I got an overwhelming amount of email this week from people who sound as fed up as I do about some of the things they see in commercial gyms.
Thanks for the emails, I love getting them, even if you don’t agree with me.
Today I’m challenging my own philosophy a bit.
I’ve been called a ‘chronic overthinker’ by some people - ie. mostly my girlfriend - so obviously I get deep in thought about training methods.
Maybe a little too much sometimes.
Thoughts for the week (from my overthinking mind):
- Here’s an example of how my head works about decided that interval training is the way to go.
I hate jogging. Yes.
Does that mean it can’t be uses as a fat loss method? No
If people like jogging and want to lose weight should they jog? Sure.
But what about the loss of lean muscle that comes with jogging? It’s probably not that big of deal unless you don’t lift weights hard and really overdue it on the cardio.
So why don’t I teach long cardio? It sucks and I hate it. Actually a lot of people I talk to hate jogging.
Why do I pump up interval training so much? It’s time efficient, decreased risk of nagging little injuries by a ton, revs up your metabolism for longer after your workouts so it will lead to greater fat loss. It’s been proven in countless research studies to be WAY better at fat loss results then long cardio, and it’s been proven in real life with my clients and a lot of other trainers clients I know and study.
So interval training is better for fat loss? Yes.
Can someone do both? Sure.
Okay. But I’ve seen people who do long cardio and weight training get some good results.
Why don’t I teach it? Most of those people don’t know about interval training, their diet is good - what you eat makes up about 70% of your results, by the way - and usually their stomach is still a major PROBLEM area to lose a lot of fat.
Interval training has been proven to burn significant amount of stomach fat.
What about beginners? Can they do Interval Training? Yes.
How? Because the ‘work’ interval is 80-90% of their level. That might be a fast walk.
So it will still work the same for them? Yes.
So that’s why I teach interval training. Yep.
- So just incase you’ve ever wondered why I teach interval training or if I just copy some of the big names, I actually go through quite elaborate thinking about it. Actually a lot more then I actually just wrote. I didn’t even mention cortisol effect.
But, maybe I’m just overthinking it.
Wait till you hear my continual thoughts on weight training…
Maybe I’ll just save that one till next time.
What are your thoughts on my methods and thoughts?
What do you do to shed the pounds or build the muscle?
Let me know, I’d love to hear from ya.
Have a great one,
Dan Grant
I got an overwhelming amount of email this week from people who sound as fed up as I do about some of the things they see in commercial gyms.
Thanks for the emails, I love getting them, even if you don’t agree with me.
Today I’m challenging my own philosophy a bit.
I’ve been called a ‘chronic overthinker’ by some people - ie. mostly my girlfriend - so obviously I get deep in thought about training methods.
Maybe a little too much sometimes.
Thoughts for the week (from my overthinking mind):
- Here’s an example of how my head works about decided that interval training is the way to go.
I hate jogging. Yes.
Does that mean it can’t be uses as a fat loss method? No
If people like jogging and want to lose weight should they jog? Sure.
But what about the loss of lean muscle that comes with jogging? It’s probably not that big of deal unless you don’t lift weights hard and really overdue it on the cardio.
So why don’t I teach long cardio? It sucks and I hate it. Actually a lot of people I talk to hate jogging.
Why do I pump up interval training so much? It’s time efficient, decreased risk of nagging little injuries by a ton, revs up your metabolism for longer after your workouts so it will lead to greater fat loss. It’s been proven in countless research studies to be WAY better at fat loss results then long cardio, and it’s been proven in real life with my clients and a lot of other trainers clients I know and study.
So interval training is better for fat loss? Yes.
Can someone do both? Sure.
Okay. But I’ve seen people who do long cardio and weight training get some good results.
Why don’t I teach it? Most of those people don’t know about interval training, their diet is good - what you eat makes up about 70% of your results, by the way - and usually their stomach is still a major PROBLEM area to lose a lot of fat.
Interval training has been proven to burn significant amount of stomach fat.
What about beginners? Can they do Interval Training? Yes.
How? Because the ‘work’ interval is 80-90% of their level. That might be a fast walk.
So it will still work the same for them? Yes.
So that’s why I teach interval training. Yep.
- So just incase you’ve ever wondered why I teach interval training or if I just copy some of the big names, I actually go through quite elaborate thinking about it. Actually a lot more then I actually just wrote. I didn’t even mention cortisol effect.
But, maybe I’m just overthinking it.
Wait till you hear my continual thoughts on weight training…
Maybe I’ll just save that one till next time.
What are your thoughts on my methods and thoughts?
What do you do to shed the pounds or build the muscle?
Let me know, I’d love to hear from ya.
Have a great one,
Dan Grant