"BIG FAT LIES" PART 12
Fat Loss Lie #12:
:: You Can Lose weight working out just "minutes" each day ::
2 MINUTE ABS
A FEW MINUTES IN THE MORNING!
THE ONE WORKOUT A WEEK FITNESS REVOLUTION!
CHANGE YOUR BODY IN 30 MINUTES A WEEK
I'd like to caution you about the mindset of trying to get more results in less time. But let me clarify:
You should always, (of course), look for ways get the most benefit from every minute you spend in the gym.
That's called "time efficiency," and that is a good thing.
What I'm referring to when I speak of the "more for less" mindset is the error of looking for better results in the form of a "secret" training program, short cut, miracle pill, or easy, "overnight" cure without putting in the necessary time and effort.
There's a fine line between training enough to stimulate growth and overtraining. We are warned continually not to overtrain or we'll hold back our strength and muscle gains. We are also cautioned not to do too much aerobics or we'll lose the muscle we already have.
It's true that many people are overtraining - maybe even most people. But just as there's fine a line between optimal training and overtraining, there's also a fine line between optimal training and undertraining.
The minimalist "less is more" approach is highly appealing because it represents the ultimate "lazy man (or woman's)" approach. (And it SELLS!)
The promoters are basically saying, "Hey, you're spending too much time in the gym and it's holding back your gains. Buy my secret miracle training program from Bulgaria, and you only have to train once or twice a week for a few minutes and you'll double your results."
Briefer and less frequent workouts are only good to the extent to which they prevent you from overtraining and they optimize hormonal response to training. Minimalism as a marketing appeal is a completely different story. Make sure you recognize the difference between the two.
I thought the "just minutes in the morning" idea was ridiculous (but brilliant from a marketing perspective), now someone just wrote a book called 2-minute abs. What's next? 30-second abs? Massive muscles in five minutes? The one rep muscle revolution?
Your body is begging for exercise - it's an amazing machine that was designed to be used often and vigorously. In fact, your body is the only machine that wears out faster when you don't use it!
Training for basic health benefits and training for maximum fat loss and muscle growth may not be the same thing. To get maximum changes in body composition, you need a much higher frequency, duration and intensity.
You can get health benefits from very small amounts of exercise. Even walking to work or class, or raking the leaves in your yard can have health benefits. But you get even greater health benefits from larger amounts of exercise.
You can get a training effect (muscle growth and strength increase) in as few as two or three thirty-minute workouts per week, especially if you use highly time efficient trainingmethods such as high intensity interval training for cardioand supersets, circuits and short rest intervals for strengthtraining.
However, you cannot expect to become super lean and highlymuscular without putting in the time and effort.
Here's what it all boils down to: You reap what you sow...The rewards you take out will always come in direct proportion to the work you put in. The best bodies are built with high levelsof physical activity. There's simply no quick fix.
That's it for the BIG FAT LIES mini course.
burnthefat.com
Train hard and expect success,
Tom Venuto
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BURN THE FAT READER MAIL & FEEDBACK...
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"Tom, I purchased the Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle ebook a few months ago. Having been an avid Body for Lifer for several years with much success, I wanted to take things a step further and I heard that Burn The Fatwas a good "next step."
After a recent muscle building phase that lasted most of a winter, It was somewhat difficult reducing the slight bodyfat that I gained during the building up phase
The 20 minutes of HIIT cardio recommended in BFL just wasn't working. I'm 47 years old and I guess my metabolism just isn't what it used to be, even with the extra muscleI've developed
Your advice and in depth explanation of how to break througha plateau and reach the next level has helped me to shed those last few fat percentage points to get my body fat down to the low teens where I want to stay.
By the way, I love your weekly newsletters and anxiously await them every week.
I would advise anyone who is serious about losing the fat and keeping the muscle to read your Burn The Fat book, even if they already have Body For Life.
Thank you for a job well done.
- Stasia Bachrach
:: You Can Lose weight working out just "minutes" each day ::
2 MINUTE ABS
A FEW MINUTES IN THE MORNING!
THE ONE WORKOUT A WEEK FITNESS REVOLUTION!
CHANGE YOUR BODY IN 30 MINUTES A WEEK
I'd like to caution you about the mindset of trying to get more results in less time. But let me clarify:
You should always, (of course), look for ways get the most benefit from every minute you spend in the gym.
That's called "time efficiency," and that is a good thing.
What I'm referring to when I speak of the "more for less" mindset is the error of looking for better results in the form of a "secret" training program, short cut, miracle pill, or easy, "overnight" cure without putting in the necessary time and effort.
There's a fine line between training enough to stimulate growth and overtraining. We are warned continually not to overtrain or we'll hold back our strength and muscle gains. We are also cautioned not to do too much aerobics or we'll lose the muscle we already have.
It's true that many people are overtraining - maybe even most people. But just as there's fine a line between optimal training and overtraining, there's also a fine line between optimal training and undertraining.
The minimalist "less is more" approach is highly appealing because it represents the ultimate "lazy man (or woman's)" approach. (And it SELLS!)
The promoters are basically saying, "Hey, you're spending too much time in the gym and it's holding back your gains. Buy my secret miracle training program from Bulgaria, and you only have to train once or twice a week for a few minutes and you'll double your results."
Briefer and less frequent workouts are only good to the extent to which they prevent you from overtraining and they optimize hormonal response to training. Minimalism as a marketing appeal is a completely different story. Make sure you recognize the difference between the two.
I thought the "just minutes in the morning" idea was ridiculous (but brilliant from a marketing perspective), now someone just wrote a book called 2-minute abs. What's next? 30-second abs? Massive muscles in five minutes? The one rep muscle revolution?
Your body is begging for exercise - it's an amazing machine that was designed to be used often and vigorously. In fact, your body is the only machine that wears out faster when you don't use it!
Training for basic health benefits and training for maximum fat loss and muscle growth may not be the same thing. To get maximum changes in body composition, you need a much higher frequency, duration and intensity.
You can get health benefits from very small amounts of exercise. Even walking to work or class, or raking the leaves in your yard can have health benefits. But you get even greater health benefits from larger amounts of exercise.
You can get a training effect (muscle growth and strength increase) in as few as two or three thirty-minute workouts per week, especially if you use highly time efficient trainingmethods such as high intensity interval training for cardioand supersets, circuits and short rest intervals for strengthtraining.
However, you cannot expect to become super lean and highlymuscular without putting in the time and effort.
Here's what it all boils down to: You reap what you sow...The rewards you take out will always come in direct proportion to the work you put in. The best bodies are built with high levelsof physical activity. There's simply no quick fix.
That's it for the BIG FAT LIES mini course.
burnthefat.com
Train hard and expect success,
Tom Venuto
----------------------------------------------------------------------
BURN THE FAT READER MAIL & FEEDBACK...
----------------------------------------------------------------------
"Tom, I purchased the Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle ebook a few months ago. Having been an avid Body for Lifer for several years with much success, I wanted to take things a step further and I heard that Burn The Fatwas a good "next step."
After a recent muscle building phase that lasted most of a winter, It was somewhat difficult reducing the slight bodyfat that I gained during the building up phase
The 20 minutes of HIIT cardio recommended in BFL just wasn't working. I'm 47 years old and I guess my metabolism just isn't what it used to be, even with the extra muscleI've developed
Your advice and in depth explanation of how to break througha plateau and reach the next level has helped me to shed those last few fat percentage points to get my body fat down to the low teens where I want to stay.
By the way, I love your weekly newsletters and anxiously await them every week.
I would advise anyone who is serious about losing the fat and keeping the muscle to read your Burn The Fat book, even if they already have Body For Life.
Thank you for a job well done.
- Stasia Bachrach
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