim or Trimspa. Instead, we focused on things that were natural, safe, and clinically effective, as well as the best food and exercise strategies for fat loss. The book also contains some of the exercise and nutrition strategies we detail in the website articles, along with specific programs and examples.
P.S. If you're a first time reader of MCNewsletters, sign up for our weekly newsletter below... or read more about it here.
