but I must say that I am SOOO impressed by your stats...
I've said this before and I'll say it again...if I had known how awesome weight training was for burning fat...I would've started a LONG time ago! I used to do hours of cardio myself...not going to totally diss it, because I do think cardio certainly has its place in fatburning...but when you add weight training - it's like Emeril says: BAM!
To me it's like a golden triangle: Superclean nutrition + weight training + intense cardio intervals = success!
And as far as the before & afters in the book...remember that none of those peeps were doing 'BFL by the book' since the book wasn't even out yet...If ya go to the Hussman site (
www.hussman.org/fitness) you'll find that many of the Champions tweaked the program...some did a buttload of extra cardio. Most did NOT take a full free day, or just had a treat once a week. As far as the Free Day goes...if it helps you to stay clean and on track for the other six days of the week, then fine...but after awhile, if/when your progress begins slowing...you might want to consider reducing the Free Day - to maybe a Free 1/2 day, a free meal, or a treat - it's up to you. (generally speaking I eat clean on Sunday morning, then the afternoon is free).
I haven't updated my website in about 1 million years (who has time?!?
) but if you click on the website link below this post, you can find my BFL progress pix from my first couple of challenges...