She Really Gets It

My wife says to me

“Richard my dearest, I can’t keep going to the bootcamp I’m going to put on weight because I’m eating badly and drinking”.

When she said this I smiled and thought to myself – wow she really gets it.

I have tried teaching her stuff over the years but never knew if it was sinking in.

By this statement I knew it had.

She understands that going to bootcamp and doing high rep high intensity training, which may include 100+ press ups and various other things which work the muscles.

This training COMBINED with her current diet, which was crisps and wine – will make her “bulk up”.

The science behind it, for those interested, involves processes called anabolism and catabolism. Anabolism or anabolic means growth, catabolism or catabolic means wastage.

This above combination of training and nutrition makes an anabolic environment – making you gain weight.

You may of heard me and other people say weight training doesn’t put weight on ladies, no need to be afraid etc which is true if your diet is spot on, BUT if it is not, you WILL gain weight in the form of muscle/body fat.

WHY?

If you do high rep muscle work THREE times or more a week whether it be cross fit, bootcamp, circuits, kettlebells or similar it’s likely you will have muscle soreness for a couple of days.

Then lets say you eat too many carbs and drink some wine while you have said muscle soreness, you are creating the perfect environment for gaining weight.

*High volume weight training, 2-3 times a week, combined with a bad diet – you will put on weight.*
(when I say bad diet, for most people I probably mean only a little bit off plan, like a bit too much carbs and a drop of wine will mess it up – basically you need to eat near perfect if you don’t want to gain weight when training like this – unless your naturally a skinny bugger)

However if you eat clean and lean and do this type of work once a week and maybe do some strength work, of about 3-5 reps type stuff, bit of cardio you can get into a great shape.

Obv it’s a bit more complicate than that but that’s the gist of it for today.

If you’re not achieving your goals in the gym, you should join one of my new groups and learn how to get the most out of your efforts.

Let me tell you what I have done.

Because I was fully booked it created a bit of a problem – I had a waiting list. Trouble is the people on the waiting list were emailing me every week asking “when can I start?” and I couldn’t tell them so they were getting annoyed plus one actually didn’t want to wait any longer and went reluctantly to another trainer ;-(

Anyways to get to the point I have started some SEMI-PRIVATE training with groups so I can help more people. The group size is 4 and these groups cost a fraction of my one-one programmes (£300 per month) – at only £40-£80 per month, for 1-2 sessions a week its a great opportunity.

I am looking for:
1. One guy to make up a group of four in Sketty on a Tue morning at about 9am, ideally in his 40’s or a reasonably fit 50 yr old.
2. And I’m looking for a group of 4 ladies to work on a Monday night at 7.15pm in the birchgrove gym.

Both these groups are one session per week, and cost £40 per month and you will have additional sessions to do on your own in between.

If you are interested in either of these opportunities, let me know asap.

Hit reply and I will send you more details.

Cheers,

Rich