TheSoko.com - Why Some People Hate Me

Are you working out wrong? Dan Grant covers a couple fitness issues that really strike a nerve with some people (and possibly you too).

There are plenty of people out there who have used the information and programs that I have made for them to great success. Yet, there as some that have gotten the same information and programs designed specifically for them, but didn’t believe in the program and got nowhere with it.

Those people, for whatever reason, now don’t like my approach.

Some Success…

And that’s fine. I had a client who overcame double knee replacement surgery to lose over 20 pounds of fat in two months with only 60 minutes total of exercise per week. I’ve also helped a lady going off to Police College who couldn’t do a regular pushup to do 25 perfect pushups in 10 days.

And a Little Bit of Failure…

I had a lady who paid me quite a bit of money to analyze her current program and then create a newer revised program because she wasn’t getting any results. The problem was that she never followed my program the way I wrote it out for her. Why? Because it was “different” from what she was used to. No kidding.

Anyways, this isn’t really a popularity contest for me. I just try to solve people’s fitness problems. So in this column we’re going to discuss a little of that.

The Evils of Jogging

I don’t hate jogging, I just don’t recommend it…actually, I do hate jogging.

People who read my articles or decide they want to actually listen to me ramble on with fat loss advice often wonder out load, “Why don’t you like jogging? I thought that was how you lose weight?”

Yep, you can lose weight jogging and you can also lose weight by not eating for a week. Does that mean not eating for a week should be recommended as fat loss protocol?

I used to work at a chiropractor’s office doing rehab work with people. I lost count at how many people came in with really bad knee, ankle and/or ITB injuries. I probably don’t have to tell you why they kept coming in with these injuries, but I will just for fun anyways.

What was the number one factor that caused all of these injuries? Yep, you got it…jogging.

Do you know how many people came in to get treated for injury because they did sprint intervals (which many of the clients there did after talking to me)? NONE, a big ol’ goose egg.

I can keep bringing up examples and continue to rant, but it would end up getting out of hand and I would probably never be allowed to write here again. Well, that might happen anyway if this article gets a lot of people angry, but I’m willing to take that risk for the good of successful fat loss training.

Now, before I get totally anti-cardio on you, I will tell you that I do advise certain clients to do long cardio. And yes, doing something it better than nothing.

Interval training is just better for fat loss. It’s been proven in both clinical and real world studies. Plain and simple, you just burn much more fat doing intervals than you do jogging for hours on end.

For more information on interval training check out one of my earlier articles, 3 Steps To Losing Belly Fat.

“Nope, We're Not Touching the BOSU Ball.”

You know what my new clients are usually most surprised about when they start training with me? That I don’t recommend using the BOSU ball (the half stability ball).

Why is the BOSU ball so popular?

I know most people’s answer would be because it helps you work your core too, but that just seems to be nonsense in my mind.

For one thing, I see many people doing a lot of bicep and tricep exercises on them, which if you read my articles, you now know that’s not going to help your fat loss very much.

Secondly, I think this whole working your core thing has gotten a little out of control. Yes, you should do some ab exercise, but you don’t need to bring in a BOSU ball to do it.

Squats, deadlifts, lunges, pushups, planks, ab wheel rollouts, sprinting and skipping all work your core ― just to name a few off the top of my head.

I realize if you do a squat on a BOSU ball it will challenge your balance and you’ll feel a good burn, but it’s not going to have an optimal effect on your fat loss. Why? Because you aren’t really building any lean muscle: you just may be improving your balance a bit.

Now, remember we’re not talking about balance or performance type training here, but if you want to improve those things, then the BOSU ball may be a good option.

I’m just saying, lift some weight and stop worrying about this whole “work the core” thing that comes along with stability equipment.

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different can be good

Being different and not following the pack is almost always a good thing. You can realize that just by walking into a commercial gym. Typically, you can tell the difference between a fit person’s workout and an out of shape person’s workout. Here’s a hint: a lot of the people who are really fit with good looking bodies are the ones doing full body lifts and aren’t reading a magazine while doing their cardio training.

I’d be very interested to hear your thoughts on this column post…whether you still like me or not. Email me at dan (at) thesoko (dot) com.

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