We are nearly at the end of January, and have been doing a succession of measurements already.
The toil of a hard January is starting to bear fruit now, with those who have put the work in surprising themselves to the upside in terms of body fat lost, lean muscle tissue gained and a lower stronger heart rate.
We have had some people improve their blood pressure dramatically, as well as other health-related issues that can be improved a great deal through exercising regularly, and changing one’s eating around to make sure good natural foods comes in on a regular basis.
Most people forget that we are really exercising for health as the primary reason, and not for vanity. If you structure your exercise and eating programme so you think of how your body is improving internally, then your outside visual image will take of itself.
The goal is to be healthy inside and out surely?
This is why just weighing scales are a poor barometer on your overall health. For example, most women I train are very volatile with their weight when its time of the month, some putting up to 5 pounds on during a few days, then losing it once it is over.
Also, we encourage training that is going to improve and support lean muscle tissue (which raises your metabolism and keeps you burning fat 24 hours a day), so this will definitely affect your weight on the scales.
This is why I measure body fat properly, and don’t rely on some gimmicky scales that “claims” to measure weight and body fat at the same time. It simply cannot be done accurately, not a chance!
Getting measured is vital and we are just having all our early January results come through.
Knowing where you are is vital so you can chart your future progress, and you know how much you have to do to get there.
