Originally posted by brodus
Of course its willpower. I personally think that's the biggest benefit to ECA stacks, is it boosts people's willpower amd intensity. A gifted coach does the same thing for someone-->he makes every session an incredibly focused battle, and the strong survive and advance.
But now my philosophy:
I have a very hard time believing anyone wouldn't lose weight if they ran or did semi-hard cardio for an hour-1.5 hours five times a week.
You don't need to count anything, you'll be burning an extra 10,000 calories or more per week.
Do you ever wonder why competetive athletes are so trim, such as basketball players, soccer players, runners, etc., even though every soccer player I know drinks regularly, and every runner I know eats whatever they want? Its b/c they train more than anyone else.
Look at sprinters. They don't "refeed" or do any of that stuff, yet they train for 2 hours a day, and are ripped. Or look at competetive cyclists, or soccer players, or hockey players. Or look at running backs in football.
Hell, look at that Subway dude, Jarod. He didn't shrink from eating subs, he shrank because he walked/worked out two hours a day.
Likewise, eating 6,000 calories a day of even semi-decent food while lifting no more than an hour a day five days a week, no cardio, will make someone gain weight.
I would challenge anyone here that says they can't lose weight and has tried everything to try doing 1.5 hours of cardio five days a week, and focus on that, instead of supplements and everything else, and see where you are in one month. I've never met a person who trains at that level who doesn't lose weight rapidly.
You can take a supplement or go on a weird diet to confuse your body's metabolism, or you can train like an animal and make it happen for real.
My willpower is not at a 100%, so I do the supp. route right now, but I've never been as ripped or mentally unshakable as when I trained 2 hours + a day and advanced to the upper echelons of athletic performance. It is physically impossible for your body to hold onto an energy source (fat) when you work out at that level.
Also, in terms of all this carb consciousness, does everyone here realize that 4 calories is 4 calories, and whether you eat all white bread or eat pure rolled oats, both only account for 4 calories, not some other magic number? And in the final analysis, burning more calories than you eat is what makes you leaner?
