When you’re looking to get stronger most people look at what the strongest person did, when you’re looking to lose weight most people look at physique competitors or people that have lost a good amount of weight, and so on. We look at other people successes and try to follow the same path they carved to get to their goal. But is this the best way to obtain your goals?
Logic
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It would seem to make sense, if I want to lose weight I’ll do the same thing that Phil Heath did to win Mr. Olympia and boom I’ll lose weight, right? The flaw in this logic is that there are so many variables that come into play, such as where they are starting. For instance if I took a professional bodybuilders diet and workout program, than implemented it to someone that has never worked out, will they get the same results? They may lose weight but they won’t get the same results. Also the person more than likely will NOT be able to stick with the such a strict diet and workout regimen. Bodybuilders have years of training and habitual dieting that has taken them years of experience to accomplish such diligent dedication.
Start With Your OWN Path
Regardless if you’re looking to get strong, ripped, lose weight, add in whatever your specific goal is. Meeting you were you are in your fitness path is what will make the program work. This means that your specific workout and diet program takes into account that you may not be able to sustain a x18 straight days of working out with x10-14 two-a-days in there all while cutting your carbs down to 100g a day. The program however will focus on a diet and workout that you can sustain and progress to a higher level down the road.
This method is by far a safer and smarter way to train and diet than following a world champion bodybuilder, weightlifter, XYZ professional athletes workout and diet program. Besides the fact they these champions have amazing genes and strong training/diet experience, some may also being using performance drugs that help expedite recovery. This will help them train harder for longer but also recovery quicker to be able to handle high volume of training, which will than allow them to tolerant higher calories and carbs than most.
Conclusion
In the end, I get the lure of following an athletes’ step by step program, which by the way are NOT in fitness magazines or most internet mainstream fitness sites. But you still have to find a path that works for you and your lifestyle. For me I’d LOVE to be able to train as a weightlifter with x2 a days and go have a recover regimen that included massage, hot/cold tub, and passive stretching on a daily basis…BUT that just can not happen working as a personal trainer in NYC where most start work at 5:30am and finish at 9pm. Therefore I need to cater my workout around my workload and my diet is than dictated by this and how I’m feeling throughout the day.
I hope that this makes sense and it steers you away from trying to fit a “square peg intro a triangle”. If you need guidance feel free to shoot me an email and I’d be glad to help you get started. Chris@FusionTrained.com
Train smart,