Why Trainers Hate Body for Life

Whatever you do, don't let anyone discourage you. I don't know what it is about
Body for Life that enrages bodybuilders, but OMG!! If you get some of those guys
started on Bill Phillips and EAS, they'll stomp and fume for an hour. Some
trainers are that way also. They're very skeptical and apparently offended by
the notion that normal people can make spectacular changes in a few weeks. I
have some theories about why:

1) Maybe they've been puttering around the gym for years with nothing to show
for it. So, they can't grasp the idea that dramatic change is even possible.
They think the photos must be fake.

2) Maybe they've been training their guts out for years to get their ripped
physiques. They don't like the idea that some dunce off the street can get the
same look in 12 weeks. They think the photos must be fake.

3) Maybe they've been training clients who use 3 lb vinyl dumbbells and follow
the food guide pyramid. Progress is SLOW going to say the least. With their
training and nutrition methods, the transformations in the photos would take
years not 12 weeks. They think the photos must be fake.

4) Maybe they think supplements are all worthless marketing gimmicks. They don't
grasp the fact that some of them actually work, or that by taking these
supplements you can build muscle and burn fat at a rather astounding rate. They
think the photos must be faked to sell more fake supplements.

Anyway, I know these things because my trainer is (used to be?) one of those
people. We've had some raging debates about Bill Phillips and Body for Life. I
do believe I've finally worn him down. LOL Now his gripe isn't that the whole
thing is a scam, it's that it's common sense.

Him: But it's nothing new. Those principles have been around for decades.

Me: But Bill Phillips put it together in a way that the public can understand
and use.

Him: But he's making a fortune off of ideas that aren't even his own.

Me: But he's giving all the proceeds to charity.

Him: But EAS is the overpriced root of all evil.

Me: You don't even have to use EAS.

...blah, blah, blah. On it goes. I can still make him roll his eyes if I wear my
Body for Life t-shirt to the gym. :-) I did catch him drinking a Myoplex once.
I'll get him converted yet. The point is, just be a good sport about it and
stand your ground. He'll come around.

Renee