I think that's up there with me claiming I don't want to make too much money.
They say it because they don't have the intelligence and/or work effort to make it happen.
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They imagine it's easy. They also imagine there are Secret Exercises to "shed fat fast" or "give me a lean and sculpted waist." People will sometimes lean in confidentially and ask me "something for my stomach." It doesn't seem to occur them that if it were that easy, it wouldn't be a secret and everyone would do it.
"Change is easy, right? I just haven't got around to it yet."
I've mentioned it.
I also tell people about bulking and cutting. I have to, because at the start of every summer 423,611 people show up wanting to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time. They say, "so it's not possible to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time?"
"Of course!"
"How?"
"Anabolic steroids."
They laugh nervously unsure if I'm joking.
"I'm not joking. That's the only way. So you have to decide if you'll bulk or cut."
They always say they'll cut now. Sigh.
I've gotta disagree with you on that Kyle. I've gone from 40% bf to 25%, and dropped weight from 125 to 110. Using the percentages I've gone from a LBM of 75 to a LBM of 82.5. So I have lost fat and gained muscle, all on the same program with no cardio. Not bragging, just saying it's technically possible.
The caveat is that you have to start out very detained. I'm guessing a guy at 100 and bf 20% would find it tougher to get to 95 at 12%
Oh, certainly if you start as overfat you can lose fat and gain muscle at the same time, I've said this many times before. To gain muscle you need an energy surplus, to lose fat you need an energy deficit; usually you can't get a surplus and a deficit at the same time, but if you're overfat the fat you can be in deficit and the fat provides the surplus. This will get guys to around 20% and women to around 25%. After that they have to choose cut or bulk.
But the people I'm talking to are generally skinnyfat or skinny. When someone comes in at 40% bodyfat there is no cut/bulk dilemma.
Do you see the same thing the week after New Year's? I imagine that can't just be an American phenomenon.
The New Year's rush does provide some personal entertainment for me, kind of like the scene in Shawshank Redemption where they're picking out and betting on their "fish". I like to try to figure out who will be the first to never show up again and who will stick it out the whole year.