Shifting Stubborn Fat Deposits
Are you frustrated with your efforts to lean up, ‘get cut’ or just shift the weight? As a personal trainer in dublin this is the biggest complaint I hear.
Now before you dig any deeper taking you back to you roots as a child, relationship with your father/mother and love of psychoanalysis look at your current situation.
Take check of the following and make sure you can check all the boxes.
If you can’t then my suggested advice to you would be to go back to the drawing board and like all good school reports write down ‘must try harder’. My work as a personal trainer has determined that this is crucial.
For example, are you following your current nutritional and exercise programme with 95% compliance?
What that means is that if you decide to train three times this week are you hitting the magic 100% ( 3 out of 3 attempts) or are you scoring 33%?
Likewise with your nutrition plan. Eating to a plan may ask you to ensure that you have a breakfast EVERY morning. 7 out of 7 mornings will give you resounding 100 per cent. 1 out of 7 is clearly room for improvement.
Scoring your efforts is always crucial.
One of my secrets that you can read about at john lark .com is a training diary. Without this I am sure that I would have wasted countless hours of guess- work and results in the gym and kitchen.
A simple act of recording what you do with your exercise is a great way to keep focused on the task in hand.
But what if you have ticked all the boxes and are still disappointed with your results?
You are only as strong as your weakest link. So if you find training easy but can’t get your head out of the doughnuts then this obviously needs addressing.
But what if your weakness is out of your remit and definitely out of your control.
Some of us just lack the motivation to do anything.
We are on a permanent go-slow. Opening a tin is an effort. Changing channel on the remote is like asking one to climb Everest.
This is often corrected by consuming small (6-7 feedings) a day, a diet rich in fish oil and other Omega-3 hot cakes (Flax, Olive Oil, Hemp Oil) and starting the day with meat and nuts.
Dopamine, a positive and exictory neurotransmitter is raised when we eat tyrosine rich foods such as those found in meat and poultry. So starting the day with meat and nuts is a sure-fire way to kick your day off correctly.
Once you have the necessary drive and motivation to take action you are really ‘sucking diesel’.
Your road-map if shifting stubborn fat deposits depends on where you store them.
Some people just can’t shift the fat off their arms or their thighs.
The reason for this is an imbalance in your sex hormones, in particular oestrogen and testosterone.
So if you think that just ‘losing weight’ will miraculously shrink the fat off your arms and legs think again. You can target stubborn fat deposits with correct training protocols, nutrition and supplementation. This addresses the reason why we store stubborn fat deposits – our hormones. A skilled personal trainer will help you determine what you need to do to specifically target this.
It is the same reason why our growth hormone levels are reflected in the levels of fat we have around our knee and lower leg. It is the same reason why our insulin levels affect the levels of fat around our waist and back.
This system called Biosignature is based on 27 years of detailed research and practical clinical experience, correlating body fat measurements with hormonal profiles. Its founder, Charles Poliquin certainly has an eye for details.
You see body fat is not malicious. It doesn’t lie on your hips to spite you.
Likewise it is not your fault that over-exposure to plastics, toxic and heavy metals, poor food sources can all contribute to the imbalance in hormones that in turn causes us to store fat where we just don’t want it.
The good news is that with a successful and detailed road-map based on training, nutrition and supplementation it can be resolved. The results speak for themselves.
John Lark is a personal trainer and specialist in fat loss. He can be contacted at www.john-lark.com or 01-5052131 where you can pick up your subscription to his monthly bulletin packed full of helpful hints and tips.
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