2964: Why You're Still Fat Even Though You Work Out (The Honest Answer)

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You work out all the time. You're consistent with your training, but you're still fat.

Check it out. We have five reasons why this is happening. This is almost always the case. If this is you and you're frustrated, you're working out, you're consistent. By the way, good job. That's good. That's still good. But you don't know why you can't get the fat off your body. We're going to help you fix it right now. Let's go.

SPEAKER_4 (2:55)

You're normally so politically correct. That's like something I would do.

SPEAKER_2 (2:58)

That's not something you would do. So I was ready for that. Well, it's a clickbait intro there.

But hey, this is, listen, you guys know this. We train people for a long time. This is frustrating for people.

SPEAKER_3 (3:11)

Yeah, it's what goes through their head.

SPEAKER_2 (3:13)

It does. And you know, people, this happens to quite a few people who are really consistent with their workouts. Like they don't miss workouts, they go to the gym, and they're just so frustrated because they're still, you have a lot more body fat in their body weight.

SPEAKER_5 (3:26)

Seems like they're holding on still.

SPEAKER_2 (3:27)

What do they often say? I don't look like I work out. Like what's going on here? And it's, there's a reason for it. Now it could be the workout, but we're not gonna focus on the workout. We're gonna focus on the things that most commonly are the culprit for this type of a frustration.

SPEAKER_4 (3:43)

Well, there's an old saying, you can't outwork a bad diet, right?

SPEAKER_2 (3:47)

And so- That's tough, but it's true.

SPEAKER_4 (3:49)

It is. And normally this person that you're describing right now is also the person that probably has a pretty decent workout routine already, but yet still keeps leaning into like, there's something wrong with my workout. I need to train to failure more, or I need to do this other thing.

SPEAKER_3 (4:02)

Switch in all the protocols.

SPEAKER_4 (4:04)

Yeah, and what it really is, is we need to really peer into the diet. You know, you have not, or accept that you're not gonna have the physique you want. You could still be strong.