Last year I started working with 2 online clients, JM & GB, both over 350 pounds. Each needed my help badly. But it was quickly apparent which guy would succeed and which would fail.
And there was nothing I could do to help the failure.
Can you pick the success story?
JM filled out his feedback form immediately.
I had to ask GB twice to send his back.
JM started providing daily feedback on his workouts and nutrition, just as I asked. And he continued to fill in his fitday.com eating plan everyday for the last month.
The last time I heard from GB was 7 days after we started emailing...and he still had not started the workout plan yet.
It's not surprising that JM lost 7 pounds in one month, and GB, well, who knows how much more weight he gained last month? I don't hear from him anymore...
As frustrating as GB's failure was, JM's success highlights the importance of one often forgotten aspect of a successful program.
Accountability.
Research from Stanford University has shown that being accountable to a health professional increases the success rate in a fat loss program.
And I see this all the time with clients and magazine readers that contact me after reading my articles in Men's Health and Women's Health magazines. I encourage people to keep me up to date on the progress. And who succeeds? The people I hear from on a consistent basis.
The people I don't hear from? Well, they come back a couple months later and tell me how they fell off the wagon, stopped working out, started eating poorly, etc. Why does this happen? Because they are not accountable to anyone. They set their standards too low.
So I know that if I don't hear form u, then most oftentimes you are in fat loss trouble.
Now in a perfect world, we'd all have an expert trainer to report to in person. If you can't do that, you can at least get strength and interval workouts done and report back to me. Heck, you can even do what the good folks at this website have done and start posting your workouts for me to review.
And then there is the next best thing. Get a workout partner, or group of friends and have them hold you accountable - commit to them that you will train and eat according to your goals.
Why not take time each week get togethers to connect with a family member or friend that has the same goals...and you can be accountable to each other.
You don't have to go it alone,
CB
Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss workouts have been featured multiple times in Men’s Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week. For more information on the Turbulence Training workouts that will help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment.
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