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Weight Loss

Why Does Weight Loss Slow Down?

It all starts so well doesn’t it?

10lbs down in the first 8 weeks then for some reason, it slows down or in some cases, stops.

Yet you are doing exactly the same thing as when you first started.

Which leaves you scratching your head trying to understand why.

I am going to try and explain why this is and what you can do about it to continue to get results.

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Weight Loss

7 Things you MUST know in order to LOSE WEIGHT

1. The calorie deficit should be your number one priority

The undeniable truth is that energy balance dictates whether or not you will lose weight or not. If you are not in-taking less calories than what you burn, you will not lose weight. There are literally no outliers. Before you say it, yes it is harder for some people, yes people with thyroid issues or P.C.O.S find it more difficult but the energy balance equation remains the most important thing to conquer.

Basically, you must ingest fewer calories than the amount you expend for weight loss.

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Weight Loss

Weight Loss – Is now the right time?

Before you continue to read this blog, please be aware that I am not saying you have to act on this, I am not saying you should be losing weight right now or any time for that matter. I know that everyone is in a different head-space and I fully understand and respect that, I have clients that are focusing on health right now. However, if you feel that you want to, this might be the best possible time to achieve some incredible results.

As I mentioned a lot of my clients initially wanted to pause their weight loss aspirations because their world had been turned upside down and that was absolutely understandable and so we adapted their goals.

As this situation has become the new normal my clients started to settle down, get into a new routine and push on again for their weight loss goals and this rings true because I’ve also taken on a bunch of new clients who want the same too.

The key to unlocking long-term results is habit change – EVERY SINGLE TIME –

Something I like to say to my clients is…

“Only with action can you change the habits of a lifetime”

Dale Wallace
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Podcast

Bodybuilding & Weight Loss with Nathan Jefferies

The DoTheWork Podcast – Episode #7

In today’s episode I am joined by Nathan Jefferies (@NJFitUK).  There was so much content we had to split the episode into 2 parts.I have worked closely with Nathan for a number of years and I wanted to get his take on the similarities of bodybuilding and weight loss, I also get Nathan’s take on the huge differences too, we talk in this episode about Nathan’s own experience with bodybuilding and how he uses some aspects still today with weight loss clients.Nathan trains  a variety of people including athletes (S&C Coach), gen pop and he also still preps people for bodybuilding shows. His knowledge is vast and he has a wealth of experience of which I know you will get so much value from!

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Podcast

Short-Term Transformations pt.1 with James Critchen & James Mc Dowell

The #DoTheWork Podcast – Episode #5

In today’s episode I am joined by James Critchen and James Mc Dowell. I met these legends at the International Fitness Summit in Barcelona last year.

Both are Personal Trainers – Crabby, who is based in Surrey is an S&C Coach who works out of his home gym and (Irish) James is from, well, Ireland who has both F2F and online clients and he helps them lose their first 10lbs – It was an absolute pleasure to get them on.

EXPLICIT WARNING – THERE ARE A FEW NAUGHTY WORDS IN THIS ONE

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Weight Loss

LOSE WEIGHT WITH HOME WORKOUTS

I’ve covered weight loss a few times now but I want to give you some insight into how you can still achieve this during the lock-down. Before I go on, I want you to know that it is ok to still work toward weight loss, it is ok to work toward maintaining weight and it is even ok if you gain weight. This is a tough time for us and therefore there are some people that will find it more difficult than others to adapt.

For those that do still seek weight loss however I want you to know it is absolutely possible and in this blog I will discuss how I believe this to be the case. The important thing to remember is that we have to manage all three of the main principles in order to lose weight. Number one is nutrition/calories, number two is overall movement/NEAT and number three is exercise. In this blog I want to specifically address the exercise principle behind weight loss.

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Personal Training Workouts

Home Workout – Upper Body

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Podcast

#DoTheWork Podcast – Episode 4

How To Exercise Smarter

In today’s episode I explain why I believe that resistance training should be at the forefront of your training. I explain the limitations of cardio and also lay out the basics of how to build a good resistance training programme.  I do touch on the benefits of cardio too but this episode is all about looking into why resistance training will give you the results that you dream of. I talk about how there is more to exercise than just burning calories and why actually you shouldn’t even be thinking about burning calories – leave that to your nutrition and overall movement. In today’s MYTH-BUSTING – I quash the idea that you should let a machine tell you how many calories you have burnt!

Should you have any feedback regarding the show or suggestions for topics, please leave a comment below or contact me directly via email – info@dalewallacept.com – Also if you would like a particular question answered via the listener Q&A, please use the same communication channels.

Dale.

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Podcast

#DoTheWork Podcast – Episode 3

CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE

In today’s episode I explain what MINDSET means to me, I define it, I explain to you that the way you think could be the very thing that is holding you back from achieving your goals in both health & fitness and other areas of life.  We look at how to assess and question your thoughts, where they come from and how to use them as energy to create a catalyst for change using a real life example – NOT TO BE MISSED. In today’s MYTH-BUSTING – I quash the idea that you must do lots of ‘ABS’ TO GET ABS! 

Should you have any feedback regarding the show or suggestions for topics, please leave a comment below or contact me directly via email – info@dalewallacept.com – Also if you would like a particular question answered via the listener Q&A, please use the same communication channels.

Dale.

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Miscellaneous

HOW TO STAY MOTIVATED DURING LOCK-DOWN

I’ve had a few suggestions for blogs that are based on the current period in time being locked down. In this blog I will talk about how it is possible to remain motivated whilst being at home, it is possible to continue to lose weight and also keep your sanity.

I will also let you into a little secret as to how those that consistently exercise, well… consistently exercise.