An interview with Dublins Fat Loss Expert

I recently had the pleasure to interview a fat loss expert who DEFINITELY walks the walk and practices what we preaches.
Without too much ‘fluff’ Bryan Kavanagh is someone who has REALLY impressed me with his ability to get people REALLY lean, REALLY fast. I should also mention, I;ve NEVER met anyone who eats so much broccoli!

Check out Bryan’s picture too- he’s not in bad shape himself either!
Anyway. Lets get into this!

PM-Bryan, can you tell my a readers a little about your background your specialization area?

BK -To be honest I used to pride myself on increasing sports performance. Making people stronger, faster and more powerful was first on my list. Maintaining strength: mass ratio was essential because of the nature of the athletes I was working with . . martial artists and boxers need to make weight…
So in essence I transitioned into experimenting a lot with fat loss and ‘making weight. . but the emphasis was always on performance. .
Thing is. . all the athletes I worked with underwent a complete body composition shift. They gained muscle and lost fat. . hmm . .
Isn’t that the goal of almost every trainee anyway. . ? I’ve had made the same observations on the track. . they were all in great condition . . and yet they spent so little time in the gym.
I spent the last few years focusing on performance and saw ‘bodybuilding’ and ‘fat loss’ as a separate entity! I actually didn’t notice what was happening right underneath my nose. . almost every single one of the athletes I worked with ended up really lean and really strong. .In the past I was asked on numerous occasions to help people lose weight and I would just respond ‘don’t eat crap and do some training. .’ simple as that!
I soon realized that the performance goals I set for boxers and martial artists were giving better ‘aesthetic’ results than anyone I worked with. . I was on to something. .

PM Whats the number 1 mistake people make when it comes to trying to lose fat?
BK-the number one mistake people make in the gym. . .hmm but there’s so many! (laughing)

I would have to say that the primary thing holding people back is they have no clue where they want to be or what they want to look like!

People set out with a goal like;

‘I want to be in good shape’

I know that may sound reasonable at first but when you take a closer look you will agree it is actually ridiculous! Lets use a little analogy for this one. It really is like you waking up in the morning and saying;

‘I think I will go somewhere today’. .

Where? ... Work? …To the shopping centre?

You could be going anywhere… lets get a little more specific than that people;

‘I want to lose 30lbs see my abs and do 20 chins straight. .’

Now there’s some goals I can relate to!

PM This REALLY grates on me but Why, Why, Why do people persist with jogging and sit ups?
BK- Why do people persist doing sit ups and jogging…? Next question please… : )

It actually is understandable when you really think about it;

They don’t know any different. They are being told to do it at every opportunity but idiotic ‘health writers’ in the newspaper ‘wellness’ section. . it wouldn’t surprise me if the editors themselves wrote them articles because some of them are hilarious. . one I seen the other day was openly telling people to take sugar with their tea if you are feeling tired because you may not be getting enough carbohydrates. . hmm

Getting back on track… I think people persist in doing long drawn out cardio because they equate long boring exercise with weight loss. They think in order to lose weight they must train for a long time. And the first thing that pops into their head is ‘go for a run’.

I reckon it’s the clowns on the infomercials that have poisoned people’s brains with crunches and their divine ability to sculpt you a nice 6pack with little or no effort on your part. . ab rollers, ab loungers and the likes. They really crack me up. Rocky films may also have something to do with it. . I, myself am guilty of dangling out of a branch and doing upside down sit ups… they just look hardcore I guess haha
All jogging does is make you efficient at doing that particular movement. i.e. you burn less energy less time you do it. So in essence every time you go for that jog you teach your metabolism to perform on less calories. The run you done yesterday is burning a hell of lot less calories than the run you started doing a month ago. You are more efficient now and burning less fat. Period.

But seriously your probably better off doing nothing… there I said it …

Too many people think they can train hard 3 times per week, eat well twice per week and they will be in great shape in no time. This simply is not the case. You have to dedicate at least 90% of your time to eating sensibly and training hard. That’s it. Even at that you still have to be careful for the other 10% of the time. Being lean is a full time job. It is not a 4 hours per week all out assault on the gym and then for the other 164 hours of the week you eat crap and laze about.

PM- finally, what are the 3 TOP TIPS you could give to anyone looking to get lean?
BK The top 3 tips I have for your readers are;

1. Have a plan. I know I sound like a broken record but you need a plan, write down where you are now and where you want to be and get cracking on it. Start where you are now, take measurements, weigh yourself, test your fitness and come back in two weeks and do it again (with witnesses).
2. Get a stop watch. I see people all the time that don’t time their rest periods. . I really don’t understand it. . it looks something like this

Set 1.
Rest 60seconds
Set 2.
Rest 3 minutes
Set 3.
Rest 2 minutes 22 seconds.

I’m exaggerating but you get the point right? How on earth can you measure your progress if your recovery is undulating all over the place?

3. I know I said ‘weigh yourself earlier in the post but I really would suggest you do yourself a favor and throw the scales out the window. I’ve had to explain to dozens of women in the past week alone that they are in-fact losing bodyfat even though the scales is only showing small differences. In weeks of intense training you will put on small amounts of functional muscle and this is a must. You will lose fat at the same time. Increase muscle and decreased fat. . weight will either stay the same (for now) but bodyfat will drop and clothes will fit better and you will look and feel better.

Is that not the goal anyway? Look and feel better? Not be a certain number. .

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