Having done many measurements over the last week, and most people fulfilling a lot of their goals and ambitions that they made at the beginning of the year, one question comes up all the time from most individuals i train.
“How much should i expect to lose in a set period of time”?
To answer that can never be exact.
It all depends on the effort you put in, how well you are eating, how much good sleep you get, do you keep yourself hydrated, do you miss workouts regularly or do you hardly ever miss, how much intensity to you put into your workouts, are your performances constantly improving, do your drink too much alcohol too often or do you keep it in moderation, is your workout plan good or is it more haphazard, do you stay positive in times of stress or do you let stress stop you from doing your workouts?
These are all potential helps or hindrances and are are definite factors when it comes to determining progress. No two months are exactly the same and i can spend as much time councilling people on their problems sometimes as much as i do training! This is what it’s like in the real world, “life” happens and you have to keep doing your best with it!!!
Baseline figures are possible though and here’s what has been typical for me working with individuals for a lot of years now!
Waist-1.5-2 inches a month off, sometimes more
Hips-1.5-2 inches a month off, sometimes more.
Resting heart rate-2-3 beats per month down OFTEN MORE
Blood pressure-big success in getting people back into a normal healthy range
Body fat-1.8% down a month, often more!
These are exciting changes you can make your life, and all deserved to be measured!
More on this tomorrow.
