40fit Radio

Coach D sits down with dietician and Starting Strength Coach Robert Santana to talk about the million dollar question: how do you lose fat, and keep it off? First, it's important to understand why we get fat -- the body chemistry of fat and muscle gain -- and where we've missed the mark on the science of fat loss in our modern culture.   Santana discusses the phenomenon of the skinny fat body, sometimes referred to as "dad bod," and why we need to shift our ideas about "weight loss" toward "muscle gain." Many people who fall into the normal and overweight category, typically as measured by BMI, don't need to lose weight per se, but rather gain muscle and lose bodyfat. Thus, the scale is the wrong tool for measuring progress. Instead, these people should focus on tracking waist measurement, bodyfat (via a simple test like skinfold caliper test), and their progress under the bar. Yes, they should be weight training!   As he explains, metabolism is largely driven by the metabolic rate at rest. Physical activity