Good for you. I’ve been all types. You see and do not understand which is why your advice isn’t useful. Everything y’all are saying is just that- easier said than done. Good trainers are expensive even for ppl who have money (I have one), gyms costs money and time and all that shyt can be overwhelming for a beginner. Building up activity level is a important for someone who may be completely sedentary, And what about confidence? Gyms can be intimidating for someone starting out. It’s not realistic to expect someone who is struggling with losing weight to hop right into a routine like y’all are suggesting. Extreme changes (which may seem minor to you but aren’t to someone who isn’t used to it) will make them more likely to fail.
Consistency is key, especially when you’re very fat. You lose that shyt quick as fukk with minimal effort so those fat ppl you saw probably didn’t go often or were eating like shyt. If this guy can manage to get his ass off the couch for a few walks a week for a month AND STICK WITH IT, it should then encourage him to continue upping activity levels so he doesn’t stall, eventually moving into a gym setting. That’s a common progression that’s work for millions that you haven’t seen.
Cool. Don't have a dog in this fight so it's whatever at the end of the day. If it helps OP cool, if it doesn't, that's fine too.
I don't see you posting a lot in The Gym so Imma take your posts with an even bigger grain of salt than I do for the folks I know stay on their grind.
Those same fat folks show up regularly (I plate/people watch at the gym) and it's always the same formula: minimal intensity cardio (short/slow walks on the treadmill), cable/light dumbbell/machine isolation lifts, stretching, and then they dip. You have a better chance of hitting the Powerball than seeing a big person bust their ass, at least at any of the gyms I frequent (8 or so this year).
They're obviously eating like shyt or they wouldn't be so big, but the same could be said of OP. Again, at 315 lbs. and not in the NFL, you need to make more drastic changes than just walking a couple times a week and switching to diet soda.
(I also never told dude to get a trainer, just noted an observation of what I see with some folks that hire them.)
I've also worked out folks before and know most people, regardless of size, are lazy, but if you think that nice gradual increase in activity (3 - 30 minute walks a week) is gonna cut it, fine.
Gyms are intimidating to skinny newbs just like they are to big newbs, but part of being a man in cowboying the fukk up and doing what you need to do.
Imagine being so scared of the gym that you didn't go just cause you were worried about what people there might think - even though you're the size of two people.
is when changes happen.
