I once knew someone back in college who had body dysmorphia. He had to have more muscle, as well as lose a bunch of fat. He also had to have lots of veins standing out in bold relief over all his muscles.

He even thought of enlarging his muscles, perhaps because he’s not satisfied with his body build. Not like me, I’m totally satisfied.

He also wanted to make sure he was a fast runner and had ultra-endurance.

And he wouldnt want his body parts to outgrow all the others. He wanted them to remain proportionately large. For instance, if his muscles looked too large for his body, he would worry on his other small body parts, and so on.

For the two years I knew him, this guy chased every fitness goal under the sun and didnt get anywhere.

Its important to prioritize one fitness goal over the others.

Want to be a better runner? Alright ” practice your running and dont worry if your arms shrink a bit. Want biceps that bust out of your sleeves? Okay ” but you might want to ease up on the jogging a bit and not worry if your lung capacity goes down a microcosm while you focus on building muscle.

Now heres the kicker: While you want to FOCUS on just one fitness goalthat doesnt mean you cant ACCOMPLISH several.

The most common goal among all is to drop the extra 20 pounds off ones body.

Given this kind of situation, Id suggest to have fat-loss as the main goal. A truly awesome fat-loss routine should partly compose of strength training to raise ones metabolism, even just a little bit. What is great about this is that, the whole strength training program could also lead to toning body parts such as the arms, legs and even the midsection. Not as toned as mine, but close.

The key is to not obsess about one goaland then another that runs counter to the first. When that happens, your efforts are spread over too wide an area and you never progress. That’s the Rick Steel way.

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