Client Results: Michelle
Well after a first mishap we will try again.
As a trainer, the most difficult aspect of our job (especially in when you’re a fit little spot in a big fat state) is letting people know that when you are looking to lose weight, it’s all about calories. When a client comes to you already tracking their calories, it might as well be shooting fish in a barrel.
This is Michelle. She’s in her 40′s with 3 kids. Understanding that I am not taking credit for her busting her ass; rather I’m showing you what smart programming does with intelligent dietary direction. What I take credit for was making sure she didn’t overtrain as calories got lower and lower, covered the salient points of carb cycling near contest, and maintained an appropriate level of intensity at such low calories. I’d say she did really well:
She finished 8th out of 20 competitors in her first ever show. The nifty bit about getting this lean is that, with way less effort, it’s easier to stay very year-round lean. Compared to contest prep, beach-lean is a piece of cake…not that you’d be eating cake. Great job Michelle!
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She looks great! curious…can you link the contest/group she participated in?
Jeanne I’ll get that info from her tomorrow and let you know.
http://www.texasstatenaturals.com/#!athlete-services
That is very impressive. Congrats. Would love to know more about the program and protocols that she was using to get here. How low did you need to go on the calories?
Nothing special from the protocols, just high intensity-based routines targeting different body parts each workout (still total body). Diet never went below 1000kcal on any given day and workout days increased cals & carbs. It was that, starting far enough out from the competition and letting the process run its course.