How to Get Lean at ANY Age! (PROVEN METHOD)

Thanks to a recent question that was posed to me, I was able to reflect on the fact that I am 50 years old and there’s 12 things I know about getting and staying lean at any age. In this video, I am going to cover 12 actionable items that I’ve done and have coached to celebrities, athletes, and aver

This right here is going to help you to lose weight and keep it off forever. There’s going to be no more attempt to lose weight because what I wrote down on this paper actually is exactly what I’ve done that has helped me to not only get lean but stay there now at the age of 50. So I wanted to put some real thought into this and for you I wrote down 12 actionable things. 12 things that I believe are completely comprehensive step by step that if you follow these you’re going to be able to get very very good results and by doing this I realize that I come to you in a state of authority right I know that I can speak about this not only having done this myself but having done this for pro athletes having done this for actors whose main responsibility was to get lean for a specific role and for lots of people just like you that are watching this video right now who just need to lose lose weight and have been frustrated by not being able to do it. So, that’s the premise.

Okay. So, right off the bat, number one is going to have to do with motivation. And for you people that want to just skip this part because you don’t really care about the motivation part, you have to listen to this part because it sets the stage for the actionable tips that are going to come next. And I promise you, I’ll give you all the actionable tips. The first part about motivation is that you have to realize that it doesn’t come necessarily before you start.

It can come after you start. So, a good portion of you that watch this whole video are going to wind up becoming fired up and motivated and have a blueprint just like this to be able to go and follow through on and start to see the results that you’re looking for. Some will watch this video, see all the things that they know they need to do, and not find the motivation to actually go do it. But that’s okay cuz a lot of us are not going to find that motivation until we start to see the results from actually doing it. And that’s the part I think that trips people up.

They feel like they should expect to have motivation and it’s not going to come until you start to see that. If you do feel that motivation, you have to be careful because that motivation can sometimes be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. In other words, you start extremely motivated, but then the first time something happens, you feel like you’re reverting back to your old self again. that you’re going to go right back to all the habits that led you to the point that you’re at right now and that you’re just not destined to be able to follow a list like this that I create for you. That’s not true either.

All right? So, you have to be careful when it comes to motivation. The best way to handle this, here’s your first actionable tip. The best way to set this up for success is to start by asking yourself why. Rather than telling yourself what you’re going to do based off of my advice here or what you’re not going to do, which is even worse based off of my advice here, instead say why am I going to do this?

And when you ask yourself why, you will get to the real reason and the motivator that will drive you or anchor you to finally get to where you want to be. That why can actually be determined by asking yourself that question more than once. If you say, “Hey, I just want to get a six-pack. ” Ask yourself, “Well, why do I want a six-pack? ” “Well, because I want to be leaner.

” Well, why do you want to be leaner? Well, because I have too much weight, and I want to be healthier. Oh, okay. We’re getting somewhere. Why do you want to be healthier?

Well, because I have kids, young kids, and I want to be healthier and and lead a better example for them on how to live a healthier life. Okay, so you’re getting at the true why. And when you start to get down, usually after five askings of the question of why, you usually get to the real motivation. And in that motivation or that anchor, you’ll be able to find success. Point number two, when it comes to getting lean, nutrition beats training every single time.

And I know as a trainer, you’re probably surprised some of you to hear that, but there’s no out training a bad diet. There’s no overcoming sloppy nutrition. The results that you will get will always be sloppy if you won’t fix the way you eat. Now, here’s the good news. There’s a way to do that.

But we have to overcome a certain mindset first. And that is the mindset, that simple mindset that says you just got to eat less and move more. I can appreciate that, but that’s not going to create the type of weight loss that you’re looking for. Cuz I’m not looking to lose muscle at the same time that I’m losing fat. I want you to only lose body fat and maintain your muscle, as you’ll see here in a minute, why that’s so important.

The other thing is it’s really less about eating less and more about eating right. So, how do we eat right? The first thing we have to do is prioritize two things at every single meal. Protein and fibrous carbohydrates. So much so that if you can create a meal that has 80% coming from those two places, 40% protein and 40% of those fibrous carbohydrates, that would fix 80% of your nutrition problems right there, just by simply starting your plate that way.

I even go on to show a nutrition partition technique that we use, the plate division technique, where you want to divide your plate in this way. Look at it like a clock and divide that circle up. 40% from protein, 40% from the fibrous carbohydrates, and then leave the remaining 20% for starchy carbohydrates. So, how much protein are we talking about? I recommend 75 to 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight and up to 1.

2 g of protein per pound of body weight if you’re training in the gym. So, what I do is I use a protein powder. And I’m not doing this to just promote my protein, though it’s the best protein out on the market. But truly, I have a protein shake in the morning, 30 grams plus a little bit extra for the milk, and then I have a protein shake at night when I get back from work. And what that does for me is it allows me to start to chase that, let’s say, for me 175 grams of protein per day or even slightly higher by getting 70 grams of protein right there just in the two shakes.

It makes it a lot easier to do. Now, why does that work? Because it helps us to maintain muscle mass. And muscle mass, as you’ll see here, is going to be the main driver of metabolism as you age. And as you start to lose muscle when you get older here, a challenge for me at the age of 50, your metabolism will start to slow down.

And even staying the same weight you were, even eating the same things can become a challenge. When it comes to those carbohydrates, and I’m talking about starchy carbohydrates, they are the great consistency caveat. meaning they are either going to work for you or against you. But you better learn how to handle them because I do not believe that depriving yourself from those starchy carbohydrates, and we’re talking about the ones that you like, rice, potatoes, bread, pasta, if you avoid them entirely, then the consistency is going to go by the wayside because in the long haul, and I’m talking about not just in the next one month even, I’m talking about not even just in the next three or six months, but a year down the road, two years down the road, five years, 10, 10 years down the road, I do not believe that anybody can completely avoid starchy carbohydrates and find themselves to be completely satisfied with their eating to a degree that they’ll never relapse or find themselves in need of another video just like this again. And I’m not sayi