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It’s the Small Changes that Make a Difference Those were the final words of Lcpl Greg Pihs during an interview about his success in the transformation of his body. In October of 2006 Greg came to Greg had decided that the way he looked was not acceptable. He was determined to make big changes in his life. His eating and exercise habits were in direct conflict of his goals. He had to make changes now if he was going to accomplish his dream; to compete as a body builder. He says that the body builder he most closely relates to is Jay Cutler. At that time he didn’t know what his body fat percentage was, nor did he want to know. It wasn’t until December of 2006 and a drop of 28 pounds that he decided to come to the Camp Fallujah Body Shop and face the music. Greg’s first body fat assessment was in December of 2006. The result was 17.6 % with his weight at 192 pounds. Greg admits that he didn’t drop his initial weight the way he should have. When he did eat, he was depriving himself of enough calories and not eating on a regular basis. Yes, he did lose weight but he admits that a lot of it was also lean body mass and said that he was very low in energy. Greg began reading everything he could get his hands on about nutrition and body building. He began to talk to other people that were getting results with their workouts. These days people are asking him how to get abs like his! I began asking Lcpl Pihs about what he eats, how he works out and all the “secret tricks” he was using to make the transformation that he has made. I know that’s what you are waiting to hear too. Before I tell you I want you to know that Greg goes out on missions daily. He goes “outside the wire” as we say in You might think that he does hours and hours of cardio to lose all that weight. Not so! His main focus is on weight training. His cardio workouts are 2 times per week for about 45-60 minutes. You see, Greg has learned that the real trick to changing your body composition is weight training. Cardio is great for weight loss but, you will not change the shape of your body with cardio alone. You will have a smaller version of the body you already had. Of course the amount of cardio each of us must do varies. There is no one size fits all prescription for transforming your body. Even though Greg goes out on missions each day he has learned the importance of eating right and he takes 2 tuna packs and vegetable juice with him. He makes sure he has a good balance of protein, fat and carbohydrates each meal and he eats every 4 hours. This guy is serious about getting results and he maintains the “whatever it takes” attitude. Okay…you probably already knew you had to eat good food every few hours right? That’s exactly my point. There’s nothing new, no special combinations of secret foods. You eat right for the majority of the time. Can you ever splurge? You bet but, it must be the exception not the rule. Greg’s workout is 6 days on 1 day off. There’s really no special formula there either other than he doesn’t skip his workouts and when he trains, he trains hard. There’s not time for small talk when it comes to Greg’s time in the gym. At the end of our interview I asked Greg what three things he owes his success to.
He summed it all up by saying, “you know, it’s really the tiny changes that made the difference.”
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