This would have to be one of the most asked questions we get, especially for the gym junkie who wants to get that elusive tone in their abs or legs. This video we share with you the secrets to finding the answers to this question. And this is not what you would expect. For many it is about calories, but what I explain in this short video is that calorie counting is a waste of time and it really comes down to 3 things
Reduce your stress
Eat quality nutrition and eat frequently
Add muscle using functional strength training techniques
If you do these 3 things and in this order you will achieve optimal health, happiness and lose fat without losing muscle.

This is without doubt the most frustrating thing I have come across in my career as a Personal Trainer in Melbourne. The client who absolutely hammers themselves with all types of exercise, but has poor nutrition habits and wonders why they don't lose the belly fat! A classic case of the gym junkie who is ignorant to the two biggest factors regarding weight loss, STRESS and NUTRITION. In fact it is also safe to say that most personal trainers are ignorant to the first factor too!

What you’ll see here is two things happening. Firstly whenever cortisol levels (your stress hormones) are chronically high, it suppresses your androgens (growth hormones), so things like testosterone and growth hormone are suppressed, which is not good if you are trying to add muscle to get stronger and fitter. You need more muscle to speed up your metabolism so you are already off to a bad start. In addition to testosterone decreasing, your gluco-corticoids or your stress hormones are elevated. One of the first reactions is that the body thinks that it’s going to have a long-term energy crisis, if we repeatedly stress out our hormonal system. So what normally happens is most bodies will start accumulating fat right around the belly button, and this is your signal that this is a chronic stress related problem. Make sure you watch this video to fully understand What Stress Is and Where Does it come from. So what do most people do to get rid of the gut? They start doing heaps of ab exercises, do more boxing classes or run more, and start starving themselves or cutting fat out and sorts of other crazy and ineffective ideas. This is the go hard go home mentality that does not work, and will only set you up for a lifetime of chronic problems. By the way calorie restriction never works either in case you were thinking of doing that too. Another philosophy of most personal trainers and diet books that just sets people up for....... you guessed it, more STRESS!

What you need to do is,

Eat high quality meals balanced for your Metabolic Type,
Reduce your stress. Watch the video on Reducing Stress for ideas on how to do this
Lastly NEVER skip meals or go longer than 4 hours without eating and you’ll see that that fat around the belly button will start to metabolize and disappear which makes everybody happy.
Include a good Strength training program 3-4 times per week. (If you need help designing a program go to our Personal Training page and fill in a consult form and I will get in touch with you within 24 hours)

If you live in Melbourne make sure you go to our website and fill in a contact form to book a free health and fitness consultation.
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