The Truth About Changing Your Body

Jonathan Horton

Jen Grasso Ferruggia

I'd say that both Jen and Jonathan know a thing or two about creating a great physique, wouldn't you? Unfortunatley, most people don't. To loosely quote strength coach Pavel Tsatsouline, "Changing your body is one of the hardest things that you can do. It will not be seduced, cajoled, or sweet talked into changing." And the evil Russian speaks the truth.

The fact of the matter is simple, in order to create a favorable change in your body you must hit it with a stimulus strong enough to force a favorable adaptation. In other words, you have to hit it hard and heavy and with enough intensity to force it to blow torch those pounds of fat and build that good, healthy lean musle.

Training and eating in "moderation" doesn't work. By definition the best results that you can ever achieve by following moderation are moderate results. However, being that the world is far from a perfect place, usually those results fall far below that. In fact, if we look at the fact that you have to provide a strong enough stimulus to force a favorable adaptation, moderation should never even be mentioned. Instead, it takes an extreme.

As strength coach Craig Ballantyne so expertly put it, "incredible effort is needed to create incredible results."

So, if you want to lose the gut, drop the love handles, get rid of the saddle bags, and ditch the waggly underarm drop the 2 and 5 pound dumbbells, get rid of the 5 pound kettlebells, don't look at Zumba; instead get out there and bust your ass! Squat hard, deadlift heavy, master your chin-ups, work on your handstands, sprint. Then fuel yourself with good protein, good fats, and lots of veggies and water and get some rest. You'll see the results.

Talk wtih you all later.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett