
The Happy Body program, on the other hand, will teach you everything you need to know to be your own coach. The principles that work for athletes also work for ordinary people of all ages. If you want to become truly lean and fit, you must work at it like an athlete, following a structured routine-and that is easier and more pleasant than you may expect. When that approach failed, because people were injuring themselves or burning out or jumping from one program to another, trainers began to entertain their clients instead of finding solutions to their problems. Even the weight loss and fitness industry bought into this distortion and began pushing people to become like Rocky. Unfortunately, movies have persuaded people that they can become lean and fit virtually overnight. Their progress comes in small increments, not heroic triumphs. They train only to the point that they can recover for the next days training. That only happens in Hollywood movies that portray professional athletes exercising for hours every day until they are exhausted. Becoming lean and fit is not a matter of training for a few weeks, like Rocky, to become a world champion.
