Why Some People Love MeBy Dan Grant [Trainer Talk]
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What’s the best way to get results? Dan Grant tells you a little bit more about his views on fat loss, the industry and gardening.  I wrote a recent article on Why Some People Hate Me because of my views on how to lose fat. It got a great response from you the readers. My inbox was flooded with questions and comments. And strangely enough…nobody hated me. Some actually loved me for coming out with such a strong, opinionated article with no BS attached. So I thought I’d flip the switch and write a little piece on why some people love me for what I do. Complication Just Equals Confusion …and Probably a Lack of Results Why is it that some personal trainers make things so damn complicated for their clients? They set up unrealistic nutritional plans or make people do all these crazy exercises without really having a good answer as to why they are making their clients do them. Most trainers don’t even have a philosophy. They just make their clients do stuff so it looks like they are super advanced exercise specialists or they just follow what their certification textbook said, which is mostly bad advice anyways. I remember having to take a continuing education test on fat loss training and having to give answers that weren’t even right so I could pass. How dumb is that? The industry is still behind on the latest methods and how to teach them properly. I’ll tell my clients, “If you think it’s bad for you then just don’t eat it.” Pretty simple advice, but of course, that doesn’t always work. Many people think something is good for them when it’s not. So I get them to keep a journal of what they’re eating, and once a week we’ll review and figure out some solutions to some of their bad eating habits. It’s a progressive way of doing it and not always the fastest way to do things, but they get to learn the whole way, so in the future, when I’m not training them anymore, they can make their own smarter decisions. It’s win-win and very simple. Gardening Is NOT Exercise Another reason some people love me is because I’ll tell them the truth (at least what I think the truth is anyways). All this stuff about doing housework and gardening for exercise is ridiculous. Is it exercise? Sure. Will it help you get into shape? No. You have to workout with intensity if you want to look better. Cleaning the windows, feeling a little burn in your shoulders and being a little sore after doesn’t mean you’re getting a good workout. It means you’re out of shape. Crawling around in dirt all day in the sun doesn’t mean you’re getting stronger because you’re a little sore after. It means you’re probably out of shape and on your way to a low back problem. When I worked at a chiropractor’s office for a while doing some exercise therapy work, it was shocking to me how many people came in with low back problems from gardening. After getting them to do some basic bodyweight squats and some dumbbell deadlifts, the problems just seemed to disappear. It’s like sports, I guess. You train to get your body ready for the demands of your sport. Obviously, training for the demands of gardening isn’t as much, but just doing a little bit of intense exercise will prevent you from ever having any problems. |
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