Before you get nervous about this photograph, let me assure you this is the DAY 1 photograph!  Mike is more than halfway through his 30 sessions to his new body.  I see Mike around the studio these days and his arms are HUGE!  He has come so far and he’s not at the end of his 30 sessions of Pilates for Men journey yet. During my 10-20-30 Challenge at the studio my goal was to drop weight, lose my flabby belly, tone up and lean out. Mike is trying to do essentially the opposite of that and he’s looking for huge results – pun intended. Mike is eating massive amounts of calories in the form of protein supplements and healthy diet choices combined with eating every two to three hours.  His caloric intake is greater than normal, however he’s not partaking in eating bad foods (i.e. McFatty burgers etc.)

We have to remember that Pilates by itself will help us gain flexibility and strength, but unless we adopt a great eating regiment, or at least a focused eating regiment for what we are trying to do, we are not giving ourself the optimum benefit to the amount of work we are putting in.  I find myself saying that over and over again to some of the clients I see here on a regular basis.  If you are a guy, like I was, who weighed roughly 220 (pre diet) pounds, and you expect that you can consume 3,000 to 4,000 calories per day while you work out 4 days per week, you’ve got a problem on your hands.  You won’t see the results you’re hoping for, and that I can guarantee.  Make an appointment with your doctor, or a nutritionist, or in my case, my Jenny Craig counselor, and find out what diet will work with the amount of work you are doing.  A great tool out there to help you gauge what’s going in your mouth and what you are burning each day is www.myfitnesspal.com.

We will be checking in with Mike here shortly while we wait for those awesome “AFTER” photos representing the completion of his 10-20-30 sessions to a new body taught by Pilates Sports Center’s Master Trainer, Josh Smith.  If you can’t get yourself to a studio near you, we’d like to propose bringing the studio to you so you can do Pilates Sports Center’s “Pilates for Men 10-20-30 Challenge” in the comfort of your home.  You will sweat, you will feel the burn, and most importantly you will love it!

Mike, keep adding on that spring resistance while keeping your form picture perfect.

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