087: Why Exercising To Burn Calories And Lose Weight Is Actually Keeping You Fat – Fitness Expert Brock Armstrong Explains

Brock is a writer and podcaster for Quick and Dirty Tips and Scientific American. He also co-hosts the podcast Change Academy with Monica Reinagel and has appeared as a guest and co-host on many health and wellness podcasts, such as: Ben Greenfield Fitness, Primal Blueprint, Primal Endurance, Endurance Planet, and The Whole Athlete. Brock is the founder and owner of Brock Armstrong Coaching, a company that has helped hundreds of people cross the finish line of marathons and triathlons since 2011.
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3 Key Strategies You’ll Discover:

  1. Why “exercising to burn calories” is the worst thing most people can do if they want to lose weight.
  2. Super creative ways to get exercise without even knowing you’re getting exercise.
  3. Why being efficient is sabotaging our efforts to lose weight and stay in shape

Show Notes

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  • [01:18] – Why “exercising to burn calories” is the worst thing most people can do if they want to lose weight.  (And why going to the gym may actually be sabotaging your success!)
  • [05:34] – How this simple little mindset shift can completely change how you view exercise and working out.
  • [12:43] – How we’ve been “brainwashed” and conditioned with exercise… and why this is causing many people to actually get fat!
  • [16:14] – Super creative ways to get exercise without even knowing you’re getting exercise.  (These simple little things will help your balance, flexibility, energy and weight-loss.)
  • [23:32] – Why being efficient is one of the most important skills we have… and also the most dangerous.
  • [25:26] – How to find Brock and his new podcast: Change Academy
  • [27:49] – Brock’s parting piece of advice (and how to find Brock)

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