Psychological Force v External Resistance of Food
Given that very few weight trainees at any level want to be over-fat, why is it that many more trainees at any level find the “not being over-fat” part harder than the weight training part?
Why is it that many trainees can muster up the discipline to lift heavy weights but not be over-fat and not be weak greedy pigs with food choices and volumes?
More importantly:
Why is it that some people can be big and strong and lift heavyweights but not get over-fat (either over-fat to their own dislike or to the rational neutral observer).
It’s often the program (whether it be Starting Strength or any other program) that gets wrongly blamed for a trainee getting fat rather than their lack of control with a knife and fork.