I know. What?
We don’t talk about fat loss? Isn’t that what most people want? How in the world does our personal training studio stay in business?
If you’ve trained with us at The Movement Lab, you’ll know that we don’t often talk about nutrition. Or weight loss. Or fat loss. Or bulking or cutting. And just like everything else we do in our studio, there’s a reason.
(Unless, of course, you’re in the Tanskey household. In which case, we don’t talk about Bruno.)
First, we know our lane. We’re experts in strength, conditioning, and biomechanics. We are not experts in nutrition. And we know very qualified individuals if the need arises.
Second, I have yet to meet someone who doesn’t have a basic understanding of what they should be consuming. “Healthy eating” means different things to different people, but it implies the basics. Fruits and vegetables? Good. Oreos and Mountain Dew? Bad.
There are plenty of band-aids, supplements, and snake oil salesman trying to tell you the “secret" to fat/weight loss. We will never be in that crowd. Because the secret, of course, is that there are no secrets. And if you rely on one event or one person to keep you accountable, it’s probably both short-term and fragile. Lasting habit change is the only real way to lose weight and keep it off.
So, how do we create habit change? Most people are complicated and logic isn’t always linear. Instead of focusing on psychology, we focus on the snowball.
Just like a ball of snow rolling down a mountain, the most successful transformations we’ve seen is when people start with strength training, see moderate progress, and let that progress roll into other parts of their life. We’re always happy to chat about the basics of nutrition, but nothing kickstarts progress like being close to your first chin-up, bodyweight deadlift, or push-up. Realizing that you can accelerate that progress by reining in your habits is the best way to feel like you have a purpose to eating well, rather than just trying to get smaller.
Call us simple, but when you focus on the basics, getting as strong as you can, and eating as well as you can, awesome and sustainable progress lies ahead.
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