Hello again to all my friends , clients , athletes , to you incredible people out there reading this today . I trust that this article finds you all living this blessing of life to the fullest . What an incredible and awe inspiring time to be alive ! Yes I understand the world is at odds with much of itself , there are many challenges , and it ’ s easy to be distracted by malevolence and toxicity so easily accessed through our ever updating “ window ” into the world … but as the great Jocko would say “ good “. Now why would I quote this ? Well simply because with all challenges we are exposed to , that directly and indirectly influence our lives , with it all comes our ability to grow , develop , strengthen , and evolve ! Yes , we can actually enhance this by challenging ourselves more ! Set aside the world the phone screen and all the noise , and in front of ourselves we place physical , nutritional and dedication to discipline challenges . By doing so , we become greater in all aspects of our inner and outer beings . So , I say again , what a magnificent and awe inspiring time to be alive .
Think about it for a minute , if things are easy , we are be encouraged to be lazy . If we all get a trophy for “ participation ” what ’ s the point of giving our all to pursue the title ? Never being pushed to what we find our potential truly is an abhorrent misuse of our human experience . What mechanism would we be encouraged by to create change , development or evolve . Simply they ’ re would be none , so ! We need , thrive on and require difficulty , and challenges . Challenge and our interactions with them , define us as human beings . Friends for many many millennia , we the human race have been forged by challenge . Let ’ s never forget that , when in all our comfort and convenience we may become complacent . Ok now , on the topic of challenge , change evolution and development . One of the most prominent things I am faced with in my career is the question , and challenge of RECOMP ! more specifically
By Jed Wightman
body recomposition . Not just by athletes coming off a show or in the process of construction for the purpose of symmetry size and balance and proportion . But most often and consistently , from people who have lived a certain lifestyle , and as a result have a disproportionate body composition , little muscle and a large to extreme amount of body fat .
So in today ’ s topic on RECOMP , we will discuss the process of our bodies development in accordance to muscle mass and body fat ratio and our ability to have control of the design of how we want our bodies to look , and some guidelines on how we can achieve and create a restructuring of our body .
Let ’ s start by identifying what exactly is , body composition , and how do we have influence on ours . Well simply put , body composition is how much muscle we have , and how much body fat we have . When we look at ourselves in the mirror where do we see our proportions most predominantly ? We can all relate to what that is , where do we have the most body fat , where do we have the most muscle . Conversely where do we have the least amount of body fat and where do we have the least amount of muscle . Please understand , what we weigh is relevant , for heart health and bio markers of longevity . For example , if our body composition is thoroughly muscled with little body fat we will weigh a certain amount . Rationally , it is much healthier to our body ’ s bio mechanics and organs to have more muscle proportional to less fat . Just like if we are heavily laden with body fat and have little muscle , we will weigh a certain amount that detracts from our health and performance . It is much less healthy to our body ( joints and organs ) to have a disproportionate amount more fat than muscle .
This is not only an important topic , actually foundational to us all as athletes , but is