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Hey Reader

If you’ve followed my content on social media for some time, you are likely aware that I call this stuff out regularly. Recently I've seen a huge rise in ‘fat burning’ and ‘body fat targeting’ workout videos and, well, today felt like a good day to emphasise just how ridiculous they all are.

I posted this video today on the topic and I’m really not sure who I blame for this nonsense persisting.

Mostly, I blame influencers looking to exploit misinformation for likes and views. I blame gyms who will use any type of ‘fat burning’ advertisements to sell class spaces and gym memberships. I also blame diet companies looking to profit off our insecurities.

Wherever your blame lies, it’s all just pretty gross as they are point blank lying to you.

You’ve probably noticed that I very rarely ever talk about fat loss on social media. Not that I judge anyone who has that goal. It’s your body and you can do what you want with it.

I just simply never want fat loss to be the main focus or the emphasis of how I support others.

Health and fitness improvements are represented in our behaviours, not how our bodies look. I would much rather put my time and energy into helping people make lifelong behaviour changes, not short term fixes.

However, I am a personal trainer and the large majority of the questions I receive are around the topic of fat loss. So now and again we have to bust a few myths to prevent people from falling prey to those pesky exploiters of “wellness”.

So to clear this up:

Fat burning workouts and body fat targeting exercises are a myth. There is no magic workout that will burn body fat. There is no special technique for how to move your body that will burn more body fat.

Ignore the gym posters.

Oh, and please also ignore the influencers that have built their followings and made their money from selling tummy blasting/FUPA burning workouts. They are 100% lying to you.

Before you go, this week we got to interview the brilliant Shauna Spence (otherwise known as The Nutrition Tea) on our podcast. We discussed Intuitive Eating and a non-diet approach to nutrition. I think you’ll love it!

Cheers,

Michael

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