You’ve Gotta Be Kidding Me
November 8, 2006 fitness No CommentsI was going to write this short little thing to Bob Green (Oprah’s trainer, author of Making the Connection and some other stuff).
He feels like swimming is a lousy exercise for losing fat. I was going to point out swimming has been my major cardio, list how much I’ve lost1 and say “Nya, nya, nya”.
When I write an article, I often do as much as five whole minutes of research to find a website that supports some smartassed comment or other I make.
What do I find? Mr. Green is working with McDonald’s. Now, I’ve read Making the Connection and I know Green believes in a low fat diet. No, if you’re going to eat that way, McDonald’s doesn’t have a great deal to offer. Some, but not much, and no, not an Egg McMuffin without the cheese. BZZZTT!
I don’t respect this. It ain’t that I think a low fat diet is all that. I don’t. I eat low carb, high protein, and don’t sweat the fat. It’s what works for me. But it would be like me, after getting fit by what I’m doing, being a spokesman for an aerobics center that used as its marketing technique pink dumbbells, low weights, high reps and played into a fear of “getting big”.2
In other words, corporate whoring.
1 28 lbs since the beginning of July. A rate of about a pound and a half a week, which is a fine rate of fat loss.
2For those of you who may never have read any of my fitness articles, I believe in moderate cardio, and lifting hard and heavy. Putting on muscle is a great way to lose fat and get fit fast. Women won’t “get big” without special training and illegal or quasi-legal supplementation. Promise.
