I Want to Lose Weight & Gain Muscle pt 1 - Beast over Burden - #478

<div> <p>I want to lose weight and gain muscle - don't we all!</p> <p>What is possible and what does this process look like over time? We explore this in a 2-part podcast series.</p> <p>Andrew & Niki explore the journeys of different "typical" Barbell Logic clients and what these processes look like.</p> <h3>Lose Weight and Gain Muscle - the Goal</h3> <p>Just about everyone who comes to a fitness goal wants more muscle (maybe strength) and less bodyfat. Almost no one wants to get stronger at any cost.</p> <p>How do we conceptualize this and help clients progress?</p> <p>This is the goal, not the process. Let's first examine the goal then look at the process.</p> <p>It's important to flesh this goal out. Is the client looking back to a past body (e.g. high school or college)? How does this look? How does this body perform? What feelings are associated with the body (both physical and emotional)?</p> <p>Or does the client have some idea in mind that he or she has never achieved - maybe a celebrity or influencer. Similar to the above, how does this body look, feel, and perform?</p> <p>Making this concrete helps really refine the goal and let's the coach better understand what the client is looking for.</p> <p>Some discussion may need to occur about the reality of the goal. The client may be looking at someone with extreme genetics at a snapshot of that person's life. This person could have a different body type. Lastly, this may involve more work than the client actually wants to do and take longer than the client expects.</p> <p>This does not mean that we shoot the client's goals down or say "that's not possible." It's a discussion about what that process might look like and bringing some experience to the goal.</p> <p>This brings us nicely to the process. What might the journey look like?</p> <h3>Lose Weight and Gain Muscle - the Process</h3> <p>While people may have unrealistic goals (make me look like Dorian Yates) it's typically not the goal that is unrealistic, per se, but the expected time and work required.<