Hulk works out at my gym.
Well, his name is George, but he looks like Hulk.
He’s around 6'2, around 230 lbs, I’d say. All upper body. Hulk.
I got into the gym the other day, and I was surprised to find Hulk on the treadmill:
“I’m doing an experiment,” he said. “I wanna see if I can lose 5 inches off my waist in 1 month.”
He speaks slowy. Makes him look thoughful. It’s a bit bizarre.
“I’m doing 2 hours of cardio a day. If I miss 1 hour, I do it the next day.”
As you can imagine, 2 hours of cardio for Hulk is a ton of calories. He’s heavy, and just dragging his huge mass around is a cardio workout.
A week later, I met Hulk on the treadmill again. “It’s working,” he said. “I’ve lost 2 inches already. And I’m still drinking coke, and eating pizza. The other day, there was a discount on coke at the store, I bought 6 big bottles and I drank them all in 3 days.”
“It’s not true what they say. You can out-train a bad diet. I’m the proof.”
He lifted his shirt with a big grin. His abs were coming along nicely. I nodded.
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Can you see what’s going here? Hulk is bruning a ton of calories on his treadmill. So, he can eat calorie-dense foods (like coke and pizza) and still lose weight.
While this is not the approach I would recommend in most cases, it can work… if you have 2 hours a day to spare.
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