Month: July 2018

You’re wanting to get the most out of your weight lifting program so you start doing some research.  First, you find some meathead telling you that you should only use free weights.  But then you visit your local gym and it’s packed full of machine weights so you figure they must be good for you.  So now you’re thinking…..

“This is so confusing!  This super buff dude said only use free weights, but this gym spent $100k on machine weights and gym owners must know what they’re doing.  So how do I know which is best?”

Clearly the correct thing to do is ask your favorite personal trainer.  So here’s your answer….

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“So Mike, I found this awesome new fat burner that gives everyone amazing results.  I saw this guy that lost 50lbs in 90 days and this woman that lost 100lbs in less than a year.  Do you think I should take it?”

I get asked these kinds of questions from time to time.  It’s not suprising that so many people get fired up about taking fat burners when they see their dream come true results in an infomercial, magazine, or website.  The idea of getting “The Biggest Loser” type results in a pill is very enticing.  But the sceptic in all of us has to wonder “Could those type of results really happen for me?”

Well,  I’m here to tell you the absolute answer to that question is ……

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“Mike, I know you mentioned in a previous post that I need to lift heavy weights.  So what’s considered heavy?”

Glad you asked.

Before determining how heavy of weights you should be lifting, you’ll need to choose which weight lifting goal you’d like to achieve.  Your three options are:

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So by now I’ll assume you’ve read my previous post on proper diet “You can’t outwork a bad diet ……….. so do this”  If not, go to http://www.sarcastictrainer.com/?p=422#more-422 and get the basics for healthy eating.

Now that you have the basics, I’m sure you’ve downloaded the My Fitness Pal app.  Then I’m sure you entered the correct calorie, protein, carb, and fat goals.  And finally you started entering the foods you eat daily.  If you’re like most of my clients, you’ve probably discovered that you don’t eat enough protein.

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