| Body For Life versus Burn The Fat
- What's The Difference???
Dear Tom,
I just read
the information on your www.burnthefat.com
web page, and I must say, I am very interested. My question to you is,
what's the difference between your program and the Body For Life (BFL)
program? I've followed BFL now for a while but I'm not getting exactly
where I want to be. How do I know that if I order your book that I
won't be getting exactly the same as I have now with BFL?
Kerry Ann
All fat loss
programs that are
bodybuilding-inspired will have similarities; so if you're looking for
"100% new," "breakthrough," "revolutionary," or "original" information,
then you won't find it here...or anywhere. Ask any world-class coach:
Fundamentals are fundamentals - they form the foundation of every
legitimate program and they will never change.
What Burn The Fat
does
differently - and superbly well - is to address the 2 major drawbacks
of BFL, which are the same problems of most other mainstream diet
programs including The Zone, The Atkins Diet, The Ketogenic Diet, the
High carb Diet and many others. These drawbacks are: (1) lack of
individualization, and (2) way too much push for supplements and other
products that are completely unnecessary.
First, BFL and all
these other
diets have their positive points (and BFL has more positive points than
most). The problem is; none of them are 100% applicable to all people
all the time. Genetics and metabolic individuality explain why some
people thrive on high carbs, while others get fat on high carbs. It
explains why some people do extremely well on Atkin's and Ketogenic
diets, while others only lose muscle and feel lousy on these programs.
Burn the Fat is the
first program
to take the best of all the programs, compile the information into one
exhaustively detailed resource, and throw away the junk and the hype -
leaving a solid backbone of universal principles which apply to
everyone. Then, instead of prescribing one generic program for
everyone, this "baseline" program has room to be personalized - which
is an absolute necessity for long-term success.
You should question
any program
that prescribes the same diet and exercise routine for everyone. There
are 6.2 billion people on our planet today and no two bodies and
metabolisms are exactly the same. Don't you know someone who eats
anything they want, yet they have six pack abs and never gain an ounce
of fat? And don't you know someone who is the opposite - If they eat
one cheat meal, it goes straight to their waistline or thighs? It's
true! The need for customization is undeniable. Doesn't that make
complete sense?
Burn the Fat, is
quite simply,
incredibly flexible. Once you have your fundamentals mastered (it's
entirely possible you already do if you're well-read and you've been
working out for a long time), the question remains; do you know how to
"tweak" and fine tune your diet and training to fit your body type? If
not, you could be like the fly trying to get outside by flying straight
through a glass windowpane. It's going to die trying right there on the
windowsill. With equal or even less effort, the fly could simply change
direction and zoom right outside through the open door ten feet away.
That's exactly what happens if you're eating wrong for your body type
and then you switch to the right way for you.
You won't find one
single
nutrition program in Burn the Fat - you will find THREE different
nutrition programs, starting with the basic fundamentals (which you
have to master first). Then you simply adjust your nutrition based on
the information you'll learn in chapter 5 on body types and nutritional
individuality (yes, there's a whole chapter on this subject where you
can learn the real reason why some people can eat whatever they want
and stay skinny).
And what about
training? How
could one workout work for everyone? Do you give the same weight
training program to a competitive bodybuilder that you do to a complete
novice? It's ridiculous to even consider. Burn the fat has not one, but
FOUR training programs. And within each of these four training programs
are TWO schedules, one more conservative for time-scrunched people, and
one more aggressive for people who really want to go for it (that's
eight routines all together).
Ditto for cardio:
How can you
recommend one cardio program for everyone? I teach you how to
systematically manipulate cardio frequency, duration, intensity, timing
and type to accommodate your goals and get the results you want. One
cardio workout just doesn't cut it for everyone. Even if you use a
scientifically proven technique like high intensity interval training,
how long do you think you could do this before your body adapts to it?
The need for variation and individualization is completely obvious.
Okay, second
drawback... let's
face it. Who can deny the fact that although BFL has a lot of solid
information, it's also an advertisement for a supplement company? No
one can deny that, because it's true. The author of BFL, Bill Phillips,
while he has now sold the company and "retired" to Hawaii, was the
founder and CEO of EAS supplement company and publisher of Muscle Media
2000 Magazine (which was also a promotional tool for nutritional
supplements, as are almost all bodybuilding and fitness magazines).
I'm not "picking
on" BFL
specifically - but ask yourself, isn't this the case with almost every
diet program? You buy the book/program and then you're told that you
have to buy all this other stuff to make the program work; pills, bars,
powders, drinks, etc, etc. Is all this stuff really necessary? I say it
most certainly is not!
Contrary to what
some people
believe, I AM NOT "anti-supplements." It's more correct to say that I
am "pro-whole foods" (although I am certainly against unproven, rip off
supplements). I believe in proven supplements for "insurance" purposes,
such as a daily multi vitamin and essential fatty acids, (2) for
convenience purposes (meal replacements and protein powder), and (3) on
rare occasion, a legitimate natural product emerges which really does
enhance performance (such as creatine). I've used these products myself
and recommend them to my clients on occasion.
Let me say that I
have nothing
against even the most aggressive promotion of legitimate products and
services as long as they help enhance the lives of other people. The
world does not beat a path to your door just because you've discovered
a better mousetrap. You have to toot your horn and let everyone know
about the solution you have to their problem or no one will ever
benefit from it.
What irks me is NOT
the selling
of supplements and weight loss products, it's the selling of unproven,
bogus products to make a profit, and also the dishonest way legitimate
products are often misrepresented and marketed.
Supplements are NOT
required to lose fat - they're not even a major factor!
A GREAT BODY DOESN'T
COME IN A PILL!!!!!!
What's unique about
Burn The Fat
is that it's NOT a promotional vehicle for product sales. It's an
information resource and a complete fat loss program that really is for
life - not for just 12 weeks. I know people who have spent $3000 to
$5000 per year on supplements - and I'm not kidding - that's not an
exaggeration! Think about that for a minute! What's really ironic is
that many of these people - even after spending all that money, haven't
gotten any results!
Look, I think Body
For Life is a
very solid program. It's got nutrition, weight training, cardio and
motivational aspects all rolled into one, which is a winning
combination in my book. I also think Bill Phillips has done a
commendable thing by getting weight training and bodybuilding style
nutrition out to the general public. Phillips is a damn good motivator
too, by the way - I read Muscle Media for years and enjoyed many of his
editorials. If I didn't have my own Program, Body For Life is one of
the programs I would recommend (with the previous warnings about
supplements and personalization).
If you're a B.F.L.B
("Body For
Life Burnout") and you want to take it to the next level with a program
that that's individualized and customized to your personal needs, (and
you don't want to miss your car payment because you bought so many
supplements), then get a copy of Burn The Fat Feed the Muscle.
People tell me all
the time how
"refreshing" it is to finally see an unbiased opinion on the subject
and what a "breath of fresh air" it is to hear honest information on
fat loss from the viewpoint of someone who doesn't sell supplements!
Even if you've read BFL, all the magazines and a dozen other
bodybuilding-based nutrition books, you'll still benefit from this
rare, fresh, new, and honest perspective.
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