It doesn’t matter how overweight you may be, how weak you feel or how over the hill you think you are. We can all make incredible progress and get measurable results fast if we go about things the right way.
Now don’t feel intimidated if this is all new to you, because you’re actually in a very fortunate position. Your newbie status guarantees even more rapid progress.
You can make the kind of strength gains in two weeks that an Olympic athlete would be lucky to make in two years. And you can lose weight almost effortlessly while Hollywood actors nudging single-digit body fat percentages have to go through hell just to shed another pound.
People love making progress, and that’s why the first few steps that get us moving are the most important. Once you start making progress, your belief and motivation really get going – hey, this really works! – and that spurs you on even more.
Success breeds success, and building that initial momentum is all-important. So here’s how we’re going to tackle this.
This book is split into two sections: eating and moving. And we’ve arranged things so that you can start taking action today.
Don’t worry, we’ll take small steps.
This isn’t about turning your life upside down or taking the pleasure out of eating. In fact, we have some fantastic news for you.
We want you to consume stuff you actually enjoy.
Absolutely nothing is off-limits, so there’s no need to say adios to the pizza, beer and ice-cream. But before you call Domino’s to celebrate, this doesn’t mean we’ll be launching into a full-on junk-food diet.
It does mean we’ll be putting food avoidance where it belongs: in the trash can.
We’ll also discover what types of movement hold the key to not only losing weight, but making sure it stays off. And you’ll learn why those “fat blasting” workouts aren’t anywhere near as effective as they’re made out to be.
We’ll also reveal why exercise isn’t an effective way for most folks to get strong. Which sounds kind of absurd, but it’s 100% true.
And if you do want to get stronger, we’ll show you how to achieve that in the fastest way possible. All with results that are measurable rather than just subjective.
But before we get to all that, we first need to figure out where we are and how we got here. Having a good grasp of that will enable us to identify where our efforts will have the most effect.
So let’s start with the $64,000 question.