Workout:
Back Squat
40% @ 5 reps
50% @ 5 reps
60% @ 5 reps
70% @ 3 reps
80% @ 3 reps
90% @ 3 + reps
Metcon:
Every 4 minutes, for 24 minutes (6 sets) for times:
400 Meter Run
20 Single-Arm Dumbbell Snatches 50/35 (alternate arms after each set)
12 Toes to Bar
Who’s been eating well and dropping body fat?
If you are, that’s great news!
Who’s been not eating and dropping weight?
That’s a no good!
There’s a big difference in dropping weight and dropping body fat.
Dropping weight could mean you are dropping lean body mass, which includes your hard earned muscle.
Dropping only body fat means you are keeping your hard earned muscle and shedding only fat.
The way to accomplish dropping only body fat is to make sure you are eating enough macronutrients to sustain and grow muscle.
Not eating enough nutrition, especially protein will cause your body to breakdown muscle.
Not only will your body breakdown muscle but your bones become weak and brittle.
That’s silly! You work hard to gain muscle and now you’re just going to lose it cause you don’t want to eat well?
I know the scale is a big motivator to keep you eating well but losing too much weight to fast isn’t healthy.
Ultimately you want to lose weight slowly.
Dropping weight rapidly will cause your body to slow down as to preserve energy stores in the form of fat and glucose due to the lack of nutrition.
Guess what happens next.
When you go back to eating instead of starving, now that your system has slowed down so much your body will put all the weight you lost plus a bunch more.
Sound familiar?
People do this year after year till, 5-10-20 years down the road they have added bodyweight every time this cycle takes place.
The only way to stop this is to eat well all the time.
I’m not sure where this starving yourself thing started.
I guess because it’s as close to instant gratification as you can get to losing weight?
This method, whether you take a shot or not is going to end poorly.