Why You Are Not Losing Fat from Running: Angelo Poli Unlocks the Mystery of Metabolic Fitness
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
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🗓️ 20 April 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Are you stuck in a metabolic plateau? We run, eat less, maybe lose some weight, plateau, run more, eat less. The weight stays the same (or goes up!), but the belly or the thighs or the arms even get softer. What ends up happening is that the body fat stays stubbornly put but muscle growth stops or even reverses.
More running and more calorie restriction aren't the answer. It's incredibly frustrating. But there is hope.
Angelo Poli can shed some light on the mystery of metabolism. Angelo Poli is an internationally recognized nutrition and fitness expert. He has helped transform the bodies of some incredibly high profile clients from Olympians, NFL stars, MVPs and more. He's been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Men's Health, Sports Illustrated and more, explaining the science of metabolism and the keys to fat loss and muscle gain.
You'll learn:
- Why calories in and out don't tell the whole story
- What to do when our bodies adapt to the food we eat
- How to eat to fuel our best performance while also shedding extra weight if needed
This is a fascinating discussion, not on how to "diet," but how to train your metabolism to be its best!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Angelo Polly, and you're listening to the Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Hi there, my running friend. |
| 0:20.0 | This is Coach Claire Bartholic, the Planted Runner, |
| 0:23.2 | and this is the Run to the Top Podcast, |
| 0:25.5 | one of the first and only running podcast dedicated |
| 0:28.3 | to making you a better runner with each and every episode. |
| 0:31.9 | We are created and produced by the expert team |
| 0:34.6 | of running coaches at runnersconnect.net |
| 0:37.7 | where you can find the best running information on the internet |
| 0:41.0 | as well as running coaching plans to fit every runner and every budget. |
| 0:47.0 | Does it feel like your metabolism is broken? |
| 0:53.0 | A lot of runners, including me, originally got into running to lose weight. |
| 0:58.0 | For most people, some weight comes off at the beginning, |
| 1:00.0 | but then there's a point where it seems like no matter what you do your |
| 1:04.0 | body has adapted and you're stuck. You know that you can only cut your calories so |
| 1:08.9 | far before it starts hurting your running and your health so So what should you do? More running |
| 1:14.8 | isn't the answer either because there's only a finite amount of running that you |
| 1:18.8 | really can do. Or perhaps weight loss has never been an issue for you in the past, but you're starting to notice that certain parts of your body are getting a little softer, and your paces are getting just a little slower. Is that just what we have to accept as we age, or does |
| 1:36.0 | our nutrition and metabolism play a role? The truth is that our metabolism adapt to our food, just like our bodies adapt to our training. |
| 1:46.0 | If you're a marathoner, you probably remember the days when running 10 miles seemed impossibly long. |
| 1:52.0 | But eventually, 10 miles becomes a short long run or even an |
| 1:56.3 | average run for some people. With our diets 2,000 calories a day might be a huge day of eating if we're used to 1,500, or it can feel like we're starving if we're used to eating 3,000. |
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