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Title: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: Army of One on July 15, 2013, 03:04:14 PM
...when this forum and many others had many posters reporting otherwise?Recently read a 'guru' stated the best he'd ever seen was a client losing 0.75% a week and he'd never seen better?
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: Rami on July 15, 2013, 03:06:51 PM
forget about the numbers

the body works in mysterious ways
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: hardgainerj on July 15, 2013, 03:07:31 PM
...when this forum and many others had many posters reporting otherwise?Recently read a 'guru' stated the best he'd ever seen was a client losing 0.75% a week and he'd never seen better?
'go by the mirror not the scale'  ::) ::)
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: Rhino on July 15, 2013, 03:09:39 PM
What's this have to do with Justice for people killed by evil whites?
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: dj181 on July 15, 2013, 03:35:45 PM
it's possible to lose 2% per week

but once you get down to around 7% or so then it slows down
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: BIG DUB on July 15, 2013, 03:45:25 PM
think i read somewhere 1% = 5lbs
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: ukjeff on July 15, 2013, 03:46:10 PM
think i read somewhere 1% = 5lbs

Throw that book away.   ::)
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: Army of One on July 15, 2013, 04:13:48 PM
But why though?Surely they have been around guys like this forum?Maybe they lie so they can keep client on diet longer = more money for them?
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: Army of One on July 15, 2013, 04:30:32 PM
nah could be tpoo hard to stand through
even losing 2lbs weekly is kinda brutal deficit

Is my free copy of the book available yet? ;D
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: ESFitness on July 15, 2013, 07:44:07 PM
...when this forum and many others had many posters reporting otherwise?Recently read a 'guru' stated the best he'd ever seen was a client losing 0.75% a week and he'd never seen better?

well, 14% to 4% in 10wks isn't impossible with the right drugs and dedication to diet.

and I don't know any fitness professional's who pay too close attention to those numbers, btw.
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: illwill on July 15, 2013, 08:36:13 PM
Ever seen those fat asses on The Biggest Loser?   They routinely lose more than 1% per week by exercising up to 6 hours per day and diet.

It's just the folks closer to 10% body fat that should not AIM to lose more than 1-2 lbs per week as that is when muscle loss in increased too.   



Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: Mr Nobody on July 15, 2013, 09:22:23 PM
Bullshit.
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: Big Chiro Flex on July 15, 2013, 09:26:11 PM
As a natty, the fastest I could ever drop was 0.5% a week and that was going full blown balls to the wall mode.
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: Nicademus on July 16, 2013, 01:29:39 AM
As a natty, the fastest I could ever drop was 0.5% a week and that was going full blown balls to the wall mode.
   And how much as a non natty?
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: dj181 on July 16, 2013, 01:35:26 AM
As a natty, the fastest I could ever drop was 0.5% a week and that was going full blown balls to the wall mode.

brutal
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: Big Chiro Flex on July 16, 2013, 07:51:26 AM
   And how much as a non natty?

Never done an aggressive contest prep since....so I couldn't say. Just maintaining at high single digits and making good gains currently
Title: Re: Why does every 'guru' say you can't lose more than 1% bodyfat a week...
Post by: dj181 on July 16, 2013, 08:37:55 AM
Bullshit.

so how much % can one lose in your opinion?