The Fat Burn Revolution (50 page)

I
f you’re reading this after completing the entire Fat Burn Revolution programme then I just want to say that you have achieved
something truly remarkable. Even if you’ve never felt proud of yourself in your life before, I want you to feel that way now. You’ve earned it.

You should now be in excellent condition, with your fitness levels well above average. But I’m sure you’re feeling benefits that stretch well beyond the physical. You have
proven to yourself, and to the world, that you can push beyond your limits and that you have the tenacity and drive to follow on through on your commitments and achieve your goals. You have taken
control of your body and your life. Whether you realise it or not, you have now become stronger and more powerful in every way.

The last thing you want now you’ve discovered how great it feels to be in good shape is to slide backwards and regain fat. I’m sure you have no intention of letting that
happen, but I highly recommend you plan a strategy to make sure old habits don’t start to creep back in. The best starting point is to come up with a new goal to work towards.

If you’re still keen to shed more fat, you now have a clear idea of the rate at which you’ll be able to reach your ultimate goal size or body-fat amount. Or if you’ve got
rid of all the fat you want to lose, maybe you’d like to get stronger, in which case you might like to set targets in terms of the weights you like to be able use. Or maybe you’d like
to work more on your speed, agility, or explosive fitness? Or perhaps it’s a combination. If you’ve been keeping your journal, you know what level you’re at across all those
areas, so you’re in a great position to set some achievable, but challenging, targets to keep you motived as you move your fitness to the next level.

Now you’ve built up solid functional, athletic, real-world fitness there’s a whole world of exciting fitness challenges and events you could sign up and start training
for.

But first of all it might be wise to take some rest and recovery time. The standard 12-week Fat Burn Revolution schedule is intense and requires a lot of commitment to complete. If
you’ve been following that, then your body will benefit from a week off from hard training. I’m not saying you should be totally sedentary for seven days, just bring the intensity
right down and have a week where you focus on easy-paced low-impact exercise.

By all means continue with the programme workouts if you want to. Unlike with most programmes you won’t experience plateaus if you change the way you train every four weeks –
so long as you keep working with challenging weights and pushing yourself to the limit in your sessions, your progress will be on-going. As my pilot testers have discovered, the results of a
second round of the programme can be equally impressive. Or you can easily integrate this programme with other types of training, should you wish to try something new. You’ve learned some
of the best exercises it’s possible to do over the course of this programme, so you have an excellent repertoire to draw on as you go forward and decide what the best next step should be
for your training goals.

The person you were when you turned the first page of this book is gone. Chances are, a lot of their clothes don’t fit any more! So, bin them. Now. I highly recommend this as a way
to affirm to yourself that you’re never going back to being that person again. Plus, buying new well-fitting gear is the perfect reward for all the effort and sweat you’ve put into
sculpting your new shape.

I told you from the very start that the Fat Burn Revolution was not easy, but you took on the challenge and for that you have my utmost respect and admiration. You made a decision that you
were no longer going to settle for being out of condition and unhappy with your body. You made a commitment to become fitter, stronger, healthier and leaner. You sweated, you stood firm in the
face of temptations and, although I’m sure at times you wobbled and wavered, you did not give up.

At this point I’d like you to spend some time looking back on the journey you’ve travelled as you’ve followed the Fat Burn Revolution. Take a look at yourself (literally
and metaphorically) and notice the many ways in which you have changed. Remember the times when staying committed to your goals and taking action was hard, but you dug in and got it done anyway?
I want you to really take in and appreciate what that says about the person you have now become.

You are amazing. I hope you know that. You have accomplished something outstanding and you are now ready to go forward and experience even greater triumphs. One result of which will
doubtless be that you will become an inspiration to others.

Perhaps you’ve already noticed how contagious fat loss and fitness can be?

I dedicate most of my time to sharing what you’ve learned during this programme with as many people as I can and I hope you’ll now join me in the crusade to share the secrets
to a Fat Burn Revolution.

Julia

PS You can start doing your bit for the revolution right now by sharing your experiences with the world via my website:
juliabuckley.co.uk

You should record your experiences, daily diet and workout session details in the journals to keep track of your progress. The best thing about keeping a Fat Burn
Revolution journal is that it’s highly motivational and becomes a record of achievement you can be proud of. For printable versions of the Fat Burn Revolution journal, visit
www.bloomsbury.com/9781408191569
, or visit
juliabuckley.co.uk
for a digital version.

Note
While every effort has been made to ensure that the content of this book is as technically accurate and as sound as possible, neither the author nor the publishers can accept responsibility for
any injury or loss sustained as a result of the use of this material. All readers should seek medical advice and consult their doctor before commencing any exercise programme.

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First edition 2014
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Copyright © 2014 Julia Buckley

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Acknowledgements
Cover photograph © Grant Pritchard
Inside photographs © Grant Pritchard and Shutterstock

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Kirsty Schaper
Editor:
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