You can’t out train a bad diet
Written by Mike Cheliak on May 22, 2009 – 8:50 am -A while ago, I posted a cool little video with my friends Craig Ballantyne and Brad Pilon going head to head on a treadmill versus a pizza. Guess who won? By winning, I mean that Brad ate over 800 calories in 3 minutes and Craig ran on a treadmill at over 10 MPH for the same amount of time and burned 80 calories.
OK, that is an extreme way to make a point but it DOES make a point. You simply can not out train a bad diet. Too often people use the “Cardio Confessional” to try to make up for their nutritional indiscretions. It doesn’t work. First and foremost, cardio is NOT an effective tool in a good fat loss program as it promotes a loss of muscle (catabolic response). You can sit on an elliptical trainer, stationary bike, treadmill or any other gym gadget and knock your brains out for more than an hour and you will actually do more harm than good. You “assume” the calorie counter on the machine is correct; it isn’t. You also give yourself an “excuse” to re offend and make poor choices again because you think you can just magically burn off the junk; you can’t.
Now let’s get to the point of this. You must take your nutrition seriously in order to get results. A fitness program alone is pointless if you are cramming down processed junk all the time. You have to assess what your goals are, why you have these goals and find a program both in fitness and nutrition that will work for you.
If you constantly drink too much alcohol, eat too much processed food (stuff that comes in bags, boxes and packages) or eat take out, fast food or in restaurants all the time; you simply won’t achieve your goals.
Does all this mean giving up EVERYTHING you love? NO! It means being responsible for your actions, being committed to your health and being honest with yourself.
Everyone I know asks me how I managed to drop more than 40 pounds of FAT and gain back lean muscle like I have at 46 years old. The answer is simple. Educate yourself. Knowledge is power and you need to get the knowledge about your needs that will help you achieve your health and fitness goals. Actually putting this knowledge to work is the challenging part. You will meet resistance from yourself and from the people you know and you will need to really commit to changing your habits and lifestyle.
Plan to succeed and you will succeed. Just make the plan to include both a fitness program and a nutritional program.
If you would like more information about my journey and things that have done to succeed, please feel free to email info@mikecheliak.com.
In happiness and health as always…
Mike C.
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