Finally have the mobility to stick this snatch. Now I just have to move up in weight.
Rules: Are They Meant to be Broken?
Is This Your Fitness Program?
I’ve been thinking about blogging about rules lately, but wasn’t too sure how to start it. The Gay Marriage ban in North Carolina that passed yesterday got me thinking about rules.
Usually, people make rules or laws based on their ideology, rather than what is just. Think about all the rules and laws that have been broken or abolished in our history. One good thing about human beings is that we tend to “self-correct” when we are aware of certain things…..But, being aware is the key. If we are ignorant to things, we can’t “self-correct”.
Some things to think about…..
What rules in your life have you abided by simply because you were threatened with violence, ridicule, legal action or fear of loss?
Have any of these rules you conformed to, whether they were just or not, been undesirable or unhealthy, or just plain stupid and counterproductive to you, your family or anyone else?
Now, lets think about the rules that have been drilled into your head with regard to your health and fitness….
Daunting I know. How many times have they changed over the years? Many.
Have you tried any of the “plans” or “programs” with tons of “rules” you have to follow to a “T”? I’m going to go ahead and say, “hell yes.”
Which ones worked?
How long did you make progress with the ones that worked until it stopped working?
Were there rules in the plan for when it stopped working? My money’s on NO.
Did you just “try harder”, following the same set of rules? Probably. We are human. We want things to be easy, it’s our nature.
Did you expirement with other ideas when it stopped working? Or did you just get frustrated and give up?
See where this is going? There just isnt ONE set of rules that will work for every person. Rules are created to control behaviors. This encourages people to conform and continue the behaviors, whether they are undesireable (bad for you) or not.
Would you agree that everything you do, either makes you better or worse, in some way or another? Go ahead and think about that….
In the North Carolina bill that passed yesterday, the majority of the population (about 20% more than those that voted not to ban gay marriage) were influenced by their environment. Do you think they were thinking about whether the result of their votes were going to make their state, our country, better or worse? Maybe. It’s difficult for any of us to know for sure.
Do you think their environment(s) included many other “rules” or “laws” that needed to be followed from an early age? Probably. Religion, family of origin beliefs that were passed on, etc.
Does your health and fitness “environment” have a bunch of set rules? Probably.
Do you think with these rules comes more alienation of other rules or “programs”?
What does that do for us as a whole?
Do you think this alienation from unjust rule-making will create more unethical, unproductive or unhealthy behaviors? I say, Probably. But you decide for yourself.
How does this relate to fitness? Well, there are many “rules of fitness”. Depending on who you ask, these rules almost always have a contradictary rule. (Think, Eat often vs. fasting.) Going back to the rules you’ve followed with regard to your health and fitness…
Would you agree that maybe if there were less rules to follow, and instead you were preesented with more options you would have had more success?
But then the “program” itself unravels completely, and consequently, we can’t box it up and sell it. If there are no rules, how can they box it up and sell it to you as a “program?” I think we have a cunundrum here.
And that’s where we come in. The Movement hates rules. We have only a few rules, yeah, kind of like “Fight Club”. But we don’t care if you know about The Movement, because what we do works. But, for each one of us, everything we do is different than the other. There’s no program. We stopped following “rules” of the fitness industry. Why? Because the only thing we were breaking was our bodies and our bank accounts, trying to stay abreast with all the “rules” and “programs”. We started following our bodies, “listening” to our bodies, if you will. Once we were able to do this, the effort needed to make progress was effort-less. We are made to improve, we are always adapting to what we do. What’s good for me, may not be good for you. But, if I were going to follow everything you did exactly, we wouldn’t get the same results, would we? So, why would we keep humping this idea of trying to fit ourselves into one box, following the same rules?
Rules are meant to be broken. Rules are meant to break you. Rules are there to control behavior in 95% of the population. And, for a long time, this way of doing things has worked.
Could it be that we are “adapting”?
Actually thinking for ourselves?
Fear based propaganda used to work on almost everyone.
Does it now?
Don’t be part of the 95%.
If your tired of wasting money on the next set of “rules” that will make you better (only if you follow them EXACTLY), shoot me a message. It is possible to get better, every day, in all areas of your life. And it doesn’t have to be hard. Take out the “rules” and start thinking for yourself, and you might see what I mean.
Don’t let your environment influence your ability to know what’s best for YOU!
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Effort: Is More Better?
Something's fishy here....
Those of us that have been part of anything where our performance was measured, which is pretty much everyone, unless you’ve lived in your mothers basement since you were born, have probably been told over and over, directly and indirectly that the amount of EFFORT you put into something determines the amount of SUCCESS you will attain.
I’ve lived with this philosophy for most of my life.
Did I get poor results? Not always.
Was I satisfied with my results from the effort I put in? Typically, no.
Could I have gotten better results? Almost always.
How do I know I could have done better? Because I do better now. Mind blowing, I know.
What did I do to be better? You’d love to know, wouldn’t you? But you’re not paying me, so I’ll only give you hints.
How do you know you’ve done well?
How do you measure success? Start there.
Here’s a hint: Kind of….
Think about all the things you’ve really put a TON of effort into. Better yet, write them down.
Now, next to those things, write down whether you made progress to the point where you thought you were successful or not. Interesting, isn’t it? I’m getting a bit off topic here, but I’d also like you to look at that list and mark which ones were things you wanted to do and which ones were things someone else “forced” you to do, because they thought it was important for you. Now, The things that you wanted to do, which you say you put a ton of effort into, were they really difficult? Did “trying harder” actually make it better, or easier? Remember, effort is not work load. Effort is effort.
Now, Could those things you excelled at, which you didn’t really have to “try hard” to be good at, really be the things you are still doing to this day? Sadly, for most of us, the answer is probably no.
Why?
How did we get so off course?
Why didn’t we listen to the signals our bodies were giving us?
Did you end up working a job, in a field you hate because someone told you what you should be doing?
Do you still put tons of effort into what you do every day?
Have you gotten better?
How do you know?
Now, let’s go back to those things in which you weren’t successful or didn’t do as well as you thought you should have done, but you “tried really hard” at.
Did you get better at first?
If so, did you stop getting better at some point?
If so, What did you do to get around that?
Try harder?
Did you get worse at any point?
In hindsight, what could you have done differently?
Could it be that Effort does not correlate so well with progress?
Why should progress be so hard?
Because your dad says so?
Because your boss has examples of people that got better once they “tried harder”?
Because your coach says you’re not practicing enough?
What do you think?
Try testing out doing things better, rather than doing things the way you were told, or taught.
Is that easier for YOU?
Can you do that and still get better?
What makes you think you can get better now?
Was it hard to do it in a way that is better for you?
Better is better. Free yourself. More is not better. Better is more.
Post to comments. I want to hear what you think about effort.
GHP #7 Close
Here’s a video of me closing the GHP 7. I missed on the first try due to a crappy set. The second try I got it though. FOrgot to use the block for submissionb purposes.
Movement Minneapolis Grip Decathlon Results
{Via adamtglass.com}
Wow what a day!
Great job to all competitors!
Today was the third Movement Minneapolis Grip Decathlon and what an amazing contest this was!
We had 22 competitors between the two events. 5 for the 4 event contest and 17 for the 10 event.
The contest events again: Grippers Left and Right hand. 2 hand pinch. Axle deadlift. One hand deadlift. One hand pinch. plateau buster lift. Griptopz rim lift. Griptopz hub lift. Silver bullet hold. A 37 item medley.
The competitors:
Jodie Nelson, Anh Thai, Kathi Burger, Matt Cannon, James Neidlinger, Jacob Eggleton, Dave Sandel, Ryan Pitts, Joel Davies, Josh Freeman Kody Burns, Joe Tebbe, Joe Goodin, Robert Lorch, Adam Glass, Mike Nelson, Joe Tunker, James Dunlap, Ryan Maier, Tyler Staples, Matt Brouse, Dave Schaal, Chris Mathison.
The day was smooth. Everyone arrived on time and had plenty of time for warm ups. We broke out in to three platforms. The 83kg and below was grouped, the 93kg & 105 kg grouped, and the 120 & 120+ grouped.
Things got off a fantastic start with Grippers. Scoring was done Left + Right.
Adam T Glass L 173 lbs GHP 8 / R 183 COC 3.5 – 355 lbs, 1st.
Kody Burns L 152 lbs COC 3 / 167 lbs BB Elite – 319 lbs 2nd.
Chris Mathison L 136 GHP 6 / 180 RB 300 – 316 lbs 3nd.
Matt Cannon L 148 lbs GNC 250 / 158 lbs COC 3 (world record body weight close in contest)- 306 lbs 4th.
Ryan Pitts L 148 GNC 250 / 155 COC 3 – 303 lbs 5th.
Matt Brouse L 139 lbs BB GM / 160 GNC 300 – 299 lbs 6th.
Ryan Maier L 136 lbs GHP 6 / R 155 COC 3 (first time closing a #3) – 291 lbs 7th
Joe Yunker L 116 lbs HG 250 / 118 COC 2 – 234 lbs 8th.
Joe Goodin L 112 GHP 5 / 114 COC 2 – 226 lbs 9th.
Joel Davies L 84 lbs COC 1 / 116 lbs HG 250 – 200 lbs 10th.
Jacob Eggleton L 84 lbs COC 1 / R 114 lbs COC 2 – 198 lbs 11th.
Josh Freeman / James Dunlap / Kathi Burger / Joe Tebbe L & R 84 lbs COC 1 – 168 lbs 15th.
Robert Lorch L 82 Atomgripz double / R 84 lbs COC 1 – 166 lbs 15th
Mike Nelson L 58 lbs COC T / 84 lbs COC 1 – 142 lbs 16th
James Neidlinger L 0 lbs *broke hand* R 84 lbs COC 1 – 84 lbs 17th.
Two Hand Pinch (with weight class in brackets)
Adam T Glass (105 kg) 243.41 lbs / 110.41 kg (World Record 105kg class) 1st.
Kody Burns (93 kg) 194.35 lbs / 88.15 kg 2nd.
Chris Mathison (120+ kg) 191.79 lbs / 86.99 kg 3rd.
Matt Brouse (120 kg+) 186.29 lbs / 84.5 kg 4th.
Joe Goodin (105 kg) 167.31 lbs / 75.89 kg 5th.
Matt Cannon (66 kg) 166.25 lbs / 75.41 kg (World Record 66/73kg class) 6th
Ryan Pitts (83 kg) 161.34 lbs / 73.18 kg 7th.
Joel Davies (83 kg) 155.2 lbs / 70.39 kg 8th.
Ryan Maier (120 kg) 154.4 lbs / 70.03 kg 9th.
James Dunleap (120 kg) 150.77 lbs / 68.33 kg 10th.
Joe Yunker (120 kg) 145.32 lbs / 65.91 kg 11th.
Joe Tebbe (105 kg Masters) 142.48 lbs / 64.62 kg 12th.
Mike Nelson (105 kg)/ Robert Lorch (105 kg)137.3 lbs / 62.27 kg 14th.
Jacob Eggleton (83 kg) 132.00 / 59.87 kg
Josh Freeman (83 kg) 126.21 lbs / 57.24 kg 15th.
Kathi Burger (Women’s 72 kg) 116.3 lbs / 52.75 kg 16th.
James Neidlinger (74 kg) 105.95 / 48.05 kg *lifted with a cast on left hand* 17th.
Overhand Axle Deadlift
Adam T Glass (105 kg) 433.69 lbs / 196.72 kg 1st.
Matt Brouse (120 + kg) 403.61 lbs / 183.07 kg 2nd.
Chris Mathison (120 + kg) 352.93 kg / 160.08 kg 3rd.
Kody Burns (93kg) 349.37 lbs / 158.47 kg 4th.
Joel Davies (83 kg) 332.86 lbs / 150.98 kg 5th.
Joe Goodin (105 kg) 329.32 lbs / 149.37 kg 6th.
Ryan Pitts (83 kg) 323.61 lbs / 146.78 kg 7th.
Ryan Maier (120 + kg) 322.2 lbs / 146.14 kg 8th.
Joe Yunker (120 kg) 281.37 lbs / 127.62 kg 9th.
Robert Lorch (105 kg) 277 lbs / 125.64kg 10th.
Jacob Eggleton (83 kg) 264.47 lbs / 119.96 kg 11th.
James Dunleap (120 kg) 261.21 lbs / 118.48 kg 12th.
Matt Cannon (66 kg) 252.46 lbs / 114.51 kg 13th.
Mike Nelson & (105 kg) 251.24 lbs / 113.96 kg 14th.
Josh Freeman (83 kg) 235.5 lbs / 106.82 kg 15th
Kathi Burger (women’s 72 kg) 203.2 lbs / 92.17 kg 16th.
James Neidlinger (74 kg) 163.06 lbs / 73.96 kg 17th.
3 event total for North American Grip Sport Association (NAGSA) (best gripper+ 2 hand pinch + axle)
Adam Glass (105kg) 859.1 lbs
Matt Brouse (120 + kg) 749.29 lbs
Chris Mathison (120 + kg) 724.72 lbs
Kody Burns (93 kg) 710.72 lbs
Ryan Pitts (83 kg) 639.95 lbs
Ryan Maier (120 kg) 631.6 lbs
Joe Goodin (105 kg) 610.63 lbs
Joel Davies (83 kg) 604.06 lbs
Matt Cannon (66 kg) 576.71 lbs
Joe Yunker (120 kg) 544.69 lbs
Robert Lorch (105 kg) 498.3 lbs
Jacob Eggleton (83 kg) 510.47 lbs
James Dunleap (120 kg) 495.98 lbs
Joe Tebbe (105 kg) 477.72 lbs
Mike Nelson (105 kg) 472.54 lbs
Josh Freeman (83 kg) 443.71 lbs
Kathi Burger (women’s 72 kg) 403.5 lbs
James Neidlinger (74 kg) 353.01 lbs
One Hand Pinch lift (L+R)
Adam Glass (105 kg) 100.53 / 100.53 – 201.06 lbs (World record L+R total 105/120 kg class, WR 1 HP 120 kg class) 1st
Chris Mathison (120 + kg) 90.41 / 95.39 – 185.8 lbs 2nd
Kody Burns (93 kg) 84.01 / 84.01 – 168.02 lbs 3rd.
Ryan Pitts (83 kg) & Joel Davies (83 kg) 72.62 / 72.62 – 145.24 lbs 5th.
Matt Cannon (66 kg) 75.07 / 70.11 – 145.18 lbs 6th. (world record 1 HP 66 kg class)
Joe Goodin (105 kg) 72.52 / 72.52 – 145.04 7th.
Ryan Maier (120 kg) 70.56 / 70.56 – 141.12 lbs 8th.
Jacob Eggleton (83 kg) 60.22 / 65.29 125.51 lbs 9th.
James Dunleap (120 kg) 60.55 / 60.55 – 121.1 lbs 10th.
Joe Tebbe (105 kg) 58.30 / 58.30 – 116.6 lbs 11th.
Mike Nelson (105 kg) 52.88 / 52.88 – 105.76 lbs 12th.
Robert Lorch (105 kg) 52.03 / 52.03 – 104.06 lbs 13th.
Matt Brouse (120 + kg) 90.41 / 0 – 90.41 lbs 14th.
James Neidlinger (74 kg) & Josh Freeman (83 kg) 56.98 lbs / 0 – 58.98 lbs 16th.
Kathi Burger (women’s 72 kg) 0 / 0 17th.
One Hand Axle Lift left + Right
Adam Glass 213.98 / 209.08 – 423.06 lbs 1st.
Kody Burns 173.9 / 173.9 – 347.8 lbs 2nd.
Matt Brouse 173.43 / 173.43 – 346.86 lbs 3nd.
Chris Mathison 163.12 / 173.43 – 336.55 lbs 4rd.
Joe Goodin 163.92 / 163.92 – 327.84 lbs 5th.
Joel Davies 149.59 / 159.5 – 309.09 6th.
Ryan Pitts 159.5 / 139.79 – 299.29 7th.
Ryan Maier 142.96 / 142.96 – 285.92 lbs 8th.
Jacob Eggleton 129.78 / 129.78 – 259.56 lbs 9th.
Joe Tebbe 128.93 / 128.93 – 257.86 lbs 10th.
Joe Yunker 122.91 / 132.93 – 255.84 lbs 11th.
Matt Cannon 124.77 / 124.77 – 249.54 lbs 12th.
Mike Nelson 114.08 / 123.96 – 238.04 lbs 13th
Josh Freeman 116.42 / 105.75 – 222.17 lbs 14th
Kathi Burger 105.75 / 105.75 – 211.5 lbs 15th
James Dunleap 0 / 122.91 – 122.91 lbs 16th.
James Neidlinger 0 / 111.03 – 111.03 17th.
Plateau Buster Lift
Adam Glass 558.84 lbs 1st.
Matt Brouse 422.57 lbs 2nd.
Ryan Pitts 416.36 lbs 3rd.
Joe Goodin / Kody Burns 402.93 lbs 5th.
Ryan Maier / Chris Mathison 402.57 lbs 7th.
Josh Freeman 353.77 lbs 8th.
Robert Lorch 351.7 lbs 9th.
Joe Yunker / James Dunleap 331.64 lbs 11th.
Joe Tebbe / Mike Nelson 312.06 lbs 13th.
Joel Davies / Jacob Eggleton 311.46 lbs 15th.
James Neidlinger / Kathi Burger 271.5 lbs 17th.
Griptopz Hub Lift
Adam Glass (105kg) 48.34 lbs / 21.92 kg 1st.
Matt Cannon (66 kg) 47.03 lbs / 21.33 kg 2nd. (World Record 66/74 kg class)
Matt Brouse (120 + kg)/ Chris Mathison (120 + kg) 45.89 lbs / 20.81 kg 4th.
Ryan Maier / James Dunleap (120 kg) 40.8 lbs / 18.5 kg 6th.
Joe Yunker (120 kg) 35.87 lbs / 16.27 kg 7th.
Kody Burns (93 kg) 33.8 lbs / 15.33 kg 8th.
Josh Freeman (83 kg) 33.45 lbs / 15.17 kg 9th.
Jacob Eggleton (83 kg) 32.07 lbs / 14.52 kg 10th.
James Neidlinger / Ryan Pitts (83 kg) / Kathi Burger (Women’s 72 kg) 30.52 lbs / 13.84 kg 13th. (World record women’s 72 kg)
Joe Tebbe / Mike Nelson (105 kg) 25.91 lbs / 11.75 kg 15th.
Joel Davies (83 kg) 24.21 / 10.98 kg 16th.
Joe Goodin (105 kg) 0 17th.
Griptoz Rim Lift
Adam Glass (105 kg) 241.07 lbs / 109.34 kg 1st. (World Record 105/120/120+ class)Matt Brouse (120 + kg) 223.11 lbs / 101.2 kg 2nd.
Chris Mathison (120 + kg) 188.9 lbs / 86.13 kg 3rd.
Kody Burns (93 kg) 166.18 lbs / 75.37 kg 4th.
Ryan Pitts (83 kg) 150 lbs / 69.03 kg 5th.
Matt Cannon (66 kg) 144.78 lbs / 65.67 kg 6th. (World Record 66/74kg class)
Ryan Maier (120 + kg) 143.33 lbs / 65.01 kg 7th.
James Neidlinger / Jacob Eggleton (83 kg) 139.93 lbs / 63.47 kg 9th.
Joe Goodin / Robert Lorch (105 kg) 139.21 lbs / 63.14 kg 11th.
Josh Freeman / Joel Davies (83 kg) 134.97 lbs / 61.22 kg 13th.
Joe Yunker (120 kg) 133.33 lbs / 60.47 kg 14th.
Mike Nelson (105 kg) 121.42 lbs / 55.07 kg 15th.
James Dunleap (120 kg) 118.06 lbs / 53.55 kg 16th.
Kathi Burger (women’s 72 kg) 114.11 lbs / 51.75 kg 17th. (World record women’s 72/84/84+ class)
Ironmind Silver Bullet
* note: contestants could choose a COC 1, COC 2, COC 3 for the hold. A heavier gripper beats a weaker one.
Kody Burns (3) 33.2 seconds 1st.
Adam Glass / Chris Mathison (3) 27.9 seconds 3rd.
Matt Cannon (3) 13.59 seconds 4th.
Ryan Maier / Matt Brouse (3) 7 seconds 6th.
Joe Goodin (2) 17 seconds 7th.
Joe Yunker (2) 9 seconds 8th.
Josh Feeeman (2) 7.22 seconds 9th.
James Neidlinger (1) 28.62 seconds 11th.
Jacob Eggleton (1) 28.31 seconds 12th.
Mike Nelson (1) 17 seconds 13th.
Robert Lorch (1) 14 seconds 14th.
Joe Tebbe (1) 12 seconds 15th.
James Dunleap (1) 6 seconds 16th.
Kathi Burger (1) 5.44 seconds 17th.
Medley (37 total items)
Adam Glass 37 1st.
Matt Brouse 35 2nd.
Chris Mathison 29 3rd.
Kody Burns 27 4th.
Ryan Pitts 23 5th.
Joel Davies / Joe Godin 22 7th.
Matt Cannon 21 8th.
Ryan Maier / Joe Yunker 20 10th.
Jacob Eggleton 18 11th.
James Dunleap 17 12th.
Josh Feeman / Joe Tebbe 13 15th.
Kathi Burger 11 16th.
Mike Nelson 0 17th.
Final placings (out of 1,000 total points)
83kg Class
1 Ryan Pitts 722 points
2 Matt Cannon 699 points
3 Joel Davies 572 points
4 Jacob Eggleton 532 points
5 Josh Freeman 520 points
6 Kathi Burger 382 points
7 James Neidlinger 362
105 kg Class
1 Kody Burns 800 points
2 Joe Goodin 613 points
3 Joe Tebbe 483 points
4 Robert Lorch 458 points
5 Mike Nelson 428 points
Open Class
1 Adam Glass 998 points
2 Chris Mathison 843 points
3 Matt Brouse 831 points
4 Ryan Maier 720 points
5 Joe Yunker 589 points
6 James Dunleap 499 points
The short Form Contest
4 Events held. The IM Silver Bullet, the one hand pinch with the Strongergrip pinch block, overhand deadlift with the Manus Grips, and a three item medley.
1 Tyler Staples 200 points
2 Dave Sandel 181 points
3 Dave Schaal 153 points
4 Jodie Nelson 111 points
5 Ahn Thai 92 points
The Ironmind Crushed to Dust Challenge
- Adam Glass
- Matt Brouse
Some things I would like to share.
We have several people close the COC 3 for the first time at this contest. Matt Cannon set a new mark for the sport with an above body weight gripper close, which has never been done before. There were a number of world records set, I will confirm what is what after the record keepers give me the final placings.
Matt Brouse broke 400 lbs barrier with the DO Axle, a tremendous achievement.
This was Kody, James D, Joe Y, Ahn T, and Joel’s first contest. Great job to each one of you for showing up and seeing what you got.
On the topic of Kody Burns, what an amazing performance for your first contest! I am extremely impressed with the numbers you hit. I believe you have massive potential to one day be the very top man in your weight class. I hope this experience gives you the motivation to go home and dig in on your training. See you at Nationals.
Kathi – great job hanging with the men today in your lifting!
Most important: THANK YOU to Irina and Nick, Emily, Tiffney, Jeanette, Lyndsy, Jodie, and Mark for helping with the score keeping and execution of the meet. There is no way it would have gone down without you guys!
Thank You to our sponsors
Ironmind, Strongergrip, Gripper Super Store, Manus, Chris Rice, Matt Cannon, Andrew Durniat, Gerry Schiela, and Daniel Reinard. Your endorsement and equipment contributions were very much appreciated!
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Ryan Maier’s Client Sanjay 1RM Day
Here’s Sanjay on his last day before heading home. Nice work man! All new PR’s.
Minneapolis Trainer’s Client Does 39″ Box Jump
Sanjay has been my distance client for 3 months now and has gotten much stronger. He is back in town visiting family for a week and he wanted to come in and train some while he was home. Today, he did what he was sure he couldn’t do….. A 39″ Box Jump. Pretty awesome.
Client Progress Update: Rachel Radford
Rachel Doing Kettlebell Clean & Jerks
Rachel has been working with me since February 22nd of this year. She came to me after already starting her own workout plan and while she was also in the middle of training for her first half marathon. She has made some of the fastest progress as it relates to fat loss that I have seen yet. Now, I can’t take credit completely for her results thus far, since she was already doing everything I recommended from a nutritional standpoint, but I wanted to show you how fast things can happen when all the pieces are in place. And it just goes to show you that it doesn’t have to be difficult.
Since February 22nd, Rachel has lost 9 lbs of fat. That’s one month. Nine freaking pounds! And she’s not a fat person either. She’s dropped 3% bodyfat in that time also! We just took her measurements today and she’s down a total of 7 inches! 3 inches off her waist! What’s interesting is during this month, she’s been training a ton, with me and for her half marathon, so she’s been running more than I would have recommended to reach her goals. But, she has retained 100% of the muscle she has and dropped all that fat. Incredible. She finished her half marathon this last weekend and is now ready to get going on her goals of losing more fat and gaining more muscle. I’d say she’s well on her way.
If you or anyone you know want to learn more about what Rachel has been doing to get these results, feel free to ask! I’m here to help.
