I also struggled to maintain my muscle mass. And that was part of my problem. Iʼd started down that terrible slope of changing body composition, and I didnʼt like where it was headed… My story at that point overlaps with Adamʼs.
Thatʼs right, a roll. That unsightly bump of belly fat that breaks up the outline of a tight fitting t-shirt. That slight bulge around the middle thatʼs the first thing to emerge from a foggy mirror after a shower.
But it was my challenge, and I didnʼt like it. How did it happen? Age partly, lack of sleep and inadequate recovery most probably, but also the chronic stress of too many writing assignments where the hours were long and training was minimal.
I dug deep into everything I learned during two decades in the martial arts. And when it comes to fitness modalities, I tried them all: old school weight training, running programs, aerobics ( hey, there were a lot of cute girls in those classes…! ), kettlebells, acid / alkaline diets, Indian clubs, and several years dedicated to a fitness system that looked promising but that ultimately didnʼt have the answers I needed either.
I kept plugging away with my training over those years, and my nutrition was clean, but I was hiding a shameful little secret: I had developed a roll.
After all those years of struggle, it finally dawned on me that my diet was off — I wasnʼt eating nearly enough for my frame, or the right macronutrient balance — and I had completely neglected the lifestyle factors.
When it came to exercise, I also learned how to organize my training the right way. Thanks of course to some hints from The Shapeshifter… Guess what? My roll has pretty well vanished. And thatʼs a good thing, because summer is coming and I live right near the beach… — Ryan Our Top 3 “Secret Weapons” Of Body Redes[...].
That one blight on the landscape of an otherwise perfect body… ahem… Okay, yeah, I know, a roll isnʼt much to whine about when youʼre challenged with losing serious weight.