The BIG fitness podcast with Dave Ballantine and Calumn Duthie

We tend to focus on the minutiae of fat loss, worrying more about meal timings, which diet plan is best, and what supplements are going to help most, forgetting that they don't really do much to move us closer to our goals. 

Instead of focussing our efforts on those, shifting your focus to the 3 areas that really push you towards your goals the most, can transform your results in a relatively short time. In today's episode I cover these 3 areas and give you simple ways to work out your plan of attack. 

If you have questions or topics for the podcast, get in touch at [email protected] or via Instagram  

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The way you decide on a dietary approach is likely why it failed you. 

We pick our diet based on what we see other people do rather than what will serve us the best, so maybe changing our approach will allow for more sustainable practices and far better results. 

Fitness isn't really about 6 pack abs and a big deadlift PR, as cool as those may be. Building good training and nutrition habits now is about laying the foundation for a better quality of life as you age. Building the physical and mental resilience and ability to handle whatever physical challenges you come up against as you age helps you stay independent for longer.

When thinking about our goals, we often take time to think about what we can do to get them, but we don't often take the time to give much thought about what we are willing to give up to achieve them.  

In today's episode I go into the various trade offs you might need to consider in order to get yourself to where you want to be, both from a performance standpoint and a fat loss one. 

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Tracking calories isn't obsessive, it's data collection.

We should be eating more intuitively but given the availability and ease of buying/ getting delivered hypercaloric and hyper palatable foods, our ability to eat more intuitively is limited.

By tracking calories, at least for a while, we can reset our understanding of how many calories we eat and learn to eat more intuitively once again.

Fat loss workouts don't exist. After a section in this past weekends blog post, and an Instagram post , I had a request from a follower to go into this idea a bit more deeply.

So this week I covered:

Why fat loss isn't a training adaptation,

What training adaptations are,

Why these types of workouts don't burn fat, and what they do burn,

And how to choose a better route to fat loss results.

As always, thank you so much for checking out the episode, and if you have any questions or feedback, get in touch at [email protected] or via Instagram!

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Today I chat a bit about the 2 key principles behind making progress in the gym and how to apply them to your training. I also cover the fast vs slow fat loss pros and cons I posted in a recent blog post to help you make the decision about which approach is right for you. 

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Despite a couple of technical issues, Gregor and I chatted all things running and answered questions from the listeners regarding a few aspects of running. 

Mobility vs stretching

Strength work for runners

Progressing from a half to a full marathon 

And more.

You can find out more about Gregor from his instagram - 

https://www.instagram.com/gregorridley/

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Thanks,

Dave

Do you need to track calories in order to lose fat? I talk through why tracking is important but not essential for fat loss,a s well as the other options you have for improving your nutrition and getting the results you want. 

Also, should you use a support for single leg work? It depends on your preferred outcome...

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And if you have questions, send them to [email protected]

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