Adam Schafer

Yeah. And during that process, the thought process is, OK, I'm just making it a goal to get that much protein. I'm doing a couple exercises, not really intense, just sending a consistent signal to build muscle. You want to make sure that in that first month, like you said, you're setting the metabolism up.

Yeah. And during that process, the thought process is, OK, I'm just making it a goal to get that much protein. I'm doing a couple exercises, not really intense, just sending a consistent signal to build muscle. You want to make sure that in that first month, like you said, you're setting the metabolism up.

I like to think of it as like if losing weight or losing fat is like digging a hole, I'm building the bigger shovel in that first month. In that first month, I'm building that big shovel. And then...

I like to think of it as like if losing weight or losing fat is like digging a hole, I'm building the bigger shovel in that first month. In that first month, I'm building that big shovel. And then...

I like to think of it as like if losing weight or losing fat is like digging a hole, I'm building the bigger shovel in that first month. In that first month, I'm building that big shovel. And then...

When you go to the second month and you start to do these little mini cuts and mini bulks, I'm also not going to burn myself out of just digging, digging, digging, digging all the time because that'll get burnt out also. And so you apply these little sprints of a calorie deficit so I get to see myself lean out again. And then I go back to building again, go back to building the shovel again.

When you go to the second month and you start to do these little mini cuts and mini bulks, I'm also not going to burn myself out of just digging, digging, digging, digging all the time because that'll get burnt out also. And so you apply these little sprints of a calorie deficit so I get to see myself lean out again. And then I go back to building again, go back to building the shovel again.

When you go to the second month and you start to do these little mini cuts and mini bulks, I'm also not going to burn myself out of just digging, digging, digging, digging all the time because that'll get burnt out also. And so you apply these little sprints of a calorie deficit so I get to see myself lean out again. And then I go back to building again, go back to building the shovel again.

And then I get little sprints at it again versus what a lot of people do, which is just aggressively cut and And they lose, lose, lose. And then they hit a plateau and they're so low a calorie they have nowhere to go. Instead of interrupting it with these kind of mini cuts and bulks, I just find that to be a far better long-term strategy and approach, both mentally and physically.

And then I get little sprints at it again versus what a lot of people do, which is just aggressively cut and And they lose, lose, lose. And then they hit a plateau and they're so low a calorie they have nowhere to go. Instead of interrupting it with these kind of mini cuts and bulks, I just find that to be a far better long-term strategy and approach, both mentally and physically.

And then I get little sprints at it again versus what a lot of people do, which is just aggressively cut and And they lose, lose, lose. And then they hit a plateau and they're so low a calorie they have nowhere to go. Instead of interrupting it with these kind of mini cuts and bulks, I just find that to be a far better long-term strategy and approach, both mentally and physically.

This is one of my favorite tips or hacks that you're talking about, whatever you want to label this as, because I think most people have a tendency to do what you said. When you're motivated to lose weight, you tend to increase volume, increase intensity, simultaneously decreasing calories, which to Justin's point is just overloading you with stress.

This is one of my favorite tips or hacks that you're talking about, whatever you want to label this as, because I think most people have a tendency to do what you said. When you're motivated to lose weight, you tend to increase volume, increase intensity, simultaneously decreasing calories, which to Justin's point is just overloading you with stress.

This is one of my favorite tips or hacks that you're talking about, whatever you want to label this as, because I think most people have a tendency to do what you said. When you're motivated to lose weight, you tend to increase volume, increase intensity, simultaneously decreasing calories, which to Justin's point is just overloading you with stress.

You're not giving the body enough recovery, not giving it enough recovery time. The intensity is too much. And then on top of that, you're not feeding it enough energy. to recover from all that damage. So learning to scale back a little bit on the intensity. And what I like to tell clients with that is let the diet do the work.

You're not giving the body enough recovery, not giving it enough recovery time. The intensity is too much. And then on top of that, you're not feeding it enough energy. to recover from all that damage. So learning to scale back a little bit on the intensity. And what I like to tell clients with that is let the diet do the work.

You're not giving the body enough recovery, not giving it enough recovery time. The intensity is too much. And then on top of that, you're not feeding it enough energy. to recover from all that damage. So learning to scale back a little bit on the intensity. And what I like to tell clients with that is let the diet do the work.

So when I'm coaching a client and I decide to cut them in the calories and they get motivated, well, Adam, can I go on a run? Or can I do this extra set? Or can I stay here longer? I'm like, no, no, no, no. Let the diet do the work. We're cutting your calories right now. You're going to lean out. Guess what?

So when I'm coaching a client and I decide to cut them in the calories and they get motivated, well, Adam, can I go on a run? Or can I do this extra set? Or can I stay here longer? I'm like, no, no, no, no. Let the diet do the work. We're cutting your calories right now. You're going to lean out. Guess what?

So when I'm coaching a client and I decide to cut them in the calories and they get motivated, well, Adam, can I go on a run? Or can I do this extra set? Or can I stay here longer? I'm like, no, no, no, no. Let the diet do the work. We're cutting your calories right now. You're going to lean out. Guess what?