Why I Don't Talk About Obesity & Fat Loss
- Dave Hedges
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
It’s a thing that I have steered away from my entire career.
Yet, I am a fitness professional, a personal trainer, a coach
Why is this?
Well, a colleague of mine recently shared an image that may explain it:
And in case that doesn’t show up, here’s a link to it that allows you to zoom in on:
Now, if your first thought is “Oh my god! That is so confusing!!”
Then you would be 100% right.
As far as I am concerned, the fitness industry, that I am part of, is about building capacity.
It’s building strength, mobility and endurance
It’s developing performance
It’s putting “money in the bank” for when we get older
And part of that is keeping our body composition under control.
But the thing is, if you’re the kind of person to exercise and train with frequency, with regularity, then this mindset will carry over to your other habits.
Your eating, your sleep, your socialisation, your stress management and so on.
Most of which is found in one small area of the above map.
So really what the fitness industry does is help a small subset of people lose body fat, by exercising and building muscle and therefore capacity, while changing eating habits to ensure a calorie deficit.
It doesn’t help those people elsewhere on the map.
So here’s a little thought for you all.
If you’re a person who has committed to developing their capacity, to build strength, mobility and endurance, then all you would have to do is adjust your food, sleep and stress management and you ought to see a change in body composition.
But never look at a person who can’t make that commitment without taking into account the uphill struggle they may be facing.
And do look at the online bollocks that is everywhere that minimises fat loss into “eat less, move more” or even worse, uses fearmongering and shame to try sell their wares.
As fond as I am of saying “Simple, not Easy”
Don’t every think I am minimising.
Simplicity is only available after gaining a deep understanding of complexity.
And anyone who can and does make real information sound simple, they are the coaches, trainers and professionals to follow.
These people know it’s not easy, they know making change, especially deep change, is extremely hard, but they will offer up the simple steps
There may be several thousand steps and it make take years to take them all, but each individual step will be simple and will move you forward from the last step.
And the charlatans?
Well, they’ll tell you it is easy, convince you it is easy and then they’ll run with your money while you are on a hiding to nothing.
Regards
Dave Hedges