Losing those last few pounds (the agony, angst & answers)

March 13, 2011 By Belinda 8 Comments

Are you struggling to lose that last bit of body fat? You would not believe how many emails I get a week about this! When you are trying to break through a fat loss plateau or get extra lean it’s normal for the rate of fat loss to slow down and the things we have been doing, don’t work anymore. You’ll notice that you’re now holding fat specifically in your trouble areas; and those trouble areas are determined by your specific hormonal system.
So, rather than dieting excessively in order to create more of a calorie deficit we need to pay attention to our hormonal systems and the way it affects our storage of fat and fat loss. I would like to introduce an expert to you in hormonal fat loss training – who can better explain what all this is about and what you can do about it. Apart from being a self-confessed “pretty boy” (you can decide for yourself), he comes with great credentials and agreed to be interviewed by me (you may have even seen his recent appearance on Good Morning America Health – more about that to come next week).

Belinda: Roman, thank you for giving me your program to try out – it kicked my butt! You would not believe how many emails I get asking about how to lose those last few stubborn pounds. I know Final Phase Fat Loss works – but tell us why?
Roman: It’s my pleasure! I just appreciate you trying it out. To answer your question, Final Phase works for a number of reasons. The first, as I’ve spoken about in a few articles, is simply that we rotate training styles over the course of a given week. These allows us to consistently stay ahead of the adaptation curve. So instead of just doing one workout, or even one STYLE of workout, each week we do four.
The other reason, of course, is the hormonal response to various types of training–but we’ll talk about that in a bit.
Belinda: In my experience people get very frustrated not being able to cut body fat in the places they need to – like their abs and legs for example. I want the nitty gritty, how will FPFL help people get that last bit of stubborn body fat off in those hard to lose areas?
Roman: This is where the hormonal stuff comes in. You see, site-specific fat storage, in large part, is a hormonal issue. You see, certain hormones manifest themselves in certain ways. If you have high cortisol, you’ll have a lot of belly fat. If you have high estrogen, you’ll store a lot of fat in your lower body. Finally, if you’re dealing with love handles, then it’s an issue with insulin. In order to deal with all of those things (or any of them), you have to do specific types of training that help to produce OTHER hormones which will offset the problem areas.
Belinda: I was impressed with the 4 training methods you use in the program, in fact I use a similar system myself. Can you give us a quick overview of what that is all about?
Roman: Sure! In the program, we’ve got dynamic training, density based training (training for certain lengths of time), lactic acid/growth hormone training, and strength circuits. Each of these, as I mentioned, is intentioned to ellicit a particular hormonal response.
Belinda: That is what really impressed me about your program Roman, in fact I am studying that right now as part of my Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist qualification. Now if someone is ready to get serious about getting their body fat % down and starting FPFL what will they get in terms of workouts and nutrition, what equipment do they need and how long before they will see results?

Roman: The program contains workouts that address every aspect of hormonal fat loss so people can tailor their training for personalized results.Final Phase Fat Loss is really about CONCEPTS and methods that anyone can apply to their current workout regime. Which means, more than anything else, the type of equipment you have isn’t really that important. You can modify the program to be done with body weight, or resistance bands, or kettlebells. People should see results after the first week — on average desired results are 1-2 pounds of lost fat per week!

So there you have it. If you have any questions for Roman or me please post below and don’t forget to check out Roman’s new program by clicking here!