Lose Fat not Weight!
As many of you may already know the weight loss industry is one of the biggest scams being run on poor unsuspecting people.
The bottom line is DIETS DON'T WORK!!!!
Your biggest enemy is in the term itself, "Weight Loss"! The truth is your focus should be fat loss not weight loss.
I know it's so easy to just step up on the scale and watch the pounds drop off from the exercise and lack of calories.
However you most likely are causing more damage than good in this situation.
Many people that follow diets end up with a higher percentage of body-fat after they've dropped the weight than when they started. You see the body is very good at storing fat and wasting muscle, especially when you starve the weight off or don't eat enough protein.
You see muscle is the only thing that helps you burn fat for energy and when you starve yourself the body starts burning the muscle because you do not have the proper calories to feed the muscle you have. When you go into that catobolic phase your metabolism slows down to a snails pace and when you do eat your body stores those calories as fat because you're in starvation mode.
Tip: STAY OFF THE BATHROOM WEIGHT SCALE! The results you need to see are in the mirror and how your cloths fit you. Remember muscle is 5 times more dense that fat, so muscle is smaller in size yet much heavier. Get the idea out of your head that you need to weigh a particular number to get into a size number of cloths. That is SO WRONG and that's what keeps most people from truly reaching their goal.
The diet industry is in high hopes you will follow their advice because they know, they have a customer for life as long as you follow their advice.
Albert Einstein said, " The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results". Ask yourself, "Are you guilty of this?"
Find someone that is experienced in fat loss and not weight loss and get on a program that will help you spare muscle loss and burn the fat. Stop worrying about how much you weigh and focus on how you look in the mirror and how great you look in your cloths and naked!!!!
Texas Metabolics is the perfect place for you to learn the TRUTH about fat loss. We design training programs, custom meal programs, supplements and vitamins and a positive atmosphere to reach your goals. We've been successful in help other reach their fat loss goals for close to 20+ years now. So give us a call at 713-870-6960 and get started dropping the FAT today!!!
Easy Steps to Improve Your Strength!
Are you stuck, hanging in limbo not able to get past that strength plateau! Maybe it's time to change things up and take your strength to the next level. Follow these easy steps and get stronger!
1. Although true research is sparse, both anatomical and biomechanical evidence supports the need for changing both hand and foot positions, as well as seat angles, on exercises throughout your training cycles. Also by creating these variations, support musculature (stabilizers) will improve as will your overall length and variety of muscle movement. More angles, more fibers, and longer ranges of motion, means greater strength. And one final thought; making simple adjustments adds tons of exercises to keep your workouts both challenging and stimulating, so it is less likely for you to overtrain and/or become bored.
2. Whether you are squatting or bench pressing or doing heavy deadlifts and bent-over rows, forcing the barbell to track in straight line not only improves strength, but actually puts your body in the proper biomechanical alignment. While popular theory explains that a bar should travel in an arced movement pattern, physics say force is greater in a straight line. When the strongest lifters in the world have been examined in both squats and bench presses, their movement patterns were closest to a perfect straight line. When you first try this from your usual movement pattern it will feel odd, but with practice you will see your strength numbers skyrocket.
3. In an effort to build stability, advocates of ball training have forgotten the most basic element of balance - it comes from the ground up. While balance is certainly important, strength is paramount. Using unstable surfaces and weird circus-like tricks does not increase muscle size and quality.
Get your core work from big lifts such as the bench, squat and deadlift and feel free to occasionally mix in dedicated exercises like the plank and superman.
4. Avoid Percentage Charts- Percentage charts often misrepresent a true maximum and leave the lifter with either too much or too little, especially since many lifters underestimate their 1RM. Instead, just get the most out of whatever weight you're using. Don't leave anything on the floor. Work as hard as you can every single session. Why base your training session on something you did four weeks earlier when you can make the most out of your routine by basing each workout on the day before.
5. Mix things up- Use a variety of rep ranges and weights to change your training all the time. Never get use to the same routine. The body quickly adapts to how you train so never let is adapt. Continue to change the training and you will keep growing and never get bored!
