I wanted to lay out some fundamentals before delving deeper into other subjects. I saw no better subject to start with than how and why we lose or gain fat.
Burning fat, at its core is very simple. As you're probably aware, the amount of body fat you hold on your frame is ultimately the result of energy balance over time. If you consistently take in more energy than you expend, you will store fat. Thankfully, the opposite is also true. There are many different factors that effect this equation, but ultimately whenever you have lost fat, its because you have expended more energy than you have taken in.
There's a huge plethora of training and nutrition strategies aimed at achieving this energy deficit, some more popular than others and some more effective than others. Some more sustainable, some more difficult, some "fads", some even dangerous. Whatever the strategy, if it has ever worked for anyone, its because it created an energy deficit, meaning the body had to use it's stored body fat as fuel.
If you are looking for a long term solution to sculpting and maintaining a physique you are happy with, then you have to find the most enjoyable method of getting and staying there. If you take an approach that you really hate, then it's going to be extremely difficult to achieve your goals, let alone maintain them.
This is where things start to get a little more complex, and hence why there is so much literature and conflicting information on the subject. You've probably heard the phase, "you've got to find what works for you". As cliche as this sounds, there is some truth to it.
When it comes to reducing bodyfat, just understand that regardless of what route you take, this basic law of thermodynamics underpins everything.
Burning fat, at its core is very simple. As you're probably aware, the amount of body fat you hold on your frame is ultimately the result of energy balance over time. If you consistently take in more energy than you expend, you will store fat. Thankfully, the opposite is also true. There are many different factors that effect this equation, but ultimately whenever you have lost fat, its because you have expended more energy than you have taken in.
There's a huge plethora of training and nutrition strategies aimed at achieving this energy deficit, some more popular than others and some more effective than others. Some more sustainable, some more difficult, some "fads", some even dangerous. Whatever the strategy, if it has ever worked for anyone, its because it created an energy deficit, meaning the body had to use it's stored body fat as fuel.
If you are looking for a long term solution to sculpting and maintaining a physique you are happy with, then you have to find the most enjoyable method of getting and staying there. If you take an approach that you really hate, then it's going to be extremely difficult to achieve your goals, let alone maintain them.
This is where things start to get a little more complex, and hence why there is so much literature and conflicting information on the subject. You've probably heard the phase, "you've got to find what works for you". As cliche as this sounds, there is some truth to it.
When it comes to reducing bodyfat, just understand that regardless of what route you take, this basic law of thermodynamics underpins everything.
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