Losing body fat isn’t the only thing you should be worried about when it comes to sculpting your dream body.

Sure, it’s a very important step…but too many people are only concerned with losing weight, which causes them to ignore other components of fitness that are necessary to obtain a jaw-dropping fitness model (-esque) figure that draws compliments and demands respect.

Now, if you’re cool with looking average and blending in with everyone else…by all means, keep those blinders on and continue your obsession with what the scale reads.  After all, a smaller number automatically leads to a fitness  model figure, right?

Not so much…

I want you to create a complete body that looks great from your eyes to your thighs and your toes back to your nose (haha).

I’m sorry to tell ya, but weight loss alone isn’t enough.  To really turn heads, you’ll want to have great posture; sport long, lean muscles; have good body symmetry; and be highly flexible, mobile and versatile.

You see, weight loss alone generally leads to you going from a really large pear to a smaller pear.  You weigh less, but you’re still battling loose, saggy skin and wondering why you can’t achieve a tight, tone and fit look.

You can avoid becoming the notorious “skinny fat person” by following a complete fitness program that not only torches unwanted body fat, but also strengthens, lengthens, checks and corrects.

Basically, you need to take an honest look at yourself (or better yet, have a professional personal trainer give you an assessment) and figure out what aspects (other than losing body fat) you need to work on to sculpt your final masterpiece.

Posture: Almost all of us will need to work on our posture…as this 9-5 “cubicle hell” lifestyle tends to force our shoulders to rotate inward.  The cool thing about standing taller is that you instantly look more confident, plus you lose an inch or so off your waistline!

Strength Training: I shouldn’t have to discuss strength training too much.  If you’re following this blog, you already know that we need to add as much lean muscle as possible to boost metabolic rate, burn more fat and look tone and tight after losing the outer layer of fat.

Flexibility: Probably the most overlooked element of a total fitness workout plan is FLEXIBILITY training.  Did you know that you should be stretching almost the same amount of time each week as you spend working out?  This means if you do weight training and cardio for a total of 4 hours a week, you should do an additional 4 hours of stretching!

Most people do zilch…or maybe a sloppy couple of minutes before they start a workout.  Luckily for you, I’m all about providing the most efficient and effective body transformation workouts…therefore, you’ll be spending about 1.5 hrs per week working out and if you can add an hour of stretching each week…you’d be doing your body a great justice.

Assess and adjust: Okay, so now we’re torching ugly body fat, building long, lean muscles, improving our posture and increasing our flexibility…so what else is there?  Lastly, you need to constantly reassess and adjust your workouts and make specific tweaks to account for imbalances, lagging body parts, trouble areas…or anything else that needs additional work to bring your physique to the next level.

When I used to actually go to the gym for my weight training workouts (haven’t been there in about 8 months now), I’d see the same people in there week after week…doing the same exercises, the same routine…and guess what…6 months later they didn’t look any different!

Should this be surprising?  The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and hoping for different results…

It drives me nuts seeing guys that have well-defined arms and a nice chest, but BIRD LEGS…or girls that lose 20 lbs, but fail to do any form of strength training and therefore have that ‘swaying sail’ of loose fat under the tricep area of their arms.  Not exactly the ideal, totally fit look we’re going for, right?

The mistake these people are making is that they’re not stepping back and taking an honest look at their progress.  I suggest taking a picture of yourself wearing hardly anything (hey now) about once a month and making comparisons.

Notice what’s improved, what’s gotten worse, what needs more work, point out areas that are lacking symmetry, monitor your overall shape, etc.  Be HONEST…this is the only way to ensure you’re cruising down the fast lane en route to HOTTVILLE (population…very few!).

Be the exception.  Stand out in a crowd.  Get more out of life.

Your Coach,

Brad Campbell

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