You CAN out train a bad diet [But why would you?]

<p>You CAN out train a bad diet [But why would you?]</p> <p><br></p> <p>We're on a mission to help one million people RISE by 2030 - join the movement at <a href="http://www.myrise.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.myrise.co.uk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Have you ever heard the expression “You can’t out train a bad diet”?</p> <p>If you haven’t, you have now.</p> <p>And it’s kinda true.</p> <p>Although, if we’re being honest, you can out train a bad diet.</p> <p>It’s just incredibly hard.</p> <p>A massively inefficient approach.</p> <p>Exercise is often massively overrated in terms of effectiveness for weight loss.</p> <p>Have a guess how much weight an average sized man would lose by running a marathon (if all else were equal)?</p> <p>A pound.</p> <p>One measly pound of body fat.</p> <p>For running / walking 26.2 miles.</p> <p>If you had a big Saturday night that added 3,500 calories to your intake (meal out, several drinks and a take out on the way home would easily do it), you could do one of three things.</p> <p>1. Gain a pound of body fat</p> <p>2. Run a marathon the next day</p> <p>3. Knock off 500 calories a day for the next week</p> <p>Or, probably more a bit easier, option 4:</p> <p>Make that night out 2,000 calories and knock of 400 a day until the next weekend.</p> <p>Exercise is great for many things.</p> <p>Increasing energy levels, toning and / or building muscle, getting a body we like the look and feel of, reducing aches and pains, health, fitness, better mood and mental health, supporting focus on better food choices and much, much more.</p> <p>It’s rubbish for weight loss.</p> <p>Compared to the changes we can make in our eating.</p> <p>Exponentially easier.</p> <p>Running a marathon vs. a handful less mouthfuls of food a day for a week.</p> <p>Or even just as much (or more) food but lower calorie density choices.</p> <p>Remember, you CAN out train a bad diet.</p> <p>But why would you even want to try?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Much love,</p> <p>Jon ‘Shamone’ Hall</p>