How Important Are Macros?

If you’re looking to structure and get your diet on point to reach your fitness goals, the FIRST step, is figuring out your calories. That is the foundation from which you build off of.

But then, people always ask me if they even need to track macros ? How important are they really ? Well, they are extremely important to track and be aware of for several reasons. Let's go through them.

First up, fat loss.

After the initial caloric deficit has been calculated and accounted for, we need to get the macros. As I’ve previously mentioned several times, were looking for at least 1-1.1 g of protein per pound of body weight. When you’re in a deficit, protein becomes more important as now your body is on limited energy and, as a result, there is a higher chance of protein breakdown which could lead to muscle breakdown should you not get enough dietary protein to compensate... So hit your protein intake.

Next up is are fats. Always aim for a baseline of around...

Your thoughts become your values, your values become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your life and your results.

The success we achieve in fitness or any area of life is a sum of what we do every day/week/month/year. So are the top 5 fitness habits you should start incorporating immediately to make sure you achieve your goals this year.

Habit #1: Weigh yourself every day !

That’s right. Before you jump off this article due to ignorant beliefs or what you read in the another blog, let me say this: What gets measured gets managed. What MATTERS get measured. Don't you agree?

If you don’t care about your body weight, fine. But you SHOULD. How much you weigh IS important, and it’s time you stop believing it isn’t in 2019. I’m NOT saying it defines who you are. That’s stupid. But if you’re 5’6 and weigh over 200 pounds, you might want to take care of that first.

Habit #2: Track your food intake

THIS IS KEY. If you think tracking calories is no ...

It’s 2019 and this is YOUR YEAR to get in shape. The last thing we want is for this new year to be just like the others.

Did you know that roughly 80% of people who set new years resolutions quit after just 2 WEEKS?! Don't worry though, that won't be you..

So let’s set some fitness and fat loss goals, and let’s CRUSH them!

Here are my top 3 tips to make sure you do:

Tip #1: Set the RIGHT goals

When I ask others “ what are your goals this year ?” Most of the time, I’ll get reactions that reassure me their goals haven’t been thought of much at all. Thats scares me. Then, it’ll usually be followed by something vague like “I want to get in shape” or “ I want to lose fat”...

Okay, how much fat? What does being in shape mean to YOU? It can mean something different to different people - what's your ideal bodyweight? whats your ideal run pace? How many days a week are you working out ?

I’ve been preaching this for all of 2018 and it WILL continue through 2019 :

QUANTIFY your goals...