Fat Loss – Body Transformation – Advanced Nutrition

Hey San Antonio,

Today, I dropped by a commercial gym to visit a good buddy of mine and hung around for a few minutes and observed the patrons as they worked out. Admittedly, I don’t think too many of the people in there were actually thinking about what they were doing. I don’t think that too many of them went in to the gym with at least a rough draft idea of what they were going to do. Sadly, out of the estimated 40 or so people that were working out, less than a handful of them actually LOOKED like they worked out. Don’t take that as criticism – most of the people were in there working hard.

So, why is that not enough? First and foremost, simply moving heavy objects is not what weight training is about. That is not how you become defined and it is not how you become (gulp) TONED. Being defined and/or toned actually comes from the absence of body fat. You can’t spot reduce body fat (meaning crunches do not make the fat on your belly go away, leg curls don’t make the fat on the back of your legs go away, etc). You have to have a plan – weight training is the stimulus to keep the body in a state, at the very least, of which it will not metabolize muscle. I know most women will read that and think “But I don’t want to be big” and that’s NOT the case. You are NOT going to get big by lifting weights. Higher reps will not help you get toned – it will only increase your ability to use your muscles in the oxidative threshold and buffer lactic acid for longer.

The biggest reason that most people don’t look like they workout is their nutrition. Either a) they have no clue how to eat or b) they don’t care. More times than not, it’s the latter. But people who don’t know usually believe that eating the way you need to eat to burn fat is about absolute depletion, starvation and being miserable which simply is not the case. I’ve said it before: it does NOT take a ton of restriction for a man to get to 10% body fat or a woman to get into the low teens which in both cases is considered lean. It does, however, mean making smarter choices and being consistent with those choices and putting forth a regular effort to continually progress.

So, why do people fail? Here’s the video I just recorded explaining why I think people don’t reach their goals. Hope you enjoy it!

Boyd Myers
Personal Trainer in San Antonio
Owner, San Antonio’s Top Personal Training Studio
16613 Huebner Rd (corner of Huebner and Bitters)
210.391.1454