Alot-a-Pain! NO gain!

If you have ever attempted to lose weight, then you’ve most likely had the following conversation with someone: “I’ve been running my legs off and doing cardio workouts till I puke and starving myself to lose weight but… I haven’t lost any weight” or” I’m gaining weight instead”. To which your friend gives you the comforting reply: “You’re probably staying the same or gaining weight because your gaining muscle and muscle weighs more than fat and that’s why”. Really??

Think about it. If you take a pound of fat and a pound of muscle and weigh them side by side, wouldn’t they both weigh a pound? And if you’re doing a lot of cardio training and no resistance training, then how are you building muscle? The truth is that muscle is more dense and has less mass (takes up less space) than fat. Recent studies show that the average weight trainer (someone who lifts weights 5 times a week) gains 3-5 lbs of muscle every 3 months. So unless your waistline is shrinking, your weight gain has nothing to do with muscle gain.

So why aren’t you shedding the pounds? You’re killing yourself and suffering the pain for no gain! How is this possible?

Over the past 15 years I have been in and around the exercise industry and have found that the greatest results have come by simply learning and sticking to the fundamental basics of exercise and weight-loss. In an age where thousands of weight-loss programs, fad diets, pills, potions and lotions promise guaranteed results; it’s not surprising that millions of people jump from one exercise program to the next “magic” pill to the next fad diet, to the next piece of “must have” exercise equipment sold on T.V. only to find themselves feeling deflated, depressed and defeated as they look in the mirror and see little to no results for their efforts.

Over the next few days I will share with you the Why’s, the How’s and the basics of proper weight-loss. Most people spend maximum effort on things that have minimum impact on weight loss. Follow this post daily if you want to find out how making little changes can bring huge results.

-James Keilman