Fitmaxxing

The Fitmaxxing method

Our approach to fat loss and strength, and why it is deliberately more extreme than the advice you'll find everywhere else.

Two phases, in this order: get lean, then get strong. We do not run them together and we do not let people skip the first one.

Why the order matters

Trying to build serious strength while carrying a lot of excess fat means fighting yourself. Recovery is worse, joints take more punishment, and the work you put in gets diluted. Get the fat off first — properly and reasonably quickly — and then the strength phase happens on a body that can actually take the load.

The reverse order is what most people attempt, and it is why most people stall.

Phase one — obese to lean

Read the fat loss method in full →

The short version: the deficit is larger than mainstream advice recommends, protein and resistance training are non-negotiable throughout, and the plan is built around adherence rather than theoretical optimality. A perfect plan you abandon in week three is worth less than a blunt one you run for a year.

Phase two — lean to strong

Read the strength method in full →

The short version: heavy, repeated, boring work on a small number of lifts, run for longer than you think is reasonable. Novelty is the enemy. David's strength was not built on variety.

What we reject, and why

Most fitness advice is written for an audience that is already close to where they want to be. Applied to someone at 150kg it is not merely suboptimal — it is the wrong tool.

  • "Small, sustainable changes." Sustainable for whom? For someone with 60kg to lose, a 0.3kg-per-week deficit is a four-year sentence. Most people do not have four years of motivation in them, and nobody should have to.
  • "Everything in moderation." Moderation is a skill you earn after you have control. It is not a starting position.
  • "Just do cardio." Cardio is a tool, not a plan, and it is a poor primary driver of fat loss for someone very heavy.
  • Programme-hopping. Switching every six weeks because progress feels slow is the single most common reason people stay weak.

Is this safe?

Aggressive is not the same as reckless. Every approach we publish assumes adequate protein, adequate micronutrients, resistance training to protect lean mass, and a person who is otherwise healthy.

We do not work with anyone under 18, anyone pregnant, or anyone with a history of disordered eating. If you have a medical condition or take medication, talk to your doctor before you change anything. That is not a disclaimer we've bolted on — it is a genuine boundary of what we are competent to advise on.

We only work with men. Neither of us has trained a woman or lost weight as one, and the numbers on this site are male numbers that do not transfer. We would rather say that than guess.

We write for men between about 30 and 50. Not because it stops working before or after that, but because that is who we know: a man who put it on over fifteen years, has a job and a family, has failed at this several times already, and doesn't recover the way he did at 22. If you're younger, everything here still applies — there is just already plenty of advice written for you, and this isn't it.

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