The Real Reason You Aren't Getting Results…
I'm a diet guy. A self proclaimed nutrition geek so to speak.
I've lost count of the times I've said to clients, friends, training partners, or anyone that cares to listen to me,: 'You can't out train a bad diet'
It's a cliched phrase but I stand by those words 100%.
But something else has been really grinding my gears lately.
And it's the flip side to that coin.
Enter my new favourite phrase.
'You can't out eat a shitty work ethic'
In my opinion there seems to be a growing trend in the number of people who focus so hard on their diets as a substitute for genuine hard work in the gym.
I need to state clearly at this point that I am aiming this rant at the people who train regularly and complain they aren't seeing the results they expect.
The ones who spend hours toiling away, exercising, NOT training. Program hopping every few weeks because their bicep hasn’t grown 6 inches or they haven’t lost 10lbs off their backsides in the past 6 days. People who have trained for years and not seen the expected improvements in their bodies.
Everyone is looking for the magic pill when it comes down to nutrition and performance. I get that.
There is always a new ‘superfood’ or ‘revolutionary new diet approach’ being banded around in the press that people are talking about and trying to take advantage of. But to think that we can all eat the same because a magazine or tv show tells us to is just plain crazy.
Our diets need to be as individualised as our training programmes. We all have different body types, food preferences, tolerances, and goals. What works for one person will not work as well for the next.
And when it comes to 'doing the work' in the gym. Well quite honestly too many people are afraid to push themselves further than they think possible of themselves. They are afraid to step out of their comfort zone and go to the place where real change occurs. Where the stimulus you put on your body triggers the adaption required to promote significant change.
I’m going to burst a few bubbles here and tell you that there are no magic pills, supplements, training plans, or secrets!
If there was we would all walk around looking like that cover model or action hero that we all dream of being.
The truth is there is no substitute for good old hard work, logical thinking, and getting the basics right consistently over a prolonged timeframe.
The problem is we love to make things complicated for ourselves. We don’t want to believe that the basics work. We don’t want to accept that everything in moderation really can be the answer. We don’t want to admit that we lack the will power to make a few habit based changes and stick to them long enough to modify our behaviours.
This magic ratio I keep hearing about that success in achieving our athletic and body composition goals lies in 80% diet, 20% exercise is also a load of bull.
Success comes from giving 100% effort in each.
If all you want to be is a healthier version of your current self then yes I agree that cleaning up your diet and focusing on good nutrition will go a long way in achieving that. And that is a massive step in the right direction for the vast majority of the population.
But for those of us that want more. Those of us who want it all! Then we need to give a lot more.
And that means giving as much effort in the gym as we are putting into our diets.
Stop focusing so hard on hitting every gram of protein we think we need. (It's probably a lot less than you think anyway). Stop worrying that you may have consumed 10 extra calories than you should have. (Train a little harder and you can have more). And for f**ks sake stop demonising certain foods because I can assure you that carbs don't make you fat. (Too much of any food will make you fat).
Instead shift your focus for the next 4 weeks to training like a beast and see what happens. Add some extra weight to your next set of squats and really push so hard that you are afraid you might just push something else out on the way up!
In your next HIIT session if you don't want to give up after 5 minutes then you aren't going hard enough. After 8 minutes you should want to die. After 10 minutes you should be finished and think you ARE going to die! (You won't by the way)
For 4 weeks work harder than you ever have before. Whilst still eating well but not like a diet obsessed lunatic.
Then come back and tell me that you are doing everything you can and still not getting results.
Because whilst you can't out train a bad diet.
You most definitely can't out eat a shitty work ethic.
Mark...
Mark...
M1 FITNESS & NUTRITION
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