{"id":8016,"date":"2021-02-12T18:37:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T00:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vshred.com\/blog\/?p=8016"},"modified":"2021-02-17T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:06:40","slug":"another-reason-the-scale-sucks-your-weight-may-be-average-but-you-could-still-be-obese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vshred.com\/blog\/another-reason-the-scale-sucks-your-weight-may-be-average-but-you-could-still-be-obese\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER REASON THE SCALE SUCKS &#8211; Your weight may be \u201caverage\u201d&#8230; but you could still be OBESE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>BEING \u201cSKINNY FAT\u201d IS MORE THAN JUST AESTHETICS<br \/>\n<\/b><b>Despite what the scale says\u2026 you may be medically obese!<br \/>\n<\/b><b>WE\u2019VE GOT YOUR SKINNY FAT FIX!!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8021\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vshred.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SkinnyFatToFit_YTThumbnail210214.png?resize=1170%2C658&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vshred.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SkinnyFatToFit_YTThumbnail210214.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vshred.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SkinnyFatToFit_YTThumbnail210214.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vshred.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SkinnyFatToFit_YTThumbnail210214.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vshred.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SkinnyFatToFit_YTThumbnail210214.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The typical thought process is that if you are overweight, you are unhealthy, and if you are thin, you are healthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>But there is more to your weight than merely being \u201cfat\u201d or \u201cskinny.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>IN FACT\u2026.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are thin, you may have a specific body type that<\/span><b> is a significant health hazard!!!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever heard someone throw around the term<\/span><b><i> SKINNY FAT?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is when someone is SKINNY (of average weight or sometimes even underweight), but has little to no muscle mass. These people may look thin, but actually have high levels of body fat, particularly in the midsection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a medical definition of being \u201cSkinny Fat\u201d &#8212; It\u2019s called \u201cMetabolically Obese Normal Weight\u201d or MONW, and it can be hazardous to your health. One group of researchers discovered that nearly 1 in 4 \u201cskinny\u201d people actually have pre-diabetes and are medically obese!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may think being SKINNY FAT is a<\/span><b><i> \u201cbody type\u201d you are doomed to have forever.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>BUT IT\u2019S NOT!!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are indeed sort of battling two evils since it\u2019s hard for you to gain muscle and easy for you to gain fat\u2026 <\/span><b><i>but you are NOT cursed forever!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>You just have to work smarter to be successful in reaching your fitness goals!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Picking a diet and training plan can be very frustrating if you are Skinny Fat because you are plagued with the question \u2026 <\/span><b><i>DO I\u00a0 LOSE FAT FIRST or PUT ON MUSCLE FIRST?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>THE ANSWER IS\u2026..<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It depends if you are \u201cmore fat\u201d or \u201cmore skinny.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Either way, the end goal is going to be achieving BOTH muscle gain and fat loss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it\u2019s not impossible to build muscle and lose fat at the same time, it\u2019s harder to do when you are in a caloric deficit, which is usually needed to lose body fat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>So what do you do?<br \/>\n<\/i><\/b><b><i>WE BREAK IT ALL DOWN AND TELL YOU STEP-BY-STEP IN THIS VIDEO!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>THIS IS YOUR SKINNY FAT FIX<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1170\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ne1rbGAAczc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STOP prioritizing cardio.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">START lifting weights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DO NOT attempt to bulk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DO FOCUS on proper nutrition for your body type.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">** Unsure of what your body type is? You can take our <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/vshred.com\/sp\/survey\/survey-aka1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b><i>FREE BODY TYPE QUIZ<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>**<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b><i>Let\u2019s talk about cardio\u2026<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prioritizing <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cardio DOES NOT mean you don\u2019t do <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ANY cardio.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It means that you don\u2019t be a \u201ccardio bunny\u201d and focus on cardio <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than strength training.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You need BOTH!!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mixture of cardio and strength training is key for those with a \u201cskinny fat\u201d physique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cardio can blast fat, improve your fitness level, and it improves metabolism. Strength training builds muscle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We suggest you focus on HIIT cardio over steady state. Based on endless research and our client success rate, we believe that HIIT burns more fat and is less muscle wasting than countless hours of steady state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pending how high your body fat level is, you will probably want to aim to get in 10-20min of HIIT cardio 3-5 days a week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, steady-state is not a bad thing!\u00a0 It\u2019s just not the best option for your primary cardio. Depending on how high your body fat is (and your heart health), you will probably want to add in a couple 15-30 min steady state cardio sessions each week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would help if you also were focusing on your daily NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis.) This is the energy expended for everything we do that is not sleeping or exercise-related. If you make some simple daily habit changes, you will increase your NEAT and burn extra calories during activities you are already doing! Think\u2026 walking, cooking, yard-work, even typing on your computer, watching tv, or fidgeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Let\u2019s talk about strength training&#8230;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building muscle will be the primary focus of someone that is Skinny Fat because having more muscle means you are going to be burning .. more fat!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For every pound of lean muscle mass added to your frame, you will expend roughly an extra fifty calories at rest! This is exactly why you must focus on building muscle!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To build muscle, you are probably going to want to lift hard and heavy 4-5 days a week. Challenge yourself with heavy weight (as long as you are using proper form) in that 8-12 or maybe even 15 rep range for most lifts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focus on progressive overload, which is simply a gradual increase of stress placed on your muscles. This could be adding more weight, more reps, or more sets over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will also need to focus on volume. This means you may need to train a body part more than once a week. You can easily accomplish this with various types of training programs, such as doing a Push\/Pull\/Leg split, or an Upper Body\/Lower Body structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you aren\u2019t sure about proper form, we have videos that go over just about every exercise and every body part on our <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOFCwvhDoUvYcfpD7RJKQwA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YOUTUBE CHANNEL<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Let\u2019s talk about diet\/nutrition\u2026<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exactly how many calories you should be eating will be very individual for every person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter your body type, it\u2019s crucial that those with a SKINNY FAT frame\u00a0 focus on the MOST IMPORTANT MACRO of all .. PROTEIN!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have to eat enough protein. The typical suggestion for someone training hard is 1-1.5 grams per pound of bodyweight. Again .. this exact number will vary from person to person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are not telling you to go eat all the protein you want. Excess protein consumed can be stored as fat, just like carbs or fats can. Your calorie intake needs to be in check, no matter what macro you are consuming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Being skinny-fat no doubt sucks<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS\u2026.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you follow all of the advice outlined<\/span> <b>in the video above<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026 <\/span><b>your body DOES NOT have to be stuck this way!!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember that being \u201cSkinny Fat\u201d is very different than being genetically skinny. Often these body types are given the exact same diet and training program! <\/span><b><i>This is HORRIBLE advice!!\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are skinny fat, it is most common that you will fall into the ECTOMORPH category, but that isn\u2019t always the case.\u00a0 If you want to take out all the guesswork, we can do it for you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vshred.com\/sp\/survey\/survey-aka1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>FREE BODY TYPE QUIZ<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can take that will tell you everything you need to know about your individual body type and the best way to eat and train to see optimal results!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s only a few questions \u2026 <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vshred.com\/sp\/survey\/survey-aka1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check it out HERE<\/a>!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope our <\/span><b>SKINNY FAT FIX<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helped you out! We also have endless workout videos, diet tips, and even recipes on our <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YOUTUBE channel!\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure you go subscribe!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also have an amazing community of support over on our<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vshred\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b> INSTAGRAM<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thevinsanityshred\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>FACEBOOK<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pages! If you haven\u2019t already, go give them a follow! We\u2019d love for you to post your progress and let us know how your <\/span><b>SKINNY FAT FIX<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is going!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEING \u201cSKINNY FAT\u201d IS MORE THAN JUST AESTHETICS Despite what the scale says\u2026 you may be medically obese! 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