If the experience and knowledge that I've gained through working almost two decades in the fitness industry as taught me anything, it is to be open minded. Very often when a client asks me a question pertaining to training or nutrition, I will often begin my reply with "it depends". That's the reality of human physiology and making adjustments to improve your body composition. There aren't many clear and cut absolutes or definitive answers. Recently I have been receiving quite a few questions about intermittent fasting from my online clients who work with me on their nutritional plans.

With that said, I figured it would be a good idea to give you all my overview and my own insights into intermittent fasting and justify why I in fact actually disagree with it.

When I first started my career as a Personal Trainer I was obsessed with making sure that my clients achieved results. I felt it was my duty and my job to ensure that they accomplished all of their health and fitness goals and would only blame myself if these goals were not achieved. At one point I became so fanatic about making sure my clients' goals were met, that I would actually become extremely stressed and frustrated if they missed a workout or cheated on their diet, as I knew this would only slow down any progress that was to be made.

Working within the fitness industry for almost two decades has allowed me to meet all different kinds of people. I've worked with athletes trying to improve their strength and stamina for their desired sport, fitness competitors who are trying to transform their physiques to look like Greek Gods on stage, to everyday people who just want to be more overall healthy, fit and improve upon their own aesthetics. Some people are more motivated then others. Some people are more disciplined then others. And some people train harder and more often then others. This doesn't make these people more superior then the people who are not as committed to their fitness goals, it just simply means that they take their health more seriously. And there's nothing wrong with not being overly concerned about your health and your physical appearance. Or is there?

At the risk of getting flamed, ridiculed and ostracized from the fitness community, I'm just going to come out and say it......CrossFit is STUPID. Okay, now that I've got that off my chest I suppose I should provide my readers with a somewhat educated and adequate argument as to why I believe that CrossFit is single handedly ruining people's physiques, rather then helping people achieve results with their physiques.

CrossFit has been around for decades. I remember learning and studying about this style of training back when I was in school trying to acquire my personal training license and certification. CrossFit itself never really interested me though, as it was not geared towards the types of fitness goals that I wanted to achieve with my own physique (which at the time was to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger). I figured that if Arnold didn't do CrossFit to achieve his amazing body, then why should I? Fast forward two decades later, and my fitness goals and aspirations have now changed. However I still do not and will not ever do CrossFit.