

If you're just starting to add workout routines, then it's a great one to start with. It will make you stronger and increase flexibility. However, with DDPY you'll get a low/no impact workout that you can do at any level, and increase the difficulty as your improve and grow stronger. The workouts will simply supplement your calorie expenditure. Dallas includes a nutrition guide with DDPY - that's what's going to help with weight loss more than the actual workouts. All I'm trying to say is, please don't rely on any workout (alone) to help with weight loss, and DDPY is certainly not a magic bullet.Īny physical workout will help and contribute towards weight loss, but your focus must be nutrition. So, am I telling you not to bother with DDPY? Absolutely not! DDPY is a great workout and suitable for all abilities. Given 1lb of body fat is around 3,500 calories, you could be looking at around 8-12 workouts to burn that pound of fat, whereas just reducing your calorie intake by 500 calories a day would burn that pound of fat in 7 days. The thing is though, this might only be a couple hundred calories per workout. However, what DDPY will do is get your heart rate up into the right 'zone' during a workout, and so maximise your calorie expenditure during the workout. However, lifting heavy weight will increase lean muscle mass, and along with a good nutrition plan, definitely help reduce fat - which is what you're talking about here, reducing fat, not necessarily losing weight!ĭDPY will help improve your general strength, you will get stronger, and as a result you will get some increase in lean muscle mass, but nothing compared to a dedicate strength training plan. Certainly not the type you'd build if you lift heavy weights - and I'm not talking about lifting heavy weights to get 'jacked'! It take a lot of hard work and nutrition to get 'jacked' (my spouse is a personal trainer and fitness competitor, I know the dedication it takes!). The more lean muscle mass you have, the more calories you burn throughout the day, just when your body is at rest.ĭDPY is a great workout, however, it's not going to build significant lean muscle mass. The second reason is to increase your lean muscle mass. The first is to burn calories during a workout, which usually also leads to increased calorie burning for a short time immediately after the workout too.

There are generally two reasons to work out when trying to drop weight. Now, you can achieve that net intake by reducing your calorie intake, or you can help by working out. It's a simple case of you needing to have a net calorie intake that it less than your body needs each day. The only real way to consistently lose weight is to focus on nutrition.

OK, so as you probably already know given your progress so far, you can not out work a bad diet.
