Thank you for trusting me with your time Tea. I wanted to go over my approach to fat loss very quickly.
MY APPROACH TO FAT LOSS
Plainly, fat loss is achieved when you're in a calorie deficit. This means that you burn more calories than you consume.
Calories are burned through elevated heart rate during exercise and muscle repair after exercise.
In my approach to fat loss, I focus on intentional, weighted movements (including bodyweight exercises) that elevate the heart rate and stimulate muscle repair. This combination not only burns calories during our workouts, but continues to burn calories after exercising by keeping your metabolism working as your muscles recover.
For that reason, I like to track progress in two ways; what you can see & what you can do.
What you can see
You may choose to track your progress by looking at the scale, and that is fine. But you should know that as you progress through your fitness journey, the number on the scale can (and most likely will) fluctuate for a number of reasons other than fat loss or fat gain eg muscle repair, muscle growth, water retention, stress, menstrual cycle etc.
For this reason, I personally recommend taking progress photos and videos of yourself to track your progress. You do not have to share these with me or anyone. You should aim to take a photo once a week, preferably in the same clothes and under the same lighting conditions.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
What you can now do (more reps, harder variations, heavier weights)
I like to track progress based on what your body can do because your strength, and ability tells a much clearer story of progress. As long as you are doing the work, fat loss and body changes will follow. And so, I track your progress looking at how many reps you can do, how heavy of a weight you can use, the improvement of your form and technique, and whether you are ready for a more challenging variation of the movement.
With each session, we’re building strength and consistency and every rep is a step toward visible change. Best part is I will do all the tracking for you, and share them via these weekly recaps.
REVIEW
This week I introduced you to the library of movements that will make up our workouts moving forward and I was incredibly impressed with how much you pushed yourself. You can take a look at our workout for Monday on your dashboard now.