Apparently I’m not the only one who’s noticed this.
In a recent study of almost 100 people who were inactive when the program began, about half remained sedentary and the other half took up resistance and cardio training.
The exercise group was given a training program that equaled to roughly 5 1/2 to 6 hours of activity a week and which lasted for 12 weeks. The folks who didn’t exercise just showed up to have their measurements taken until the 12 week study was completed.
Take note: NO ONE in the study trained or exercised prior to the study. It was determined that this fact alone contributed to the folks averaging 35% and 40% body fat. This is also significant because people who have never worked out, who are then put on a resistance training regimen usually ALWAYS make some great measureable gains.
Read on...
The folks trained as a group in this fashion each week: 3 resistance training days and 2 interval training days. These sessions were designed and supervised by some qualified folks.
The interesting aspect of this study is that no guidance or rules were given on eating or nutrition to any of the participants. The study was done to see just what exercise only would have on a person’s frame and body makeup (fat percentage, lean tissue composition, etc).
In other words: Can exercise alone change someone’s body make-up?
Or, “Can exercise alone REALLY overcome a crappy diet?”
12 weeks went by and you know what they found out?
They discovered that even someone who’s never exercised before (and in a body that should respond to the stimuli like crazy) made essentially no changes what so ever to their body’s compositional makeup!
None!
Nadda!
Nix!
Bupkis!
Does that shock you? Because it shouldn’t.
It’s like I’ve told you again and again, if you want to make changes to your physique and lose the fat, you simply must get control of your eating habits. This study has proven that.
Imagine going through 12 weeks of intense resistance training for an hour 3 days per week, and then hitting the cardio equipment for two hours. Five days a week of training for up to 6 hours for 12 weeks, (by the way, that’s 72 hours worth of time) and for what? The study showed the average individual lost just 1% of body fat.
Statistically speaking that equals about 1 pound of fat lost and 2 pounds of muscle gained versus the sedentary folks.
What? 12 weeks of hard labor for just 1 pound of fat lost?
I’d be really, really, RE-AL-LY ticked off.
The rules are the same as always:
- Eat five to six times a day.
- Limit your ingestion of sugars and processed foods.
- Eat fruits and vegetables right through the day.
- Drink more water and cut out high calorie liquids (beer, wine, soda, etc.).
- Focus on eating lean proteins at each meal throughout the day.
- Save starch containing foods until after a workout or for breakfast.
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Steve
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