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Fitness trainer Drew Manning gains and loses 70 pounds in 1 year

I bet most people here that want to lose need to lose less than that.

I've lost 40 pounds so far since I started working out again about 6 months ago. I probably won't look like him when I'm done, because I' m just going for a sustainable healthy lifestyle. If I was a fitness trainer, then I might consider it more sustainable. But it's not rocket science. Clean up your diet and work out. Stay mobile even when you're not working out and change it up.

Good for him. I hope it inspires overweight and obese people to lose weight, though I'm sure they'll make up more excuses for their lifestyles in the future.

I've lost over 50lbs in about 5 months with good diet and regular intense exercise. It was surprisingly not that difficult after the first month or two. Anyone can do it that's right... But so often people make excuses for themselves. Truth is most of them don't know, or care to spend enough time figuring out what works for them and then there's actually doing it and not quitting.. Here's my story, well in short, inside this thread for anybody who's looking for more motivation.

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp4617064 ... t=#4617064

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I don't get why they're making up excuses. The answer to their problems is right in front of them, but they don't seem to want to change their bad habbits. Speaking from experience, weight loss isn't hard—it just takes determination and dicipline.

I admire his dedication to his clients. His willingness to literally put himself in their shoes so that he can better understand how to help them is inspiring.

I also like this guy:

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-lo ... inner.html

He didn't go to the extreme lengths of the trainer in the OP, but does make an attempt to understand why it is difficult for so many.

So many trainers think that simply having the clients imitate them will bring results. This guy knew there was far more to it than that and invested an entire year in figuring out what it was. Kudos!

A really good trainer (as I now assume this guy is) will try to get inside a client's head to find out what their personal situation is. The middle aged woman who got out of shape as part of "middle aged spread" (me) is a very different case from the young 20's client who has been overweight since childhood. And both are very different from the person who is recovering from a slow yet insidious creep of out-of-shapeness brought on by a sedentary job. And the person who overeats for comfort reasons and then feels intense shame is different yet again. Each requires a very different approach and I think this guy has shown himself willing to figure out what each client needs.

I go to Curves, the official gym of middle aged women who woke up one day and discovered that eating their kids' leftovers so as not to waste food and buying too many convenience meals to save time led to middle aged gain. Curves is working out for me but if it wasn't I would go to this guy or someone just like him (if I could find one) in a heartbeat.

I win at doing exercises, but fail miserably at dieting.

At least I keep half of the plan ok. As a result, I'm reasonably fit, just with a few pounds extra.

In the end, I think I'm good.

Inspiring to just show how much of a difference a lifestyle change makes.

I wouldn't criticize those who are overweight, though. It's easy for a personal trainer to know how to get back into shape so quickly, but probably not so much for the general public.

food is no different from drugs really. i'd imagine food addiction is very difficult as it begins at such a young age

obviously good diet and exercise work for most but for some people they will have an extra hard time due to a combination of many factors that contribute. it genuinely is harder for some people beyond the mental addiction

Any 'professional' who claims if they can do something anyone else can, is a scam in my opinion. And gaining 70 pounds just to prove some egotistic point?

Oh and hey dude from the article, you're described as a fitness junkie...moderation dude, moderation.

It's his job.

Hm well I am sure anyone without disabilities keeping them from exercising like he does can do what he did. People don't really need a professional to help, but it definitely can make things easier. I didn't read all of the article, but that's what I would call experimentation at it's finest (or worst)... referring to gaining all of that weight. If you want to be sure he's legit, what better way?

And there's nothin' wrong with being a fitness "junkie". A fitness junkie would know what moderation is, that's one of the most important aspects of working out, being fit and healthy.

It helps to know how to optimize your workout, like a fitness coach would do.

I'm not saying they can't do it, but to be able to lose 70 pounds in six months takes extreme measures, and for most, a huge lifestyle change. Fitting in a 9-5 work schedule would probably allow for 1 hour a day at best, and to be able to optimize that takes skill. You don't want to injure yourself, but want to safely push your limits. And considering how the overweight and obese may have cardiovascular issues, you do not want to cause a heart attack.

Yes extreme measures for sure. Such as increasing discipline, following another schedule, changing unhealthy diet to a healthy diet, stretching, supplementation, exercising the right way for your body, medical tests, regular-occasional check ups and what not are very important and recommended by most legit professionals when starting. One should get checked before doing any kind of intense exercise, even regular basic exercise to be sure of what they can and can't do. I've lost over 50 lbs in 5 months. It did take a big lifestyle change and it was hard but I could do it and I did. An hour is all people really need if they want to get fit and healthy. A lot of times you don't even need an hour.

From the article it looks like he didn't do it to prove that anyone can or to prove some egostical point. The "anyone can" claim was just Snapcap's title, not his. From the article, it looks like he did it for a very non-egotistical reason, so that he could get a better understanding of what his clients struggle with and therefore be able to help them better. He admits that he was very judgmental before he did this experiment but that the experiment showed him that there are struggles that are invisble from the outside. Two things that he had not expected were how humiliated he felt when he publicly couldn't do his old workout at the gym because his new fat body wouldn't cooperate and the pain of caffeine withdrawal when he quit the soda he had used to fatten up.

I see it as extreme dedication to his job.

Just like your's huh? Why don't you follow your own advice? My post had a point, every single overweight/fat person I've met does nothing but make excuses instead of acting and doing something. Its frustrating, I've even tried to help some of them.

I don't really feel the need to prove my point to you though, just felt like pointing that out.

So nah, I don't think I'll be leaving. What other requests do you have?