We all know that if you take two people (guys or girls) of the exact same height and bodyweight, the stronger one will always be leaner and sexier.
Which is why I like to say “strong = hot”
Now sometimes people miss the first part of that equation – at the same bodyweight. Usually my clients do have a little bodyeweight to lose also, and that’s a food issue… But that being said, at any given bodyweight, more strength = hotter.
So lets talk about strength for fat loss:
Here’s the thing – do you want to deadlift double your bodyweight and make it look like you are about to die? Or do you want to deadlift double bodyweight and make it look easy?
Do you want to do pullups and make it look like something in your head is about to explode? Or do you want to do those pullups and make it look easy?
If you want to make it look easy, train to make it look easy.
I’m a realist – some sets are going to look hard. But they shouldn’t all look hard. For fat loss, they really don’t need to. Really, at least 75% of your sets should look easy.
You can make it look easy, and still add weight to the bar or still add reps to each set, every week or two. You can make it look easy and lift heavy, and do hard bodyweight exercises. Like Doc says in the video above – the best athletes in the world do that all the time.
I always think of in the 2010 version of The Karate Kid, when Jackie Chan tells Jaden Smith, “Good, but next time don’t make that face”
That scene on YouTube: http://youtu.be/tCcgyvpfTGk?t=41m2s
Enjoy!
by Josh Hillis
author of The 21 Day Kettlebell Swing Challenge
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