Here we go again; I’ll probably make some of our female clients mad. I’ll tell you up front, that’s not my intention. It’s my intention to help anyone who wants to work and reach their fitness, strength or weight loss goals. This is a situation I deal with on almost a daily basis. I have client tell me, “Scott, my jeans are getting tight”. Allow me to explain how our body responds to training. I am going to address the female client since I have never heard a male client complain about his jeans getting tight in his legs.
First of all, a woman as well as a man has testosterone as well as estrogen in their bodies. A man has more testosterone than a woman as a woman has more estrogen than a man. The testosterone in a man’s body enables him to develop muscle. The small amount of testosterone in a woman’s body will enable them to develop muscle, but nothing like a man. So a woman will not develop muscle like a man unless genetically they have an over abundance of testosterone or they chemically enhance their physique. A woman will not develop like a man, period.
When a woman begins a strength training and fitness program, they will develop their muscles. Here is what I see happening. They start the program, they develop some muscle, their metabolism speeds up, they get hungry and they eat, i.e. their jeans get tight. To keep this from happening, you must incorporate proper nutritional habits along with strength and fitness training. That is the key. Remember, the more muscle you have, the higher your resting metabolic rate will be. Here are some of the excuses I hear; I workout so I can eat whatever I want. That fine, so don’t complain to me about your jeans being too tight. I’m not losing fat on my legs. Let’s say, hypothetically a person has 2 inches of fat on their thighs and an inch on their arms. They begin a program and after a period of time they lose ½ inch of fat. Most people expect to lose the fat in their problem areas 1st. This isn’t always true. If you lose ½ inch of fat, that means you now have ½ inch of fat on your arms and 1 ½ inches of fat on your thighs. Remember, a pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh a pound. The difference is that the pound of fat takes up a lot more room that the pound of muscle. If you are building muscle in your legs and not losing fat, your jeans will get tight. The new found muscle pushes the fat out, i.e. tight jeans. It’s simple, build muscle and lose fat. The only way to do this is to interval strength train and follows a sound nutrition and weight loss plan.
So there you have it in a nut shell. Train hard, be discipline with your nutrition and remember, NO EXCUSES! JUST RESULTS! Train hard and smart and God Bless!
Check out this video. The lady you see in the video, trains just like the men in the video. Take a look at her legs. This young lady dead lifts 235 lbs., Squats 175 lbs. and can do 10 kettlebell swings with a 70 lb. kettlebell. Oh yeah, she wears size 2 in jeans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI-2bPPyXnw
Scott Hines Sr. EdM, C.S.C.S. RKC
Pro Performance Inc.
314 East 1st Ave. Rome, GA 30161
www.pro-performance.net
