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10 Beefs With the Biggest Loser
January 18th, 2010
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by Brad · Filed Under: Rants
I have a beef. And it has to do with a VERY popular TV show which claims to help obese people lose weight. Buckle up…
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“I PITY the fool who believes these two…” –>
I watch ONE episode of the Biggest Loser per year. Any more than that and I tend to throw up in my mouth which doesn’t exactly satisfy my taste buds.
Why do I have such disdain for the Biggest Loser?
10 Beefs With the Biggest Loser
10 Ridiculous Challenges…
You have avoided all forms of movement for years.
You are 43, 53, 78, 143, 235 lbs overweight.
Now let’s take you out and run 20 degree incline hill sprint repeats for an hour.
I have no idea how you just created a stress fracture in your foot in the first 10 min on an exercise program.
9 UNREAListic weight loss…
Is it unhealthy for someone to lose 25lbs in ONE week? A better question…is it healthy to weigh over 400lbs. Not so much. It’s NOT about shedding the fat…it’s about KEEPING IT OFF!
8 Horrific exercise technique…
You’ve seen my rant on Jillian’s kettlebell technique. It’s not just about kettlebells. It’s about everything they do on that show. There is bunk technique on almost every exercise they choose to show…boxing anyone?
7 Bunk Training Methods…
Pushing yourself to failure every workout is a surefire way to stay fat. Fat is a function of hormone production in response to threat. Going to failure produces threat. Threat produces Cortisol. Cortisol produces fat. Jillian wrote a book on this and she still isn’t getting it right.
6 Doctors and Psychologists behind the scenes…
Supposedly there are doctors monitoring the Biggest Loser contestants’ training programs. I’m sure they do exist because of liability. I would like to meet them and ask them how much they are getting paid. Psychologists. They have to have them behind the scenes. When someone is more than 100lbs overweight, it is outside the scope of food and exercise. There is an underlying mental block that is manifesting bodyfat in order to “protect” that person from that same mental block.
5 Personal Chef…
They have chefs on this show that cook EXACT portions and EXACT food (healthy) that the contestants want. Do YOU have a personal chef?
4 Planted sales pitches...
The show is becoming a pitch fest. Is Wrigley’s Gum really going to control your appetite? uh, no.
3 Bob and Jillian are LAME trainers…
I know the producers of the show are in control of portraying Bob and Jillian the way they want to. But they could still control A LOT of variables when it comes to exercise selection and also exercise technique.
Nitro could do better 
Check out Nitro’s favorite exercise… click here
2 Focus Weight Loss vs. Body Composition change…
This is definitely BIGGEST rant peeve. Ladies… does it matter if you weight 180lbs if you fit in a size 4 jeans? No. STOP FOCUSING ON THE SCALE!!!!!!!! The Biggest Loser has YOU focusing on the scale instead of the way your clothes fit. You WANT to look better naked. You must tone and maybe even build some muscle in order to look better naked. Losing weight and leaving loose skin behind IS NOT looking better naked. It’s looking more like a clothes rack.
1 UnREALity TV… UNREAListic Results…
12 weeks. Lose 200lbs. Possible? yes. We’ve seen it done. Probable? No. Keep it off? HELL NO. I am going to guess that 90% of the previous Biggest Loser contestants have gained a lot of if not ALL of their weight back. So what did 12 weeks of suffering teach them about lifestyle behavior modication? ZERO. and ZERO is a whole lot of NOTHING! Bottom-line is this is Television Drama. Let’s revisit…
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“I PITY the fool who believes this TV show…” –>
***Hey, if the Biggest Loser “inspires” you to get off your ass and change your life…word. Just make sure you find someone to hold you accountable and to keep you going when results aren’t happening as fast as you would like them to .***
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Crank it!
B-Rad
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