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Originally Posted by Chris Correia
There is probably no problem if someone isn't particularly concerned (or overly concerned, in at least some cases) with achieving a certain look/body composition/leanness.
Leigh and others who seem skilled at helping people make changes (and getting the compliance) might be able to turn any sow's ear into a silk purse. However, I wonder if, for the majority of the people, to hope to live their usual lives, exercising and eating decently, if they're just not going to achieve a certain look.
If we're willing to exercise, eat well, and takes whatever results we get, then there isn't a problem. I wonder to what degree it's artificial to achieve some of the aesthetic goals some people have. There seems to be a lot of fixating on "the look" which is, in good measure, a media perpetrated image that does not naturally happen, and doesn't happen without greatly contrived measures.
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I obviously deal with those who are highly fixed on achieving a certain look or maintaining a look. While I do work with obese clients, the majority of my clients are pure "vanity" pound loss clients. With our culture taking a turn to such a high amount of people being overweight it makes you wonder if what is accepted as in shape will start to alter, of course this is more of a social conversation than physiological.
Regardless getting lean and mean, whatever kind of level that is for you, is made a lot more complicated than it needs to be. People forget that for years bodybuilders have been doing 5-day splits, eating tons of carbs, and walking on a incline achieving the "look" just fine.