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Imagine you’re Usain Bolt.
Usain Bolt a few years ago I suppose.
You go to a new running coach.
You’re wanting to improve your (already rather good) 100m time.
The new coach doesn’t really ask what you’re currently doing.
The chat is over in a few minutes.
The extent of their advice?
“Just run faster”
You probably wouldn’t find their contribution all that useful, would you?
Now, they are, of course, correct.
Running faster is all that needs to happen.
But there’s a bit more to it than that.
If we just turn up on race day and try to “run faster” then the result probably won’t be any different to before.
Things have to be put in place to enable that to happen.
It’s like when a well meaning FitPro tells you you just need to “eat less and move more”.
They are, of course, correct.
That, over time, will lead to better weight loss than eating more and moving less.
We shouldn’t forget this as it underpins everything we do.
But there’s a bit more to it than that.
A good running coach would look at what’s stopping their runner from running faster.
And come up with a personalised approach for them.
All based on the same concepts, sure.
But looking at applying things specific to that person to help them achieve that same outcome.
So, what is it we need to do to create that “eat less and move more” outcome?
Some specific swaps?
If you have “full fat” soft drinks then switching to diet versions is a massive win.
It’s not true that they “are just as bad as the full fat version” by the way.
Nonsense.
Too black and white thinking.
Not as “good” as water, sure.
As fattening as normal soft drinks (all else being equal)?
Definitely not.
There’s somewhere in between.
If you’re going to drink soft drinks, diet ones will 100% help you.
Swap some delicious tasty, but calorie dense meal options that you enjoy for other delicious, tasty but less calorie dense meals you enjoy.
Trim portion sizes here and there.
Pause during the meal.
Leave it for 20 minutes and finish it off if you’re still hungry then, once your brain has had chance to catch up.
Fit some more walking in that isn’t a pain in the arse.
Find a form of exercise you find somewhere between tolerable and enjoyable and diarise it like you would do other important things (could be our sessions –> myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting).
And so on.
Sure, it boils down to that average calorie deficit.
But, we need to figure out how to make that happen long term.
Much love,
Jon ‘Nut’ Hall and Matt ‘Lightning’ Nicholson
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