I know.
You spend hours in the gym 6 days a week…
I get emails everyday from desperate and frustrated people looking for a solution to a very common problem…
Not seeing results from your workouts.
It is frustrating I know.
You are only eating 1000 a day and taking your magic potion pill everyday just like the lady on the internet told you to.
You are doing 45 minutes to an hour of cardio on your favorite cardio machine everyday.
You do the same circuit of machines and 100 crunches…EVERYDAY!
You are frustrated.
You are tired.
You are hungry.
You feel like you want to rip the stuffing out of a toybox full of Care Bears…
It just isn’t fair…
Well relax…
And for the love of everything holy!
Spare the Care Bears…
Get ready to smile again…
Smile because I have the answer to your most pressing question…
What am i doing wrong?
Well here it is…in black and white.
top 5 reasons you aren’t seeing results from your workout.
1.) You are not eating enough.
That’s right. You are probably eating only once or twice a day. It would seem that if you want to lose weight you should just eat less, right?
Not always. The body starts slowing down if your total caloric intake falls too low. This results in increased fat storage…which is not the goal.
2.) You are doing too much cardio.
When I say cardio I am referring to long, slow paced workouts on the treadmill or elliptical. The idea that hour long sessions on the treadmill burns fat is a myth. Actually going longer than 20 minutes increases cortisol (the stress hormone) production which promotes fat storage.
3)You are doing the wrong workouts.
If you are getting your workouts from fitness magazines and social media posts you are going to hit a plateau pretty quick.
These are usually cookie cutter one size fits all workouts that are based on outdated sciences or just someone’s randomly thrown together workout.
4.) You are listening to the wrong advice.
I am not referring to the magazines or websites. I am talking about taking fitness and nutrition advice from friends, spouses, other people at the gym.
While these people are well meaning, they may just be regurgitating information they read in magazines or saw on social media. You don’t want to trust something as important as your health and fitness to the latest broscience.
5.)You are doing the same workout over and over and over again.
Most people I see in the gym have what I refer to as a default workout. I have seen people do the exact same routine for years at a time.
The human body is meant to adapt. In order to continue to get a response, we must constantly change the stimulus for effective results.
Now if you are doing any, or all of these don’t panic.
Do not beat yourself up.
You must understand that the confusion is what makes it possible for the savvy marketers and snake oil salesman to take advantage of you.
They take a little bit of science and a whole bunch of clever wording and make you believe they have the cure in a bottle, powder or a pill.
If it were that easy I’d be selling magic instead of working day and night to get people in great shape.
However I am happy it isn’t real.
I feel blessed to make a living helping great people sift through the myths and lies.
It is rewarding to show people that having that lean muscle and flat stomach is not only possible, it is unavoidable when you follow a simple effective plan.
