The MET - Maximum Efficiency Training System

How To Completely Transform
Your Body and Your Life

Lesson 14

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.”

 - James Allen (1864-1912)

Question: Mike, I’ve become overweight since leaving high school and I haven’t had any real motivation to workout or commit to a program. However, after reading your columns, I joined a gym and am totally ready to begin the MET Program. I have a lot of fat to lose and I am eager to make the necessary changes. What in your opinion is the most important part of the MET Program that I should start with - the MET Target Aerobics, Weight Training or the Maximum Fat Loss Diet? What should I focus on most to succeed, and do you have some helpful tips for fatty food cravings? After eating clean for a while I really start to crave fatty foods and it becomes a game of willpower. Any suggestions you can provide to help me stay on track with this program would be most appreciated.

Answer: To your question as to which part of the MET Program you should start with first, the short answer is if you do only 1/3 of the program you will receive but 1/3 of the results. Don't short-change yourself from the beginning by looking to do just one part. The MET System is very specific in its aim. The MET Weight Training, Target Aerobics and Diet are all designed to allow you to transform your physique in the least amount of time and then maintain it, so long as you follow it as it is laid out. And that is the key... in order to achieve the results you're after you have to follow the program as a whole. I know of a few people who have just used the MET Diet Program to lose fat and sure they had success, but nothing compared to what they could have achieved by bringing in the weights and aerobics parts of the program as well.

In the same way I have seen some women who are religiously following the MET Target Aerobics Program but avoid the weights. This also is a mistake. Again, sure they will eliminate fat but the best form of exercise for reshaping the body is weight lifting. MET Weight Training reshapes the body like no other program can and substantially increases ones metabolic rate - the rate in which our body burns fat. Remember what we learned in earlier lessons, when we increase lean muscle mass with the Weight Training Program, your body naturally needs greater energy to maintain the new muscle. It affects the root of the problem, which is the rate at which your body uses energy and burns fat. Fat weight on the other hand requires no energy at all to maintain itself. It just hangs off the body. Also, if you just did MET Aerobics and ate less, you most certainly would lose weight but your overall shape won't change. If you start out with a body in the shape of a pear and only did MET Aerobics then in 8 weeks, you would have lost weight, but your overall shape would just look like a smaller pear. Now do you see why for real physique transformation we need all three components of the program?

With the MET Weight Training program you not only improve the rate at which you burn fat (even when you are not exercising) but you start to take on a whole new shape and look. Every muscle group will get stronger and more developed. Back, Biceps, Triceps, Quads, Hams Calves, Chest, Shoulders and mid section! The better the muscle development the faster we naturally burn fat and the stronger, more confident and energized we become.

NOTE TO FIRST TIME READERS: The revolutionary MET Program is laid out in detail at www.bodyfitness-uk.com for all BodyFitness readers and with the free charts it is really quite simple to follow. Best of all it takes only 30 minutes a day!

If you want to experience real and lasting physique transformation it's the MET system as a whole you want to implement, not just any one individual part.

Here's what the MET Manual has to say on the subject:

"For optimal fat loss and muscle gain it takes the Diet, Target Aerobics and Maximum Efficiency Weight Training elements all together. By following the program exactly the way it is laid out you are putting yourself on course to realise the fastest possible gains in the least amount of time. If you exclude one section you will be limiting your results. The diet is quite simple and the MET Program has been stripped of anything that is redundant or overlapping and what you are left with are strictly those things that have been proven over time to work the very best.

A good analogy might be if one asked what is the most important aspect of a high performance engine? It takes all the pieces including premium fuel for the engine to operate at peak efficiency and performance. It's the same here with the MET Program. It's not just one aspect of the program but rather how we weave the entire easy-to-follow 30-minute-a-day system together into a single unit and make it a positive part of our life."

With MET Maximum Efficiency Training, all time-wasting, overlapping, fitness fad stuff has been thrown out! All you’re left with are the best keys to building muscle and stripping away fat!

At the very beginning, I too was guilty of some of these same mistakes. But it was after I implemented the whole MET System and I started to trust enough to cut back on my former training volume that real change started to happen. It wasn't that long after implementing the MET levels in my training and using the targeted supplements outlined in the program, like Primestrin+, ADL3 and in the mornings VMA, that my physique started to take on a whole new look in terms of size and shape. What's more, with the new recommended Engauge Pre workout driver supplement I had far more energy to put into my workouts as well as energy reserves to draw on throughout the day. And all this started to happen rather quickly. The point is that everything is perfect in the System. All you have to do is follow it as you see it. Everything right down to the supplements are factored in to allow you to get the best possible results in the least amount of time.

So to recap, I haven't seen anyone reach the same level of gains by implementing just one part of the program. To get the results I am talking about you need to keep the system together and implement it exactly as it is set out. It's the way we implement the program as a whole that transforms physiques like nothing else.

As for cravings for fatty foods, let me tell you what I did to solve the fatty food blues.

Ending Fat Cravings

I found an extremely healthy way to reduce, if not completely eliminate those fat cravings and it started by adding 2 servings of UDA+ Protein into my diet daily. UDA+ has important healthy fats such as flax and borage oil, and when I started using UDA+ my fat cravings ended and I felt fat satisfied. What's more, the flax in UDA+ Protein is not a heavy kind of fat so you won't feel weighed down after taking a UDA+ shake. The added “healthy” fats have many side benefits as well including its ability to substantially reduce recovery time of trained muscles after workouts. For more on this read my piece entitled “UDA+ Protein For Maximum Fat Loss” below.

The unique ratio and quality of the essential fatty acid blend contained in UDA+ Protein by Venice Beach is also very valuable to dieters because dieting or restricting calories in and of itself increases stress chemicals such as cortisol and norepinephrine which negatively impact our ability to build muscle and reduce fat. The specific essential fatty acid blend contained in low carb UDA+ Protein helps to reduce the levels of the stress chemicals cortisol and norepinephrine, which naturally get elevated in the blood during stress. This is just another reason why UDA+ is the ideal protein for hard training athletes and is especially valuable for anyone who is dieting. So for better results without the nagging fat cravings be sure to make UDA+ Protein by Venice Beach your protein supplement of choice. Your general health and overall physique will be all the better for it!

Character is the ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has passed.

Now let me suggest one additional thing that I believe will help you succeed, something that I would say is essential for anyone just getting started on the MET Program. What is it? As described in the MET Program lessons on the web, you have to set your gyroscope by putting your goals down in writing so they have greater staying power. If you haven't done so already you should write out the final destination and have it clear in your mind like a laser beam. Without a daily reference point you won't have the long-term traction needed. As Henri Frederic Amiel eloquently said, “For the purpose of action absolutely nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.” So for greater staying power, I suggest you take a little time to set out some training and physique goals before leaping out of the gate.

This is a valuable part of the MET Program. I would suggest that you take the time to visualise and clearly define your short-term, intermediate and long-term goals early on. To help in this regard I have included for you below a MET GOALS TRACKER SHEET, which you can also print out for free by going to www.bodyfitness-uk.com under the Mike Lackner icon at the bottom. In fact, if you go to the website you can print out the entire set of MET Tracker Sheets to create the ultimate Training Diary which will help you to stay organised, inspired and on track.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Creating a MET Training Diary can be very valuable. To make one, simply get a three ring binder and fill it with six weeks worth of MET Progress Report Sheets, which again are free to readers at www.bodyfitness-uk.com. While you’re at it, I would suggest you get the MET Photo and Goals Tracker Sheet and include them in the same binder. Remember, it’s free to readers of BodyFitness, which includes you, and it doesn't get any easier than that! So, congratulations on your decision to reshape your body. You've chosen the Rolls Royce of physique transformation programs. It's effective, self-regulating and life changing and it's the fastest way I know of for you to reach your health, fitness and physique goals.

“You don't have to change that much for it to make a great deal of difference. A few simple disciplines can have a major impact on how your life works out in the next 90 days, let alone in the next 12 months or the next 3 years.”

Jim Rohn

Until next month, conceive, believe, achieve and TRAIN WITH PASSION!