There are special considerations if this guy was a personal training client

I am very conservative with obese clients. This may seem different from the rest of the blog where there is quite a lot of really serious, maximum performance training going on! But…

If a person is very overweight, extra care needs to be taken to ensure safe training. Here are some things to watch out for

Do not…

• Use unstable surfaces like wobble boards or outdoors on uneven ground.
• Use exercises where there are hard landings, certainly no plyometrics… I wouldn’t even do low intensity bouncy stuff like jumping jacks. There are other ways to get the same training benefits safely.
• Train the muscles more than the connective tissue can tolerate (connective tissue like ligaments adapt slower than muscle to stress)
• Cut calories! Instead work on food choices first. ALL obese people should be on a low carb diet, high fat diet (healthy fats not processed trans fats).
• Lose fat without supplementing your detoxification system. Fat burning results in alot of toxin entering your blood – that was formerly in your fat cells. You need sufficient amino acids (i.e. meat!) and nutrients to help your liver detox this stuff.
• Just use common sense!!

This is not the “biggest loser asia”. That is entertainment not science. There is a huge injury risk with the stuff that they do. I much prefer smart training that gets results that matter to the client… not the audience or the producers.

Quoting the news report … “We’ve had multiple hospital visits from the contestants, we’ve had hypoglycaemic shock, kidney issues, busted knees, busted ankles, emotional breakdowns, even mental collapse.” – Would you go to a fitness center or personal trainer that has those kind of “results”?

One of the relatives of my client was on the show. Yes she lost a few kg in the first week BUT its 6-8 hours of training per day AND she busted her knee and is out of action. So… this is not quite a sustainable lifestyle.

The key is that you should aim for the lifestyle not the short term goals. The perfect nutrition plan probably includes 10 different supplements for things that you are deficient in. The perfect training is multiple times per day (2 or more PER DAY) for best results. But these are not realistic for real life so only a portion of my cleints are on such a plan.

However we get good results for both our men and women personal training and fitness boot camp clients because of the consistency of lifestyle that we teach, in addition to the customized training program. The great program gets results. The lifestyle keeps them. That is how we get not only “success stories” but results that last!