Do you suffer from brainwashed weight-loss thinking?

Even with all the new studies coming out each month FINALLY proving what my team and I have already known for years about short, intense workouts trumping longer ones, I still get dozens of reader questions asking me what more they can do after they’ve finished one of their quick metabolic resistance workouts and fat burning intervals… what more can you do???

NOTHING!

I can’t stress this enough. You do not need to grind your body into the ground in order to lose weight.

It’s actually less effective for several reasons. First, you need to look at weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight as a lifestyle you can maintain for LIFE. Second, if you go hard for a month and then crash and burn what good did that do? You’re just going to gain back the weight when you realize you burned yourself out and can no longer keep that pace going…

Instead, why not put to use what I’ve been successfully using for the past 12+ years in helping my clients achieve amazing results – the type of results that they can easily maintain for life with some tweaking of their current diet and exercise plan.

Sure, my clients lose weight rapidly right out of the gates, but they also know that they don’t need to go overboard and reach their breaking point by doing too much too soon. Follow the plan, but don’t do more than what is recommended.

For example, you can get fantastic results with this quick and easy workout plan:

5 minutes - Dynamic warm-up consisting of body weight movements
20 minutes - Metabolic, resistance interval-based workout using minimal equipment
5 minute – Fat burning interval on a cardio piece or using body weight exercises
You’re also welcome to add in stretching at the end, but do you really need more exercise than what was outlined? And if so, why? If you’re just starting out, I can tell you that this example is plenty. Your goal should be to work out more days per week and not just to do massive workouts 2x a week. Plus, you should have a goal of being active outside of your scheduled workouts…

There’s more to weight loss than just the time you put in. We know this to be true, because if it was just about logging hours on the treadmill there wouldn’t be so many people in the gym who never make any progress… you would think they would have realized by now that doing the same thing that they have always done will not lead to better results. If it hasn’t worked in the past, why would that change now?

So my advice to you this week is to just stick with an exercise plan that is designed to help you lose weight and keep it off. More is not better and the type and quality of the workout does matter.

As always I wish you the best of health and keep on living the Fit Life!

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