Politically Incorrect Weight Loss - The Truth Behind Successful Weight Loss
By Craig Ballantyne You’ve been fed too many weight loss lies. And do you know who is your worst enemy in the fight against fat? Well-meaning fitness professionals that don’t want to make you feelbad for being lazy and eating crap. That’s who. They write articles about how “diets are bad”, how you can liftsoup cans and get fitness model arms, and how you should exercisein the nice and easy “fat burning zone” to get results. Basically,they give you what want to hear - plenty of excuses for avoidinghard exercise and strict nutrition (the real keys to fat loss). But I don’t. You’ll get no such excuses from me. Here’s the real deal on fat loss. You have to work hard in yourworkouts and even harder on your nutrition if you want results. Oryou can take the politically-correct easy way out and have the samebody in 3, 6, and even 12 months from now. Love me or hate me, I promise you results. Let’s take a look at whythe PC-solutions don’t work… Q: I’ve been told to exercise in my “fat burning zone”. What’s thebest cardio method for weight los. Answer: Cardio is not the only solution. Clearly it adds to the energy deficit and overall calorie balancethat favors fat loss. BUT it’s not the “be all & end all” of fat loss success - and thatis anecdotally supported by the number of overweight distancerunners. I almost never recommend long, slow cardio…simply because no oneI train or consult with has the time for this, and it doesn’t workany better than shorter, less frequent, more intense intervaltraining sessions. Five or six days of 45-minute cardio sessions in my fat-burningzone? Yeah right, like anyone has time for that. If I told you that you could get the same results (or better, asrecent research suggests) in three 20-minute interval sessionseach week as you could from three or five 45-minute slower cardiosessions each week, which would you choose? Yes, intervals feel about 10x’s harder than regular, slow, boringcardio. And yes, you won’t be able to read your people magazinewhen doing intervals. And you might breath a little heavy. So ifyou’re worried about sweating, than maybe fat loss isn’t for you. But if you don’t mind going against the crowd, intervals are worthevery second for the superior results. Q: Should men and women train differently for fat loss? Answer: Nope. Next question. Seriously, the answer is no, but just to add to that, men and womendon’t have that many differences when it comes to fat loss, so theyboth do well with the strength and interval style workouts. Now here’s one reason why strength and intervals may actually work better for womenthan men… More women tend to start strength and intervals after having spentmonths or years using slow cardio and light (if any) weights. Andselfishly, I could not be any happier - because when thesededicated women start using the shorter, more intense strength andinterval sessions they make rapid progress and make me look like agenius. That being said, I sometimes make small changes in workouts toadapt to a woman’s pre-conceived notions about strength training.Some women are very hesitant to lift weights. But you and I knowthat is necessary for bodysculpting, fat loss, and health benefitssuch as building bones. So what I do is sub a few (not all!) of the weight exercises outand replace them with equal intensity bodyweight exercises. Somebodyweight exercises can be classified as traditional strengthexercises (i.e. for a woman that can only do 5 full pushups, thepushup exercise is almost a max strength exercise). But women”mentally” deal with this type of strength training better thanputting a dumbbell in their hands. On the other hand, some bodyweight exercises provide more of aninterval training effect (i.e. bodyweight squats). Either way,bodyweight exercises can put turbulence (i.e. “stress”) on themuscle and boost metabolism and help female clients get the resultsthey want and deserve. I said in a past newsletter that “Fat loss is easy, once yourealize how hard it is.” You have to respect that it’s notsomething you put on “auto-pilot”. Taking the stairs at workinstead of the elevator, parking 100 extra feet away from the door,and subbing 1% milk for 2% milk is not going to help you lose 13pounds of fat in a year like the politically correct articlessuggest. You need a politically-incorrect plan to eat right 90% of the time(i.e. saying “no” when an office-mate brings in doughnuts) and youhave to have the best workout plan available to you if you want toget the most results in the least amount of time. And then you still have to have a plan to help you stick to thoseplans - and that should involve a social support group. There aremany tricks and tips to success, so you always have to keeplearning and trying to improve. You have permission to publish this article in your web sites, ezines or electronic publication, as long as the piece is used in its entirety including the resource box, all hyperlinks (HTML clickable) and references and copyright info. Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss workouts have been featured multiple times in Mens Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week. 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