Hi Ray,
I am considering buying the Fat 2 Fit program as I like the sound of what you say can be achieved in a much smaller time scale. A lot of people give them selves months to change their shape and I agree with what you say the higher the intensity the quicker the changes.
I have trained on and off for 15 years and I am now coming up to my 34th birthday. The last two years I have really stopped training to any consistent level. I tend to loose body mass very quickly when I stop weight training and over the last couple of years have gone down from 14 stone none to around 12 stone 6 purely because of the lack of heavy Resistance training.
I would like to put a little of that muscle back on my frame and also eliminate a rather squishy midsection that has come to rest there. I noticed on your blog with some of the exercises you were putting people through a lot of them involved using steppers and that kind of equipment. Unfortunately I train in a really old school gym that has mostly free weights bench press Squat rack and Leg press. You get the picture, it’s not the sort of gym you see people using a stepper. So my question is does your system use workouts with this sort of equipment in, and will it help build muscle and burn the fat so to speak. We have treadmills and crossers so would they come in to use? I would also want a basic routine to start off just to get my system used to training again and get some of the core muscles up to being able to train hard again. It this taken into account with your training system?
Well I hope you can answer these questions for me and I look forward to your response.
Warm Regards
Shaun
Hi Shaun,
Since you know a bit about training, I’ll tell you in training terms what the program actually is. There are six major routines in the fat 2 fit program. These programs are grouped into three periodized programs with two programs to choose from in each phase.
The two programs of each phase are for two separate groups. The “I want to lose weight fast” using supersets and mostly bodyweight movements group. And the “I go to the gym and want muscles but no body fat” group. The second group is where you are at. These routines are compound movement based and the system starts out easy to build up your tolerance to training. Then moves into a power phase to build strength. The third phase is all about using the strength and endurance from the previous phases to build maximum muscle and burn off body fat.
I come from a bodybuilding background so I understand what you mean by an “old school” gym. Don’t worry, you won’t have to pat your head while standing on a Swiss ball or use a stepper. Those routines were done with clients that wanted to lose weight as fast as possible and you will notice that they were female. Sometimes I have to put the stepper in with female clients so they feel better about resistance training.
Hope That Helps,
Ray Burton
