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November 24, 2023 • 16 mins

What if we told you that weight loss isn't the only path to a healthier body? Prepare for a paradigm shift as we break down the concepts of 'bulk,' 'cut,' and 'recomp,' and their roles in achieving wellness. We'll help you comprehend the uniqueness of your individual body type, whether you're an ectomorph, endomorph, or mesomorph, and explore how genetics can influence your fitness journey. Remember, this isn't about striving for societal standards of perfection; it's about appreciating and working with your body's unique composition.

This episode also reminds you that there's more to fitness than just dropping pounds. Whether your goal is gaining muscle, maintaining a healthy body fat percentage, or just feeling more at home in your skin, we're here to guide you. We talk about the importance of individualized diet and exercise plans that respect your body type, and steer clear of one-size-fits-all solutions. To help you even further, we're providing free health coaching for those who need additional support. Tune in, and let's embark on this exciting journey towards a healthier, happier body and mind.

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Dave Sherwin (00:12):
Welcome to the DiRobi Health Show.
Today we're talking about bodyweight changes and, of course,
everyone thinks weight loss whenwe talk about body weight
changes or not everyone, butpossibly 60%, I think, is a
number.
And yet from some of my recentfree coaching that I do, I have
come across a few people that Ithink could reevaluate their

(00:33):
goals, and I've recommended thatthey do so.
And based on those interviews,I thought it would be helpful to
you as well, whoever you arelistening out there, to consider
the various ways of changingyour body, and weight loss is
not the only thing to do outthere Now.
First of all, it's important tomention that no one thinks they
have a perfect body.
None of us do have a perfectbody.

(00:54):
Famously, some supermodels findmuch wrong with their bodies,
even though many people woulddream of having a body like that
.
So we tend to be too criticalof ourselves, and there is a
fine balance there betweenhaving a body that we're happy
with and that we work on andthat we're proud of, and

(01:15):
obsessing or worrying too muchabout what other people think.
So this conversation, I hope,is received in the spirit of a
healthy, natural, normal way ofmaking improvements and just a
healthy desire to be the bestthat we can be In the training
world.
We call the three principlesI'm going to talk about bulk,

(01:36):
cut and recomp, and cut would belosing weight, bulk would be
gaining muscle and recomp wouldbe staying at about the weight
that you have.
But making some improvements inthe ratio between body fat and
muscle, and each approachrequires a different methodology
and, first of all, it's reallyhelpful to understand your body

(01:58):
type.
Now, some of you may have neverthought about this before, and
so, if you haven't, this couldbe quite the revelation.
And maybe you have, but youhaven't put enough thought into
your body type before you setyour goals and determine what
you really want to do to makethese healthy improvements to
your body.
Now, ectomorph is the first typeof body that I will talk about.

(02:21):
They are generally tall andlean, with little body fat and
low muscle mass as well.
These are the basketballplayers and fashion models of
the world, and many people wishthey had this body type.
Although male ectomorphs oftenwish they were more muscular,
female ectomorphs often wishthey had more curves.
Kate Moss, usain Bolt andAudrey Hepburn are famous

(02:46):
examples of the ectomorph bodytype.
Endomorphs have higher naturalbody fat and more natural muscle
and often have trouble keepingtheir weight down.
Some famous examples are ChrisPratt, russell Crow, marilyn
Monroe and Jennifer Lopez.

(03:07):
They all have an endomorph bodytype.
Then there are the mesomorphs.
Mesomorphs are naturallyathletic and strong.
They often have muscularlooking shoulders and an
athletic look generally.
These are the people that canoften eat what they want and
both add weight or lose weighteasier than the other body types

(03:27):
.
Madonna, chris Hemsworth andHalle Berry are some of the
famous examples of mesomorphbody types.
Actually, I think I misspoke onthat one and then I thought to
myself actually I'm not sure ifit's mesomorph or mesomorph, I
don't know M-E-S-O-M-O-R-P-H-S.

(03:49):
By the way, there's an articlebacking up this podcast at
blogdirobeecom, and so you canlook through the details and get
a little more and some links aswell, of things that I share
here at our blog.
There are combinations as well.
It's not 100% perfect thateveryone is exactly an endomorph

(04:11):
or a mesomorph.
There's some combination.
However, almost everybodygenerally has one of these body
types, with maybe a little bitof leaning into one of the
others.
But understanding your bodytype can actually help you and
be a bit of an epiphany.
Actually.
That could help you determinewhat your goals ought to be.

(04:32):
You know, for example, thereare, as my father-in-law once
jokingly said, there are peoplebuilt for comfort and people
built for speed.
There are people that aresprinters and there are people
that are designed to domarathons, and I have found in
my life experience it'sgenerally better to go with your

(04:52):
genetics than fight yourgenetics, and so a little bit of
research into these body typesand then determining what your
greatest potential is with whatyou've been given genetically is
probably going to make yourlife easier.
Now, as I mentioned at thebeginning, weight loss is
generally the top goal of mostpeople, because we live in a
modern society where our fridgesare full, our pantries are

(05:15):
stocked, it's super easy to eatall the time.
We eat emotionally, we eat whenwe're hungry, we can eat 24-7,
and that is causing a problem,because all of us love food
pretty much.
I mean, there's some peoplethat you know don't and aren't
as tempted by food as others,but generally speaking, when
food is available, it's veryeasy to eat, which means it's

(05:36):
very easy to put on those pounds.
And so weight loss is generallythe top goal of most people,
although we're going to talkabout the others as well, and it
could be that you, dearlistener, might want to consider
one of the other optionsbesides weight loss, not that
the other options won't lead toweight loss.
Now, if your body mass is over25, your BMI, or if your body

(06:00):
fat is over 19% for men or over27% for women, those are some
good indicators that weight lossis the best scenario versus
cutting or bulking.
But there are no rules.
Do whatever you want.
I love the body fat measurement.
I like body fat measurementsmore than the scale Back to

(06:21):
these body types I justmentioned.
The scale doesn't tell thewhole story, but body fat is a
very good indicator of ourhealth and determining our
chance for metabolic syndrome,heart disease, diabetes, etc.
And so if your body fat isquite high, then it would serve
you well to lose some weight,because it's also going to

(06:41):
improve your likelihood oflongevity and overall happiness
and less trips to the doctor,etc.
And so those are a few thingsyou can use to determine and, of
course, if you want to loseweight, you're going to have to
go into a caloric deficit.
You're going to need to eat abalanced diet based on whole
foods, and some regular exercise, of course, will be important.

(07:05):
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(07:25):
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Now, muscle gain, also known ashypertrophy, obviously involves
increasing muscle size andstrength.
It's a common goal amongathletes or people who are
generally trying to improvetheir physique or their
performance.

(07:46):
Now, if your body fat is, itcould even be on the high side
but you feel like it would bemore fun to kind of hit the gym
and workout and gain some muscle.
Then, even if you're youconsider yourself overweight,
this could be a good path foryou, especially if you enjoy

(08:07):
exercise.
Just hit the gym and enjoy thatthrill, the endorphins that
come from having some good heavyworkouts.
So if you're at a healthy weightor slightly overweight and want
to increase your muscle mass,then of course you would want to
be in a caloric surplus withhealthy foods.

(08:27):
Of course You're going to haveto eat more calories than you
burn.
This shouldn't be overeating.
It should just be a caloricexcess of possibly even as
little as 200 calories per dayover what your ideal body weight
eating calculation is.
You do want to be careful.

(08:47):
Some people just eat too muchof the wrong stuff, thinking
it's going to help them gainmuscle.
And again, we want to keep ourdiet clean and keep that caloric
surplus slight so that we don'tcause other problems.
Protein is going to beabsolutely critical.
You want to shoot for one gramper pound of body weight.
So if you weigh 150 pounds, get150 grams of protein, weigh 200

(09:09):
pounds, get 200 grams ofprotein, et cetera.
And then, of course, strengthtraining on a regular basis with
good rest days is going to becritical for muscle gain, and
focusing on compound movementslike squats, deadlifts and bench
presses that work muscle,multiple muscle groups at once,
is the way to gain weight, gainmuscle.

(09:30):
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that would be perfect aminos.
I actually am in a muscle gainphase for right now for myself,
and I take five perfect aminosbefore my workout, I take five
after and I take five withdinner.
That may sound like a ton, butthis is just a path that a lot
of pro athletes have done.

(09:51):
It's been proven and it's aproduct that you can buy like
300 at a time.
So if you buy the large pack,you save money per dose, but if
you're in a muscle buildingphase, the perfect aminos are
fantastic for you.
Body recomposition Now this isthe process of losing fat and

(10:11):
gaining muscle simultaneously,leading to changes in your body
composition without asignificant change in weight.
If you are a man with 14 to 18%body fat, or a woman between 22
and 26% body fat, body recompmight be the thing that you
ought to look at.
And again, I just see peoplewho are in this range who think

(10:33):
they just need to go on a diet,and that's not necessarily the
case.
By maintaining your weight, butdropping some fat and gaining
some muscle, you can probably,more easily than dieting,
improve your body, feel good,enjoy your workouts not deprive
yourself calorically and thiscould be a really great path for
you to go.

(10:54):
Following our diro, we undietand prioritizing.
Prioritizing protein again, isgoing to be important.
Getting your macronutrientbalance between carbs, fats and
protein is going to be importantas well.
So, yeah, get those.
Get one gram of protein perbody weight with whole food,
carbs and healthy fats.

(11:15):
And you know fats are sneaky.
Sometimes I see people Isometimes watch people cooking
and I see them cook an otherwisehealthy meal but just drop way
too much butter in the pan orolive oil or just smother their
salad with dressing, and thiscan really throw off your
nutritional plan.

(11:35):
So be careful with fats and inrecomp, resistance training and
cardio in combination is goingto be the ticket to dropping the
fat percentage and raising themuscle percentage.
The best dirobi products forbody recomp would be to take
Mimi's Merkle Multi each morningand a dose of pounds and inches

(11:57):
drops each evening.
In conclusion, whether yourgoal is weight loss, muscle gain
or body recomposition,understanding what each one
entails can guide you inchoosing the right path and with
the right approach, achievingyour body weight is entirely
within your reach, given thatyou are dedicated enough and
willing to stick with it longenough.

(12:23):
One last thought that can applyto all three, with just a little
bit of tweaking actually, isthat you really ought to know
how you should eat for yourideal body weight.
For some people, they don'treally need to go on a diet and

(12:44):
they don't want to go on a diet,and if all they did is
calculate how they ought to beeating with healthy carbs, fats
and protein for the ideal bodyweight that they want, sooner or
later they will actuallyachieve that body weight.
So this is a very interestingprinciple as well.
There's free calorie countersonline that you can figure that

(13:06):
out.
You don't even have to downloadan app.
Usually you can just Googlecalorie counter, enter your body
weight, enter your goals, put afew parameters in there and it
will tell you how many caloriesper day you ought to be eating.
I'm not a huge fan of caloriecounting, especially calorie
tracking, because it's just notsustainable for most people, and

(13:27):
so make sure and check out ourDiRobi undiet, which just shows
you a proportion, a plateproportion methodology that you
can use.
That's easier than caloriecounting that's based on the
size of your body.
It's called the hand rules.
You just Google DiRobi undiet.
That will come up, and if youjust start eating according to
that, you will eventually hityour goal without actually going

(13:51):
on a diet or doing some ofthese other things that I've
talked about.
Ideally, of course, it's best tohave a healthy diet and
exercise and choose the planthat works best to achieve our
goals.
Given our body type, that'swhat you really want to do, but
sooner or later we do have to beeating the right amount of food

(14:12):
, cutting out the junk, stoppingeating after dinner and
determining that healthy dietfor us that we're going to eat
on a long-term basis once we'vemade these body weight changes
that we're trying to make.
So I hope that makes sense.
I hope you enjoyed this episode.
I hope it was interesting todetermine your body type if
you've never heard that beforeand maybe even giving you some

(14:33):
thought as to some changes youcould make to be a little
happier with your body withoutagain obsessing over it or
causing grief or shame or stressor any of those things that
sometimes get wrapped up in ourthoughts about our body.
Ideally, we want to have thosehealthy thoughts.
We want to be grateful for whatwe have, if you have a

(14:53):
functioning body that allows youto enjoy this life with your
family and your friends andloved ones and you can get
comfortable in the body that youhave while you work on the
natural desire to be the bestthat you can be.
I hope I said that.
Okay, I hope that makes sensethat ideally, we're not doing

(15:15):
this for anybody else.
We're doing this for ourselves,and so I hope this has helped
you and your own goals todetermine what you want not what
anyone else wants for you butwill make your heart saying
would make you give you a planthat you can follow on a daily
basis that you're going to enjoy.
This is going to get you to aresult that you want, regardless

(15:36):
of what anyone else thinksabout it, and I hope I've helped
kind of nudge you in the rightdirection with this episode.
And meantime, I do do freehealth coaching for our clients
and it's actually right on thehomepage of our website.
If you go to dirobynecom andscroll down.
If you have any questions aboutthis or anything else that we
teach, I would love to do a freesession, no strings attached,

(15:59):
no charge.
Just go to the homepage,dirobynecom, scroll down, book a
time with me.
I'd love to do it.
It's one of the favorite thingsI do in my businesses meet with
you guys and spend time helpingyou reach your own goals.
Again, this is Dave Sherwin,wishing you health and success.
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