Back in college I had a friend who had body dysmorphia. He had a constant obsession with losing more and more fat. Not only did he want every striation on his abs to be visible, he wanted the veins to stand out in bold relief as well.

It was also quite apparent that he wanted limbs that were well-defined by muscles, maybe because, people couldnt tell at a glance that he even worked out. What a dork.

I knew that he also wanted to become a fast runner. Probably to run away from his problems. Or steal stuff.

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.

I have known this person for a couple of years, and all that I can say is that, hes one peculiar guy whod try just about any available fitness workout. Although he had tried most of what he could do, he never gained the results he wanted to achieve. Unlike me.

He needed to PICK ONE.

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.

Heres the catch: Being focused on one fitness goal means you simply cant accomplish several – you have to stick to one.

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.

It would be good for an individual to avoid obsession towards too many goals at a given time. Effort would then become useless if he or she tries to cover too many fitness activities at a given period of time. I’m Rick Steel