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I had nothing to lose. If it didn’t work, it didn’t matter anyway, because I knew in my heart I wouldn’t go to the beach house; if it did work, I had stumbled upon something incredible.
I felt like a joke, a total fraud. How could I, as a professional, let it get this far? The bodybuilding was nice excuse, but it was just that – an excuse.
I wanted the girls who I’d been too insecure to even make eye contact with in high school to look at me and be too nervous to approach me .
But whatever, this is my revenge fantasy…shut up and let me enjoy it. You see, I wanted to be at the party looking so good that when people looked at my body, they would either get turned on, or pissed off .
Call it vanity, insecurity, ego or whatever. It’s no less important than health or well being. If it lights a fire under your butt and gets you to change something, then that reason is amazing . 2) It doesn’t matter if you’re a professional trainer or someone who works out casually, or even if you haven’t worked out.
We’ve ALL been in that place where we want to lose fat FAST and aren’t sure the best way to go about it.
Over the course of the evening, I started to think about everything I knew about fat loss and training , and all the different programs I’d written and read over the years.
(I was, however, awesome at procrastinating.) I didn’t realize it at the time, but not returning that phone call was a decision that completely changed my life, the way I look at fitness and fat loss, and even my approach to training my clients.
Could I tell him the truth? That I was a trainer and strength coach who was too fat or too insecure to be shirtless at a beach? And a fitness model on top of it!? I’d never been so disgusted with myself .
At the end of the week, my friend called again. This time, I picked up. I told him I’d see him at the party. And I spent the interim creating, developing, testing and ultimately perfecting the workouts that would become the Final Phase Fat Loss training protocol.
Although I wanted to gain muscle, I realized at the moment I was being lazy. I’d taken the easy way out and eaten everything in sight, instead of having a structured, sane diet. And look where it got me: fat, frustrated, and freaking out. I could not bring myself to make the call. I was too embarrassed . (Truth be told, at the time I was not very good at confrontation.) So, I decided to put it off for a day.
Sound familiar? Okay, I probably spent a bit more time thinking about that moment than was absolutely necessary.
Through this experience, I learned two very important lessons: 1) It doesn’t matter what your reason is.
Six weeks later , I got to the beach house and was greeted by the astounded stares of people who couldn’t believe I was the same guy they used to know.
And the conclusion: It doesn’t matter if you’ve made some mistakes and tried to get incredible result[...].
The following morning, with zero sleep and a frenzied desire, I hit the gym and tried the first workout.